[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: AN EDUCATION IN REALITY?
>>>I remember times when as a
>>>student I had to ask school for permission to participate in external
>>>shows and competitions.
>
>Why? What business is it of the school whether or not you participate in
>something unrelated to the business of a school? The only time I knew of
>this happening, was with a writer friend. She wrote about agricultural
>issues and the school wanted to look at anything she (or other budding
>writers) sold to the magazine market. Not sure why, but she ignored this
>rule.
I am not sure now whether it was a requirement or just a custom. We were
encouraged to participate in these things, but professors expected a
courtesy of letting them know about it.
Ben