Sometimes I’m still so mad this professor discouraged me

[Anonymous]

Agree that you should work through this with a therapist. Graphic design is also something that you could pick up as a hobby -- take some classes, start practicing again. Look for volunteer opportunities to help out the PTA, the local animal shelter, etc. If it really bothers you that you dropped out, maybe give it another try.

[Anonymous]

OP: You are right to be upset and angry over this matter. It was your first class. You went to college to learn, not because you were already a talent in graphic design. My response to your instructor is that teaching is not for him / her.

Happy to see that the experience motivated you to succeed, but the emotional scar caused by such a callous, uncaring, public remark was unnecessary and it reveals more about the teacher than about you.

Stay strong !

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How hard is graphic design

Look, I think since it is a combination of tech skills like using Photoshop and your own creative eye that sometimes this " skill" takes time to get "good" at in my opinion. My DH is a graphic designer and if you look at his work in the beginning it is very mediocre but over the years with a ton of practice, he can re create ANYTHING on the computer visually. It freaking takes time and effort so I'm mad for you. This reminds me too of Michelle Obama's story of her guidance counselor trying to derail her from going to Princeton.

Guidance counselors are almost universally worthless if not awful. It’s not unique to Michelle Obama.