Students with Solutions

My solution is: end of the year dorm donations

One thing I noticed at the end of every year is that there is always a big overflow of stuff coming out of the trash rooms/cans/dumps anywhere near the residence halls.  And a lot of the things people are throwing away are items it looks like they can’t fit in their cars but have nothing else wrong with them.  

Example:  swifter mops, mirrors, microwaves, furniture, shelves, clothes, stuffed animals

The answer? Bring in a charity truck to pick up the useful items.  As long as it comes with a cover you could have one or two of them for move out week placed on campus. Why? It would be a great contribution from the community, students can feel good about getting ride of the things they aren’t able to take back home, and because of the overflowing junk I image they have to bring in a regular dump drunk to take care of it, so they might as well bring in a truck that will take the items to a better cause. 

My Solution Is:  Let the x do the x

In High School and College nothing was more frustrating to me as an artist than when I saw the school pay big bucks for a professional to come in and do a job that their own students could have done for free, or at a fraction of the cost.  It would have been wonderful experience for us, and less of their budget spent.  So what’s the problem?

In College it’s the same thing.  We have a film and photography department, yet they always bring in “professionals” to do it.  

My Solution for education is just trust your students to do good work, train them to do good work, and everybody benefits.   

The photo is from a headline about an elementary school fundraiser. click through to see their story.