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workman:

Just had a student drop my basic photography class because she was afraid she might not get an A and it would bring down her GPA! What good is it to take classes that you can only get an A in?

The one thing I learned after getting my BFA in art was no one ever looked at my transcript. Never….

Yeah, it’s the same problem in music.  My first degree was in piano performance.  When it came to teaching gigs, no one gave a shit if you got an A in counterpoint class.  It’s a North American preoccupation … so many of us were brainwashed into thinking that the sacred university degree is the *only* ticket to a career.  In the performing arts, it an even bigger lie that students have been sold.

27 ♥ / 20 February, 2012
  1. zhaosc reblogged this from workman and added:
    cant agree more, even i was just out for work. I hope that i could have chances to have this class!
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  3. jacobvanloon said: :: censor off :: what a DORK :: censor back on ::
  4. sisterspock reblogged this from workman and added:
    Yeah, it’s the same problem in music. My first degree was in piano performance. When it came to teaching gigs, no one...
  5. cloudgazerstudios said: That is super disappointing. If you get A’s in every class, you probably have an easy grader or are not challenging yourself. I found my education history never comes up at all these days, only my recent body of work and clear progression over time.
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