This is no different than a harsh critique - "It sucks" doesn't cut
it in Design, as you have to explain WHY it sucks.
Absolutely. It's the same reason why students can't simply say "I did
it that way because it looks cool". The process has to work both ways.
And I truly think you owe it to all paying students to give fair
grades,
because when someone who gets straight As and naively thinks they
can get a
job at a high pressure consultancy has no design skills to speak of,
they
get a rude awakening during their interview and they begin to
negatively
taint the reputation of the institution. That isn't fair to the
company, to
the student, or to the school.
Totally agree here too. I've taught in an art and design school and a
lot of the students who came up through the art stream argued the old
"but it's all subjective" point when getting bad or average grades for
work that is clearly awful. It is subjective, but so is any other
judgement. You are, as a teacher, chosen to be a judge based on your
ability (hopefully) and knowledge. So it's not a subjective judgement
based out of ignorance and that makes all the difference because, as
Jon said above, those in the industry judging their work won't be
bound by any rationale not to judge that work as they see fit and give/
not give that person the job.
Best,
Andy
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