MasterClass, The Review

Lessons from some of the world’s greatest!

I’m bored. You’re bored. We’re all bored.

Lockdown 2020, who would have thought that on December 31st 2019, when we were happily ringing in the New Year, 3 months from now we’d be ‘under house arrest’ and well, bored to death!!

For me, the initial stages of this whole social experiment proved exciting and fun, three weeks into it though and my brain began to feel like mush as a result of a lot of TV and screen time on my devices, come on, what else are you gonna do?!

If you read this month’s email you would have realised that the romantic notion of being confined to the house all day slowly faded as the days turned into weeks and the weeks turned into months. I was feeling ancy, dumb, and completely hungry for my imagination and creativity to come back to life. So, as you know, I signed up for MasterClass.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with this platform, MasterClass is a digital platform filled with ‘the greats.’ I’m talking authors, cooks, entertainers, writers, and even economists, who all come together to teach online classes in which you can either hone in on your craft or, pick up on a new skill you’ve always wanted to learn or perfect. For me that would be cooking, thank you, Gordon Ramsey!

I signed up with my sister, who had also been eyeing a few of their courses, and lucky for us they were running a promotion where you when you buy one pass not only do you get the second pass free but you get unlimited access to the website and its content for a whole year! Now that’s quite a deal considering a pass on its own costs over 200 USD!

So going into this, I decided that I wanted to learn writing from one of the greats, Margret Atwood. A big fan of her smash hit novel A Handmaids Tale, I decided to take her class because Margret is such a legend, a literary genius who’s created so many ingenious works of art that are read and studied around the world. And with the lockdown and a few novel manuscripts tucked away in my drawer, I thought there was no time like the present.

I remember watching her first lesson and feeling so absolutely inspired and excited! Everything she said touched a chord, every anecdotal tale she shared made me smile, I was hooked. Rearing to go and very excited I proceeded to the next few lessons.

Well, wow, quite honestly the more I watched the more disappointed I became. However, I’m not going to put the ‘blame’ on Margret because after all, she has no idea who her students are and as such her course is quite ‘broad.’ I think that rings true for most of the greats on this website, they have no idea who is watching and as such their courses are, well, quite general.

My biggest complaint about the whole series is that these ‘greats,’ who’ve been chosen to share their passion with the world, don’t know who they’re teaching, and also, most of them are NOT teachers! They don’t know how to thoroughly explain what they need to explain and they don’t know how to properly capture the attention of their students. Quite simply they just do what they do because it comes naturally and they love it!

But, on the flip side, I did find some sort of enjoyment with the series when I tuned into  Gordan Ramsey’s class. His practical approach to cooking restaurant-style dishes at home not only inspired me but made me believe that even with my mediocre cooking abilities, anything and everything is possible in the kitchen.

While I am not exactly done perusing the website and discovering what it has to offer, I have come to the conclusion that it’s probably good for those wishing to uncover hidden talents. Margaret’s class was a bit redundant and disappointing mainly because she said a lot of what I already know and also, there was no sort of platform to help budding writers workshop their ideas. Honestly, I think what’s missing the most from MasterClass is the ability to connect regularly with other students and the teacher.

So all in all I would probably rate my experience with MasterClass a 6/10. Don’t waste your time or your money if your main intention is to refine your craft. However, if you are looking to pick up a new talent, by all means, go for it!

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