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Having an intense conversation with a friend about how a lot of students really have trouble with criticism from teachers. (particularly in art school)

It's always a fight about "I want to do what looks good to me! Not what the teacher wants! Everyone else says it looks good!"

I've always found this argument very weak.
I mean, your teacher is there to teach you. You're supposed to try your best to listen. Is this hard?
If you refuse to abide by their rules, they will give you a poor grade. At that point, you don't deserve to argue.
Even with difficult or opinionated teachers, there are ways to please their expectations while doing your own thing. It's a creative problem solving. Imagine trying to be stubborn with a client who is disagreeing with your work. Guess what, they're just NOT going to pay you or work with you ever again.

I feel like in America people don't value education. It's just an excuse to ask for more money in a workplace. Is this true? Is the value of a teacher in the United States diminishing? I feel like there's no respect at all. It saddens me when I meet people who say that teachers are OVERPAID.

I also noticed that people who have trouble taking criticism struggle in a company or other work environment, because they're convinced people should pay them money to do what they want.

That kind of doesn't make sense........ I mean, would you pay for your own stuff? At the rate you're asking?...

Just needed to rant! lol
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Vashtya
I think you hit it on the head exactly--more than any other field (although all fields will have it to some degree) creative ones are all about learning how to please that client--whether it's a teacher, or an actual person handing you a check...while not feeling like you're selling yourself out. If you can't take criticism, or absorb what's being said instead of getting caught up in the fact that it's not all favorable (I say this as a person who's terrible with taking criticism, haha), you're going to have problems somewhere down the line, unless you're so uniquely brilliant that people come to you throwing money to just do whatever you want...which isn't likely, in most cases. [/twocents] (ilu. sohard, btw. ;D)