Okay, here’s a sarcastic blog post version of the text, stripped down to the essentials:
**The Case of the Missing Tutoring**
Alright, so I’m in my final year, and honestly, for the first time, I’m completely at my wits’ end. 6 years in, and for the first time, I just don’t see a solution. I’ve broken down so many times I even went to a counsellor for the first time.
Since the start of semester, my tutor has been fixated on AI and final presentations. Almost every session is the tutor showing online examples of the kind of presentations the tutor want while barely looking at our actual designs.
One thing that drives me insane is that my tutor only seems engaged if our presentation sheets look polished and “final board” aesthetic. Now, in the final weeks, I’m stuck (and have been for a while), and suddenly the tutor acts surprised?
I’m in my final year and honestly, for the first time, I’m completely at my wits’ end. 6 years in and for the first time I just don’t see a solution. I’ve broken down so many times I even went to a counsellor for the first time.
Since the start of semester, my tutor has been fixated on AI and final presentations. Almost every session is the tutor showing online examples of the kind of presentations the tutor want while barely looking at our actual designs. The tutor get so absorbed in the examples that they don’t properly engage with design work.
One thing that drives me insane is that my tutor only seems engaged if our presentation sheets look polished and “final board” aesthetic. Even in the first few weeks! Like… I’m not here yet, I need design feedback, not “look at this presentation board on the screen, it can be an example for the final.” It feels backwards. shouldn’t the design come first, then the graphics?
Now, in the final weeks, I’m stuck (and have been for a while), and suddenly the tutor acts surprised? On top of that, the tutors constantly cut people off after a sentence or two and just go on talking. It feels pointless to even try explaining myself, so I just nod along.
The worst part is that the tutor doesn’t even remember what I have shown. I brought the same sheet twice, weeks apart just to test the theory, and the tutor said, “This is new, I haven’t seen this before.” Now I’m not expecting the tutor to have photogenic memory or anything but the tutor points out very strong elements. Or the tutor will claim I didn’t see the tutor last week when I literally did. It’s exhausting.
I am slowly losing myself.
I’m in my final year and honestly, for the first time, I’m completely at my wits’ end. 6 years in and for the first time I just don’t see a solution. I’ve broken down so many times I even went to a counsellor for the first time.
Since the start of semester, my tutor has been fixated on AI and final presentations. Almost every session is the tutor showing online examples of the kind of presentations the tutor want while barely looking at our actual designs. The tutor get so absorbed in the examples that they don’t properly engage with design work.
One thing that drives me insane is that my tutor only seems engaged if our presentation sheets look polished and “final board” aesthetic. Even in the first few weeks! Like… I’m not here yet, I need design feedback, not “look at this presentation board on the screen, it can be an example for the final.” It feels backwards. shouldn’t the design come first, then the graphics?
Now, in the final weeks, I’m stuck (and have been for a while), and suddenly the tutor acts surprised? On top of that, the tutors constantly cut people off after a sentence or two and just go on talking. It feels pointless to even try explaining myself, so I just nod along.
The worst part is that the tutor doesn’t even remember what I have shown. I brought the same sheet twice, weeks apart just to test the theory, and the tutor said, “This is new, I haven’t seen this before.” Now I’m not expecting the tutor to have photogenic memory or anything but the tutor points out very strong elements. Or the tutor will claim I didn’t see the tutor last week when I literally did. It’s exhausting.
I am slowly losing myself.
