Teaching... good bad and the ugly
There are many things happening now, and interesting projects waiting for a decission from Filmfondet, Fond for Lyd og Bilde and NRK. Plus, there is lots of people wanting me to join projects and work for them. At the same time, Im teaching quite often (everyday now) for the University of Bergen.
Said first: I DO like teaching.
BUT, it is difficult to cope when you have elements in your group that are not really into learning... no matter what you do. If, on top of that, I think of all the time spent preparing, and the effort I put on trying to give a personalized, fresh attention to all of them; then I get, like now, pissed off. I would like to be spending my time with all the many projects I have now with different companies around.
The even worse thing is that often I meet students with such talent and potential, but with such a bad attitude, or just, as often I see: plain laziness. The worse thing I know is seeing talent being wasted.
posted by Paulo @ 4:06 PM
2 Comments:
Good luck with all your projects! I can't believe people actually go to Uni not wanting to learn. That's just plain sad. And plain stupid. Such a waste of time, money - and like you say - talent. Hope the kiddos improve. If not I'll tell 'em to shape up! It should be tougher, really. Put in effort or get lost. It's a man eat man world, and especially man eat man business, you gotta be on guard or you're gonna be someones dinner.
Thanks so much for the comment. Sure my post was an "moment-of-anger" kind of thing. I think you are completely right about the man eat man business... unfortunately.
I get sad when some students waste the oportunity they are given (at the editing course, for instance) to make a good first material for their showreel! But well, its their choice. Others try their best and that makes teaching worth it...
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