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Why the Soviet attempt to stamp out religion failed
Giles Fraser
The British Museum's Living with Gods exhibition describes some of the myriad ways in which faith expresses itself
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A poster showing workers advancing against the church. The text says that the struggle against religion is the struggle for socialism. By M Rabinovich, 1930. Photograph: British Museum
The Russian revolution had started earlier in February. The tsar had already abdicated. And a provisional bourgeois government had begun to establish itself. But it was the occupation of government buildings in Petrograd, on 25 October 1917, by the Red Guards of the Bolsheviks that marks the beginning of the Communist era proper. And it was from this date that an experiment wholly unprecedented in world history began: the systematic, state-sponsored attempt to eliminate religion. "Militant atheism is not merely incidental or marginal to Communist policy. It is not a side effect, but the central pivot," wrote Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Lenin compared religion to venereal disease.
Within just weeks of the October revolution, the People's Commissariat for Enlightenment was established to remove all references to religion from school curriculums. In the years that followed, churches and monasteries were destroyed or turned into public toilets. Their land and property was appropriated. Thousands of bishops, monks and clergy were systematically murdered by the security services. Specialist propaganda units were formed, like the League of the Godless. Christian intellectuals were rounded up and sent to camps.
The Soviets had originally believed that when the church had been deprived of its power, religion would quickly wither away. When this did not happen, they redoubled their efforts. In Stalin's purges of 1936 and 1937 tens of thousands of clergy were rounded up and shot. Under Khrushchev it became illegal to teach religion to your own children. From 1917 to the perestroika period of the 1980s, the more religion persisted, the more the Soviets would seek new and inventive ways to eradicate it. Today the Russian Orthodox churches are packed full. Once the grip of oppression had been released, the faithful returned to church in their millions.
The Soviet experiment manifestly failed. If you want to know why it failed, you could do no better than go along to the British Museum in London next week when the Living with Gods exhibition opens. In collaboration with a BBC Radio 4 series, this exhibition describes some of the myriad ways in which faith expresses itself, using religious objects to examine how people believe rather than what they believe. The first sentence of explanation provided by the British Museum is very telling: "The practice and experience of beliefs are natural to all people." From prayer flags to a Leeds United kippah, from water jugs to processional chariots, this exhibition tells the story of humanity's innate and passionate desire to make sense of the world beyond the strictly empirical.
Jill Cook, the exhibition's curator, remembers going into pre-glasnost churches like Kazan Cathedral in St Petersburg, which had been converted into a museum of atheism. One of the items she has included in the exhibition is a 1989 velvet and silk embroidered image of Christ, for the back of a cope. The person who made this image had no other vestments to work from – they had all been destroyed – other than those she had seen lampooning Christianity in the museum of atheism. What had been a piss-take has been repurposed into a devotional object. Services resumed in Kazan Cathedral in 1992.
The penultimate image of the exhibition is a 1975 poster of a cheeky-looking cosmonaut walking around in space and declaring: "There is no god." Below him, on Earth, a church is falling over. This was from the period of so-called scientific atheism.
A poster showing a cosmonaut walking in space and saying: 'There is no god.' By Vladimir Menshikow, 1975. Photograph: British Museum
But there is one last exhibit to go. Round the corner, a glass case contains small model boats with burnt matchsticks in them representing people huddled together. And two tiny shirts that had been used as shrouds for drowned children. At the side of them is a small cross, made from the wood of a ship that was wrecked off the Italian island of Lampedusa on 11 October 2013. The ship contained Somali and Eritrean Christian refugees, fleeing poverty and persecution. Francesco Tuccio, the local Lampedusa carpenter, desperately wanted to do something for them, in whatever way he could. So he did all he knew and made them a cross. Just like a famous carpenter before him, I suppose. And what this exhibition demonstrates is that nothing – not decades of propaganda nor state-sponsored terror – will be able to quash that instinct from human life.
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By Ross Scott, November 17, 2017 in General News
Ross Scott
I mentioned this on the last videochat, but Tom White from Weird Videogames (also appeared on Moon Gaming and the Boppin' episode) is having a 24 hour livestream session where's raising money for a charity that helps provide drinkable water to regions that need it. You can see his
. He invited me to appear on it and I will be, assuming nothing goes wrong. I'll only have an audio appearance so as not to soak his bandwidth, but I may see about recording it on my end and putting it on the Accursed Farms Junk channel afterward.
His livestream session starts at 8PM EST this evening, and I will be appearing later at 2AM EST (November 18th) and stay there for a few hours. It will all be on his Twitch channel here:
twitch.tv/heisanevilgenius
I think he'll also have people beat him up with cardboard tubes live if he raises enough money, but I'm hazy on the details for that part.
Behemot
Rly man, I thought you of all know better. First of all, there is very little actual information about where or who to will the money go. So somebody could have very nice X-mass.
But even with the benefit of the doubt, it is most likely one of those projects for Africa etc. What they need most is EDUCATION, including learning that nothing's for free. Usually, when they don't have water, they fight and kill each other for it. When they do (and for free), they incredibly waste with it, so soon, very soon, they don't have any again, and others too (as usually very deep dwells are drilled, which results in further lowering of the underground water level). They have not changed in this regard for millenias, they still keep the primitive system of live - masacring themselves when the population grows more than what the environment can support, and than flourishing for a while until it happens again, over and over.
This is pretty much the same as sending them food and medicine directly, while not sending them weapons so they can at least continue with their lifestyle as described in previous paragraph. It only makes the problem ENORMOUSLY worse. I'll pass, thank you very much, cause this is no solution, this is the very opposite: putting out a fire by pouring gasoline into it.
ScumCoder
Your statement is correct, logical, and horribly racist (at least by the standards of modern Internet)
Thank God that we're not Tumblr/FB and can call things as they are.
Okay, I watched this and I must say the Tom-Ross duo is pretty entertaining.
The thing that was really annoying though, was those other two dumb fucks who tried to be funny cracking stupid jokes. It was amusing how Ross on the video was literally wincing when he was hearing some especially obnoxious ones.
Heisanevilgenius
This is an incredibly ignorant comment from beginning to end. The charity Water.org was not drawn from a hat. It has a four star rating on charitynavigator.org https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=8875 with a 100% rating for transparency. It is completely transparent on where the money is used.
Also, this charity does not just dump water in people's laps and waltzes away.
"Charity alone is not a long-term solution. We seek sustainable financial solutions that empower people with access to the water and sanitation solutions they need.
That's why we created WaterCredit, bringing small, affordable loans and expert resources to make household water and sanitation solutions a reality."
Statements like this are ALL OVER the website as well as details on how they operate. Just a couple of minutes of research would have told you this.
These are also mentioned in the video that Ross linked to.
Shame on you for actively trying to sabotage a charity effort based on baseless speculation that even a moment of investigation would have told you is unfounded.
I did follow few links, so stick your accusations to wherever you want. It was jump from bad to worse site, all I found is some nothing-saying PDF leaflet, otherwise all the same nothing-saying politically correct phrases, which could be summed into "it is a good thing because it is a good thing". That's for transparency.
It's interesting how they want to bring anything to households when there are no houses in the area I wrote about. The best they came up with in the last few centuries are bricks from sun-dried mug. Even if somebody builds houses for them, they are not even able to manage them and soon turn them to ruins, as everything else anybody builds them for free. Loans? Yo joking? They are making nothing of value to sell, how can they pay anything in return?
I don't plan on pursuing this line of conversation very far, so I'll just say the following:
1. I generally trust Tom's intentions and I know he has spent a lot of time researching charities in the past. I generally think about the world's problems from a much more macro level, which sees so many problems without systemic upheaval, which I see unlikely without some sort of disaster occurring, so it's kind of paralyzing to me as to what action should be taken. Meanwhile, Tom is trying to help others directly, whatever the scale of it ends up being. I think this makes him a better person than me, honestly.
2. Your first accusation is of this is a fly by night operation where somebody pockets the money. Considering how transparency has always been one of Tom's criteria for choosing a charity, this suggests you're not doing research on this yourself before making accusations. This makes your entire standing look inflammatory rather than based on a research or carefully reasoned argument.
3. Water is essential to all life on earth. Suggesting someone or a group of people need better education before they are deserving of fresh water has a very "let them eat cake" attitude towards the entire situation. If you think that there is a better use of resources than this, I'd normally say that's fine to voice that opinion, but when your main supporting argument is "nothing is for free" without a more detailed explanation of an actual solution from your perspective, what you're saying comes across simply as inflammatory rhetoric.
3. Regardless of the legitimacy of your points (for example, your point about the potential predatory nature of loans might be warranted, I have no idea), your entire tone is extremely accusatory if not berating. One of the rules for the forum is conducting yourself in a civil manner. I'm not against dissenting views, but I do expect adult behavior. If you can't figure how to to discuss this in a mature manner, you're going to banned. I'm trying to make it as clear as possible it's not because you have a differing view and wish to have a real discussion regarding a topic you care about, but because you seem to be wanting a fight first and foremost. There are plenty of other places on the internet for the latter.
The truth is, no matter how anybody sees it, that most charities and these non-profit organisations in last decade at least are just a great opportunity for most of the new-left individuals who do not want (and often really can) work, how to have a relatively easy life without much real work while often being able to enforce their ill theories on others (for example the environmentalism, feminacism, multiculturalism etc.) by applying pressure to politicians. It is just so easy to create an organisation which does not declare any profit by the end of the year, but their "members" or "employees" than "work" couple hours a day from cafeteria for incredible salaries the whole time. Most of that payed by the tax-payers in the end. Just seen a discussion about one here in CZ, they supposedly turn about couple bilion CZK a year (!), 90% of that comes from state, EU (=state) and local self-government (=state too). Only 10 % from private donors. Being the other way around, OK, it's their money. But this is especially wrong. For that they recently "thanked" their involuntary donors using billboards with arabic texts. Not kidding you. Considering Europe is just now under muslim invasion orchestrated by the old-left politician parasites who hope to get their votes and stay in power for few more years, this would be a good joke if it was not reality. It is the same with most of the other organisations. I do not deny there may be few idealists among them, but that does not changes much. The fact remains the we taxpayers actually pay these parasites to pretty much support oppression of us, lawful-abiding citizens. While hordes who knows from where are slowly starting to plunder the continent. Indeed, there is so many similarities with the fall of the Roman empire there, this is era of decadency.
About the education, well, seems that you are also under this propaganda influence. Why should I actually come up with any solution? Not sure about you, but for myself, I have no obligation to any of those people. I do not own them anything, I do not have to help them in any way. Hell, we even had no colonies, even though if we did, I would myself be pround of that cause that was a time when things actually changed to better in there. I could be considered lucky to have been born here, but yeah, that is how it is. Our ancestors worked hard to build something here. Most of that is going to hell as we speak, I can see that, while most people even support that in favor of few modern trinkets (phones and similar crap), thinking how great life they have, while they barely manage to pay rent each month (there could be no question about family, case most ppl here still have at least half a brain to not bring a child into such uncertain living conditions).
Unfortunatelly, part of the last few generations which got most practically for free got crazy from that fact and decided for the rest that we (all) have to share that and give others, and use state governments for that. That combined with all the socialist and other leftish governments throughout the Europe, plus that shit in Brussels, who together slowly installed central plannend economy here, is drawing us down and soon it will be for the first time in a long time when the standard of living in the so-called western countries will drop. That and the huge criminality and trerorism. It is all just about to collaps, seems the ECB can not even print money fast enough to keep the thing going much longer. So we are getting deeper into our own garbage while supporting others? Makes sense. Not sure why you decided to stay here in Europe, I got the impression that this new-left ascent to power combined with the political correctness actually happened in the US some time ago (by the end of 90s maybe) so it is not bearable there in most places anymore, but the exact thing is happening here right now and if nothing else, I can at least say that and maybe open eyes to few other people.
As for Africa and especially sub-saharan Africa, things go down the toilet there about from the time when the UK left the colonies. Since than, combined with all the medical and food help, we see population explosion, cause as I implied, them do not care of they life in a dirt with nowhere to live, nothing to drink or eat; they just continue to have more and more children. This just does not work and it is NO HELP in the medium term, not to mention long-term. When now we have few hundred million to take care of, in a decade it will be half a bilion and in two or three decades it will reach a billion! How is that help when if you feed one, soon you have two-three instead and each has less than before (or you have to provide more)? They have to (re)invent civilisation in there first, cause as I already said, what they used to do for centuries is massacre themselves for natural resources and than flourish fora while until repeated. (Meanwhile in harsher parts of the world, others invented technology to help them survive - to build better houses, to get more and better crop, clean water, etc.). Call it whatever you want, but this is the cold truth: any such "help" under current situation only makes it WORSE unless they change their lifestyle. It is sad that so many people get blinded so easily and can not think racionally about any of that.
After all, our ancestors did not survive by throwing their own over board and supporting foreigners. Quite the very contrary. What our governments are doing right now is killing this civilisation in favor of foreigners. My three-cent opinion anyway, time to get some sleep now
3. Water is essential to all life on earth. Suggesting someone or a group of people need better education before they are deserving of fresh water has a very "let them eat cake" attitude towards the entire situation.
With all due respect, I completely disagree with you here.
1) A lot of things are essential to all life on earth. Lebensraum, for example. Saying "we must send them water because they deserve it no matter what their education is" is one step away from saying "we must squeeze together a bit and make some room for them, because they deserve a good place to live no matter what their education is".
2) A lot of places have little drinking water, there is nothing special about Africa in this regard. Many arabic countries are basically deserts. And yet they are prospering. Why? Well, to put it bluntly, because people there are educated. They treat what little resources they have wisely and sparingly, instead of blindly exhausting them like there is no tomorrow. But what's more important, they know to not breed like rabbits, ensuring overpopulation, hunger and thirst. The result is an extremely well-sustainable society that was existing in harmony with its harsh arid environment for millennia.
3) What does all this have to do with the Marie Antoinette quote? It was about government's detachment from the needs of its people, about whom it was obliged to care about. We are talking about the needs of an utterly unrelated group of people, towards whom we have absolutely no obligations whatsoever.
Well, about arabic countries, I'll slightly correct it…the thing is, some of them (the ruling cast at least) are educated at least high enough to know what they have and don't have. So especially the Saudis, they pretty much used to trade oil for everything they did not have, incl. manpower willing to work (there is many ppl from Asia working there), ppl to run the sophisticated equipment (often engineers from India or Pakistan, and ofc Iran as Iranians are not arabs!) and highly educated ppl from Europe or US of A to build those things. Than they pretty much corrupt the part of their own citizens which will never properly work (or even do damage; if they do something usefull, it's more like services; note how many of the actual arabs do trade or something similar, and how little do some actual work) by some kind of minimum income so they mostly sit in front of the door and smoke something in a pipe the whole day. Problem is, as the price of oil went so down, things begin to crumble there so we may see some wild things going there in the near feature…Saudi's made many enemies so they could pretty much cease to exist the moment all the other families learn they could no longer maintain control.
But yeah, it actually is quite similar in Arabia or Africa. Something as democracy (not that it is a good system by far, anyway) won't work for absolute majority in there. It is a simple fact that mostly just autocratic regimes work there, no matter it its some kind of dictatorship or monarchy. Just see what happens if you remove the dictator, say Hussein or Kaddafi. Somebody thinks it is now better in there than it used to be for average citizen?
ADD// a crystal clear example of how thankful are http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-13/professors-its-not-okay-be-white
Look, you've come in here with an antagonistic tone, have been shifting your goalposts:
From what I'm reading, you first said it's a scam because it's not transparent. After Tom establishes it is transparent, you're saying it's a scam because most charities are without provide direct evidence that it is. It also sounds like you're coupling that with saying that even if it is legitimate, it shouldn't even exist anyway. Now, you're going off on a tangent about Arabic countries when this charity literally doesn't operate there, essentially hijacking the thread. Whether you're intending to or not, what you are doing is high-level trolling. You're being antagonistic, hijacking a thread, and making accusations against a charity and myself without providing direct evidence. That's the most important part. If an organization or person is corrupt, I of course support substantiated accusations of that nature. But that's not what you're doing. You're taking a guilty until proven innocent approach to this, which is not how civilized people conduct themselves. I warned you that this would lead to a ban, so you are banned on the forums for the time being.
It doesn't help that you're accusing me of falling for propaganda without trying to clarify my world views in the first place, doubly so when everything you've said has been rhetoric. Unless you can provide evidence that water.org specifically is in fact, a scam (I realized you're banned, but you can email me if so), what you're doing is vitriolic.
Now that said, my own world views are that our entire system is collapsing due to us have many misguided priorities. I don't want to get into that here. I see what Tom is doing like the equivalent of a soup kitchen. It won't solve larger systemic poverty problems, but it can make life better for a few people temporarily. I'm certainly not AGAINST that unless it's directly competing against a viable long term solution. All you said was "more education" then left it at that. The fact that you didn't list a charity you thought was more deserving towards making an impact says to me you're not really concerned with solving problems, but rather tearing down imperfect ones. I ran into a similar situation in my robot jobs video. Every single person who criticized it did not offer a realistic solution in its place, only to attack potential ones. This is the antithesis of progress in my eyes. I'll take imperfect solutions over NO solutions to problems any day.
I think you're misinterpreting what I'm saying. Like I said above, I think it's a nice gesture that could help people temporarily. I did not come up with this charity, I was just trying to help out Tom, which has led to something far more controversial than I would like. My personal politics are all about humanity surviving as a species, sustainably. You can argue that education is the answer to that region, maybe it is, maybe a lot more is needed. The point I was trying to make is it is undeniable that people die in the meantime while a solution is still sought after. Tom's charity is trying to address it from a short term immediate approach. So I can agree, it's possible this may have no helpful long term consequences (I honestly don't know enough about the charity to make that call and I'm not sure anyone else in this thread besides Tom does), however it's also highly probable this could save people's lives in the short term, however few.
If I was supreme dictator, I would focus on domestically ensuring everyone has clean water (something we're very much NOT doing, hell Detroit alone I would consider eligible for humanitarian aid for water), THEN work our way outwards for the rest of the world. However, that's a fantasy scenario, we're going the opposite direction. Again, like the other guy, I say the burden is on you that if you think this charity is a poor use of resources, it's up to you to point towards one you think would be a better use of resources. I imagine Tom has done more research on this than everyone else in this thread combined.
Bring this up as a separate thread if you want in the serious discussion section, but there are an incredible number of variables from one nation to the next at play. Do not bring this up here. Again, either provide actual solutions for people, or expose the corruption of the organization directly with evidence if you think they're in the wrong. Otherwise, this is derailing the thread, which I'm against in this case (I don't care so much if non-serious topics get derailed in the forums).
3) What does all this have to do with the Marie Antoinette quote? It was about government's detachment from the needs of its people, about whom it was obliged to care about.
The idea being that you need to be able to survive to even get an education to begin with. It's kind of a chicken and egg scenario, but the reality is at least some people die because of lack of clean water before they're ever eligible for education.
We are talking about the needs of an utterly unrelated group of people, towards whom we have absolutely no obligations whatsoever.
As is the case with pretty much every charitable effort, ever. That's the whole concept behind charity, it's unobligated.
TLDR: I thought of a simpler way to explain my views on this. I see this as similar to a cop responding to crime reports or an EMT trying to rescue people. On the macro scale, what they do is likely to make an insignificant difference and will not solve any systemic problems. Crime may get worse, people may have worse health habits, but for the individuals they do help, it's all the difference in the world. So you can say because somebody smokes, the EMT shouldn't help them because they're a lost cause anyway, or because somebody lives in a bad neighborhood, they shouldn't have police services, but without an actual solution for the people in these situations, that comes across as rather mean spirited to actively PREVENT the people helping others without a better solution presented.
Ross, the Vivaldi browser does let you middle click to close a tab and to disable the close tab buttons. Sadly it lacks scrolling tabs and operates on the inferior "shrink to fit" method. I know several ex-firefox users have asked for scrolling tabs, so hopefully that can happen.
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Not even the Mongols can breach this great wall of text.
Bring this up as a separate thread if you want in the serious discussion section, but there are an incredible number of variables from one nation to the next at play. Do not bring this up here.
Okay, I think I'll just back off and go do something useful with my life.
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Special Education Degrees
Your Guide To A Career In Special Education
15 Accredited Online Special Education Doctoral Degree Programs of 2016
B.S. in Elementary Education / Special Education and M.Ed. in Special Education
Walden University
Online Graduate Certificate in Special Education along with Various Online Education Programs
MS Ed - Special Education Teaching
MAT and MSEd for K-12 certified teachers / MAT for aspiring grade 5-12 teachers
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Early Childhood Education (ECE) Certificate and Diploma, Bachelor's and Associate's degrees
Special Education Master's and Graduate Certificate Program
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MS in Education - Special Education - 5+ tracks
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Master of Arts in Special Education
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Online Master of Education in Special Education Intervention
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Special education is a rewarding field focused on adapting curriculum to teach youth with various learning, mental, behavioral, and physical disabilities. It's estimated that 8 percent of children in the United States are diagnosed and supported with an IEP. Teachers can enter special education classrooms with a bachelor's degree, but forging ahead to graduate school can pay off. The Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) are terminal degrees that unlock leadership roles. Earning a doctorate could help you become a special education director, principal, instructional coordinator, educational psychologist, university professor, or superintendent. Administrative education jobs come with a healthy average yearly salary of $92,940. Studying online is the ideal option for flexibility while working as a teacher.
Below we've ranked the top 15 accredited online special education doctoral degree programs of 2016. To begin, we analyzed top-performing graduate schools with regional and professional accreditation. All universities had to be accredited by the NCATE, TEAC, or CAEP. We then narrowed down the colleges based on online offerings for special education doctorates. Programs must have been predominantly online with six or less campus sessions. Our priority was high-quality education, so we utilized the U.S. News and World Report rankings for guidance. Only nationally and regionally ranked universities were included. Next, we checked the NCES College Navigator tool for affordability. We noted each college's average graduate tuition per year. Other factors included were class size, specializations, teaching practica, faculty credentials, and license endorsements.
Better screening and diagnosis of children with disabilities are expected to rise the demand for inclusive or self-contained services in PreK-12 schools. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts special education jobs will grow by 6 percent through 2024, thus creating 31,000 openings. Now's an excellent time for teachers to consider graduate school for advanced leadership in coordinating special needs programs. The field calls for more scholarly problem-solvers who passionately advocate for exceptional children.
Further your career by pursuing one of these Top 15 Accredited Online Special Education Doctoral Degree Programs of 2016:
1. University of Pittsburgh
As an elite AAU member in Pennsylvania's second largest city, the University of Pittsburgh is ranked the 24th best public school by the U.S. News. Among Pitt's 470 programs is a 90-credit Ed.D. in Special Education. With NCATE approval, the three-year, cohort-based program uses a hybrid format to blend online courses with campus seminars. Educators may specialize in Applied Behavior Analysis, Autism, Blindness/Vision Impairment, Early Intervention, Learning Disabilities, or Severe Disabilities.
Tuition: $21,260 (in-state) or $34,944 (out-of-state)
Learn more about the University of Pittsburgh's Online Doctoral Degree Programs here.
2. Johns Hopkins University
Ranked America's 20th best value, Johns Hopkins University is a prestigious private, research institution with four campuses in Baltimore. The CAEP-accredited School of Education offers an innovative Doctor of Education program online. Special educators learn the evidence-based practices for transformational education leadership. Master's degree holders must complete 54 credits of online coursework and an applied dissertation. Certificates in Applied Behavior Analysis, Early Intervention, and Gifted Education may be added.
Tuition: $48,710
Learn more about John Hopkins University's Online Special Education Doctoral Degree Programs here.
3. West Virginia University
Founded in 1867, West Virginia University is located in Morgantown to serve over 22,500 students as the country's 98th top public school. Following NCATE standards, the WVU College of Education confers an Online Ed.D. in Special Education. New cohorts start every Fall to engage in live, interactive online sessions. Coursework prepares teachers for becoming collegiate special education faculty. Having two years of experience with PreK-12 students with exceptionalities is required.
Tuition: $8,568 (in-state) or $22,140 (out-of-state)
Learn more about West Virginia University's Online Special Education Doctoral Degree Programs here.
4. New Mexico State University
Enrolling more than 12,700 students, New Mexico State University is ranked 199th nationally for high-quality, accredited public education. The Special Education and Communication Disorders Department offers an online doctoral program for an Ed.D. or Ph.D. Educators with a master's degree must complete a three-year, CAEP-accredited curriculum. Specializations are available in Bilingual/Multicultural Special Education or Autism Spectrum Disorders. A three-credit supervised internship and doctoral dissertation are included.
Learn more about New Mexico State University's Onlne Special Education Doctoral Degree Programs here.
5. University of South Dakota
The University of South Dakota is an affordable, public liberal arts college nestled in Vermillion to host America's 153rd best education school. Doctoral candidates can pursue the Ed.D. Director of Special Education degree primarily online. The 90-credit curriculum develops educational leaders to coordinate PreK-12 special needs programs. Online courses delve into curriculum design, school leadership, education law, community relations, human resources, learning disorders, and more.
Learn more about the University of South Dakota's Online Special Education Doctoral Degree Programs here.
6. Regent University
Recognized for the nation's 46th best online graduate education programs, Regent University is a private Christian college based in Virginia Beach. The School of Education has TEAC accreditation to award an Online Ph.D. in Special Education. Featuring 75 credits, the cohort program has just three, one-week summer residencies. Doctoral candidates learn the research-based interventions to best serve youth and adults with high-incidence disabilities. The certificates in Autism, Christian Education, and Gifted/Talented Education may supplement.
Tuition: $7,830
Learn more about Regent University's Online Special Education Doctoral Degree Programs here.
7. Portland State University
Crowned the 16th most innovative school by the U.S. News, Portland State University is Oregon's most diverse public college with over 225 degrees. The NCATE-accredited School of Education offers an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership with Special Education specialization. In flexible 11-week terms, cohorts take online courses on D2L and meet for six face-to-face weekend sessions. Educators sharpen their leadership and communication skills to receive their administrative license.
Learn more about Portland State University's Online Special Education Doctoral Degree Programs here.
8. Nova Southeastern University
Nova Southeastern University is a top-tier, private institution in Fort Lauderdale that's offering adults the country's 95th best online graduate teaching degrees. The Abraham S. Fischler College of Education grants a Doctor of Education in Special Education remotely. With NCATE accreditation, the 54-credit program is 100 percent online in a virtual classroom. Over 36 months, special educators develop competency for leadership from PreK to higher education. Ed.D. students must attend one week-long Summer Institute.
Learn more about Nova Southeastern University's Online Special Education Doctoral Degree Programs here.
9. Georgia Southern University
Serving over 20,500 students, Georgia Southern University is a Carnegie doctoral-granting, research institution located in Statesboro with America's 158th top education school. With dual NCATE and PSC accreditation, the Ed.S. in Special Education program is delivered online. The 33-credit degree is for master's-level educators seeking teacher leadership. Online content is customized with concentrations in Adaptive Curriculum or General Curriculum. Admission takes place every Fall, Spring, and Summer.
Learn more about Georgia Southern University's Online Special Education Doctoral Degree Programs here.
10. University of Northern Colorado
Established in 1889 as Colorado's teacher college, the University of Northern Colorado is located in Greeley to grant the 136th best online graduate education programs nationally. The Ph.D. in Special Education is available online to address the needs of exceptional children and adolescents. The 72-credit program takes three to five years, including dissertation research. The Bresnahan-Halstead Center offers full-time doctoral scholarships. UNCO celebrates over 60 years of NCATE accreditation.
Learn more about the University of Northern Colorado's Online Special Education Doctoral Degree Programs here.
11. Liberty University
Logging in over 100,000 online learners, Liberty University, a private, non-profit Christian college in Lynchburg, Virginia, is the South's 80 best regional university according to the U.S. News. The NCATE has accredited Liberty's Online Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Special Education. Requiring 60 credits, the program has three campus-based intensives and dissertation defense. Coursework will investigate curriculum theory, conflict resolution, quantitative analysis, instructional improvement, and ethical leadership.
Learn more about Liberty University's Online Special Education Doctoral Degree Programs here.
12. Slippery Rock University
Ranked 79th in the North region, Slippery Rock University is a public, doctoral-granting research institution with western Pennsylvania's largest campus in rural Butler County. The Doctor of Education in Special Education has been NCATE-accredited to prepare educators for academia and leadership. Ed.D. students complete 60 credits of online coursework with weekend face-to-face teaching during summers. A 12-credit Autism Endorsement Certificate can be added to the three-year doctoral program.
Learn more about Slippery Rock University's Online Special Education Degree Programs here.
13. University of West Georgia
Located in Carrollton just 45 miles from Atlanta, the University of West Georgia is a public, research-intensive university recognized for the nation's 66th best online graduate education degrees. The Online Ed.D. in School Improvement program offers a concentration in Special Education. Over three years full-time, students accumulate 60 credits with asynchronous classes, live web-based workshops, and dissertation research. Graduates will strategically plan, design, and promote educational improvements.
Learn more about the University of West Georgia's Online Special Education Degree Programs here.
14. Concordia University Chicago
Founded by Lutheran ministers in 1855, Concordia University Chicago is situated in River Forest, Illinois, as the 75th best Midwestern college according to U.S. News. Fully accredited by the NCATE, the Ed.D./Ph.D. in Special Education Leadership program is offered online. The 61-credit curriculum emphasizes the skills required to lead educational reform for exceptional students with disabilities. Ph.D. students can select a Research or Practitioner track. 100 percent of graduation requirements are online.
Learn more about Concordia University Chicago's Online Special Education Degree Programs here.
15. Gwynedd Mercy University
Gwynedd Mercy University is a close-knit, private Catholic institution educating around 2,600 students from the suburbs surrounding Philadelphia. The U.S. News recognized GMercyU as the North's 131st top regional college. Online learners can pursue the Accelerated Executive Ed.D. in Educational Leadership in Special Education fully online. The 54-credit curriculum features flexible seven-week blocks with three residencies and two practica. Graduates qualify for Pennsylvania certification as Supervisors of Special Education.
Learn more about Gwynedd Mercy University's Online Special Education Degree Programs here.
This entry was posted in University Rankings on May 16, 2016 by tjentz.
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About the Cheviots: Can I get back to you on that?
by Deb Robson | posted in: Publishing, Sheep, Writing | 19
* { head —> wall } Repeat from * to end.
Just a bit of insight into how this book has gone. We thought we were almost done. We thought we were just writing captions.
Now I'm going to discuss one of the instances I mentioned in the last post, where the visual and textual components need to be reconciled in the design.
Warning: this is a long post. One of the reasons I'm writing it is to give myself a sense that I'm making progress. Even though I'm not entirely certain how much progress I am making.
Within the body of the book, here's the basic idea of an individual animal's listing and its fiber:
A bit of history of the sheep
Some general information on the fiber and its history and characteristics—whatever is too juicy to fit in the summary lists
A photo of the animal (if at all possible, and it almost always is)
List of facts about the fiber (shearing weight, staple lengths, fiber diameters, and the like, of most interest to spinners and the generally curious)
List of ideas for using the fiber (what it is really good or particularly lousy for, of interest to any fiber person—Rough Fell baby clothes would not be kind; a Merino throw rug would show signs of wear in days)
Photo with samples of raw and clean fibers, to show how they shift (or don't) when they are washed (in color, length, and apparent crimp)
Photo also includes tiny skein(s) of handspun yarn, as a suggestion of how the fiber might look when ready to be knitted, crocheted, woven, or whatever (there are infinite options for yarn constructions as well as for applications, so these are only hints)
Possibly a sidebar with curious thoughts or information, room and availability of interesting asides permitting (if anybody has an interesting story relating to Coopworths, we have some space on one of that breed's pages)
So. All is good.
Except.
In four instances, we grouped some of the "facts about the fiber" and/or "using the fiber" information.
In one of those cases, we have a full-page chart that covers a lot of minor breeds that folks might be curious about (which translates, for me, to the following: "if I had this book, I'd want to be able to look up those critters and find at least a little information on them").
In two more clusters, there are different "facts about" for each breed, but we grouped the "using the fiber" summaries. These closely related sheep have slightly different fiber profiles—one breed grows slightly longer or shorter wool, or produces lighter or heavier fleeces, or may have natural colors other than white. But when it's time to put them to work, they have the same strengths and weaknesses. So we gave them all one "using the fiber" list.
In the final, fourth, cluster, the "facts about" and "using the fiber" are the same for all the breeds. We grouped them, and listed the subtle variations, where applicable, as part of the overall description.
Item 3 is the focus of what I'm talking (and thinking) about at the moment.
Here's the challenge:
In design and editorial decision-making at the publisher, it was determined that each breed's presentation would stand alone, and every breed would have individual "facts about" and "using the fiber" lists.
The idea (and it is valid) is that the reader will want to use the work as a reference and should be able to find all the pertinent information for a given breed in a predictable place and sequence. The reader should not have to turn to a chart a few pages away to find a summary for any group.
We (the authors) didn't know this decision had been made until we began to review the "first pages," which is what we're in the process of doing now.
I love the idea, and I hate repetition. I appreciate differentiating between similar things, picking out the subtleties in ways that are meaningful. It bothered me to see identical data on several breeds, all in a row.
The item 1 breeds get to keep their chart. Whew. I did have to trim some of the text to fit, but didn't lose much in the way of solid info.
We have something of a solution for the breeds in item 2, which already had different "facts" sections. That solution will be managed by the editorial staff at the publisher, with some input I've already provided.
Leaving us with item 3.
So what remains is a cluster of breeds where both facts and usage notes are the same.
It should be possible to provide differentiated information between these breeds, even though their history is snarled and complicated enough that simply defining which breed is where, and how it developed, could probably earn someone a Ph.D.
We don't need a Ph.D. We do need some categories and definitions, enough to write useful information for textile folk about the types of wool. In separate lists, not a group.
Yes, we tried to get out of this task. I'm not at all sure how significant these pieces of information will be to readers. The variations between the breeds are minor from a fiber perspective. We had already provided adequate information to help people who want to know useful things about the wool, whether they are spinners, knitters, crocheters, weavers, or puzzled bystanders. We had incorporated into our group description the minor differences between the breeds (for example, only one of them, as far as we've been able to determine, grows wool in colors other than white . . . although that may be two, because there may be another breed involved after all . . . ).
Yet the book's design requires that we differentiate between them. We've appealed to the high publishing courts, and the problem is back on our desks. With a deadline, of course.
What I'm doing instead of preparing for the classes I'll be teaching next week. . . .
Let me introduce you to the Cheviots and the challenge of fixing this problem, just one in a long series of gnarly issues that we have faced while building this book. Even though we need new shovels and pickaxes and mattocks at this point, because the ones we have been depending on for more than three years are dented and chipped from hitting rocks and continuing to excavate, we will, yet again, increase the value of this book by unearthing more information and packing it into the pages.
Co-author Carol Ekarius is the livestock person in this collaboration, but in order to deal with the fiber information I often need to get my head wrapped around the ins and outs of breed identity and history.
Cheviots.
Sheep called Cheviots have been around, in one form or another, for at least three centuries, likely a great deal longer, and originated in the Cheviot Hills, on the border between Scotland and England, which is, of course, how they got their name. A few things are relatively easy to say with certainty.
They developed. . . . Well, it depends on who you ask. Some sources say they were a recognized breed as early as 1372. Others say they became identifiably distinct during the 18th century. Sheep historian Michael Ryder says that by 1746 there was a unique Cheviot breed "that was being improved by crossing with Lincoln and Leicester rams. At the end of the century, the Cheviot still had a dun face, and the rams were horned. It was, however, named the Whiteface or long sheep to distinguish it from the Blackface or short sheep." (Sheep and Man, London: Gerald Duckworth and Company, 2007, p. 514.)
Regardless, sheep known as Cheviots have been around for a long time. Lots can happen with sheep in a few hundred years; their generations are pretty short, compared to humans'. Cheviots have stayed put, moved around (within the British Isles and across oceans), and had other bloodlines crossed into the main stock. Sorting through and determining how many distinct Cheviot breeds now exist is a challenge, and some of the information out there is correct and some isn't. Deciding which sources to believe is a difficulty, especially when asking these thorny questions on the fly.
In order to break down the "facts" section by breed, however, this sorting needs to be done.
I've been drawing diagrams to find my way through the maze.
[And seeking a bit of dark chocolate to sustain me for the journey. . . .]
Continuing. . . .
The sheep called South Country Cheviots come from the north of England (or southern Scotland; the Cheviot Hills, and the sheep, don't pay attention to lines imposed on the landscape by humans). These sheep have also been called Border Cheviots (the name I've been most familiar with), although recently the breed societies in both the UK and the US have simplified to Cheviot.
(The front page of the UK breed society clearly says "South Country Cheviot" and if you download the US breed society's PDF of its 2004 breed standards, the header says "Border Cheviot." What that last naming shift in both cases means, though, is that if we find a resource or have a sample of wool that simply says "Cheviot," we won't know if it's this breed or if the source, or supplier, just didn't take time to note which type it was.)
The ones called North Country Cheviots are from even farther north (definitely in Scotland), and can be traced to a particular person (Sir John Sinclair) and a specific date (1791; he moved some sheep north, bred in other bloodlines, and got a new breed for his efforts). Early in their history they were called Caithness Cheviots. (People later moved flocks back south toward where the original, South Country breed came from but that's beside the point right now.)
Cheviots "from Scotland" were taken to southern Wales in the 1800s. Several sources say these were South Country, also known as Border, Cheviots. There they were crossed with local sheep to produce Brecknock Hill Cheviots.
Cheviots were introduced into the United States in 1838, according to Michael Ryder (Sheep and Man, p. 600). During the nineteenth century, anyway. Presumably these were South Country Cheviots (Border Cheviots), an unsupported connecting leap made by me right now because (1) the American Cheviot Sheep Society still has "Border Cheviot" on the PDF of its newly established (2004) breed standards and (2) time's running out to come to some conclusions here. (Not a good way to do research or develop firm ideas. For brainstorming ideas, it's fine.)
However, there are definitely also North Country Cheviots in North America. [ADDED: I've found a date of 1944 for introduction of North Country Cheviots to this continent. If verifiable, that means the 1838 importation likely was South Country Cheviots. Although sometimes more than one importation of a breed took place, because sometimes the first batch didn't survive or vanished or was otherwise lost track of.]
(In 1845, shortly after some of them emigrated to North America, South Country (Border) Cheviots went to New Zealand, where they were later crossed with Romneys to produce Perendales; Ryder, Sheep and Man, p. 638. No, that's not my only source, but it's incredibly useful for getting a well-reasoned big-picture view of sheep over time and across the globe.)
[Feeling the need for more diagrams—for example, one linking to the Perendale—but no time to make them because each leads deeper into the topic.]
Yet. . . . There is at least one other type of Cheviots in the United States. We also have what are now called Miniature Cheviots.
The crazy part is about to raise its head.
[Stepping into the next room for two Excedrin before I continue. . . .]
Apparently, some particularly small-statured strains of Border Cheviots developed in Canada. (That is, South Country Cheviots, now known in both the U.S. and U.K. as Cheviots.)
These were imported into the U.S. and the people who brought them in formed a breed society called the American Miniature Brecknock Hill Cheviot Sheep Breeders Association. Even though these sheep were in no may or may not be in any way related to the Welsh Brecknock Hill Cheviots. They are American Miniature Cheviots.
The breed society has been re-named as the American Miniature Cheviot Sheep Breeders Association (AMCBSA). Hurray.
But some many sources of confusion remain.
There is now also a American Classic Cheviot Sheep Association and registry, an attempt to clear some of the fog surrounding these permutations, and this group includes colored sheep (colors are also available in the WELSH, or, as I've come to think of them, "real," Brecknock Hill Cheviots).
Moving to the wool. . . .
Carol will make the final decisions pertaining to the breeds, but I think I have a good enough picture of the situation now to begin gathering data to support speculations about variations between the wools. I have 25 sources of information about Cheviot wools. The breed societies are not especially interested in quantifying the characteristics of their sheep's wool:
North Country Cheviot Sheep Society: "White, of good staple, free from curl, hair or kemp. Not hard, but has a spongy feeling when grasped."
Brecknock Hill Cheviot Sheep Society: "Brecknock Hill Cheviot Wool speaks for itself as three members of the society have been British Wool Producer Of The Year.' "
But I do have some numbers to play with, gathered from other locations, including having sent a couple of samples to the lab for analysis.
My next steps involve assigning each set of numbers to one of the defined breeds (except the ones that just say "Cheviot," with no further information allowing them to be attributed to a specific type of sheep), then looking at the data and forming, followed by articulating, a general description of the breed's wool.
There will be errors in this book.
But it won't be because we didn't try to get all the facts right.
It would be really nice if any of the 3.5 days' worth of workshops I'll be teaching in the next few weeks involved Cheviots. None of them does.
And now back to my (revised) spreadsheets, in search of patterns among the data points. . . .
Added 11/14/2010. I think this is as far as I have time to go right now, and I think it's sufficient for our immediate purposes:
I think there are four Cheviot breeds that we would do well to take into account (bright-highlighted and numbered in chronological order of development), and I've put together the meager data I have, along with a disclaimer, and made some educated guesses about how the wools differ. I've also made preliminary notes on a possible fifth breed that may become more of a player in the future. I don't have enough information on it to even begin guessing at stats.
This sign means "not equal to" or "not the same as":
Sheep and their wool are definitely moving targets.
November 13, 2010 | Reply
Yikes, you'd better keep the pill bottle close to hand!
L.M. Cunningham
Yikes! And I think some of the stuff I'm writing is turning me into a babbling fool.
(And you'll definitely want more chocolate too. Plus wine. Lots of wine.)
Turns out the American Miniature Cheviots may have more names: Southern Hill Cheviot and Small Cheviot.
Wine, you say?
Wine indeed, and whatever you do, don't follow your instructions at the beginning of the post! *{head->wall} Repeat from * to end
You'll sort it out clearly, even though you don't have time. It's one of your talents…
I have loved Cheviot from the start. First fleece I ever spun and not very fashionable now but a Cheviot hogget is a delight. I will be fascinated by anything you say about them….Good luck.
. . . there are three strains (not breeds, but subtypes) of North Country Cheviots: Hill Cheviots (not to be confused with South Country Cheviots, sometimes called Hill Cheviots), Caithness type (not to be confused with Caithness Cheviot, the early name for the entire breed), and the Border type (not to be confused with Border Cheviots, also another name for South Country Cheviots). . . .
It's a good thing I like Cheviot wool myself!
Jane Cooper
Wow! You and your 'team' are probably the world experts on anything and everything Cheviot now – strongly suspecting the publishers wouldn't realise what a little gem your above research would be if put into the book, I shall print it out to include in my own copy ☺
BTW – this probably isn't the time to let you know that at the North Pennines Wool Event last month (yes, the Brits now have an annual wool week!) I was informed, by someone who knows about sheep in the north of England, that there is a variation of the Scottish Blackface, called the Hexham Blackface. Although, on 2nd thoughts, you probably already know!
Hope you enjoy your teaching.
Freyalyn
I am looking forward to this book so much, especially now I have watched with interest and sympathy how much work it's taken.
Toffeesmum
I can't wait to get a copy of this book, believe me, all your hard work will be much appreciated!
Sgt-majorette
Huh. This is why my breed sample collection is a giant cardboard box full of vaguely labelled baggies.
I can't wait for this book!!
Wine AND chocolate. I've been gently introduced to the… interesting… pastime of researching the history of sheep breeds courtesy of the Shetland (and yes, there still are double-coated Shetlands in Shetland even if the fleece/wool isn't widely available) land the North Ronaldsay. Or Orkney.
We put sheep under such strong selective pressure, without our noticing or by breeding for something we think is 'cute,' that it's no wonder new breeds develop so quickly.
Love Ryder's book, and I joined the nearest University Library to get access to their periodicals section too.
This flurry of comments is warming my heart.
One of the cool things about really getting into Ryder's work was discovering a place where he revised an earlier statement he'd made about a breed's wool because it turned out that the fiber he'd been given was misidentified. Another was finding his reference to the "crocheted" shawls of Shetland (Sheep and Man, p. 517, third full paragraph, line 3).
Every time I open that particular book, I am in *awe* at the work. (Add on Ryder and Stephenson's Wool Growth and it's even harder to believe what the man knows.) Yet these crumbs give me the courage to keep going, because if Michael Ryder got handed the wrong bit of wool, well, maybe it's okay if the work *we're* doing is (just) as close to correct as we can humanly make it. . . .
Yes, Scottish Blackfaces. And YES, Shetlands! Very interesting, and took about a week. MOST of what we found is *not* directly in the book, because there wasn't room, but the work had to be done to get the parts that *are* there right (or as right as we can get them).
You folks are encouraging me, however, to write down more of the process, perhaps in the blog. . . . And not immediately. I need to get the book done!
P.S. I love North Ronaldsays, and have found out cool stuff about them, as well.
It is quite an undertaking, this 'encyclopedia'… reminds me of genealogy.. gathering truths, half-truths, and pure fiction and determining what is the most accurate information (ie. born in 1751, married in 1755)… huh?
This is an important work for the fiber community. Though, as a spinner, I want to know what I will find out there here and now. Maybe that would take off some pressure from making this the most historically accurate genealogy of every known sheep breed that has ever walked the planet?
Look forward to seeing you in Michigan. I'll bring some cheviot 😉
Sue, so my Cheviot escapade will have done me some good in Michigan! Looking forward to meeting you.
Yes, the goal is "what's out there now?" The trick is getting enough of a handle on the history to give guidelines. . . .
Genealogy. Yes. I found a bit of tricky stuff about that while I was in the U.K. this summer. I thought I was going to be in a village that some ancestors had come from. Same name, different place. . . .
LynnH
Hi, Deb. Showing my computer students blogging.
Good idea, Lynn! Welcome. I was a guest author in some high school classes a few years ago and was incredibly surprised that the students didn't know about blogging. Wow. It's so much fun.
cathy in va
Oh, boy, do I want this book. Stay determined and keep going. I'll cheer you on!
There's absolutely no way we're turning back. We took off on the toboggan and there's no stopping until we get to the bottom of the hill! I'm really glad you want the book. Cheering is most welcome.


One of the biggest mistakes I'm starting to hear from brides: Not hiring a videographer!
Let's step back a bit and find out what's going on, ok? So first, I remember reading stats almost 7 years ago from couples response on the importance level and videography was considered least important of them all. Cake was more important. Video was only important to 9%. I remember the 9%.
But tech back then is not tech today. We didn't carry hand held devices that can play video. Some did but something changed in 2008. Brides, let me introduce you DSLR! Why is it so important? And isn't that camera for photos? Yes it is a photo camera. But I remember buying my first 5Dm2 camera. A photo camera that can film, and it changed the wedding film industry.
So you're saying there wasn't a camera that can film? Yes, and no. See before DSLR started to change the game, most of the video people would use cam corder. It's like buying a all in one. And the biggest difference between Camcorders and DSLRs is you that one can change lenses and the other cannot. And I'm sure you can figure out which one does the creative, movie like feel.
So advice from previous couples may not be the best. Especially if they had horrible experience with their videographer. Give it some time and quickly you'll see that wedding cinema will be #1 very very soon. And I'm sure many of you reading this already see it happening. But at the same time many of you are probably not sure. Well, if you just watch one of my videos, most likely you'll be sure to get video. We get brides change their mind all the time. And that's because the ration between good photographer and cinematographer is not equal. I can point out and refer 10 awesome photographers and only 2 cinematographers in east coast. Why is this? It's hard. Videography is really really hard. Trust me! I've done everything with weddings and video and it seems like my wife and I have mastered it. We have not. The biggest challenge we have is turn around time. And yet most videographers get paid less than photographers. What's even more sad is there are couples that pay more for cake than for video. Thankfully that didn't happen to us.
Being able to put it all together within weeks would be a dream. But no, I have to leave and shoot the next couples wedding. It starts to pile up. Next thing you know, I have 10 weddings to edit, each with 14 hours of footage + audio (this is being conservative) and time becomes of essence. Especially for the world we live in where Amazon can do same day delivery.
How does this tie in with the topic of this blog Andrey? Glad you asked. This is what all videographers face. And most likely, couples will bother them. It is a nightmare when they text you, "when is my video ready". It's a pressure no one likes. Luckily, all our couples are awesome and patient with us because they know that time is quality. And time is the challenge videographers have. And photographers too. And I've seen very high end photographers get pressured too. And if you are about to marry + reading this, DO NOT pressure your videographer/photographer unless they take more than a year. Because that is only making them rush to make you happy. And then you're not happy because the rushed. And next thing you know they feel defeated for not being able to satisfy you and it makes them look bad. And then they quit. Then this videography wedding industry looks bad which makes me look bad!
That is what I believe is making video still not #1 because couples do not know the grudge behind it. And not only that, videographers get paid almost twice as less than photographers. To me that does not make sense. It costs them 4 times more if not more, take 5 time longer to put together and is more intense. Let me put it in another perspective; Let's say you'll get 24 awesome photos from a photographer. And with video let's say 3 minutes. I'm making it short to make a point. So now you have your final product of 24 photos and video that's a combination of 4320 photos. Do you see the pressure here? Video consists of at least 24 frames per second. That's 24 photos per second. Or 30. I film at 30. There's 60 seconds in a minute and you have 3 minute video. 24x60x3 =4,320. Not just 24 photos.
What does this mean? The video has to be clean and continues recording. One wrong move and 1,000s of moments can be missed. That's how much more pressure we have.
So think about it and treat your videographer nice. Because he or she may be doing the most heavy lifting. For me, all our couples love our work as much as we do and they are awesome and we thank each and every one of them. If it wasn't for them, my wife and I wouldn't have gotten this far. And trust me, I've been in dark places. I literally thought of quitting, selling all my gear and working in Home Depot. I remember thinking those moments. Even after filming our NFL weddings, it's still hard. But the only reason why I did not quit is because I love what I do. If your videographer loves what he does. You are in for a gem. Just don't make a mistake of pressuring them. Give them time. Just ask when you can expect and then leave them alone. If they are posting videos occasionally, then it shows they are working hard trying to get all the other weddings done too. For me, I would need sometime even up to a month to get a wedding done. Not because you may have ordered the longest edit, but because I've had many other brides order an edit and I may very well still be working on theirs. You are not the only one getting married.
Sorry if this seems like a fuse of. It's not. This is merely an education. This is not communicated enough and I think 100% transparency will help both parties understand! If your videographer is willing to be patient with going through hours and hours of your wedding footage, right after finishing previous hours of hours of another wedding footage, then be patient with them too. It's not their first rodeo. Try watching "Note Book" 100 times a month. You'll kill yourself. That's what many of us have to face and it makes a world difference when we hear our couples say, "Andrey, take your time, we want the best and can't wait to see!" instead of, "DID YOU START OUR VIDEO YET?????"
The transition from old tech to new tech is still a bit foggy. But it'll clear up soon. I've been doing this wedding stuff for 5 years now and still figuring out with my wife. And many times, video is under appreciated because majority of the videographers quit or give up. And I know many times is because the bride and groom put too much pressure on them. Just communicate in the beginning. Even for the videographers. Communicate with your couples. Tell them how long it could take and if you need to extend it, just be real and share the situation. No one is perfect. The only thing everyone want in the end product is timeless presentation that will last with them forever.
Now lets' talk about that. Why is sentimental more valuable than just a front page creative photo of you two? Well, because you'll get sick of the color red. Paint your room red and you'll love it. It's so nice and feels romantic, right? Well give it a few months and you'll be tearing the wall down if you had to to get rid of the red. You'll get sick of it. Just like you'll get sick of listening to Justin Bieber's latest hit song. Video is somewhat different. It may be long to watch, but it'll be valuable when someone close passes away. Or 20 years from your wedding day when your kids are getting married, they'd love to see how your wedding was and how mama and paps used to look hot and young and sound different and immature just like them haha don't get offended, it's true. And age is a beautiful thing that's inevitable, so accept it. But just to make it more interesting, I'll share the following scenarios that are downright 100% real that happened to us.
One bride had her younger sister (who was her maid of honor and engaged too) pass away 1 month after her wedding in a car accident. Now get in her Cinderella shoes and imagine that happening to you. What would become more important to you? The photos you took with her or the video of you two laughing together, crying together, and even the sister sharing her personal toast. Do you see where I'm going with this?
Ok, here's another one. One bride contacted me and said how much she regret not getting video. I even reached out to her because I wanted to film her wedding. It's not that she didn't get me, it's that she didn't even get video, at all. You know what she said to me? This happened when I was filming her sisters wedding because she forced her. She said she regret because they spent 10,000s on their wedding day with decoration, location, bringing people together, the details, dress shoes, and they only have a few photos. To be exact she said she only had about 10 photos of her reception decoration which is where she invested in most. She regrets it. Those photos and her foggy memory is all she has left. It's like the wind just blew away all that money. Are you going to be like her? Not get video, then regret and start forcing brides to get video. Don't make this mistake because it cannot be fixed. Even if you do have the money to get everything back together, it'll just not be the same. Because you're married now and you've seen everyone, etc. It'll just be just as good as a second fake smile. And even I regret she didn't get me because I saw the photos and the couple looked like the GQ couple. They were super hot and good looking. Kim Kardashian got nothing on them. And it blew my mind they did not get video. Really did. I was shocked. Don't do that. At least get crappy videographer, trust me. My sister had the worse video for her wedding and on her 15th year anniversary, finally decided to see it for the first time. I know this because I was there. We got together to watch it for the first time and it was the best experience. Seeing all my uncles and aunts at their young age. I was like 6 at the time. Seeing myself being the ring boy. Oh my gosh we laughed and we cried and watched through the whole actual 4 hours of horrible random recording, and this was with a camcorder. She did not regret it anymore. It's memories. No photoshop. Just genuine, real people, real moments. The best nostalgia I've had in my life so far.
I've got more. But seeing how much I'm writing already, I should start summarizing it up. If I didn't convince you by now, then God help you. I will not be convinced that you do not need video until I hear from at least one bride say, "I don't regret not getting video". Find me one and I'll delete this post. You all need video, even if you think you don't. Just trust me.


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