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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
The Magic of being a Teacher
Just a few thoughts to share...
When you realize that taking on this monastic calling called "Architecture" is just a "pipe dream" and regardless of how hard you try, there is always someone around the corner waiting for you to blaze through, just to kick you in the lungs and take all the God's given breath out of you... so you can become cynical, a hired gun and comply with the "status quo"... in unexpected places, you find hope and your heart is filled again with this unrelentless optimism, energy and purpose.
Well, that is what teaching does for me. Today, after arriving late to class, parking on the red zone and taking a zillion phone calls during class, my students taught me a huge lesson. Life as an architect is not about today or the imminent tomorrow, but rather the long term future. There are in my class, more than a few young students who are teaching me day-in and day-out why I chose this ungrateful profession. They inspire me, humble me and most importantly, they allow me to see that this profession is not about my contemporaries or the old geezers, but rather the new generation who is coming into the field with an unpoluted heart, great talent and making light of the obstacles they have to overcome to get where they are.
In running, we say that it will take another hundred years to break the world record for the mile, set by Effrain El-Garruh from Morocco, if you look at the statistics for the last 100 years. In architecture, my students, fill me with the dogmatic belief that they will not only be better than we all have ever been in this profession, but they will go into uncharted waters with the naivitee and force that only God's enthusiasm can bestow in their young lives.
Me? I am just a vampire who goes three times a week to get my HGH or spiritual steroids from each one and all of them, so I can keep the hope alive, that at the end of the road, you can't argue with success, the person who went the extra mile, the one who shamed all their detractors by lasting long enough to let them know that honesty, hard work and integrity pays off... and like in the old Western movies, good guys (or girls) always win.
Thank you guys and keep working hard because this is just the beginning of a great journey where the synopsis will multiply in an algorythmic destiny.
I would hire all of you if I could.
Ana
posted by escalante-architects # 8:20 PM 
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
The Magic of being a Teacher
Just a few thoughts to share...
When you realize that taking on this monastic calling called "Architecture" is just a "pipe dream" and regardless of how hard you try, there is always someone around the corner waiting for you to blaze through, just to kick you in the lungs and take all the God's given breath out of you... so you can become cynical, a hired gun and comply with the "status quo"... in unexpected places, you find hope and your heart is filled again with this unrelentless optimism, energy and purpose.
Well, that is what teaching does for me. Today, after arriving late to class, parking on the red zone and taking a zillion phone calls during class, my students taught me a huge lesson. Life as an architect is not about today or the imminent tomorrow, but rather the long term future. There are in my class, more than a few young students who are teaching me day-in and day-out why I chose this ungrateful profession. They inspire me, humble me and most importantly, they allow me to see that this profession is not about my contemporaries or the old geezers, but rather the new generation who is coming into the field with an unpoluted heart, great talent and making light of the obstacles they have to overcome to get where they are.
In running, we say that it will take another hundred years to break the world record for the mile, set by Effrain El-Garruh from Morocco, if you look at the statistics for the last 100 years. In architecture, my students, fill me with the dogmatic belief that they will not only be better than we all have ever been in this profession, but they will go into uncharted waters with the naivitee and force that only God's enthusiasm can bestow in their young lives.
Me? I am just a vampire who goes three times a week to get my HGH or spiritual steroids from each one and all of them, so I can keep the hope alive, that at the end of the road, you can't argue with success, the person who went the extra mile, the one who shamed all their detractors by lasting long enough to let them know that honesty, hard work and integrity pays off... and like in the old Western movies, good guys (or girls) always win.
Thank you guys and keep working hard because this is just the beginning of a great journey where the synopsis will multiply in an algorythmic destiny.
I would hire all of you if I could.
Ana
When you realize that taking on this monastic calling called "Architecture" is just a "pipe dream" and regardless of how hard you try, there is always someone around the corner waiting for you to blaze through, just to kick you in the lungs and take all the God's given breath out of you... so you can become cynical, a hired gun and comply with the "status quo"... in unexpected places, you find hope and your heart is filled again with this unrelentless optimism, energy and purpose.
Well, that is what teaching does for me. Today, after arriving late to class, parking on the red zone and taking a zillion phone calls during class, my students taught me a huge lesson. Life as an architect is not about today or the imminent tomorrow, but rather the long term future. There are in my class, more than a few young students who are teaching me day-in and day-out why I chose this ungrateful profession. They inspire me, humble me and most importantly, they allow me to see that this profession is not about my contemporaries or the old geezers, but rather the new generation who is coming into the field with an unpoluted heart, great talent and making light of the obstacles they have to overcome to get where they are.
In running, we say that it will take another hundred years to break the world record for the mile, set by Effrain El-Garruh from Morocco, if you look at the statistics for the last 100 years. In architecture, my students, fill me with the dogmatic belief that they will not only be better than we all have ever been in this profession, but they will go into uncharted waters with the naivitee and force that only God's enthusiasm can bestow in their young lives.
Me? I am just a vampire who goes three times a week to get my HGH or spiritual steroids from each one and all of them, so I can keep the hope alive, that at the end of the road, you can't argue with success, the person who went the extra mile, the one who shamed all their detractors by lasting long enough to let them know that honesty, hard work and integrity pays off... and like in the old Western movies, good guys (or girls) always win.
Thank you guys and keep working hard because this is just the beginning of a great journey where the synopsis will multiply in an algorythmic destiny.
I would hire all of you if I could.
Ana
posted by escalante-architects # 8:20 PM
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