From: Ricardo Wildberger Lisboa (wildberger@svn.com.br)
Date: 10/22/01-05:40:43 PM Z
Please, what does FWIW mean ? Thanx,
Ricardo
----- Original Message -----
From: Darryl Baird <dbaird@umflint.edu>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: artists in academia; WTC in art; insufficient irony?
> > the number of hours that faculty at U of H actually spend
> > teaching is only about 12-15 hours a week.
>
> That's just what you can see. Preparation can take twice as much time or
> more than the time spent in class. Plus, believe me, there is a lot of
> bureaucracy aka paperwork involved in teaching. My favorite is
> budgeting, purchasing, program funding issues. Of course, after several
> years of teaching the same classes, one would expect the fine tuning to
> be complete and the course will become easier to teach, but the students
> don't get better or smarter just because the faculty have ;->
>
> They still require the same amount of hand holding, critique, badgering,
> cajoling, teasing, and clarification as always. Plus the art world isn't
> so static, it requires a fairly large commitment of time to remain
> current. If the faculty doesn't grow personally, they suffer burn out,
> which is a very real problem in the academy.
>
> I can't comment on the WTC as I cannot digest and internalize this
> horror very quickly. FWIW, I served during Viet Nam and I haven't gotten
> over that experience yet.
> --
> Darryl
>
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