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Colombia's education system is borked, but it's not America's education system, I save up my own money and I can pay for each semester without going into debt.

If I seem snappy about this, well, I in principle take offense to people in first world countries with more opportunities and different contexts telling young people, specially those in less wealthy countries to not study when we are actually constantly having to fight here for our education. I think it's cultural poison.

I think we're on the wrong foot here. I do NOT(!) want to talk you out of it. Even with the danger to sound offensive right now, why aren't you simply doing your projects? To me it sounds a lot more like your issue is one of motivation, fighting procrastination and not skills. I am not sure if schools, can really fix that. And I am talking from experience here.

But who knows, maybe in Colombia the universities and schools are different, just as you say no clue.

WHy are you assuming I am procastinating on my projects when I am literally taking in more work load to improve on the end product? I have worked on them and found many weaknesses in my skill set, I also found my traditional art skills to be lacking for what I wanted to make, along with lacking on things like Sculpture and non digital painting skills.

I work from 7 am to 5pm and study from 6 to 9, I don't lack motivation and I am actually taking offense to you basically calling me lazy while I have the heaviest workload in my life.
I am also learning Japanese and preparing my project for a scholarship.

The thing to learn from all of this is to just do you Walpknut. Fuck what everyone else thinks.

I will. I just don't get why I am being called lazy for studying while working and learning a third language.

If I would think you're lazy, I would have simply said that. Eh, this format here sucks for discussions of this kind. Look you want to study and you think it gives you something. I already told you go for it. I just gave my opinion on it. Maybe it's a shit opinion, maybe not. As Toront said, do your thing. I just believe you're going there for the wrong reasons. That's all. Has nothing to do with lazyness.

It is a shit opinion because you are telling me that me putting money and effort towards a goal means I am procastinating.
Also, I am going to art school to get art skills and network with profesionals on the field, why am I exactly going there for the wrong reasons?

No, that's not what I said. I said that I think this might be your issue and you're hoping to solve that trough art school - I am a better learner in a class! I know what that's like, because I am very similar in that respect. Much of what you said here, resonates a lot with what I thought 15 years ago. Look the error here is clearly on my side.

I wanted to give you a different perspective, from one artist to another and to someone who seems to be a nice guy. At no point was my intention to insult you or to tell you that you're making shit choices. But I guess it's true. Everyone has to make his own experience. I just hope that you're not getting out in 2 or 3 years and regret it. I do wish you ALL the success.

In a sense much of what you wrotte here simply reminded me about my younger self. Call me stupid, call my opinion shit, do all of that. It's alright. I got you on the wrong foot here and it probably was a complete mistake on my part, to even mention it here. Toront is completely right. Do your own thing man. I wish you the best luck in either case.

"charcoal teachers are always so stuck up" ... Where are you? What the fuck.

On the outside world, where I know what charcoal pencils are.

I know what a charcoal pencil is. It's just such a ridiculously esoteric complaint that I found it amusing. Chill brosef

I mean, probably everything is esoteric when you don't know what is being talked about.

You understand what esoteric means right?

Do you?

"intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest."