PRO 3 — CON 2

The elective 'History of Western Art' was offered on Wednesday morning. It's a great class taught by a Canadian professor who will retire after this next semester — and she should. Teachers need to show patience which she has absolutely none of.

No messing around in this class. It was like boot camp. I appreciated her style of teaching because I agree with it. She had control, as she should. It is her class after all. She seems to be one of the only ones making an attempt at teaching responsibility.

She was knowledgeable about her subject, no question there. After each lecture, she gave specific instruction to depict the period of art or artist she had spoken of. Most of my works looked like that of a grade-schooler yet I was one of very few that had a perfect portfolio.

One class, she made us tape paper underneath some desks and paint on our backs so that we could experience a brief moment of the four years that it took Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel. From cave art, to mosaics, to stained glass and painting, one never knew what the next class would hold.

It was tough in the sense of there being a TON of readings but, unlike Economics, I found myself finding the time to get it done. I learned a lot in her class and there's no question that the western thought process worked out in her favor. Another definite PRO which puts PRO in the lead. Nice.