Tuesday, August 12, 2008

School

I guess I might not have been very clear here on what's up with me and school. So here you are.

I'm attending Westwood College near here for evening classes Monday through Thursday. It makes getting enough sleep near impossible, but I'm getting enough to function, and I can catch up on Friday or over the weekend.

I'm enrolled in Westwood's Game Art and Design program, so there are a lot of art classes ahead of me. Westwood is on a term schedule, which translates to 10 weeks of the same classes then a small break. Then the next term begins. After completing 15 terms, I will receive my Bachelor's in Computer Science. Roughly, that translates to 4 years, but there isn't such a thing as summer vacation. There will be some breaks for holidays, I'm sure, but no annual, long break. That's okay with me, really.

I'm taking three classes this term. The first and major class is Introduction to Drawing, which is 4 hours each night Monday through Wednesday. It's a fun class so far. We've begun still life drawings, which is what I'm presenting today. I apologize for the odd coloring, but I could only use a camera to take this and the flash reflected off some of the graphite.



The other two classes are Computer Application and Success Strategies. They both take up 2 hours on Thursday, and they are both generic classes that pretty much everyone takes. I predict that they won't be a problem, as what they're teaching is all the basics on organization and using the computer.

6 comments:

Elicia said...

yay! i'm too jealous of you! i'm so excited for you!

Bobbie said...

YOu need a whole lot more comments. Going to school is money WELL SPENT.
Grandpa Farmer

D'N'J said...

that sounds really . . . boring. I mean, great for you obviously but oh man! I always hated drawing classes! and you'll make lots of money if you can do it right!

just hope you don't turn into jeff and get seizures from not sleeping.

robin said...

I'm such a proud mommy with such talented kids! AND I LOVE THEM ALL SO MUCH! :)

Barb said...

That rocks Ben!! School is such a good investment for so many reasons. Keep it up, you'll never regret it.

CAF said...

I took a drawing class in college and I thought it was fun -- though hard work to get everything just right.