I AM ARTSY FARTSY DAMMIT!!!
My first few days of university were a bit scary. I'm taking two "creative classes" that are going to challenge me in ways I'm not used to being challenged. My academic prowess is irrevalent, it is my creative ability on which I shall be judged. This is intimidating. I've always considered myself a creative person, but if I'm really not, these classes will call my bluff. Am I a creative artsy fartsy? Or just an academic with a good bullshit ability?
But I will not be a slave to the almighty GPA. I'm in university to learn, not to get good marks. And I think these classes will cause me to learn, even though I may not get my usual A. I will either discover my creative potential, or be enormously humbled by my lack of talent. But whatever the experience, I feel certain that I will grow from it. And that's what I came to university to do. If I just wanted to get good grades and start a career I would have gone into business or education or law or something else where my intellectual ability would cause me to succeed. But I want to learn about stuff I'm interested in, I want to grow as a person, and I want to mature and develop intellectually. That's what a liberal arts degree is for. I'm an artsy fartsy english major, dammit, not a pre-education, pre-law, career oriented middle class brain fart.
But I will not be a slave to the almighty GPA. I'm in university to learn, not to get good marks. And I think these classes will cause me to learn, even though I may not get my usual A. I will either discover my creative potential, or be enormously humbled by my lack of talent. But whatever the experience, I feel certain that I will grow from it. And that's what I came to university to do. If I just wanted to get good grades and start a career I would have gone into business or education or law or something else where my intellectual ability would cause me to succeed. But I want to learn about stuff I'm interested in, I want to grow as a person, and I want to mature and develop intellectually. That's what a liberal arts degree is for. I'm an artsy fartsy english major, dammit, not a pre-education, pre-law, career oriented middle class brain fart.