On Sun, May 2, 2010 15:12, Rob Myers wrote: > On 02/05/10 12:46, James Morris wrote: >> >> since graduating uni after studying fine art and getting nowhere i've >> always wondered what the point of teaching art is. seems pretty >> pointless >> to me. > > I applied the self-directed research, creative production, and > bullshitting skills^D^D I got at art school to good use during the first > dot com boom. > > But education isn't for the benefit of future employers, it's for the > benefit of the well-rounded citizen. And their bank manager.
the type of bullshitting skills i acquired are not the type which would go down well in an job interview - though that would be great... i'm donating that as an idea for an art project anyone can use. get loads of job interviews and do something 'arty' in them, of course record on secret camera - i can't do this, i don't get interviews (a bit like the jew called morris who always prayed to god that he would win the lottery. after several years god cracks and tells morris he can't help him unless he buys a lottery ticket (something along those lines - it was a message of the day when i was running debian some years ago)). So you have to be well-rounded to benefit from education... That gives me a new angle on it ;-) Apply to my self-directed research too... It's why I failed to... more accurately tried to find financial success... because. Self-directed research? Is that another way of saying doing what I feel like - in my case yes. But yes. Because I was less interested in the end result - finance. Oh and I worry that some might have taken my statement about factory work being more rewarding, seriously.... Well, financially, for me, it is, but psychologically/creatively it's a black hole. anyway the point i was getting at about the point of teaching art, that wasn't a serious statement either, but it can seem pointless... financially,... back on track: we've already covered that ground quite extensively sometime last year: the arts education system. nearly ten years of student loan debt for me now, the last time i earnt enough to pay any of it back was in 2006 - for a year or so. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
