Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:14 PM 11/5/2009, you wrote: >Within 5 miles from me here in NY are at least 20 colleges with thriving >darkrooms with trays laid out like they have for decades for the multitudes >of kids to play in like ducks with tongs in the dark. >I personally if I ran the schools would skip it. > >Mark William Rabiner I taught photography at the local community college until they decided to get rid of their wonderful darkroom, several years ago. The administration planned to convert everything to computers but, after they dismantled and sold all of the darkroom equipment, the powers that be discovered they couldn't afford computers for everybody. They asked me to teach without darkroom or computers but I decided I'd rather retire. Now it's all state-of-the-art computer technology only. Community colleges here are bursting at the seams with classes all day and night. Tina Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com