They told us at Carnegie when I was a freshman that the purpose of our education was not to get a job. That was in 1961; perhaps times have changed.
As you know, my grandson went to Emerson and didn't like it. Frank Frank Wimberly Phone (505) 670-9918 On Mar 29, 2016 3:12 PM, "Edward Angel" <an...@cs.unm.edu> wrote: > Relevant to what? Certainly not to becoming a film editor. > > He probably got good advice at the Filmmakers Institute. I have a couple > of close friends whose children married aspiring film editors and writers. > The great education my friends' children got at the best universities went > to supporting their spouses' attempts to make it in the film industry; so > far all have been unsuccessful. Hundreds of schools have created film > programs that are pouring out students who can’t even get started in the > film industry (it’s a highly unionized business with high bars to entry). > Unless he can get into USC or one or two other schools, the value of a > liberal arts education probably will not translate to breaking into the > industry. Jonathan Wacks who used to run the film program at College of > Santa Fe and now runs the excellent program at Emerson in Boston would tell > his students to get to CA as soon as they could if they intended to work in > the industry. > > Ed > _______________________ > > Ed Angel > > Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory > (ARTS Lab) > Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico > > 1017 Sierra Pinon > Santa Fe, NM 87501 > 505-984-0136 (home) an...@cs.unm.edu > 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel > > On Mar 29, 2016, at 2:23 PM, Frank Wimberly <wimber...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have told some of you about my grandson, who wants to be a film editor. > I arranged for him to meet with the undergraduate adviser in the College of > Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon. Among other things that man told him that he > could get credit for certain courses at the Pittsburgh Filmmakers > Institute. When my grandson visited the latter organization his reaction > was to ask what he needed Carnegie Mellon for. I took this as lack of > appreciation for the value of a liberal education. I find the linked > address by the President of Harvard to be relevant: > > > http://www.harvard.edu/president/speech/2016/to-be-speaker-words-and-doer-deeds-literature-and-leadership > > Frank > --- > Frank Wimberly > Phone > (505) 670-9918 > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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