Just met up with pro people yesterday. It really feels good to work with adults like them. They give you the chance to try. In school, there was literally, no space for ANYTHING. No space to try, no space to succeed, no space to fail, no space to learn, and you wonder why we turn out like this, unable to do anything. Teachers presided over our every movement and decision, and if they didn't like something, we couldn't say no to them, and a student-led project just loses it's whole purpose and the name should be changed to teachers-decide-all-and-you-lousy-students-just-execute. I'm really very happy to be out of that stifling place and I feel no sense of loss whatsoever, seriously. Now I can try things. I can write my own proposals, define what I want to do which will affect others, learn and fail and learn again but the point is that I can do things. Yesterday I was allowed to emcee a ceremony without any prior preparation and it turns out better because I have stage fright and the lack of time didn't let me think about my fears. Last week I was allowed to do some work without the teachers pinpointing every step I take and I really learnt a lot.
This is why I don't want the people I know to come, especially those who want more than just to mug. I mean, you can mug anywhere, but you can definitely do more somewhere else.
-curse that cursed single mark
Baby,top. || 8:53 AM