They find out where your weak points are and they work to build you up where you need it most. Knudtson chuckles lightly, explaining later that there's at least some truth to Clemen's theory. People are ready for the creative elements at different points in their education. An environment like this can be pretty scary. But I want my staff to be very nurturing.
Some people come in here without ever having played in front of anybody.
So after someone plays, everybody claps, regardless of how well that performance goes. Not at all. It's genuinely positive, because we all know what it fells like to be where that person is right now, and we're all here to work hard and improve. Performance students going for associate of applied science degrees are required to take twenty credits of general education courses, including English, speech, psychology, sociology, and humanities. Though those opportunities are somewhat limited, students within each department have each other as guinea pigs.