<p>I am emailing yr reply to D. Yes, she is really loving Brooklyn - which is new to her and is hanging out in Manhattan with a friend at SVA. Great, firsthand insight. Thanks for this. Are you using your art training in any way?</p>
<p>Not to be mean, but your daughter needs to get over it…
If she’s such a great artist, she shouldn’t let something like this to get to her.
Pratt has foundation, so it’s likely she’s in a class with architects, fashion designers, and photographers – who don’t know anything about painting.</p>
<p>She should be happy that she’s doing well. I don’t see where else she could go if Pratt isn’t challenging enough for her…</p>
<p>I notice you mentioned her hanging out in Manhattan with a friend from SVA…given her her schedule, that amounts to “going home” every weekend from the perspective of her fellow students at Pratt. That alone is going to make it difficult to establish herself socially and feel good about what Pratt offers–she can’t fairly evaluate her experience the school if she’s not there to give it a chance.</p>
<p>Another thing: You state that “her profs are good teachers”. This is not a given because it’s a good school. Even good teachers have their failings. The fact that they repeatedly show her work as a prime example says to me that they are unaware of the position they are putting her in socially. My daughter had this happen in choir–the teacher would ask a question and when no one knew the answer he’d ask D every time. She started saying IDK to get him to lay off. It’s hard to make friends with people if you’re constantly making them look bad. (and ditching them on the weekends) Maybe she could ask her profs to give examples from past students’ work or something.</p>
<p>The message imbedded in these posts is reassuring; people regard Pratt as as great school. that was our assessment last year and I am glad to have that confirmed. as far as my d’s situation - teens (esp sensitve art types) feel deeply, are the center of their own world and are given a lot to handle when they go away to college for the first time. I would love my D to patiently wait out her first year and to bond with others at Pratt (she has made some friends, and they accompany her when she travels to manhattan to visit her buddy from home). But these social pieces are up to her, not in my control. As far as the profs’ methods - I agree (I am a teacher too and would be careful about showing off others work). D would never approach them in the manner suggested, and frankly Im not sure how they would react. i think the biggest factor right now is time. We (parents) expect her to stick it out and I am hoping she does and that she adjusts and grows to enjoy the eperience more. but that is up to her. and I thank everyone for their comments - it has helped me to deal with this from afar.</p>
<p>Clinton Hill Art Festival
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I saw the opening, very Pratt, very Brooklyn in good way. Nice works, could be done by waiter, waitress/painter but spirit of it. Did she go? Runs untill Sunday.</p>
<p>Foundations classes are very boring, I got my AP Art credit to get me out of Intro to 2D but I still have to take every other foundations class, intro to digital art, drawing, 3D etc. It seems that freshman and maybe sophomore year are full of the boring classes where you’d know it all but it should get challenging after the first year.</p>
<p>At Pratt, or any art school for that matter, students will always encounter assignments that are boring, “stupid,” and a waste of time. I know I certainly have, and I’m still at community college. Likewise, there will always be profs that are difficult to communicate with, use awkward methods, and are strict. There will always be students who are jealous, or overly confident. </p>
<p>I imagine it’s the same outside of artschool too.</p>
<p>Tell your D the best thing she can do for herself is get used to it now, because it’s not going to stop anytime soon.</p>