User:Gabrielstinchfield

Bio
I am in my fourth quarter of the Audio Production program at the Art Institute Seattle. This quarter is crazier then taking peyote on a life raft full of blind cannibals. Currently I'm finishing up recording and mixing Dysfunction Junction's second studio album. I am also one of the leaders for the Art Institute's Audio Club. I love my profession more and more each and every day, and I can't wait to kick some ass. I'm not sure what else to type, so I will go back to taking in the sunshine and leave you with a quote from one of the biggest influences in my life.

“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.” - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Final
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Reflective Assessment
This class was very interesting for me. I enjoyed the class time and the information presented to me, though not always strictly on the topic of analytical writing, but having strong context with the final assignment. The part of this class that had me the most unenthused was working with complete strangers on a project that was very critical to my grade in the class. At first I was very resistant to the idea, which is a typical characteristic of my personality, but eventually I realized it was time to buck up and make it happen.

Our group started off with Andrew, Luc, Doug and I. Unfortunately Doug was forced to drop the class, something none of us held against him. It just presented us with a problem as we had divided the project into four parts. We then had another person join our group which was going to help us significantly in the completion our project. But alas, this new group member was rarely present, and scarcely involved in group discussion. I'm not trying to pick on one person, or be a jerk, I just find it disheartening that when you arrive at week ten out of eleven and not only do you not know the name of the mysterious forth member or your group, but neither do the other members. So when we arrived at the conclusion that he was not on the same path as us it cleared up the fogginess regarding who is covering the forth part of our paper and the three of us all applied ourselves evenly.

My greatest struggle for this class was actually my other classes. This quarter was the hardest quarter I will have at AIS in terms of work load and outside of class work. I really procrastinated this project, though I never had any intention of completely blowing it off. I also regret now not being in contact more with my group members, mostly Luc, as I have classes everyday with Andrew. I do feel we arrived at a decent final product with our paper however. I know we could have fine tuned it better, and given it a nice shiny coat. But instead of listing excuses I will just say, we didn't get there.

It's in no way my nature to slack on assignments, especially with others' grades on the line. I'm not a "Cs get degrees" kinda guy either. I just felt uninspired and unmotivated when this project first began, mostly because writing isn't my forte, and I don't strive to be acknowledged for my abilities as a literary genius. So, aside from group member debacles, and a good display of procrastination, I will say this was a great learning experience. Both in terms of information I learned about our topic, and things I learned about myself. I really enjoy writing. I really don't enjoy being forced to write. I work well with others. I don't work well with others who don't work well with others. And after doing this project I now know the path I chose as an audio engineer was the right one. Maybe I can do research papers on tape?