Comments on: Don’t go to animation school? http://www.houseofmove.com/dont-go-to-animation-school Art and Animation Nightly Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:02:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mitch http://www.houseofmove.com/dont-go-to-animation-school#comment-150530 mitch Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:26:14 +0000 http://www.houseofmove.com/?p=353#comment-150530 Great topic, I agree with everything you have said but "A book can only teach you how to animate, but a teacher can give you the passion, the knowledge and the desire to become an fantastic animator." I would have said, A teachers job is to inspire and teach a student how to animate. Eventually helping him or her to become knowledgeable. But it is up to the student to find his/her passion and desire to become a fantastic animator. Those are internal feelings a student should explore and grow outside of class on their own. Great topic, I agree with everything you have said but “A book can only teach you how to animate, but a teacher can give you the passion, the knowledge and the desire to become an fantastic animator.”
I would have said, A teachers job is to inspire and teach a student how to animate. Eventually helping him or her to become knowledgeable. But it is up to the student to find his/her passion and desire to become a fantastic animator. Those are internal feelings a student should explore and grow outside of class on their own.

]]> By: Meredith http://www.houseofmove.com/dont-go-to-animation-school#comment-150514 Meredith Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:35:26 +0000 http://www.houseofmove.com/?p=353#comment-150514 Wow - that animation was pretty bad. Wow - that animation was pretty bad.

]]> By: Matt http://www.houseofmove.com/dont-go-to-animation-school#comment-150491 Matt Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:07:34 +0000 http://www.houseofmove.com/?p=353#comment-150491 You do have a point Dave. The college does have a responsibility to provide adequate instruction and lab equipment. The point I am trying to get across is the educational responsibility does not lie solely on the school. The student must take responsibility for his or her own growth as well. You do have a point Dave.

The college does have a responsibility to provide adequate instruction and lab equipment. The point I am trying to get across is the educational responsibility does not lie solely on the school. The student must take responsibility for his or her own growth as well.

]]> By: Dave http://www.houseofmove.com/dont-go-to-animation-school#comment-150465 Dave Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:22:30 +0000 http://www.houseofmove.com/?p=353#comment-150465 I understand your argument for a student to be motivated, I really do. But I feel that a university owes it to its students to provide them with a knowledgeable, competent professor who can teach them. If anyone in academia should be failing the student, it should be themselves. Provide the tools, the knowledge base, and the professor and then let the student choose not to do the work. It shouldn't fall solely upon the student to teach themselves. If that were the case, the student would be in independent study. That's just my .02 since I've never been on the other side, but I have had a similar experience to the student. I understand your argument for a student to be motivated, I really do. But I feel that a university owes it to its students to provide them with a knowledgeable, competent professor who can teach them.

If anyone in academia should be failing the student, it should be themselves.

Provide the tools, the knowledge base, and the professor and then let the student choose not to do the work. It shouldn’t fall solely upon the student to teach themselves. If that were the case, the student would be in independent study.

That’s just my .02 since I’ve never been on the other side, but I have had a similar experience to the student.

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