Budget Cuts – How it affects our interests
I am excited that school started as it will be my last semester here at Cal. Luckily, I got all the classes I need and don’t need to be worried about waitlisted courses.
Budget cuts are really driving everyone crazy because it lowered the number of classes offered this semester. Most of the students I know are waitlisted in not one but up to three courses. For many, this is can mean they are not going to graduate because of a class that was full, and for others it is a missed opportunity to develop an interest.
The first day of class, both of my art classes had about 40 people, half of which wanted to add and were not allowed to add because of the limited number of seats per class. These art classes were pretty much for majors only, meaning that those who wanted to experiment or learn something different were not allowed because they were not declared art majors. To me this is sad because I feel like if I was one of those students who was denied the opportunity I would not have discovered my interest in art.
I was not an artist from birth like some artists. It was my interest in exploring a different field aside from music that led me to take an intro to drawing class. If I had not been allowed to take it because I was not an art major, then I would have never discovered the artist in me.
