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I took "History of Theatre" to fulfill a fine arts requirement this semester. I chose because it just fit my schedule well. No real interest in the subject and I thought it would be a boring blowoff class. Boy was I wrong! The class suprisingly kicked my butt, even more than some of my science classes. I had no idea what I was in for.
2 observations I made:
1) THEATER MAJORS ARE AWESOME! Contrary to popular belief, these people are incredibly smart; a lot of them could blow us out of the water in terms of brains. What also struck me is how they offered each other a great deal of support and camaraderie, more than ANY premed I've ever seen. Not only that, they were inclusive, as opposed to exclusive, they kicked butt on the exam (and these exams were hard) but did not feel the need to tell people about it & they really helped me out.
Not to mention they were absolutely hilarious (& quite good looking.) It was really a pleasure to go to class and coming out laughing like I just hung out with friends.
My point... Why is there such a stark contrast between them and premeds? Their GPA is important to them too, as many plan on studying theatre academically & pursuing higher education, yet they didn't need to break every curve or boast about it.
2) People in the sciences often greatly underestimate the amount of work, time and energy that non-science majors put into their work. Ok, so I'm biased because I'm a non-science major, but hear me out.
A lot of my non-science profs feel that they must Overcompensate for the fact that they are non-science profs and so they actually make the course harder than the science courses in an effort to "prove" something to them. I suppose it's an inferiority complex or something. Has anyone else seen this?
Anyway, the end result is that the non science class was very difficult, yet, many assume they are easier. Why?
Another fact to consider is that there are totally different skills involved in each. A lot of premeds I know would've failed this theatre class because it required a certain amount of depth, understanding and communication skills while maintaining a sense of humor and studying a lot. All that in one class.
So that's my take on the injustices that we as science-oriented people create in the world.
2 observations I made:
1) THEATER MAJORS ARE AWESOME! Contrary to popular belief, these people are incredibly smart; a lot of them could blow us out of the water in terms of brains. What also struck me is how they offered each other a great deal of support and camaraderie, more than ANY premed I've ever seen. Not only that, they were inclusive, as opposed to exclusive, they kicked butt on the exam (and these exams were hard) but did not feel the need to tell people about it & they really helped me out.
Not to mention they were absolutely hilarious (& quite good looking.) It was really a pleasure to go to class and coming out laughing like I just hung out with friends.
My point... Why is there such a stark contrast between them and premeds? Their GPA is important to them too, as many plan on studying theatre academically & pursuing higher education, yet they didn't need to break every curve or boast about it.
2) People in the sciences often greatly underestimate the amount of work, time and energy that non-science majors put into their work. Ok, so I'm biased because I'm a non-science major, but hear me out.
A lot of my non-science profs feel that they must Overcompensate for the fact that they are non-science profs and so they actually make the course harder than the science courses in an effort to "prove" something to them. I suppose it's an inferiority complex or something. Has anyone else seen this?
Anyway, the end result is that the non science class was very difficult, yet, many assume they are easier. Why?
Another fact to consider is that there are totally different skills involved in each. A lot of premeds I know would've failed this theatre class because it required a certain amount of depth, understanding and communication skills while maintaining a sense of humor and studying a lot. All that in one class.
So that's my take on the injustices that we as science-oriented people create in the world.