A Week to Prepare!

For my capstone presentation all the video is shot and most of it is edited.  I’m waiting for one more package and my final project is complete.  It took some searching for music and help but it was well worth it in the end.  Next week I also hope to have more stuff edited and my e-portfolio finished.  Then I can get some professional opinions and feedback on the e-portfolio and resume so that I can concentrate on those and make them better for future employers.

On to a serious topic:
As being a ‘boss’ and when to answer questions from other students and helping them it can be quite stressful.  Every week after the show I give constructive criticism not just to one student but to everybody that is involved.  And alas, every week I am saying the same stuff over and over again.  Sometimes it does seem to be the same people that do the same things every week but they don’t ask for help in the long run and it makes them frustrated along with me.  And then you have people who just start coming to the show and think they know everything.  But, hey, you just started coming and helping.  How can you know everything?  I’m not saying I know everything because I don’t but I do learn something new everyday.  If you are new take things in stride and when you have enough experience then chip in and help and make yourself look knowledgeable.  Then you have students who put everything before their major and all their assignments.  Then they tell you last minute that their stuff isn’t done or it’s going to be done right before the show.  Hello, people!  You have a week to get your stuff done.  This is not the real world yet where you only have a couple of hours to get your stuff done.  When students like to put their major on the back burner others have to pick up the slack and a lot of time I’m one of the forerunners for the slack picker-upper.  I’m not saying this is a bad thing because most of the time I can fix problems but what is the student learning except that they can rely on somebody else.  One of these days I hope these students learn from this and they make something of themselves.

Last but not least
Job searching!  I’ve started the search and I’m not sure how it’s looking yet.  Tons of jobs but not anything I want to do for the rest of my life.  I don’t want to change my life’s direction but I’m not sure what I’m gonna do about the job thing.  Until next time…hopefully I do have some idea about the job thing…and I’ll let you know how the presentation went.