Yeah, I can see that. I have a big problem with the way they teach the representational classes, anyway. I hated the fact that I took two semesters of oil painting in which the medium was -never- explained. We weren't allowed to paint what we wanted, but instead we were stuck doing the repetitive "nude(s) with a bunch of ugly junk". I learned absolutley nothing about pigment, or when and how to change consistency.

The basic drawing class was the same, we were never really taught shape theory; just expected to sit down and draw whatever still life was set up. Since I have depth perception issues these classes did nothing more than frustrate me.

However, with Textile design, Jewelry Smithing and Photography we were taugh everything from the bottom up. The assignments were more free-form and generally alot more fun. You could do almost anything you wanted as long as it fit the gradng criteria.