I’ve recently been looking at the photography program at a good online art school. I’m just not sure I want to give up my freedom. Right now I can spend my time reading the books I want to read and doing the creative projects I want to do. I already have an undergrad degree, and I know from experience that while the structure and expectations of school can provide valuable lessons, it can also restrict you.
In my current learning life, which I call Stay at Home University, I’m currently reading The Oxford Handbook of Personality Disorders. Personality disorders have always fascinated me. I have also watched a Skillshare class on instant photography.
What I miss about school is the feedback. And the challenge. But college is expensive. Colleges are also extremely left wing, which doesn’t bode well for me. I don’t believe in intersectional feminism, or any of the crap that comes with it. It’s just Marxism repackaged. I won’t write papers on any of it, or waste hours of my time reading laments by people who love to play the victim. For this reason I may not fit back into a college setting, and I also don’t want to spend my husband’s hard earned money supporting Marxists.
Despite the temptation to go back to school, I think I’ll keep my money and freedom. Maybe I can buy some good books on photography, or take another Skillshare class. I’d also love to join some sort of critique group.
Life at Home 