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| Major: Art & Design Department (This Major's Salary over time) | | Gender: Male | This person cares more about Educational Quality than the average student. | Intelligence: Bright | | ACT: | | SAT: | | Lowest Rating Educational Quality F | Describes the student body mostly as: Friendly, Approachable, SnootyDescribes the faculty mostly as: Friendly, Arrogant, Condescending, Self Absorbed | Highest Rating Campus Aesthetics/Beauty A+ | How this student rated the school:
| Educational Quality | F | Faculty Accessibility | D+ | | Useful Schoolwork | C- | Excess Competition | A | | Academic Success | B | Creativity/Innovation | D | | Individual Value | C | University Resource Use | A | | Campus Aesthetics/Beauty | A+ | Friendliness | C | | Campus Maintenance | C | Social Life | D | | Surrounding City | D | Extra Curriculars | C | | Safety | A+ |
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school is good at what it focuses on, and poor
at anything else. I recommend you research your interests and
compare them to the school's success rates. I was only
a student for two years before transferring out. I found
the artistic department to be divided against itself, contending for
student workers' time to complete personal projects on behalf of
the teachers. The teachers placed emphasis on artistic design and
less on technical proficiency. This became apparent as i delivered
my coursework for the PAR board (the four art teachers,
only three of which could attend). I had chosen work
i thought would showcase my best talents and skill level
in the direction of my interest. The result was their
hesitance to allow me to continue in the art program,
but allowed me to on the condition that i explore
a certain subjective concept, as my work had not met
their unspoken and undefined expectations. One teacher, Mr. Cummings, became
nearly irate, wild eyed, and raised his voice at me.
I assume his unprofessional behavior was due in part to
my choice to not include certain coursework from his classes.
The head of the department, Dr. Allman was rather snarky
with several students and was known to cuss at them
to get her point across. Mrs. Burchett was nice, but
not well organized. Mr. Johnston was also nice, but taught
sculpture and Three Dimensional art, which was not my area
of interest. Mr. Cummings allowed his graphic design classroom to
be laid back and set a generally unprofessional tone, but
then would berate the students for following that habit when
a guest was invited to the room. He would often
show up late for classes, yet expected us to be
there. He also once used class time for a student
to read “Green Eggs and Ham”, which was distracting for
the student doing the read aloud, as well as the
rest of the class. He commonly used negative terms when
praising students, and showed preference for female students over male
students, criticizing them less harshly and even doing his best
to endear the female students to him. He once sent
a private email to a classmate of mine, insulting him
and basically called him delusional. If you take classes from
this teacher, beware! The inclusion of unrelated yet required course
studies is expected at a liberal arts college. What i
did not appreciate was the one sided indoctrination from specific
political and denominational points of view. Any opposing view voiced
in an essay was given lower grades because it did
not match the views of the teachers. I saw this
particularly in the American History and Theology courses. During my
time there my favorite classes were those not related to
my degree, specifically Classical Ideals of Character and Creative Fiction,
taught by Dr. Head and Mrs. Weisman respectively.
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