It's been to long I admit sense my last post. I guess I am not a vary good blogger as one of my friends told me while I TA his class. "Mark I love how you said on your blog that you would be consistent then you rarely post" well life happens and we don't always get what we want sorry guys and gals it's just a busy life here in LA.
So Gnomon has been going well I almost had a mental break down in term 10 of the 3 year program. I admit I tried to do what is commonly not done at Gnomon and that's try and stick to all my classes. I'm sorry there is somthing wrong when you are told by most your peers to drop half your classes so you can survive term 10 and not go insane. I made it to week 7 before considering one night to just walk into traffic and be done with it. I wanted to believe that Gnomon would not of made a cariculome that was imposible to achieve but I was wrong.
Well I did not do this but went to Brian and asked if I could swap my term to a half term and re take the 3 classes so I did get the content I paid for. To say the least Gnomon will work with you for your health. I always been amazed how much this schools faculty puts your health and well being first over there money. The teachers care about you and the staff strive to always help you. From a person who came from a college mill background like Westwood this is really a spetiol school that cares about its students your not just a number to them. Max / Moe / Andrea / Pauline / Tom / Misty / Charly and so many more members of the staff have put my health first and always gave me words of wisdom to live by.
I remember Max coming out during one break in his intro to maya class when I was beating my self up for being to technical and a poor excuse for a artist and he sat down next to me. My teacher who got up on his soap box every time his machine booted up for class and was a force onto him self was willing to talk to me. I used to be vary scared of this man. But he said somthing that always sticks with me: "Mark your a technical guy don't forsake your IT background it does not mean you can't be a artist embrace it. Not a lot of artist care like you do about the techical stuff. I can see you working hard don't beat your self up you'll get there."
Those words will always mean a lot to me and were a pivotal turning point to me at Gnomon. Ya I am vary techical but that's ok I will always be a artist.
Next term I was asked to pick my track and was thinking of being a TA (teacher assistent) Max threw a off hand comment to Pauline about how he would reccomend me as a hard worker and helpful student. I was vary proud to be recognised by Max that day. I also was seeked out by Skot who used to run the lab monitor program and asked if I be interested. After being hired I got to know my two bosses well Misty and Skot. They always backed me up and stood by my side when students would get angry with me. A support team that cared about there employs is a rare thing to find these days. Once again proving to me how much Gnomon staff even support each other. I really loved my time as a TA and hope some day to come back to Gnomon to teach a class as a teacher.
I also recently started to work at DreamWorks and Gnomon did it again. They pulled together to make sure I could compleat my Gnomon program and helped go out of there way to make a schedule that would fit to my 40 hour work week and it was amazing. Andrea and Moe put there names on the dotted line sticking there necks out to say I could handle this and make it happen. I will always be in their debt as well as Shannon and Pauline who made sure it would work with my scedule no matter what.
Gnomon will always have a spetiol place in my heart because it's a school that cares about there students not a pay check at the end of the day. I met with one of the higher ups at gnomon and she told me she wanted to do everything in her power to help me finish. I think by the time I'm done with gnomon I'll have been here for 4 years of my life. From doing a half term to taking a term off for DreamWorks job this school will always be a second home to me.
I still remember the nights at Northrup Grumman fantasizing on how amazing it would be to have gone to Gnomon and how lucky people were to get that chance to even enter the doors of this school. To say the least Gnomon has not disappointed me at all. Thank you Gnomon for the great work and the love you show your students. You will always be my second home in my life.
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