10 Phases

   People often ask me why I decided to take Digital Media Arts as my major.  There are many reasons but I guess the main one is that I feel that I'm creative.  I have a very active imagination & I often write stories to express my creativity.  However I would like to take it a step further & let people see my creativity from a visual stand point.  Sure writing stories is fun but there's something about taking an image from my head and turning it into a visual masterpiece that intrigues me.  I hope to learn how to use the tools of the design industry so I can make my imagination a visual reality.

  I find games creatively interesting because it takes a very imaginative group of people to create a game.  There are a lot of different aspects that need to be worked on.  Someone has to create the story while another person works on the sound involved.  My favorite aspect is the art.  Creating art for a game requires a lot of creativity & imagination because you have to create visuals that the majority of people are going to find interesting.  If the game doesn't look interesting then people won't bother with it & the story & everything else won't matter.  I hope to work for ArenaNet someday because they pride themselves on creativity above all else & that is the mot important quality for someone working in the designer industry.

  I guess I'll begin with chapter 1.  Chapter 1 talks about how college differs from high school, The mentality that high school students have going into college & how students need to effectively manage there time.  Teachers in college differ from the ones in high school.  For one they're a lot friendlier (at least mine are) & that's a good thing because when my teachers are jerks I tend to be one as well.  The amount of work is also different.  In high school we wrote notes but nothing like what we have to write in my college English class.  One day of notes in my high school is equal to one class of English in college.
  My mentality in college right now is "I need to get this done so I can start my career".  I dropped out of high school at grade 11.  Not because the work was hard but because I found school to be the most boring thing I had ever experienced.  I had a whole bunch of classes that I could careless about.  In college I'm very eager to start my classes (except English) because they are about things that I'm interested in.
The time restrictions are also more severe in college than in high school.  In high school I went to class from 8 to 3 & maybe had to spend 2 hours on homework.  I had much more free time during the week as well.  Now I have no free time during the week & it's been hard for me because I'm use to having free time.  For example I just bought a game today called Brink & I have not had a chance to play it yet.  I go to school Mondays, Wednesdays & Thursdays.  Tuesdays & Fridays are spent doing homework or projects.  Saturday is my only free day since Sunday I'm getting ready to go back to school on Monday.

Now I'll move on to chapter 2.  Chapter 2 talks about the services available to students & where they need to go for help.  When I first started TCI I had no idea where the other campuses were located.  Instead of going to the main office & getting directions I decided to find the buildings myself.  I was late to my second class on Thursday (which is speech) by 2 hours.  Needless to say that's not a very good first impression.  After that I decided to go to the main office & they were kind enough to give me a map.
   TCI has labs that students can use if they don't have a computer or the software required at home.  The learning center is there for students who need extra help with work they don't understand.  All in all since coming to TCI I have had to make a lot of adjustments.  For one I have put myself on a sleep schedule since I was use to going to bed whenever I felt like it.  I have also had to get use to sitting in the front row since some teachers don't want students to sit in the back row (Mrs.Hutchinson).  I plan to make a lot more changes like my study habit for one.  These changes won't happen over night but there changes I will have to make if I want to succeed in TCI.