SCAD disappointment rant

So this weekend Chris has been busting his butt to get a proposal put together for a grant he was nominated for. It's a pretty big deal, if his proposal is selected, he will get funding to do a pretty big photo project. And he had to be nominated to even submit the proposal. So of course he's taking this opportunity really seriously, and trying to do his best to get it right. But he's never written a proposal before, and doesn't really know how to put it together in a way that it will be taken seriously by the the judges.

So he's been trying since the beginning of the month to get some faculty from SCAD (where he goes to school) to help him out. However, everyone he's asked has just told him to ask someone else. Specifically, a couple of his professors just aren't interested in taking a little bit of time to help him out. One of them just says "Well, chances are you won't get it, so don't get your hopes up" and acts like because it's not a sure thing he shouldn't even try. Another professor told him to ask a woman who works at the campus library. Her job is to help faculty write proposals, so he figured she was the best person to ask for advice. So Chris emailed her, and she never wrote back. A couple weeks later he tried again, and the woman actually forwarded his email to the professor and to the head of the photo department saying "Why is this guy bugging me? Get him out of my hair." Then she just told Chris to ask someone from the photo department (where he started, and everyone told him to ask someone else). So basically, he's completely on his own for this. We've been trying our best to get this written the best way we can figure it out, but it's really frustrating that we're going way into debt for this school because it's supposed to be so great, and NO ONE can be bothered to DO THEIR JOB and help a student who has a good opportunity. I mean, if he gets this, it's good news for SCAD as a whole, because one of their students won the grant. So why won't anyone take a little bit of time to help him out?

So today is the day the proposal is due. He was up til 4 in the morning working on it, I got up this morning to proofread and add some suggestions. He printed out a few copies, and took it down to the photo building try to hunt down anyone he can to get some last minute input. I'm hoping if he's in their faces with a proposal, SOMEONE will feel obligated to give him 10 minutes of their life. Here's hoping.