Residential Interior Design/Smagorinsky,Zoss,Reed

Interior design is one of those gifts I thought you either have or you don't. Having the complexity of the decision making process revealed was enlightening. It was fascinating to me that the authors revealed her layers of schematic cultures and fields from which she draws information to make decisions. This process I would have described as talent. I am stuck on the devaluation of this multi-faceted process as "womens work". It does remind me a little of the devaluation of mothers in this country and how difficult it is to identify yourself as as a stay at home mom without using the word "just" in front of it. The vast number of solutions necessary in a given day that are required to satisfy the goals and motives of family members, and the social organizations involved with child raising, demand confident split second decision making abilities,continue throughout the day without ceasing, and in many cases have long lasting implications. I think teachers fall into the same category as mothers and this effects teacher pay and teacher morale.