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spacefragments) wrote2009-03-16 06:50 pm
spacefragments) wrote2009-03-16 06:50 pm
...uh.
well, wasn't this a lovely day.
i found out that, due to economic problems, my school isn't accepting any more new students. they had to lay off (to put it some way) 15 new students (who had already paid for their enrollment, by the way) and are now trying to relocate them to other art schools so that they don't lose their money, and possibly a year of studies. we (second years and up) were worrying that the school would close for good and leave us in the cold, but apparently it's going to stay open so that we can get our degrees, at least.
even with that reassurance, the situation looks a bit dire. i don't know if this is going to get better or worse for us, if i should start considering changing schools AGAIN next year, i don't know if the teachers' attitudes, commitment, etc. is going to change and affect us, since there are so few of us left (there are only 5 people in my year now after the majority dropped out last year) some of them they might just leave, i don't know if i'll be able to retake a 1st-year class i dropped last semester, which i need to pass to graduate, etc etc.
the university my art school belongs to is dependent of the main university of the same name in santiago, but they suck ALL the money and they pretty much ignore us, our problems and demands. they have everything there, equipment, materials, space--we don't. and now this. why didn't they warn the first years that this could happen? was it really *that* last-minute? i still haven't found out everything, but i want to. this fucking sucks.
i found out that, due to economic problems, my school isn't accepting any more new students. they had to lay off (to put it some way) 15 new students (who had already paid for their enrollment, by the way) and are now trying to relocate them to other art schools so that they don't lose their money, and possibly a year of studies. we (second years and up) were worrying that the school would close for good and leave us in the cold, but apparently it's going to stay open so that we can get our degrees, at least.
even with that reassurance, the situation looks a bit dire. i don't know if this is going to get better or worse for us, if i should start considering changing schools AGAIN next year, i don't know if the teachers' attitudes, commitment, etc. is going to change and affect us, since there are so few of us left (there are only 5 people in my year now after the majority dropped out last year) some of them they might just leave, i don't know if i'll be able to retake a 1st-year class i dropped last semester, which i need to pass to graduate, etc etc.
the university my art school belongs to is dependent of the main university of the same name in santiago, but they suck ALL the money and they pretty much ignore us, our problems and demands. they have everything there, equipment, materials, space--we don't. and now this. why didn't they warn the first years that this could happen? was it really *that* last-minute? i still haven't found out everything, but i want to. this fucking sucks.
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anyway, i don't know when the first years were informed, but i still think it was a very recent decision. poor management happens everywhere, i guess.
they said that classes will continue until we (the second years) graduate, but i'll still keep an eye for any alternatives just in case. *sigh* i do not want to change schools again. :/ i suppose i that if the worst happened i could continue studying at the main university, but it's more expensive than here, i'd have to move to a different city and that'd be just a fucking pain in the ass all around.
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No sabía que las cosas estuvieran tan mal en tu universidad... eso me preocupa mucho, ya que el arte, nuevamente se ve reducido a un espacio chiquitísimo en esa cultura. Es obvio que las carreras de ingeniería y derecho dan ganancias a las universidad y que todas las carreras humanistas producen hasta pérdidas, pero que una universidad prestigiosa dentro del ambientillo tenga que cerrar, es terrible.
Van a tener que unirse y manifestarse no más, como hicieron los de la carrera de criminología de la Utem. Haciendo escándalo es la única manera de que este país nos pesque.
Suerte!
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por lo que sé han reclamado un monton de veces a santiago por varios asuntos (platas, infraestructura, etc) pero... para qué te digo. yo creo que tendriamos que pegarnos el pique a stgo pa q nos pesquen.
igual tengo q enterarme más esta semana de lo q pasa.
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love the "seer" art, absolutely gorgeous. the rocker chick is cool too, although i keep thinking she's doing something other than the ROCK ON sign due to the positioning of her hand :PPP
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