Hello! As of 11/08: I'm a non-traditional student who wanted to teach art, until No Child Left Behind dashed that dream.
My educational goals are still malleable; as I encounter new fields of study, I am tailoring much of it to my ultimate goal: a mobile art program that utilizes digital technology to bring the development of creative intelligence and critical thinking to schools which have lost the funding/freedom for this vital aspect of student development. Rather than going the route of getting a degree in secondary education, I have decided to pursue Publishing as a major, as grant writing will be a key skill for attaining backing. After getting a degree in Publishing (with a focus on New Media) I will apply to grad school, and if I am still sane enough, I will head in the direction of a Phd. The plan: gain the skills needed to teach at the collegiate level. It's complicated. Questions? Ask!
IMHO the last thing anyone psycho enough to be offended by this needs is caffeine. Go ahead boycott them and please boycott any other place I might happen to be at too. They had better damn well never go to a museum of fine art. Rampant nekkid-ness there. I couldn't resist snagging this comment from another blog post about this:
Jen Phillips at MoJo blog notes, "The fact that Dice doesn't get the difference between a fin and a foot may be an example of what abstinence-only funding does to education."
There's a van that drives around in my little city with the image of a mostly naked, bloody, dead guy on it. It's really graphic and rather gross; I promise not to patronize their place either.
(See stumbots comments for more great and hilarious points)
May 10, 10:02pm