Half. Just half.

So, as of two hours ago, I just finished my first week as a sophomore in the graphic design department. I've been having a really good time, learning a lot, and working. A lot. To break this down as easily as I can, I have 3 different studio classes, and I have 2 each even (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) day. (Tuesdays and Thursdays are for lib. art classes.)

Mon: Class A, then Class B

Wed: Class B, then Class C

Fri: Class C, then Class A

I've been pretty much living in studio, working on intense projects. I'm not going to waste a lot of time trying to sound modest, I spend so much time in studio, I really expect it to pay off. But, as if it were my "welcome to the real world" memo, when I got back to my studio space after going to class there was a returned assignment on my desk.

5/10.

That's all it said, on a pale yellow sticky note. Now, I don't really mind how impersonal it was, since I had talked with the teacher after class about my work, in an attempt to get some sort of personal, one-on-one feedback. Her critique was serious and made it sound like there was improvement to be made, but overall made it sound like I did a pretty good job. So 5/10.

50%

Really?

Other people in the class all seem to have better grades than me. And honestly, I feel like certain people definitely did worse than I did--but it seems that their grades don't reflect it.

Welcome to graphic design, 5 days in and you're already failing.

Ginger.