Fuck 'em.

It has come to my attention that freshman at this school have been treated like scum. Each day I spend in the Photo Arts building here opens my eyes to some more bad blood brewing. One thing that really gets on my nerves is the fact that freshman (no matter how knowledgeable we are with cameras) are not allowed to take out higher end cameras. I can't even take out a D300, which isn't even full frame. It's quite ridiculous. I have sufficient knowledge of the D300, since I worked at Circuit City. I sold it. I know it quite well, probably better than a decent percentage of the upperclassmen. What if we have an idea where we want to use a camera that has more than 12 megapixels? We're screwed. I've been told by my TA that a couple pictures of mine are worthy of going back and shooting with a 4x5 medium format camera. I would love to do something like that...but wait...I can't do that until NEXT YEAR. Okay, here's the counter argument. I understand that a majority of freshman may not know how to even use a camera such as the D300, and also the fact that they don't rent them out to us because the upperclassmen need them. I get that. However, for people like me, who actually know how to use one, should be able to. What I propose is some sort of test on the fundamentals of higher end cameras for freshman. Those that pass should be able to take out such cameras. I think it would be a great idea, maybe I'll let our Dean know or whoever deals with that junk. I don't even care if it won't get implemented this year. The people next year who are in a position like I am deserve better. You know what else is complete bullshit? Some of the people who work in the cages or the print labs. Maybe it's just me, but it seems like everyone has their period 24/7(girl or guy). A vast majority of them are so stuck up with themselves that as soon as they swipe your ID and see that you're a freshman they get that "ugh" look on their face. I've grown so tired of this because it's so predictable. I understand that they're pissed because many of us are inexperienced and don't know exactly what we want when we approach a cage/printing lab. But if you didn't want to deal with that shit, then why'd you take the job? Put a smile on and deal with it. If you're as nasty as you are to us in the real world at a real job, expect to pack your shit up and get fired. Seriously, the other day, I was printing my triptych for my project, and the girl working the ESP was having a bad day so she was letting her anger show. It was really obvious. She was extremely rude about the form I had to fill out for how big/what kind of paper/what not(which I had never done before). I'm just tired of all these snotty hipsters who let their bad days affect them at their jobs. If you're having a shitty day, shut the fuck up about it until you're out of work. Because honestly, there are plenty of people out there, like myself, who would be glad to take your job, and can do it much better with a smile on our faces. Rambling: complete.