FYI, the last essay we were assigned was to be on our chosen degree and career. That really only applies to the rest of the class as I have been there and done that TWICE. I was going to ask the teach about it and before I could he told me I could write about anything I wanted so I proposed about why I am getting a BFA and he was fine with it. As I was writing it it morphed into something else... some background on discovering I was dyslexic, how I like to learn and experiment with new things. For my presentation I shall bring in some metalwork I made and for class participation, which is not required, ask and explain all the various types of metalsmiths - black, blade, copper, tin, gold, silver, etc.
And to catch everyone up here are more images of my work, since the last post in October.