What's going on guys? Not sure if this was the right board to post this but I was hoping some of you could give me suggestions and thoughts.

Here is the deal. At the moment I am in the middle of my first year at Film School(VFS) and in a couple terms we stream into a specialization - Film Production, Animation and digital design. Second year I have no doubts I am going into Film Production but for first year my editing teacher brought up a good point where he recommends if a student is looking to be a director or editor they should stream into something other then film. I guess having a background in animation makes you an even better editor(I forgot the reasons, he mentioned understanding theory and pacing more)

I do want to be an editor/create my own passion projects or whatever so I am really thinking about streaming into animation now. I can sit in on all the film classes which I plan on doing(mostly cinematography). First year is just a taste of everything and second year I will be learning this stuff anyway.

What do you guys think? Does it sound logical to stream into something like animation or digital design if you are wanting to go into film/be an editor second year