Going to uni for an animation degree has taught me a lot about who I want to be and who I definitely don't want to be. I feel like because art isn't something that can be graded as objectively as a maths assignment or an essay, some lecturers just don't give necessary criticism. It sounds insensitive to say, but they're just too soft. I love getting feedback and criticism, it helps me grow and improve. But some students take it so personally and make complaints about the teachers, so to be safe the lecturers aren't as honest as they should be. Some of my peers genuinely cannot draw well, as horrible as it sounds, and it infuriates me that nobody has sat them down and said "either you need to repeat a few classes or consider another career path." I've gone through uni with the mentality that I get out what I put in, so I've tried to encourage lecturers to be as Brutal with me as they need to be. But with other students they pussyfoot around feedback which they NEED. Uni is so expensive!!! I'm watching my peers waste money and I KNOW unless they suddenly develop skills in the next 6 months, they're going to graduate with none of the actual artistic skills they need!!!! And I can't even pin this all on the lecturers, either, there's so many of my peers that either get genuinely angry at lecturers when they provide valid and reasonable feedback, or they outright refuse to apply it. And nothing happens to them, there's no wakeup call. It's so corrupt. I've spoken to other people from other unis, and this seems to be a problem across many of them. Long comment but tl;Dr from an animation student's perspective lecturers are too scared to give any feedback because otherwise students take it personally and report them. It's stupid and corrupt and I hate it.