Toronto Film School - Davisville Campus

I'm a mature student and not a young kid trasitioning from one school to the next so my experience was different right off the bat. Without even knowing me, the younger students did everything in their power to lie and cheat to get me out of their class. I suppose they felt intimidated because I had life experience they lacked. As soon as it was evident, they were lynching the older students, we all backed down for a while, as school admin, took action against innocent people because the majority of the young people ruled. It was just like the movie, 'The Plastics'. Shunned and made fun of and ridiculed hoping we would drop out of their world. Mature people, understand perseverance in a way a youth cannot. The few of us who hung on, knew without a shadow of a doubt that what we got out of this school was up to us. Eventually, covid hit, and everyone settled into their own worlds, while classes continued over zoom. Everone grumbled, but the reality is, waking up in pyjamas and being in class in ten minutes, was faR superior to sitting in a clasroom with people you were not sure would recognise you on the street. Us older ones, we knew what we wanted, we had our focus, we knew what it would take and we ended up being the encouraging forces to the ones who always doubted. The teachers in my years were the best teachers I had ever had. Even the ones I graded low with, I respected for their knowledge and passion. Passion is something to recognize with this school. It is abundant in the teachers, in the admin, in the support groups, in the class rooms. I had never experienced teachers with such enthusiasm and knowledge of their industry even though sometimes it was old stuff, the teachers where still abreast of the knew stuff. And if I could offer a shout out, I would say without A.Till, I may have never made it. Also without the school counsellors who stood by us like ducklings freshly hatched and they nurtured us to health. I would classify this school as top notch, number one, and everyone I meet gets the same line. Apply, you never know, I may see you in/on film! All thumbs up from a mature student, who knows how to find the education in front of him. LONG LIVE T.F.S.

Great experience