Animaton History Final:

Tonight is the final for my Cal State Fullerton History of Animaiton class. I have been going over the numbers and it looks good on paper.

Only 2.4% missed more than 2 days of class this semester (there are 10 points for missing no more than 2 classes in the semester - my theory, the student has to show up to get anything out of the class). 6.1% of students did not hand in their Animator Report (which is not good for the students that this number reflects - but not bad for a class - on the whole a nice small number). Another 6.1% did not hand in their Animation Timeline for review. Only one of the students was in both groups or 1.2% did not hand in the report or the timeline.

What does this all mean? Not much. Teaching is an art not a science. You can`t do it by the numbers. You have to feel your way and look for the teachable moments. You just have to put it out there and hope it means something to somebody.

Often it is the student everbody thinks is not paying attention that gets the most out of the class. Often it is the class screwup that makes it big and then gives lots of money to the school.

I have been in the teaching game 11 years and I am starting to know what I am doing just not who I am doing it for. I know that I am going to see a number of my students at animation events for years to come, I just don`t know which students are going to be, be, be in that number.

Larry Loc (ASIFA Blog Guy)

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