school is for pretentious assholes

Orikaeshigitae

i find myself wanting to drop out about once a semester

it's that time again - basically as part of my current course my professor offered to let me do a creative piece in addition to the essay

the problem is, i never had time to do both, and i regret taking it on to begin with because the parameters were never clearly set - in other words, i don't know what is expected of me

boo hoo, academic problems

it's exam season. bitch about school here.

Tam

school got me teen pregnant

Berk

what is it you study?

I'm thinking of going to art school/ doing an art course.
but if tuition fees are introduced next year then fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck that.

Orikaeshigitae

master's degree in english literature

Cowardly

A few of my friends want to drop out and start over, and I think next year the is the last time you can do so without paying the raised fees.

Or it may have been this year? I forget

edit: Its next year. If you enrol this year you are safe.

edit2: Im talking UK

Oghulk

Huh

If you don't mind my asking why did you go into it?

Anosognos

Good thing I figured out school is for fools. No advanced degrees for me.

Spoiler:

Read: have too much student loan debt from various poor decisions to consider going back to school for now.

Orikaeshigitae

Oghulk wrote: »

Huh

If you don't mind my asking why did you go into it?

when i initially switched from comp sci to english the condition was that i go to grad school

here i am

KalTorak

exam time

fucking yippee

FlatEric

I have one class this semester and it's an utter joke. A complete waste of my time and money. But it's the last class I need for to get a degree so I have to slog through it.

It should be enjoyable, all this free time to pursue worthy endeavors, but instead it just feels wasted. It's a bit frustrating.

Oghulk

Orikaeshigitae wrote: »

Oghulk wrote: »

Huh

If you don't mind my asking why did you go into it?

when i initially switched from comp sci to english the condition was that i go to grad school

here i am

Actually, why English specifically?

Rankenphile

but orikae, what if you are an asshole with no pretension

where do you belong then?

FlatEric

Seriously my high school self would never believe that I was frustrated a class was too easy

Rogue Lemon

Got juuuuuust enough money to cover my last month of rent and food without going back to work, and then I get my totally awesome BA in Psychology which qualifies me for very little outside of Human Resources.

Then I can go and live with my parents again for a while. Yay.

BlackDove

FlatEric wrote: »

I have one class this semester and it's an utter joke. A complete waste of my time and money. But it's the last class I need for to get a degree so I have to slog through it.

It should be enjoyable, all this free time to pursue worthy endeavors, but instead it just feels wasted. It's a bit frustrating.

That's sounds so familiar.

Though it feels wrong to bitch about things being easy.

Ruby Rhod

Woo, exams start this week. I also have my last English paper to write but I am procrastinating because all I can think about is Game of Thrones comes on tonight. Also there is stuff on the internet.

MrMonroe

I think about dropping out maybe two or three times a day at this point. I know I'm not going to keep all my scholarships next year, and when I can't get a callback for unpaid internship positions for months on end it seems odd to bet on the degree resulting in me getting a job that will pay off the loans.

scarlet blvd.

I was just checking my grades a second ago...
think I got my first C for a final grade.
Stupid writing, why do I have to be so bad at it? Also it may have helped if I had been reading the book when I was told I should

101

KalTorak wrote: »

exam time

fucking yippee

I should really start revising about now.

But urghhhhkjhnkngb

Rankenphile

fucking hell

800 frames blocked out in this animation in the past two weeks, and I'm still not done

god damn this is way too much work

scarlet blvd.

Rank, what's the animation of? I am actually kind of interested learning it, but of course I didn't take the class while I had the chance, damnit

FlatEric

Animation is done at 30 FPS, right? So much work flashing by in mere fractions of seconds.

Franko

gotta e-mail a professor and beg for a mark

Rikushix

Orikaeshigitae wrote: »

Oghulk wrote: »

Huh

If you don't mind my asking why did you go into it?

when i initially switched from comp sci to english the condition was that i go to grad school

here i am

who set that condition?

Larlar

Rikushix wrote: »

Orikaeshigitae wrote: »

Oghulk wrote: »

Huh

If you don't mind my asking why did you go into it?

when i initially switched from comp sci to english the condition was that i go to grad school

here i am

who set that condition?

Paul Riser. The guy's got serious academic pull.

Rankenphile

scarlet blvd. wrote: »

Rank, what's the animation of? I am actually kind of interested learning it, but of course I didn't take the class while I had the chance, damnit

this animation. I'll be putting up a post about my progress i made this week later sometime tonight.

FlatEric wrote: »

Animation is done at 30 FPS, right? So much work flashing by in mere fractions of seconds.

depends on the animation. This is done at 24 fps.

Weaver

I missed the whole second week of Spring quarter because of superbad cold and allergies that gave me hives and had my throat swelling shut.

Isoldae

Now I know which school thread to use.

Berk

Rank is making me wish I'd kept up doing 3D animation and i haven't touched lightwave in years.

BlackDove

3D animation is great.

When you watch it.

A fucking nightmare to construct without a farm of supercomputers. They help. More than you'd think.

Baidol

Graded the quarter's first round of lab reports.

There is a correlation between how well my students did and how well they followed my instructions.

Shocking.

Anosognos

Sometimes I wish I had got an education that had allowed me to work in an artistic rather than technical field.

Then I realize I am just lazy and would not enjoy the monotony that comes with just about all jobs, regardless of field.

Rankenphile

I've got about 900 frames of animation total, is my estimate. Around 37, 38 seconds.

Looking at around 24 hours of rendering time, likely. Maybe less, if my home computer can kick more ass then these shitty ones at school.

Even still, this 38 seconds of animation took fifteen weeks to make, and I had to make compromises in practically every single department.

Animation may be tedious, but at least it's a lot of hard work.

FlatEric

For one of my classes we did some 3d work, it was a lot of fun. Set up IK and facial morph shapes on a pre-made model in Cinema 4D, was one of my favorite projects I've done at this college.

It just seems like a pipe dream to pursue it though. No prior art experience or portfolio, a highly competitive field with many talented individuals, high cost for any schooling, and 2-4 more years of classes when I'm already 23 years old.

I've heard lightwave is pretty good, and also that there's a free alternative to zbrush now. Maybe I'll download 'em and mess around over spring break.

Rankenphile

pfft, I didn't start school until I was 28

that don't mean shit

Scrumtrulescent

Orik how do you feel about your english degree

I am considering transferring to a liberal arts college and getting an english degree instead of moving forward with marketing

i dont know what I was thinking

FlatEric

That is actually really encouraging, Rank

Thanks. Seriously.

Anosognos

Sounds like the same reason I didn't pursue astronomy, despite really loving it.

PhD as a minimum entrance requirement? Low paying, hyper-competitive field with vastly more highly qualified people than good positions? Extremely low paying, mind-numbing drudgery for everyone else?

Eff that.

I do still practice it on my own time. Just not professionally.

Veretas

FlatEric wrote: »

Animation is done at 30 FPS, right? So much work flashing by in mere fractions of seconds.

It depends. 30fps is mostly seen in games. Traditional animation and stuff you see in films is usually in 24fps.

I've never animated in 30 before but I heard instead of just animating on 2's and 4's like in 24fps you just animate on 3's and 5's, whatever feels right basically.

Also goddamn Rank 900 frames is nuts. You will probably be looking at more than 24 hours of rendering time though. I can almost guarantee that. And even then it won't be just hit the button and then wait and you're done. You're gonna have problems.

MadEddy

Two more papers, a presentation, four exams, and I am done.

For a month. Then I have classes starting at eight all summer. :? I keep telling myself it will be worth it to graduate next year and have time to get my master's before I'm thirty.

Speed Racer

I have a programming project and two papers/presentations I need to make that are all due in about two weeks

haven't started it at alllllll