Look, I know it is going to be problematic to discuss the difficult issues that arise when we talk about the quality of landscape design education. It is a multifaceted issue with no direct and easy answers. I want to start by saying that my own education was a bit circuitous and in that way - unusual - but I have talked with enough landscape architects & designers over the years to find that many arrive at the profession the long way 'round. I feel both fortunate and restricted in the outcome that I personally experienced many years ago after becoming a new graduate in landscape architecture.
First of all, I graduated with a degree in International Studies originally - I thought that I was going to join the state department - but my problem back in those days was that I simply couldn't pass the foreign service exam. Out of desperate necessity, and perhaps because there was a higher being guiding me - I found work in a hardware store. I found that I had a good aptitude for - it the knowledge of all the hardware and miscellaneous assemblies and components has been very useful to me. Even now I can probably tell you the nut size of a bolt by a look at the thread or tell you what kind of plumbing fitting is needed to manage a drainage assembly. Anyway, I remember like it was yesterday a moment in which my life turned.
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