I am sitting today in Stan Kong’s beginning product design class (ACCD alumni and a renowned teacher) that currently teaches at PCC (Pasadena City College).

While speaking with him a bit about the ACCD (Art Center College of Design) loss of teaching culture, he mentioned a video called Roland is God. Roland Young, a teacher at ACCD a few years back, was one to really carry on the core attitude of Tink’s genuine vision of ACCD teaching methodology.

Watch these video bellow and then read the text bellow

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The big take away I got from this conversation (an eye opening in my regards), is that despite the demanding and potentially emotionally straining teaching practices the real purpose was to push push push students for two main reasons.

1. Geting rid of the students that were not truly devoted to this career
2. By the end of the course you were the shit or at least had reached your peak.

I find this fascinating.

I do not know, however, if todays generation along with its various political dynamics of the institution are still in phase with this methodology. A practice that seems harsh at first, but has had clearly efficient results, as seen in the successes of the college alumni.

Hope you enjoyed this.