General Education Analysis

It's difficult for me to summarize all of my classes in one post, because I had very different experiences in each course. Some classes ranged from extremely difficult to very easy. Some classes I learned a lot of new material and other classes felt like eleven weeks worth of review. For instance, art history and design history felt very elementary for me. This isn't to take away any credit from my instructors. It's just that I was already well educated on most of these topics due to personal interests of mine. However, I wish I would have payed more attention in business law and career development. I say this because I found them very boring, and although I obtained decent grades in these courses I didn't walk away from them remembering a great deal of information. In a further note, some classes are so fun that I didn't even realize I was learning. These classes would include critical thinking, psychology, and world civilization. The instructors for these classes are well experienced and great at getting their students involved. However, I've never been a huge fan of math or Spanish and my attitude was reflected in my grade. As I think back and reflect on my overall general education there's just a massive spectrum of thoughts and feelings from all of these classes individually.

Life here at Ai

Hello, my name is Matt. I am a full time graphic design student at The Art Institute of Indianapolis. I have attended courses here for a little over three years. I am currently employed by the school as well and have been for the past two years. My job titles here at school include being a tutor as well as a Tech Cage student worker. I have found it quite helpful to be employed by the school because it is very convenient. It saves gas and I am constantly in contact with my instructors between classes. I enjoy working in the Cage more so than working as a tutor because it is more consistent as well as reliable. Up until these past few quarters I felt it was very easy to manage life, money, and class. However, here recently that has changed drastically. Although I am very proud of myself for accomplishing what I have so far I still feel December (my graduation date) is getting farther and farther away. For the longest time my struggles have been my motivation, but now those very same struggles seem to be overbearing. Moving forward I'd like to rediscover appreciation for what I have learned here thus far. This is what I plan to accomplish with this blog and the experiences it will focus on.