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my scarf makes me happy. (*huggles caitlin*) and so does the weather!!!!
but i want to rant about studio, which starts in about 40 minutes. *sighs* hannah dropped studio today- which means she isn't majoring in architecture anymore. she's minoring, but she's switching her major to business. she said she decided to do this last friday, before we had jury or got our -so-far-this-semester grades, but she's been thinking about it since last year. and she looks so free now- she'll have time to sleep and watch movies and hang out... i'm sure we'll still see her around, but it's just so strange to see her locker empty and her desk clean.
and yeah, we got our grades for our progress so far this semester. and i have a d. i don't quite know how this works, but the eight of us that had kirkland and griffin together all have c's and d's (except libby), and then there were 5 b's. and those people who got b's (sarah excepted) are basically the people who don't produce what truitt asks for and who seem to have a low work ethic, who go out and have fun and don't do group work. i can't speak for their designs, but apparently truitt scores design higher than effort. which is understandable, i suppose, but it still sucks for those of us who're producing every model and every drawing he asks for and yet are still getting non-pass grades in his class. (in architecture design studios, you have to get at least a straight c to go to the next level, regardless of gpa.)
so apparently i need to not worry about actually finishing all the crap he assigns us to do, and instead focus all my time on improving my design, which truitt admittedly hates. (note: i have a d, and he tells me i have improved. i take this to mean that i have improved to a d.)
*sighs*
it's quite depressing.
if i get dropped from studio, i'm changing my major to philosophy and graduating in '09.
( and in other news... )
but i want to rant about studio, which starts in about 40 minutes. *sighs* hannah dropped studio today- which means she isn't majoring in architecture anymore. she's minoring, but she's switching her major to business. she said she decided to do this last friday, before we had jury or got our -so-far-this-semester grades, but she's been thinking about it since last year. and she looks so free now- she'll have time to sleep and watch movies and hang out... i'm sure we'll still see her around, but it's just so strange to see her locker empty and her desk clean.
and yeah, we got our grades for our progress so far this semester. and i have a d. i don't quite know how this works, but the eight of us that had kirkland and griffin together all have c's and d's (except libby), and then there were 5 b's. and those people who got b's (sarah excepted) are basically the people who don't produce what truitt asks for and who seem to have a low work ethic, who go out and have fun and don't do group work. i can't speak for their designs, but apparently truitt scores design higher than effort. which is understandable, i suppose, but it still sucks for those of us who're producing every model and every drawing he asks for and yet are still getting non-pass grades in his class. (in architecture design studios, you have to get at least a straight c to go to the next level, regardless of gpa.)
so apparently i need to not worry about actually finishing all the crap he assigns us to do, and instead focus all my time on improving my design, which truitt admittedly hates. (note: i have a d, and he tells me i have improved. i take this to mean that i have improved to a d.)
*sighs*
it's quite depressing.
if i get dropped from studio, i'm changing my major to philosophy and graduating in '09.
( and in other news... )
