A University of California Regent recently said that his institution has a “dysfunctional set of organizational structures, processes and policies.” Wow, I couldn’t agree with him more. The problem is that this is the type of stuff that trickles down throughout the system. I would argue that many of the programs and colleges on UC campuses that I’ve been on show the same signs. Anyway, it’s good to see someone from the inside take a public stand…I only wish some of the faculty and such would organize to challenge the way things are. But then I guess once you are dependent on a job you pay more attention to the political repercussions than anything else. I can’t say I blame them but it sure sucks being a student who takes out massive loans only to be at the whim of such “leadership” and receive less than expected in educational delivery.
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A friend passed this link to me the other day and I figured it was worth putting on here. For you state-side people with cars, you might think twice before ever going to Jiffy Lube! Check out this undercover news story which shows how 5 out of 9 Jiffy Lube service stations they went to cheated them by not doing any of the services they were paid to do. Probably not an uncommon story but here’s some really solid proof!
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[appended: 2/12/08] Below is a post I started back in August 2007. I was unemployed, frustrated and venting and because of that I just started a draft and apparently forgot about it. It’s interesting for me to look back at this six months later (today is 2/12/08). Anyway, instead of deleting it or even finishing it I offer it here as a way to document my mental landscape as I venture out as a establishing audio documentarian. You will read the beginning of what is a somewhat harsh criticism of the Social Documentation program that I graduated from in 2007. There are some truths to where I’m coming from but I’m largely very happy that I was accepted into the program and for what I learned in it. I will offer a more detailed account in the not so distant future…here’s to seeing ourselves in the past as we move into the present:
Okay, so the feedback hasn’t necessarily been flooding in but what I have received confirms my own feelings…I’m new at this audio thing! I have no technical training in audio documentary. The program I was in at UCSC (Social Documentation) provided zero technical training in audio documentary. I did learn documentary theory and basic construction but nothing specific to documentary audio and definitely not anything technical. While I did venture outside the program for as much technical advice I could find but alas I’m left with a project that is lacking in many respects and the radio folks I have talked with have been helpful in pointing the problems out. I’m not trying to ‘dis’ anybody but just…
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