[Leica] Quiz time....

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

Absolutely...The thing that always amazes me about the MIT kids, besides
their stunning intelligence, is how multi-talented so many of them are,
what wide ranging interests they have.

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Slobodan Dimitrov
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 2:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [Leica] Quiz time....


I have to say that I do have a bias in favor of cross-disciplinary 
students. The very fact that they have the desire to see what's on the 
other side of the road, so to say, brings an elevating dynamic to the 
class room, seminar, what have you.
My own formal education is in religious studies.
The beauty about photography, is the way one has access to virtually 
any segment of the culture, social or economic. Even when I worked in 
advertising, I found my non-photographic education a plus. Now with 
editorial and news, it also brings me to those disciplines with a 
different understanding.
S. Dimtirov



On Feb 2, 2005, at 6:23 PM, B. D. Colen wrote:

> All excellent - I especially like no. 5.
>
> Of course the student last spring who I knew from minute one would 
> step outside the box and never come in, was by far the most talented 
> kid in the class and the one student whose name I ultimately expect to

> see in galleries, or in a publication such as Vogue or Vanity Fair.
>
> And lo and behold, last week I got an Email from her saying that she
> had
> graduated - with her degree in math - was living at home outside NYC,
> and was starting to apply for jobs as a photographer's assistant in 
> NYC!
>
> :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf 
> Of Slobodan Dimitrov
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 9:19 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Quiz time....
>
>
> 1) Go around and have them talk about their past photo experience.
>
> 2) What photographic instruments have they handled recently.
>
> 3) Who has handled film, digital instruments.
>
> 4) What do they expect to get out of the class.
>
> 5) For the morons who always seem to ask the question about whether
> they'll be able to go outside         the box, point to the door and
> tell
> that's outside the box.
>
> 6) I always remind the students that I'm not their father, brother,
> authority figure, etc., and that      personal problems can best
> addressed
> by the school counselor or chaplain. I stress that I'll       be more
> than
> glad to take them there, personally, even during class time. That
> usually has 5 -6 bail out, which makes room for the diligent and
> interested.
>
> 7) I allow full grade redos until they get it right, Then they're 
> allowed to go to the next lesson.
>
> S. Dimitrov
>
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