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9:18 PM, Monday April 26th 2021

It's actually the opposite to what you say although I can understand why you might think that. By not allowing corrections it brings your drawing problems to the fore so that you can review and address them. If you are constantly erasing them it hides them. That is my view anyway. If you submit perfected and corrected homework it negates the learning goals and does not allow for rigorous feedback.

The system is not flawed. It is what it is. A tough approach that is maybe not for everyone. In this respect, it may not be the right approach for you at the moment. There are many alternative ways of learning that you may find more suitable.

I can empathise with the anxiety issue as a recovered agoraphobic, but compromising the course is not the solution.

9:36 PM, Monday April 26th 2021

That's a good point about better feedback if you can't erase, but honestly, if you're messing up your lines all the time, the feedback is going to be, "your lines aren't accurate, draw from your shoulder." Well duh, I already knew that I sucked at lines. At worst, it could confuse feedback because an incorrect line could give the impression that someone doesn't understand perspective when in fact, they just slipped with their hand.

My point about the system wasn't that it's hard. I'm not averse to hard work. My point is that, if something is meant to teach people, and 100% inflexibility when dealing thousands of humans, many of whom learn differently, might not always be ideal.

10:18 PM, Monday April 26th 2021
edited at 10:18 PM, Apr 26th 2021

For the former that is not how feedback, official at least, works. It constructively critiques your work so that you can consolidate your learning before moving onto the next, progressively tougher, stage. It stops you getting ahead of yourself and stops problems from compounding later.

I think on the latter point it is up to you to assess if it is the right course for you. I don't see it changing to be more flexible and I don't think it should. You have chosen this course, it didn't choose you. EOM.

edited at 10:18 PM, Apr 26th 2021
11:06 PM, Monday April 26th 2021

Good clarification when it comes to feedback. Thanks for your feedback, sincerely.

I guess I'll have to think about if I'll continue to do this program. I was and am willing to do the hard work, but if I have eccentricities that there isn't room for, then maybe I'm just not cut out for this stuff.

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