Friends don't let friends go to WSU.

Or so said the t-shirts available for sale in the bookstore when I went to college.


BA ('96 UW), MLIS ('98, UH)

I use Old Spice.

Who's the PhD in the joint?

3894 I believe (outting her cause she announced it in the other college thread).

That would be 3894 (AKA Helen)

I graduated from the Musician's Institute in 1984, which I suppose counts as a vocational school. After graduation, I went to community college and, if I recall correctly, earned somewhere around 45-50 units before leaving to work full-time. One of these days, I may just head back and finish up my AA at least.

Do credit hours ever expire, I wonder?

I've a BFA in theater performance (concentration in directing) and a BA in English (concentration in writing)... but my degrees don't show the 30 or so credit hours in film production and theory that I took (more, in fact, than my husband did - and he has a degree in it from another [very excellent, mind you] film school.)

As it turns out, my degrees have been very useful. Not necessarily in the sense that I can get a job because of them (though I probably have) but because the stuff I learned has been extremely helpful in my current job. Critical thinking, lots of writing, understanding of film and structure... and it'll all be extremely helpful in my goal-job, making films (instead of marketing them, as currently is my daily bread.)

For film or theater would-bees who think they can be successful without film/theater school... well, yes and no. You can't train someone without natural talent to be naturally talented - but you can make them educated about what is good and bad, you can help them improve. On the other hand, what good is natural talent without a solid background in their chosen art? It is the wisdom from my professors (and I KNOW from Tom's, too) that really matters, and is really the core benefit of participating in a film or theater program.

Some, yes. Some, no. Depends on the topic.

AA Liberal Studies
BS Psychology
BS Human Development