there is not much that has happened over the past two days except for a mad rush of work in the school. while my anger at the recent turn of events regarding the perception of architecture in the school has made me begin a manifesto, i see the manifesto put into serious doubt by the non-performance of the students in the fourth year. do we have too much faith in the redemptive power of the energy that youth brings? are they too cynical, or jaded already? what have we done to get them to be that way? i still do not believe that they need to be made into good consumers or labor; and shall refuse to reduce them to that. if that’s what they want to become let them go somewhere else.
i am exhausted from seeing work today- first the exhibition had to be taken off because the second years had a jury; then the fourth year firing; then thesis; then some people from a college in bangalore and switzerland needed to be entertained; then more fourth year work to be seen; and through it all a letter to be written to the bmc regarding the tod project.
i was barely alive and my shirt in a mess and i had to go to seepz to meet a possible new client. i had last been there when my mother was working in a company within. inside the old rcc frame banal office buildings are slowly transforming into glazed odd shaped eccentricities.
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sometimes the answer to the question of 'why are they like this?' lies not in 'what did we do?'... but in 'what did we not?'... i had never been yelled at, never been told "this is SHITTY work" never been embarassed to a point where i realize 'i'm better than this, and i can do thus.'... hence arrogance got the best of me, and here i am, in my 4th year, without a clue of my capabilities.
I'm not blaming you (you, as a representative of the faculty). i'm just saying in this philosophy of treating everyone as equals- with potentials, responsibilities for their projects .. all for a 1st, 2nd year student... little much, no? sometimes faculty should be faculty, not friend. at least in 1st, 2nd, 3rd year. so our batch moves backward. its alright, we're different! the way i see it, its all an experiment of not only teaching methods but also of learning methods.
and we move on, thus...
after the 20th, that is..
ps- i have absolutely NO intention of offending you, hurting you, etc with this.
sometimes the answer to the question of 'why are they like this?' lies not in 'what did we do?'... but in 'what did we not?'... i had never been yelled at, never been told "this is SHITTY work" never been embarassed to a point where i realize 'i'm better than this, and i can do thus.'... hence arrogance got the best of me, and here i am, in my 4th year, without a clue of my capabilities.
I'm not blaming you (you, as a representative of the faculty). i'm just saying in this philosophy of treating everyone as equals- with potentials, responsibilities for their projects .. all for a 1st, 2nd year student... little much, no? sometimes faculty should be faculty, not friend. at least in 1st, 2nd, 3rd year. so our batch moves backward. its alright, we're different! the way i see it, its all an experiment of not only teaching methods but also of learning methods.
and we move on, thus...
after the 20th, that is..
ps- i have absolutely NO intention of offending you, hurting you, etc with this.
i am not offended.. just dissapointed that you need to be treated like a child. i guess that may be the problem. but i think sometimes that if you treat people as mature individuals they are forced to perform as such. if you treat them as children - then thats what they will end up being. so.. catch 22. kya karu?
and i wont be offended even if you leave your name..
i have a completely contrastin viewpoint to the one above mine.. for 3 years we were told we are good. even when we did badly it was always seen as an ebb from where we can pick up. somewhere down the line we convinced ourselves that 'even when we r below our (supposed) potential we are STILL the best'. and now we seem to have inculcated the arrogance about ourselves (which the school tries to imbibe in a very indiscreet manner in every student in every year) but not the qualities that should precede this arrogance. hence the i-don't-need-to-work or i-don't-need-to-do-this-cos-i'm-so-good-i-will manage.
and frankly to each his/her own, i dont agree that someone needs to get on our backs with a whip and make us work, or insult us all the time. that makes us work for someone else rather than ourselves.
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