Lessons from the Mac Lab (and other corners of the school that are less cooler)

These past few days I observed that most people went busy (even more busier) than their usual schedules. Particularly the seniors who were struggling with their Thesis Research a.k.a. “The Graduation Passport”. Then again, I saw the fruits of their labor (well, not literally, I just saw their victorious status updates over Facebook haha) over the hard work, and finally, they’re going to get a diploma this April 30. Congrats to my Ates and Kuyas in advance! The world is out there for you to see! The best for all your future endeavors

Moving on, what kept me thinking was what if it was our time to be seniors. Would it run the same way like theirs did? Would there be a “HIGH PASS” for thesis and/or portfolio? Would there be even something so exceptional among us that companies would be dying to get us Lyceum MMA freshgrads? Or is there even a future to unfold outside the four corners of LPU for us?

Most of us in the block, think there is none.

What’s the worst is we blame the school for almost all of it.

At first, I thought it was that way. Since we are the pioneering batch, we can’t help but think that we are “experimental hamsters”. What doesn’t work for us, will definitely not work for the lower batches. Sort of, a trial-and-error. We often think that we are deprived of capable professors who can handle the class and the subject with expertise. We generally conclude that the school isn’t giving us the facilities we need and the skills we have to acquire. In short, we think that the school cannot produce competent and adept Multimedia graduates in the next two years.

Kami na’ng MMA ang mareklamo.

You should say.

We feel the anxiety of having an unsecured destiny.

Then again, I thought of looking at everything in a different standpoint. It is not the school where you came from, but its the person you have been after going to school. It is not the professors who should tell you what you are going to be but they should only guide you on who do you want to be. It is not the state-of-the-art facilities you used when you were in college that will show up in your resume but the skills you have developed. Lastly, it is our duty to be competent. We should always strive for self-improvement and we should have the initiative to do so.

The bottom line here is that artists should not fully rely on what is spoon-fed to them. There’s nothing wrong if the school will do so, but for an artist, art should be something to be passionate about and not too technical about. I know that we have the intelligence quotient but we should also be emotional quotient wise.

I believe we should stop blaming and complaining. We should start making the best out of the 2 years left for us. I believe we should start believing ourselves and making our own future.

And its time to think different.

Time for an MMA paradigm shift.

 

(oh teka, naka-plug pala yung column ni Karlin dito ;D)

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