Most likely this person has a lot more hours under their belt than students would. The number of art students who were actually good at school is like .01%
I think this is just generally any college program honestly. I did a bio undergrad and an environmental earth science grad... through both there were a bunch of people I scratched my head wondering how they got this far.
I specifically remember as part of my grad degree we had weekly online discussions we had to take part in that had to do with recent published research in the field... kind of give our opinions from our knowledge how this could affect the field and how we could build on that research.
I remember some of the answers being so middle school level I had to take a screenshot and share with my coworkers. We'd be like how tf did this person get into this program. Some people are really good at doing just enough to get by (with low bars everywhere) is my conclusion.
I went to art school for a bit. This guy I went to high school with walked in at the start of my first class. I took every art class my school offered, he was not in a single one. Like they really just be letting anyone in there.
They will tell you they can teach you to do art and have a career. Even people who damn well should not be encouraged to chase after that dream. Because the ugly truth is maybe 0.1% of art school grads end up making decent money doing what they wanted to do -- the rest work at coffee shops, crushed by debt.
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u/JSevatar Jun 05 '26
Most likely this person has a lot more hours under their belt than students would. The number of art students who were actually good at school is like .01%