tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830824287894816288.post1468352064132427182..comments2022-04-05T05:11:51.782-04:00Comments on In the Desert: Wishful Thinking: A Call to ArmsThe Burdened Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242884415134576664noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830824287894816288.post-22513455119324751072010-08-28T10:36:07.307-04:002010-08-28T10:36:07.307-04:00Thank you, both Sea Lark and Alison for your thoug...Thank you, both Sea Lark and Alison for your thoughts. I realise now that I would rather hear from the people currently at Wells than the people who have already left, us old timers! I don't know Wells' present context. I will always miss my Wells, and be upset about changes, but I hope that you guys will always love and cherish YOUR memories.<br /><br />Much <3 from a sister.The Burdened Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242884415134576664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830824287894816288.post-14898354371199822982010-08-27T14:50:15.180-04:002010-08-27T14:50:15.180-04:00This probably won't be as articulate as I'...This probably won't be as articulate as I'd like. I hate to say this because I watched Professor Penniman's face at convocation last night and it is heart breaking. But, a school for 600 students cannot afford to offer everything. It just can't. They have to do the most good for the most people and that involves cutting programs to keep the school open. I know that it sucks and I know that we love those professors and wish they could stay. It would be wonderful if it were possible as it has been in the past. These programs weren't cut because they are arts, they've been cut according to the lack of majors in the arts. I hate to say it, but most people who are serious about arts (those who would be majors) go to schools for the arts, not small liberal arts schools. Liberal arts schools have of course always provided classes in the arts to have well rounded curricula (as Wells has said it will continue to do), but not always majors, and especially when it can't be afforded. What it comes down to is this: You say Wells was not a business and maybe it feels that way sometimes, but in truth ALL colleges and universities that are not state schools ARE businesses. That is the way in which they operate, and no good business would continue to offer services that are not in demand at a time of economic crisis.Kittenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17131300694146514294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830824287894816288.post-11151838415436923722010-08-24T20:56:48.099-04:002010-08-24T20:56:48.099-04:00What hurt the most was not the declaration of remo...What hurt the most was not the declaration of removing the major. Not the list of eliminated professors. What did hurt was seeing a professor I love, care for, respect, and admire turn their back against the school. They won't come back to be an adjunct. They won't go back to give back what the school is threatening to take away. It almost breaks my heart to see their belief in the school crumble. They will make the best of out the year, but they make it so plain that they won't come back.<br /><br />To be honest, I want to see if I can arrange something when I graduate. I want that professor to put on my hood, from my alma mater. I may not have been a major in their field, but my heart has always, always, always been there. I walk away with a degree in theater, but I carry with me the knowledge that they gave me. And I want all of Wells to know that I am always part human, and part art. Thespian, dancer, musician, writer in one, I know that in the end, I breathe in music, and breathe out life.<br /><br />What would I give to these professors who are leaving us? I give out what I can: my love and admiration. My dedication and devotion. My dramatics and my voice.<br /><br />I love music, and deeply in love with it. I'm taking advantage of their last year, and loving the work I do for them. And when they leave, I will know that I will leave with them. But that does not calm the ache in my heart.<br /><br />I hate how arts always get gutted. Why must art always get the brute force of cuts? That is always, always, always the case. And the arts are always underestimated. We are important, writers, artists, musicians, and thespians alike! If people do not believe us, they need to look at history. Because in the end... we write history and bring it back to life. We are the ones to remind the world why things happen. We all are the true Historians, and allow History to live. Historians study our traces, and learn to understand the underlying factors of sociology, economy, philosophy, ect. They are the explorers of the mind of history, we become the living embodiment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11096550944624110201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830824287894816288.post-53969635751499238632010-08-24T15:56:41.963-04:002010-08-24T15:56:41.963-04:00Thanks so much for saying this was awesome. I know...Thanks so much for saying this was awesome. I know that what is happening is very, very difficult for everyone who has been to Wells and knew it as it once was. I also think that it is conforming and it is not taking into account that there is a whole history that is being destroyed.The Burdened Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242884415134576664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830824287894816288.post-50435879674160336512010-08-24T14:30:36.895-04:002010-08-24T14:30:36.895-04:00I labeled this as awesome, cause it is awesome how...I labeled this as awesome, cause it is awesome how you wrote it you hit all the points about everything...but it is not awesome what is happening to our school! :( I love that place and will have very fond memories of how it was...but i don't think i like what it is becoming...its conforming...or at least seems that way.rhaine tsukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02471712809780111689noreply@blogger.com