... very much displeased with my 2D Design class. Perhaps it is due to the fact that it is a lower level, required class, but it is full of loud kids. They are very inconsiderate when it is time to work on projects in class, just incredibly loud, and talking about things that are not relevant to the work. Our teacher is rather laid back, so I don't think he is going to do anything about it, it's quite possible that he doesn't have a problem with it himself.
I am going to have to say something, and I have so much anxiety about that sort of thing, it is making me sick to my stomach. But I am sicker of having to sit in class with a lot of assholes who don't give a fuck about others.
If it were an option to wear headphones in class, at times when we work on our projects, I would happily do so. But we aren't allowed headphones in class! The noise gives me a headache, and makes me want to stab someone with my X-acto knife.
So I am either going to have to A. be the bitch who complains about noise in class, B. wear headphones and hope the teacher doesn't notice, or C. just keep quiet and deal with it and get more stressed.
I am so angry about the whole thing. I just want to go to class, get my shit done, and get a good grade.
I went through the same crap you are going through right now with those classes. I had one class in one of my crappy schools before I graduated from the private college, in which I was the only BFA major in the classroom, and the rest were just a bunch of dumbasses who were taking a 2D art class as an elective. No one knew what a primary color was. I'm serious. And so, I really feel for you.
A typical class day for me at my college was 1 day day a week the class would meet, we'd either have a critique that would last 5 hours or we would discuss our projects and art during that time. You don't do work in class, you have a studio for that and you work on things in your studio, not in a classroom with a bunch of background noise away from all your utensils, materials, and supplies. And your projects are pretty much open ended to do whatever you like. The work load was incredibly intense, but you really grow as an artist when you go to an environment that has individuals equally as passionate as you are. It's not like school was strict or anything, it was super laid back, but people understood that you have to get work done.
I really enjoy your work and think it is very unique and I think it would be really awesome if you could find a school where people take art seriously. But that's just my input, I'm not trying to belittle where you are attending school right now, and maybe that's just one class, maybe not though, from reading your other journals.
Anyways, I don't like it when I see a fellow artist suffer and you shouldn't have to put up with that shit.
Hopefully your classes get better in time.