Here is the deal I have this class that expects the absolute best from its students and doesn't care that we are all in school to learn and do the best that we can to be able to get in the field and be the best that we can when we work with the companies that are out there... I understand completely why he pushes us so hard and I appreciate it but the only thing wrong is that it's NOT the only class that we take... We HAVE to take at least 4 to 5 classes a quarter!! Not to mention some of us can't rely on mom and dad to pay us to live we have to work...
Get this it's a Monday night class and he is a hard professor for a good reason and I respect him and what he does but I will say I have to level with him even though i probably should have leveled a few weeks back.. Ok I have his class Monday nights and he expects us to email him our progress on Tuesday for certain things and by Wednesday on other thing... I understand it is to see our progress and say yay or nay to our direction but I have to say that really wish I had his class as my only class therefore it would fit in more to what he is trying to get us to do which is do this campaign and have as much of a real life in the field experience but unfortunately it's NOT the only class!!
Instead I not only have this class but 4 others to attend to!! That’s a total of 20hours a week AT school... And to top it off a little more and more of the problem is that in order to keep up a high enough GPA I have to keep my grades up in the other classes as well as his. Each class expects homework time to be about 4hours (that's a bare minimum)
To give you an idea of what I am doing I have finals coming up in 2/3 weeks (a couple are due in 2 weeks others in 3 weeks)
1. Right now I am working on his work which is re-branding CapriSun (working on that all quarter- 11weeks total a quarter - 2weeks left till it's due that makes this week 8) Which I still have to finish and finalize the pictures in the brochure and do 4 P.O.P.'s (point of purchase signage) and then get ready for the final presentation.
2. I have a 40+ page branding book to create and have ready to print by week 10 and have about 10+pages due this week.
3. I have a self promo 10 page CD booklet with CD cover and label due week 10.
4. I have an 8page brochure due this week. And
5. I have a 5 page website due week 11 and for that same class I have a 3page website due this week.
Okay that is my current workload. Now he really needs to take into consideration that I have to keep up those grades in order to remain at this school. So I can't always put his class first. Not to mention that along with that I have 2 other jobs... Which one I have pretty much not going to... Thank goodness it a part time business that I get paid by commission so I don't HAVE to go even though I would really like to stay active in it. And the other I have to show up to when scheduled which on the weekends- 16hours. Because I have to pay bills and that's hard when I'm not working that much a week. I have not called my parents or talked to hardly any of my friends back home because I have been so busy working on school work... Not to mention I am married and want to keep my marriage... And health... lol... That’s not great...
So you see why I am so ticked right now... I have so much to do and if he says anything to me about not emailing progress I'm going to say, much as he won't like it, - I not only have your class I have four others that I HAVE to attend and keep my grades up in (which consists of doing the work) Which I don't really get to work on any work during the week because I have attend classes and run errands and get things done (which I wish EVERYTHING was open 24 hours but it's not) so that makes me doing the final work the night before which is Sunday (from 10am-2pm and 11.30pm till whenever - I have to work 2-11pm on Sundays) for type III (at 12.30-4.30pm) and digital message making (his class at 5.30-9.30pm) and Monday night after classes (after 9.30pm) for pre-print (at 12.30-4.30pm) and branding (at 5.30-9.30pm) and then Wednesday night (after I get errands done)for Design layout. I work Saturday evening 2-11pm so true after i get up i usually try to work on homework. Also I am married and can't ignore that which we try to save one day a week for us to do whatever we want because we found out that not giving us any "us" time to relax was putting us on the rocks and at each other’s throats so Friday is our day to relax and chill out. Another thing is my husband is also going to school at Ai as well and we only have one computer Which we try to split the times when we use the home computer and we even try to have one of us got to the school and work and one stay home but the school labs are only open till midnight! EVERY NIGHT I usually don’t get to bed until at least 4am... But lately it's been anywhere between 5.30am to 8.30am before I get to bed... So sleep is not happening too much I usually get up by 11am-11.30am to get to class. And time to eat... yeah right I hardly ever eat unless it's a couple chips here a drink there. - So If he wants to say anything it better be good!... Cause right now that is my weekly life! And it's not the best lifestyle at all... My parents and little sister don't even hear from me because I don't have time to chit chat or even say hi... I can barely have any time for myself or my husband.