POST 3 A "ACADEMIC CHALLENGES IN 2020"

Sadly, Universidad de Chile's Art Faculty is one of the worst places to study in this country, because there's a lot of structural, educational and executive issues that makes working problems and makes very difficult  to reach the bachellor degree by the students.

First, our building is from another era and for another purpose! It seems to be an antique psychiatric hospital, it's really disgusting to see it from the outside and inside, gets worst! Classroom are like matchbox, really small and it has old school fornitures that works awfully. Classroom pianos are very antique and they're always out of tune! How could it be possible, if we are music students and we need in tune instruments to develop our ear habilities? Universidad de Chile never has buyed percussion instruments, because the timpani and marimbas were a Japan government donation  and that was in the late 80's! It's been more than 30 years since that and the instruments are in a deplorable state of conservation by its intensive use and poor maintenance work. As percussion students, if we haven't spoken, University will never buyed timpani heads, very important to make the instrument sound!!!

Length of studies are a critical problem, because we have to study about 9 years, such a waste of time! In other universities, even in Chile, bachellor degree it's about 4 years and music pedagogy it's about 5 years! 9 years, I think that is a excessive amount of time, we have to pay those years! In basic cycle, that last 4 years,  there's no scholarship to the students, and is mandatory to achieve superior cycle. SUCH A ROBBERY!!!!!

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