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Re: 10 Things I Wish I’d Been told in College (and 1 I was)

Hellokitty — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:50:43 -0000

And there's another: if someone opens a door for you even a tiny crack (networking), i.e., your mom... take it & run with it. Don't dis a connection because you think it's lame -- you might find a few years later that your best friend scored a great gig with that same connection.

Re: 10 Things I Wish I’d Been told in College (and 1 I was)

Bowenmariah — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:38:38 -0000

This is great advice. I especially like the last one and it applies to everything in life. If you want to do something you can, but you have to work for it.

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Colleen — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:03:05 -0000

Okay So I stumbled On Your Blog particularly this post and That is A Perfect quote from Nancy, I had her as a Professor at Suny New Paltz for my Acting one course last semester and she is a total Gem.

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Andrea — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:57:06 -0000

Hi there, love your list, and couldn't agree more. At the end you mentioned a good friend and teacher of mine, Nancy Saklad, and it is so cool that you know and worked with her as well. She is wonderful, always has a wise word.

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Derek Kolluri — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:18:24 -0000

Or, the beer comes when the student asks the prof to meet. This is just another thing one might have benefited from learning... 11. If you want something, ask for it.

Re: 10 Things I Wish I’d Been told in College (and 1 I was)

Derek Kolluri — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:15:05 -0000

Getting to sit down to a beer with a professor is a reward earned by displaying a working knowledge and practice of the elements listed here.

Re: 10 Things I Wish I’d Been told in College (and 1 I was)

Travis Bedard — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:57:04 -0000

Perfect.

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scottwalters — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:51:58 -0000

Tom and I will be starting a blog soon devoted to revising the theatre curriculum, and it is our hope that we'll be doing a podcast (or videocast) as well. And that's breaking news...

Re: 10 Things I Wish I’d Been told in College (and 1 I was)

Travis Bedard — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:12:59 -0000

I think this is a sidebar to a holistic theatre training program. I think curriculum can cover the "business" portion of it. And the thrust of what a Loughlin/Walters curriculum will cover a large portion of the rest (let's not pretend I haven't been listening for the last three years). As I said up top, these are things I wanted to hear over a beer.

My particular program was exactly what I needed but the turnover in my five years led to my not having a faculty mentor. I didn't have someone who'd walked this path to talk me through the first steps.

And I think you're absolutely right in your second point: I don't know that I would have listened. I am notoriously hard headed, and I was 21 at the time ;)

So aside from going to SETC (and I'm not) How do we get to hear about a revamp?

Re: 10 Things I Wish I’d Been told in College (and 1 I was)

Tom Loughlin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:31:02 -0000

Travis, as my buddy Scott says, he and I are working on trying to change the picture. I like the list, and linked to it on my blog. But as a 30+ year educator, I will add this to the mix - I have said all of these things multiple times to my students over the years. The question may be equally as much about who is listening, and what they are listening to at the time, as it is about what is being said.

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scottwalters — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:15:15 -0000

Perfect. Tom Loughlin and I ARE trying to create a theatre curriculum -- and this is a good starting point.

Re: 10 Things I Wish I’d Been told in College (and 1 I was)

fishbowlmuse — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:20:03 -0000

Great list. I completely wish someone had told me that stuff as well. It seems so obvious now.
I'm not sure if knowing it earlier saves you any struggle, but it probably would have saved some wasted time.
I especially like #10. :)

Re: 10 Things I Wish I’d Been told in College (and 1 I was)

Sterling Lynch — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:14:58 -0000

Great list!

It's pretty rare for any list like this to highlight something valuable with each point but you do.

Given my own line of thinking these days, I give special marks to 4 & 5 but depending on my mood, I might easily give special marks to any of the others.

I think if this list makes the rounds, it could be very helpful for a lot of people -- whatever their career stage.

Re: 10 Things I Wish I’d Been told in College (and 1 I was)

Kate Foy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:18:48 -0000

Cool stuff. I really like this, and am posting it up to a class of graduating actors from my Uni ... thanks!

Re: 10 Things I Wish I’d Been told in College (and 1 I was)

Mikela — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:45:56 -0000

:) Good list. Who you know is important- but more so, who knows you! Your reputation can precede you- if that's good or bad, depends on you.
Bottoms up!