Jeremiah

The Good
Honors Seminar 4: Alan Hankin is the best professor that I have had at Emerson thus far. I was concerned about taking a biological evolution course when biology was the weakest of my science strengths in high school. My fear was unwarranted and the class was amazing. Alan Hankin made suffering through a liberal arts education worthwhile. This class was academically challenging and I learned so much and enjoyed the experience.

Computer Animation I: Basically, I know that I am not going to learn much, if anything, on the interactive side of new media from Emerson. The professors here are too much into artsy fartsy Flash crap than real world work (of which I have a good amount of experience). I am most interested in the visual effects side of new media. I know so little and am a sponge soaking up anything that I can on this topic. John Craig Freeman is another gem professor. He waived one pre-requisite for me to take his class and I am taking the successor to this course next semester. Prior to this class, my 3D experience was limited to some web graphics made in Micrografx Simply 3D (later bought and killed by Corel) and the horrid Eovia Cararra Studio 3. Now, I understand many of the basic concepts within Maya. I appreciate Craig’s use of Alias’s own educational resources to teach Maya and greatly anticipate his next class.

The Bad
Fundamentals of Speech Communication: Being that Emerson College was formed as an orator school in 1880, one might assume that the speech classes would actually not be a waste of time. especially when they are required courses for every major. especially when public speaking is important, especially today. I learned more in one introductory Dale Carnegy course than an entire semester of this class. The only thing that I particularly enjoyed was socializing with the 2008 class of honors students.

The Ugly
Civil Rights: Mike Brown is the worst professor at Emerson College. He is more concerned about the way in which you answer his trick questions than the actual content of your answer. Don’t think beyond his words either, because thinking critically on your own might lead you to a different conclusion than his left wing propaganda and that’s always the wrong answer on any exam. His assumptions that everyone at Emerson was there on their parents’ dime getting an easy ride in life pissed me off daily.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 22nd, 2004 at 5:26 and is tagged life.