how about fainting in a job interview? I've done that, didn't get me the job, surprise surprise.
dave On 2 May 2010 15:41, James Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
