musings
well the good news is in my pre-exams i passed. in some cases i didnt pass spectacularly but i did well with drawing and combined materials last may and i'm set to do well in paint. i did less spectacularly with art history appreciation, sculpture and as for design, i could have done way worse but a bit better too. But they are preliminary results (the drawing and comb. mat. are results set in stone) so they could change, i have the opportunity to improve on them by xmas. i cant really do anything about my art history app. score but i'm gonna focus on sculpture. because in doing that i can improve my design score at the same time. and to be honest i did enjoy art history appreciation, but it's not as important to me as say... paint. I think the fact tat while i enjoy sculpture I just don't feel the same fire within myself as i do with paint or even drawing, really reflected itself in my results.
I also think it's more obvious now that I DO miss out on those group discussions the class have. More than anything I think it's their input, ideas and the briefings they get on what the tutors are looking for that I miss. I do think in future they should have an interpreter there for any deaf students. They neber did that for me because i'm not great at sign, im semi-ok.
The problem with sculpture - they never should have suggested i show my jewellery as my wire sculpture. Jewellery is a craft not art for art's sake which is what they want. And they also asked for a plaster sculpture relating to shoes and what i did was design a pretty shoe that was wearable and comfy, not murderous on the feet. which turns out to be not what they want. i think they wanted me to look beyond the shoe and do something FREAKY.
So what i'll do is work on a wire sculpture design to replace my jewellery but i'll do something where i can incorporate the jewellery. It can't hurt to have both.
I was very disappointed, i didnt question their marking of my work. I was disappointed in myself i guess. But i thought the pass rate waa 60. I felt less arsy about it when i found out it's actually 50, so i got 60 in sculpture and that's not dreadful.
I was looking at mary's latest journal post about job hunting. Getting rejections and never being told WHY they rejected you. And i have to say 'we decided someone else was more suited for the job' doesn't really cut it. If they say you lacked in X and Y skills or presented yourself less than desirably in an interview (perhaps you answered questions about strengths and weaknesses in a very undesirable way) or basically don't just gloss over it. it could really help people, they could go on a course to brush up on a skill, or redirect their job hunting efforts to a different type of job, or just brush up on interview skills.
i've felt the same.
i know it sounds like a big task for a company but lets say they only interview 20 people for a position. would it really kill anyone to give a sentence about WHY they rejected you?? it'd help the interviewee and i think itd help the interviewer understand exactly what they're looking for.
I also think it's more obvious now that I DO miss out on those group discussions the class have. More than anything I think it's their input, ideas and the briefings they get on what the tutors are looking for that I miss. I do think in future they should have an interpreter there for any deaf students. They neber did that for me because i'm not great at sign, im semi-ok.
The problem with sculpture - they never should have suggested i show my jewellery as my wire sculpture. Jewellery is a craft not art for art's sake which is what they want. And they also asked for a plaster sculpture relating to shoes and what i did was design a pretty shoe that was wearable and comfy, not murderous on the feet. which turns out to be not what they want. i think they wanted me to look beyond the shoe and do something FREAKY.
So what i'll do is work on a wire sculpture design to replace my jewellery but i'll do something where i can incorporate the jewellery. It can't hurt to have both.
I was very disappointed, i didnt question their marking of my work. I was disappointed in myself i guess. But i thought the pass rate waa 60. I felt less arsy about it when i found out it's actually 50, so i got 60 in sculpture and that's not dreadful.
I was looking at mary's latest journal post about job hunting. Getting rejections and never being told WHY they rejected you. And i have to say 'we decided someone else was more suited for the job' doesn't really cut it. If they say you lacked in X and Y skills or presented yourself less than desirably in an interview (perhaps you answered questions about strengths and weaknesses in a very undesirable way) or basically don't just gloss over it. it could really help people, they could go on a course to brush up on a skill, or redirect their job hunting efforts to a different type of job, or just brush up on interview skills.
i've felt the same.
i know it sounds like a big task for a company but lets say they only interview 20 people for a position. would it really kill anyone to give a sentence about WHY they rejected you?? it'd help the interviewee and i think itd help the interviewer understand exactly what they're looking for.