I have a friend whose dad went to uni seminar and he passed the exhibition of 4th year graphics and design work and he was very un impressed. he basically said that if thats all that the students can produce after 4 years then good luck in the workforce.
I feel like the course is disorganised and the briefs are not written well (this goes for all every class and even from the beginning since my first year) For one of the subject the tutors are saying "you must use the skills you have learnt in the past few weeks to produce your next piece of work" I'm sorry, what skills? and graphics, I ask my tutor how to do something on the computer and the response is to search it on youtube yourself....like seriously wtf is this???
So 4 years later and its "congratulations you have a self-taught degree in design... particularly in youtube tutorials and other craps from self search internets and library books, you are also now broke as you spend all your money on completing assessments, which generally get thrown out as they are no where near acceptable to put into a portfolio for future references"
Also, i've been bitching and cursing all lesson about this course being a joke and a huge "clique fest" . What I mean about clique fest is that there are certain people in the course who are extremely advantaged over others who really like to raise the bar and make attaining even a credit seem like a struggling trip up Everest without oxygen. Students that live unrealistic lives in terms of living at home, no job, all the time in the world. which of course is fine with me, i am insanely jealous, but what is NOT down with me is the way teachers use those students as the benchmark to quality work. I am so ******* over it. Not even fair. I don't WANT to waste at least 28 hours to working when I could be in my studio cosy and enjoying creating my assignments peacefully, but this is not realistic. I HAVE TO LIVE!! Do you hear that all the fcuking teachers and YOU fcuking **** uni!!!! FCUK EVERYTHING!!!! YOU HAVE FCUCKING RUINED MY LIFE!!!!!! SERIOUSLY I JUST WANT TO ENJOY MY STUDIES AND MAKE THE MOST OUT OF IT BUT WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO THIS TO ME?
This whole shits have just made me think that i have made a mistake in my life. All these issues have been affecting my uni work and my life in general, as i am falling way behind, somehow loosing my motivations and i want to try my best and give it all everything but i cant. I keep struggling and it's so hard for me to get up and fight. I feel so depressed, lonely, miserable and poweless. How the hell am i suppose to do well with this? It's just way ridiculus and fcuking irritates me every single minute that i cant even breathe and no longer can i suck it up. How can i get my motivation back and fight back and survived this??? ARRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...
please let me know if im the only one who is feeling this way. otherwise im going to find out if its possible to transfer the credits i have earned doing 2 years of design to continue my degree at other uni or institution. or (hate to say this and wish i dont have to but) should i just drop out, stop dreaming, no more future and just suicide now???!!!!!