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Ive been in and out of college since 2014 and my most recent attempt, specifically one programming course, was the final straw that made me throw my hands up and say fuck it ill teach myself.
On top of paying out of state tuition, i had to pay fees that were meant to support the online learning platform the school used to deliver virtual courses. No biggie, every school ive attended has the same fees. However, this one programming course was integrated with pearson and not just for a few assignments, but for literally everything. Every module, assignment, quiz, etc. was a hyperlink to pearson. My teacher was doing 0 teaching and grading, I was still expected to pay fees for the schools learning platform that was nothing but hyperlinks to pearson, and then on top of all of that i was expected to pay an extra fee to use pearson’s platform. But, wait, it gets better. The hyperlinks to pearson were actually directing to pearson’s in-house built course that they openly sell on their site at a lower rate than what my school tried to charge me and with a longer access period than I would have gotten through my school.
UMGC, university of maryland global campus, essentially tried to outsource my education to a 3rd party and then asked me to front the cost in addition to their own fees. Yeah, no, i withdrew from the school. As much as I want my bachelors, its not worth it if i have to play these games.
Holy shit that’s bad. It makes me feel better about not finishing it it was already kind of bad when I went and got significantly worse since then. I’m not sure I’m missing out on lunch other than whatever healing my brused ego could get from a framed degree.
I definitely think the entire education system, K through 12 and University alike need to be fundamentally rebuilt but employers accepting it as qualification for a job is a necessary precondition. If the federal government were competent they could simply certify Alternatives as equivalent to high school diplomas and bachelor’s degrees enforced by heavy fines for violators with sting operations to catch them. Unfortunately that’s not going to happen so going to have to figure out the education to employment Dynamic some other way
Yeah the professors dont teach shit but having a structured course telling me what order to learn things in and forcing me to do exams, projects, etc. is pretty helpful for learning. Self teaching sht based off whats freely available is hard. There are many paid courses out there for anything online tho. Some ppl do well without structure and they might as well not goto college, learn it all on your own, I do not.
That’s a great idea, I would almost suggest that as the default if only for one glaring problem, namely that employers will demand a bachelor’s degree to hire you. The reason why education is a focus has nothing to do with the actual education everything you do with the certification which is demanded for employment in good paying jobs. Everything else is Downstream of that. If it wasn’t for that 90% of students wouldn’t even go to the university anymore since you can just pirate textbooks.
Ive been in and out of college since 2014 and my most recent attempt, specifically one programming course, was the final straw that made me throw my hands up and say fuck it ill teach myself.
On top of paying out of state tuition, i had to pay fees that were meant to support the online learning platform the school used to deliver virtual courses. No biggie, every school ive attended has the same fees. However, this one programming course was integrated with pearson and not just for a few assignments, but for literally everything. Every module, assignment, quiz, etc. was a hyperlink to pearson. My teacher was doing 0 teaching and grading, I was still expected to pay fees for the schools learning platform that was nothing but hyperlinks to pearson, and then on top of all of that i was expected to pay an extra fee to use pearson’s platform. But, wait, it gets better. The hyperlinks to pearson were actually directing to pearson’s in-house built course that they openly sell on their site at a lower rate than what my school tried to charge me and with a longer access period than I would have gotten through my school.
UMGC, university of maryland global campus, essentially tried to outsource my education to a 3rd party and then asked me to front the cost in addition to their own fees. Yeah, no, i withdrew from the school. As much as I want my bachelors, its not worth it if i have to play these games.
There are so, so many shitty schools and teachers out there. It’s a travesty.
Holy shit that’s bad. It makes me feel better about not finishing it it was already kind of bad when I went and got significantly worse since then. I’m not sure I’m missing out on lunch other than whatever healing my brused ego could get from a framed degree.
I definitely think the entire education system, K through 12 and University alike need to be fundamentally rebuilt but employers accepting it as qualification for a job is a necessary precondition. If the federal government were competent they could simply certify Alternatives as equivalent to high school diplomas and bachelor’s degrees enforced by heavy fines for violators with sting operations to catch them. Unfortunately that’s not going to happen so going to have to figure out the education to employment Dynamic some other way
Yeah the professors dont teach shit but having a structured course telling me what order to learn things in and forcing me to do exams, projects, etc. is pretty helpful for learning. Self teaching sht based off whats freely available is hard. There are many paid courses out there for anything online tho. Some ppl do well without structure and they might as well not goto college, learn it all on your own, I do not.
That’s a great idea, I would almost suggest that as the default if only for one glaring problem, namely that employers will demand a bachelor’s degree to hire you. The reason why education is a focus has nothing to do with the actual education everything you do with the certification which is demanded for employment in good paying jobs. Everything else is Downstream of that. If it wasn’t for that 90% of students wouldn’t even go to the university anymore since you can just pirate textbooks.