This
is a great opportunity for lots of people. It's also
a great opportunity for lazier people, because most of the
classes I've taken are easy but not to the point
of being boring. They've taught me a lot about my
major, made me think, made me learn, and have not
frustrated or bored me in the process. This only applies
to the on-campus classes, however- as for the online classes,
they are utter crap. I did all of my highschool
online, so I have some previous online experience. I have
found the teachers, over and over, in these online classes
to be more interested in tricking you than in teaching
you. I have also found the teachers to be unfriendly
and more interested in fulfilling some kind of personal vendetta
against students than in making you think about the subject.
Thankfully, not the case with the 'real' classes, as I've
had primarily great teachers there who care about you knowing
the SUBJECT more than the textbook. As for the atmosphere
of the place, it could really use some work. Half
of my classes, at any given time, are in cold,
white-walled, crummy-carpetted rooms with no windows. If there are windows,
the blinds are always shut. One of my classes is
actually in the basement... creepy. Parking is also becoming horrific
as time goes on. I'm learning disabled, so I
have the opportunity to go in to the learning center
to take tests- but really, any time I've been in
there, it's louder and more distracting than the classroom. Even
the staff there was chatting and playing with their computers,
while students fought with printers and talked to each other-
horrible environment if you have any attention deficiency. This brings
me to the next issue- if you intend to enroll
here, I hope you're not dyscalculic. They expect you to
get by without a calculator as though you have no
disability with computations. So basically, if you're privileged with normalcy,
you'll do fine- if your brain is wired in a
way that means you can't learn the 'normal' way, though,
good luck, you're on your own. They seem to want
to do the bare minimum they can to be technically
accomodating the learning disabled. Summarizing: On-campus teachers good, online bad. Environment bad, learning disability assistance bad.
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