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Why is Art Education So Boring?
I was talking to a musician friend the other day about our respective childhood art educations. It really struck me how the things we learned as young students have turned out to be pretty much at odds with the overall nature of art as we practice it now. As a kid, I remember spending a lot of time learning technical skills and principles like reading music, arpeggios, cross-hatching, color wheels; and then perfecting music pieces* and diligently completing art assignments. No class time or guidance was granted to the process of originating pieces that were personally meaningful to us and sprung from our own minds. That was a shadowy activity that wasn’t really acknowledged and sometimes even ridiculed by teachers.
By Nadya Goest4 years ago in Education
2 Strengths Of Non-Native English Teachers
The ESL community is separated into two sides: native English teachers and non-natives English teachers. The seven countries* and the rest of the world. While natives get the best opportunities, non-natives struggle to find some respectable offers. This is how the system works. Experience and education come after nationality. Sometimes, even the professional background does not matter if the applicant is American or British.
By Ayoub Bouamri4 years ago in Education
The Rise Of Inflation
Today, the United States and even the rest of the world are caught up in a quandary of pre determined conditions. Many of which have been self inflicted. The casualties of this Pandemic contributed to the greatest rise of inflation not seen for over 35 years. When we talk of inflation what is actually happening is not just supply and demand but outright greed.
By Dr. Williams4 years ago in Education
I Knew Nothing Of This Language
From my childhood, although I had studied in an English medium boarding school, never I and my friends would have used English as a medium of communication for more than an hour. Our school Principal was always behind us but we hardly cared. We never felt the need for a foreign language then. Our mother tongue was sufficient for us. But as we finished our school education and started our college education, it is then that we realized, that knowing Hindi is not just enough.
By Adarsh Kumar Singh4 years ago in Education
How to Navigate the Phone Tree of Doom
PROLOGUE Right. So, like everyone on earth, at some point or another, you’ve had a sucktastic, no-holds-barred, Epic Fail customer service experience. While we in that industry (whether it be a call center, restaurant, retail store, or some new form of torture that no one has ever heard of) are fully aware of the fact that sometimes you have done nothing wrong but still get the CSR equivalent of a dull stick to the eye (and on behalf of The Industry, I would like to offer an unreserved apology for those instances), a good 80% - 90% of the time, your bad experience could likely have been alleviated by the application of common sense, forethought, and/or the ability to admit that maybe – just maybe – you were wrong. In the following pages is a detailed, fairly comprehensive list of things that annoy, frustrate, enrage, horrify, amuse, and occasionally confound us. Mixed in with this list are anecdotes from every walk of customer service; the truly sad part is that not one of them has been exaggerated. These are all true stories and the odds are high that some will make you laugh, a few might cause tears (of joy, sorrow, or horror will depend on your personality), and no small number of them will likely result in a wide-eyed, slack-jawed, WTF?!? moue of disbelief that we in customer service live with Every. Damn. Day. It is our profound hope that this guidebook will walk you safely through a happier, healthier, more productive customer service experience (and if it doesn’t, well, it might give you a few ideas).
By Alison Victory4 years ago in Education
What you're really supposed to learn in Post-Secondary education.
For years I've heard stories of people going to university or college and coming out with simply a degree in their hand. There's always a bleak picture painted of a debt ridden adult with no job prospects. For some this may be true but others looked outside the box and took advantage of their education.
By Brian Anonymous4 years ago in Education
THE BEST ONLINE DRAWING COURSE
Looking to Improve your drawing skills? One way/trick is finding a suitable drawing course made by an expert drawer. In This article I'll be going over a new cool drawing site I stumbled upon recently called Pencil-drawing-made-easy and I think is going to make a HUGE difference, especially if you want to draw realistically. I therefore encourage you to read this article through till the end!
By David Adebayo4 years ago in Education
