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Sunday, September 09, 2007 YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN - PART I The rants and babbling of a 40 something year old returning to college.I probably had this coming.  Well, as you all know, the house is done and on the market. Unless you want to hear about us scrubbing toilets and keeping the house in “showing condition.” There’s not a whole lot to post about as far as what “We’re up to” in regards to that. So, project done and with much encouragement, I decided to go back to school. That’s right, I’m a college student. Me, a 40-something year old in the middle of a classroom with a bunch of 19-25 year olds. This should make for some great blogging. I only took 2 classes (sculpting 101 and drawing 101 ***snort- ‘101’ *** always thought that was a joke.), I mean c’mon, I’m 40-something, and you can’t expect me to keep up with the 20 year olds right? O.K. fine, I could probably kick most of their asses. My first day went pretty well. It wasn’t until I got home, realized how exhausted I was, and the extent of everything that I ended up muttering to myself “what the eff was I thinking?” The homework alone from the first day wasn’t exactly huge but in the scheme of things art, sculpting and drawing does take time. When the drawing instructor said “You have 5 days for this assignment, it’s the most time you will ever have for one of my assignments.” and I thought “who needs 5 days” and then spent every available minute of 4 days after that trying to complete my assignment, did the panic set in. And that didn’t include the on going assignment (both classes), the reading assignment (both classes), the research assignment (both classes) or the just plain “Make damn sure you’re wearing 100% cotton clothes on Monday so when you catch on fire your clothes don’t melt to your skin…oh and bring a sharpie.” sculpting assignment (I’ll save that story for another day). In any case, I’m hanging out at the U of M. It’s crazy, it’s culture shock and I love it. And like I said, this should make for some great blogging. Keep tuned in…. I’m sure you’ll find it as amusing as I do. In the mean time, this is my first drawing assignment: “Find something in your daily life that is banal.  Create a counter argument about what makes it unique.“  I’m pretty proud of myself actually, I think I did great. posted by me | 9:19 PM | 3 comments Comments: Post a Comment YOu are amazingly talented. I cannot wait to read and see all of your projects. You make my 40 something heart proud!! Wow, you're definitely going to blow the 19 year olds in that class away. A lot of kids take drawing 101 because they assume it will be an easy A for an elective, so the talent in those rooms can be rather spotty. Aww, thanks! You guys are so sweet. Back to Blog |
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