Heather Smith

I don’t have professional experience but will say that I had a couple professors that would give females in studio a B grade when their work was obviously better then the males that received A’s. We noticed it but what were we going to do? I can think of one female classmate in particular that was very engineering minded and blew everyone away in…[Read more]

We had a Linn workshop offered when I was getting my BLA…I did not take the class though. How good are your professors? The professor that taught our hand graphics course, Steve Drown, was really good and I felt like I learned a lot from him. I guess it depends on whether you think this course will offer you more tools or not. The people I knew…[Read more]

Run, don’t walk. I am kidding. Sort of. My husband has a bachelors in English, a teaching certificate and a bachelors in landscape architecture. None of these degrees has equaled financial stability. I would seriously consider getting a masters in something different. I love landscape architecture…but you have to be able to pay those loans back.
Nursing?

Personally, I would not take on anymore debt. I can’t tell if you have any experience yet? I am not sure that getting an MLA will make you any more hire-able in a few years…but you will have overwhelming student debt. Assuming the economy picks up, take a look at what you will make per year and then figure out what your student loans repayment…[Read more]

I hope you will keep us updated on your adventure!

Okay I just have to laugh about the seal conversation. Especially, pointing out tacky beachfront homes and then stating you rented one of them. I am also assuming this oceanfront abode was in the direct path of future tsunamis. And that YOU are one of the 1,000,000 in San Diego. Not disagreeing that humans take more than their fair share. We see…[Read more]

“Now you know!”
I have to wonder what they could have done. The only things to do are to avoid the areas that are at risk…and even this situation was extreme. Six miles inland? That was a monster quake…extremely close too shore. What are the chances of that? I don’t even know. I do not believe landscape architects have some magic elixir to…[Read more]

I don’t know. But it is heartbreaking. Anytime I see scenes like this I want to run over and starting shoveling with my hands. 🙁 I think it will be a long time until they get to the rebuilding point.

Some people’s encouragement sounds like:
“‘Qu’ils mangent de la brioche'”!
We’re eating lentils over here.

Also, I would think portfolio piece for future employers. I read your post about not seeking employment but gathering experience. I am going for a purely logical standpoint. Be very GIS heavy…pick a project that is very science based and highlights the skills you have gained collecting, analyzing, and creating GIS data. The two classmates of…[Read more]

Robert Redford? We will definitely be looking that up.
 
Good luck in Austin. 😉 Hire us after you become principal. I’m networking.

Have you looked into teaching opportunities? It sounds like you have some great life experience that you could share with students. I am not sure if you have a master’s or not…but we did have a visiting professor my senior year that was employed at EDAW out of San Francisco and spent two semesters up here in little Moscow, Idaho. It was nice to…[Read more]

Good luck with whatever you decide! And when you are in a position to hire, call us! 😉 I might be joking…I am not sure I am ready for China. 😀

Oh dear.

Note to self: Public employees pay taxes…and in many states are not allowed to collect social security which saves tax payers the fees the state would otherwise pay into the system.
And most of them do contribute to their pensions. I am sorry you are having such a hard time Thomas but you are going after the wrong people. Which is of…[Read more]

I would look at it as an adventure…unless you are leaving a family behind…which doesn’t sound like it? What is making you hesitant? Are you spending a lot of money to get there? Are you trying to sell your house? I would not do it if it is going to cost you more financially then it would to stay here…if that makes sense.

Well and aside from wages…they collective bargaining deals with a wide array of things. I have children in public school…collective bargaining allows the teachers to have a say in class size and other classroom conditions that are very important to my children’s education. In Idaho our superintendent has an on-line degree from Thomas Jefferson…[Read more]

Wow, I think I hit the hornets nest!
In all serious though…Thomas J. you hit on it when you said this:
If it is the governments job to look after the best interest of the people, why do we need an extremely expensive, seedy, organization to do the same thing?
Now the question I would ask you is this. Do you feel that the government is working in…[Read more]

Maybe they think you are a communist…and therefore not committed to their capitalist endeavors.
 
http://www.cracked.com/funny-4837-communism-beards/
 
Apparently, you will have to shave your beard before you run for President.

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