After reading and annotating the text Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway, I have written a moment in my current life, including dialogue and symbolic details. Below, is a scene of how my Monday morning went, and how I was able to fix my class schedule for this fall semester.
Sitting in my Uber, I twiddle my fingers as I stare at the time— 9:00 a.m. I’m supposed to be there at 9. I feel anxiety building up in me as I tell myself, “I’m going to be late for my appointment with Professor Gutman”. As I am thinking this to myself, my Uber driver asks, “do you have a 9:30 class?” I shake my head no and explain, “no, I’m having a professor review my AP studio art portfolio”. We pull up to the Academic Building at the Delaware County Community College Marple campus where I am getting dropped off. I grab by big black art portfolio case and the car door handle to leave when my driver exclaims, “good luck on your portfolio review!” “Thank you, have a nice day!” I reply back. I race to the Academic Building, staring at my phone to look for the room number. I finally find it and see a woman typing away at her computer. “You must be Christina, my 9 o'clock appointment”. I shake my head to confirm and she continues to tell me, “hold on one second, I have to finish this email”. I patiently sit next to her in a cluttered office. “I have been waiting to meet with you, I must review your portfolio in order to reward you the correct classes based on your AP score. You can set out all of your pieces on this table over here”. She points to an unused office table, “you received a five out of five for your score correct?” I respond, “ yes”, as I’m finishing laying out my images. “What high school did you go to?” She’s asks. “Strath Haven” I answer. “Oh you must have been in the art exhibit earlier this year”. “Yea and I actually had this image in that show”, I point to the watercolor painting of a burger and sweet potato fries. Professor Gutman replies, “I think I remember seeing that and it making me hungry” she chuckles. She continues to look at each piece and asks, “so are all of these pen drawings?” “Some are in pen, but I also have images done in watercolor and acrylic.” She nods and moves closer to my black and white pen drawing. “I see you have some black and white observational drawings. What was your score again? Oh yeah five that is excellent. Since you aren’t taking any art classes, I will award you credit for ART 130 Drawing I so you can start taking Two Dimensional Design”. A smile grows on my face in the bright colorful office and I reply, “ thank you!” We walk over to her computer and Professor Gutman tells me, “let me write a few emails so we can get you started in this art course”. I silently nod and wait as she taps away on her keyboard. “Is it okay if I put you in the Wednesday’s Two Dimensional class? It is from 5-10 pm.” “Yes that will fit into my schedule”, I add. She responds, “okay this is great. You will have to work your ass off because I am placing you in so late in this class, but I can clearly see from your portfolio that you will do fine. See me in two weeks to tell me how you’re doing!” “Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! Does that mean I still have to go to my Western Civilization II class?” I question. “No you’re good, you no longer need to take that class, you can go do whatever until your next class!” she suggest, waving her hands at me. I say with a feeling of relief, “okay thanks again!” I am so glad that my schedule is fixed and am now able to take art classes this semester!
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Taylor dannaker
9/24/2018 09:10:35 pm
I hate feeling rushed too. I'm glad everything worked out in your favor while switching your classes around!
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Sabatino
9/25/2018 07:35:51 am
This post provides an introduction that contextualizes the assignment. I also see how the writing uses description and action to develop a scene from your storied life. The images both complement the words and animate this post into a more of a multimodal composition.
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Taylor Kriebel
9/25/2018 09:34:59 am
Your art in the photo is absolutely beautiful and AP studio art? This makes me wish I had the motivation to do it in high school... very inspiring, I love it
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Nicole Strasinski
10/16/2018 10:49:08 am
Your art is too good !! Im glad everything worked out !
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