Monday, October 26, 2009

[Artless and very important] PLEASE HELP, ADVICE WANTED

If you are from my current school, you might find this offensive, but your advice would be good too.
If you are from IT High School Exupery (The Little Prince), please read on, I really need your advice, ok?♥

いらっしゃいませ、そして。。。
Ok, so I moved to an art school, right? Some of you might find this rather prestigious and quite an achievement, but that means you're foreign, because things are a bit different than in Bulgaria.
Now, I've been to public schools and I know that even the greatest ones only have their big names left. I've been to one of the (supposedly) best, so I know.
So I didn't expect things with the Art School I'm in right now to be different, but I'm here with the ambition to study animation later on. They don't offer animation here, so I thought I'd graduate with Illustration and have two options - zoology or animation later on.
But still, I don't think I can go on with any of these if the general subjects aren't covered, and well... My English teacher can't speak English, my IT teacher says 'hotmail' instead of 'html' and my Bulgarian teacher reads the lessons out of our textbook.
Also, this year they have changed the headmaster. This one only cares about the musicians. One of my upperclassman friends told me she found drawings from six years ago which got Fs, but something like that is considered worthy of an A nowadays. The same friend was just drawing in one of the studios when it started raining and it started to leak into the room. Joy.
Also, we're in the same class with some ballerinas.
I thought they would be beautiful, graceful people. Silent and gentle. Instead, they are loud, noisy, stupid and mean. Well, most of them. There is one who DOESN'T shake the ground when she walks, she's sweet to everyone and she's clever too. It's like she compensates for everyone else. The bad thing is, she's one and they're 7. The artists, who were shy and seemed sweet, started behaving just like them. They're annoying and some of them can't draw either. There are some girls who are actually pretty nice. Also, there's a girl who used to be one of my closest friends in Elementary school (grades 1 through 4). I wouldn't mind, but she's a tad bit superficial and incredibly clingy. She's never switched schools before, so she clings to me. She never studies though :< (I don't know why I'm saying that, it just bothers me to see someone intelligent who is pretty much killing their wits). She made more friends than me, but she's almost always sticking to me. I wouldn't mind it if I wasn't a bit of a loner wolf who likes her privacy. Curse my introvertedness.

So as you guessed, I am considering going back to Exupery/The Little Prince. But I am really scared to do so, too. Their level of education is wonderful, and I appreaciate that very much, but I'm not sure what will happen with my wish to study animation. Even so, they specialize in languages and IT and their entire staff is very creative and open to new options and ideas, so I wouldn't be surprised if they offer me something. They strive for the top after all.
Also, I definitely prefer my classmates from that school. But I'm scared because one of them has a great singing voice and used to be in my current school. She was there for 5 months or so and then came to this one. She actually tried to convince me not to go... I think I should have listened to her. She's very sweet, but still, I'm worried about the "HAHA, TOLD YOU SO" thing that happens in most schools. Maybe I'm too scared people judge me, but I have been a victim of that for so long, I just stopped trusting people with that. I'm afraid the others might join in too.
Still, I'm seriously thinking about going back there.

Have you ever watched Don Bluth's 'Anastasia'? It's full of wonderful songs, one of which is called 'Journey to the past' and has a line which I particularly like and identify with:
People always say 'Life is full of choices', no one ever mentions... fear......

So I need your advice desperately. I'm very uncertain about this, so some feedback will be appreciated, ESPECIALLY if you're from Exupery/TLP, but anyone's advice is welcome!

Thank you very much!
~Sushi-tan (^.^)v

P.S. My tablet is back, so expect an update with art to compensate!

10 comments:

  1. Ellie, I think that you should go back to Exupery :] If you don't like the school you are now in then you are just wasting your time and your talent as well.
    I'm sure no one would be all "I TOLD YOU SO"...And even if they are [which I doubt, but still...] then just ignore them.
    I know that the choice is up to you but just...concider what I said [er...wrote, whatever]and think about what will be best for you :]

    ~DeeDee :]

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  2. Aww, thank you so much <3
    I also think no one will really do that there, because they're all very nice...

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  3. YOU SHOULD come back!! We will be glad to have you back, Ellie =] Don't worry about the animation, just keep practicing your drawing, and our IT teachers will show you opportunities how to combine your IT skills & interests with your talent so you can become a great animator. ;) You shouldn't hesitate talking to them. And you could try 3D animation - something i've always wanted to do.. and would do if I could drawww which i can't ;) im happy to see our school is indeed a good one. I havent been in a public school since 2nd grade and I can only judge by friends' words.. but the fact that a clever girl like you prefers our high-school speaks a lot for itself. Soo it seems to me like you shouldn't think about it any longer as it turns out the atmosphere in our school is much more suitable for a creative person like you. ;) Will be waitin for yuu!

    P.S.: U've got a good English girl!! And a nice blog! But WHY is it all in English and why is it all so pink? :D

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  4. Еллиии ... Идвай и изобщо не се притеснявай че ще ти се подигравам нещо ... няма такива неща .. И между другото мног благодаря за описанието :D .. ще се оправиш и с анимацията .. сигурна съм .. ти се върни .. а след това ще се справиш :)

    П.С -- > Нищо няма да ти липсва от това даскъло .. и с нищо няма да ти помогне .. докато стигнеш до 12 клас то ще фалира :D .. !Чакаме те! :)

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  5. @DeeDee: Actually, I have no idea why it's pink. I was trying to come up with a colour scheme... And I have no idea why I called myself "Sushi-tan" either, it just popped into my head.
    And it's in English because until this point, my readers were both Danish and don't understand Bulgarian (Or Russian, or French, or whatever else I type in, haha)

    @Meis: Зависи кога ми изкарат отпускно (поне така разбрах че се казва), идвам... Май другата седмица. Аз предполагах че няма така да стане, ама просто имам нещо като втълпен страх... Тц, тц, ах тези държавни училища.

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  6. Actually it wasnt Deedee who wrote the second post but anyways.. ^^ And the pink is sweet but posts are hard to read because of the colors. =]

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  7. I think you should go back to Exupery/TLP~ it is obvious that you're not learning what you want to learn at your current school, and when most of your classmates sucks, there isn't any point in sticking around >.<' It sounds like Exupery is great school with great people, so my advice would definitely be to go back there :3 Now, I don't know anyone from either of your schools, but I don't think they would be all "TOLD YA SO!"~ that'd be a tad too much o: If it was my school, I'd just be happy you came back <3
    Don't hesistate to do what you want! \\(^o^)//

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  8. @Anonymous: I don't know why I read 'Deedee', so sorry >_< Yeah, I think I need to change the colour scheme, but I like it Pink/Green. It reminds me of lolita-esque sushi, like the blog itself xD Wait, Milena? *randomly shoots in the dark* You write like that, so I guessed. Or Geri...

    @Nanako: (Wait, Koneko, is that you?) Thank you very much <3 Chuu~

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