Master Class

Please stop calling every class a “master class,” especially if it takes place over an hour, or a single afternoon. No matter how smart or famous the person presenting the class, that’s not a “master class.” It’s just a class. And an overview, at best.

Malcolm Gladwell has said it takes 10,000 hours to achieve true expertise in a given area. You aren’t going to become a great cinematographer, for example, by taking any single class. Even a “master class.”