On Neglect
Sorry blog, I don’t mean to not pay attention to you. I’ve just been fairly busy. Allow me to catch you up on everything.
The Spring semester is quickly coming to a close. It’s surprising how fast three months can go when you’re counting the weeks. And what a number of weeks it has been. This will be my final semester taking a full five classes. The Summer semester will bring me three classes closer to graduation, leaving m only a class and a third for the Fall semester. Due to a technicality, I am having to take a single, solitary lab class during the Fall.
See, somewhere along the way, I was supposed to take a lab class with one of my three sciences. Apparently I neglected to do just that, and having to take that remaining class is my punishment. I was hoping to power through the rest of my degree during the Summer, but it looks like I will be slogging through those Fall months taking that one lab class.
But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. See, I am at the point in my degree plan where I am supposed to take the capstone project. The way this all panned out will give me ample time to really create something great. I see all these students doing their capstone projects simply as classes they would ordinarily take. To me that is not something that should not be allowed. This is something that should be the accumulation of four years of practicing the arts, of knowledge, and of expertise. Too many students play it safe, just wanting to get it over with. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
You should want to create something outstanding, something really memorable. I see a lot of talent in the ATEC program, but not a whole lot to show for it, at the undergrad level anyway. I’ve certianly seen some spectacular stuff from the graduate students, and it always inspires me. So I have to make a few decisions, especially now that I have set the bar for myself. I have a couple of ideas about what to take on for my final, final project and I have not settled on one idea over the other yet. Luckily one thing I do have is time, and great professors to work with on this one.
But stay tuned, I am going to have a semester wrap up post with some neat content to post here rather soon.
