For years the role of education has been debated in society by political pundits, parents, employers, and even educators. Each of them having their own ideas of not only what it should…
Teaching
Confidence: Awards and the Importance of Affirmation
Awards, should these be something we strive for? Probably not. Afterall, we should be filled with altruistic purposes, self-guidance, and the purest of determination right? As much as we’d like to think…
Rest.
In previous posts I mention many times the importance of desire, passion, dedication, and many other qualities of determination. This post, however, is about the importance of rest. Rest is the night…
Execution and the Super Bowl.
Execution Final projects are the Super Bowls of an academic course. They require the challengers to muster everything they’ve got. They test not only knowledge and its application, but also a student’s…
Things I Didn’t Learn in Grad School: Part 2
In our late teens and early twenties most of our time is spent trying to achieve. Achieve just about anything. Anything that will help us better ourselves and our futures. For some…
Celebrity Designers
In just about all aspects of our lives there is some form of celebrity. There are famous people for just about everything. Design isn’t any different. Though as with many occupational celebrities,…
Things I Didn’t Learn in Grad School: Part 1
With a title like that you would think I was about to start demolishing my grad school experience, and though it was not exactly ideal, it planted many seeds. To be fair,…