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JoJo wrote:
So please, forgive my long-winded rant. I needed an outlet and decided this was as good as any. Plus I have something else on my agenda - if anyone even entertains the idea of going to UOP - DON'T DO IT! I don't even have a family (real - meaning kids), I have no clue how others can do it. I would really like to start my own newsgroup on the pitfalls of UOP. Thank you for listening. I'm going to settle my fur back down now. Awwww, you have my sympathy. I worked with a guy attending the U of M in Memphis and a number of his classes had that "team approach" crap. There were always only one or two people, him being one of them, who did any of the real work. And he also worked full time and was raising 2 kids. It's a stupid way to assign classwork in any setting except perhaps Kindergarten. I feel for you. Jill |
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JoJo wrote:
So please, forgive my long-winded rant. I needed an outlet and decided this was as good as any. Plus I have something else on my agenda - if anyone even entertains the idea of going to UOP - DON'T DO IT! I don't even have a family (real - meaning kids), I have no clue how others can do it. I would really like to start my own newsgroup on the pitfalls of UOP. Thank you for listening. I'm going to settle my fur back down now. Awwww, you have my sympathy. I worked with a guy attending the U of M in Memphis and a number of his classes had that "team approach" crap. There were always only one or two people, him being one of them, who did any of the real work. And he also worked full time and was raising 2 kids. It's a stupid way to assign classwork in any setting except perhaps Kindergarten. I feel for you. Jill |
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jmcquown wrote:
Awwww, you have my sympathy. I worked with a guy attending the U of M in Memphis and a number of his classes had that "team approach" crap. There were always only one or two people, him being one of them, who did any of the real work. And he also worked full time and was raising 2 kids. It's a stupid way to assign classwork in any setting except perhaps Kindergarten. I disagree with your last statement. I do agree with what you said prior to that, about it always ending up being one or two people who shoulder most of the work for the group. I had that experience in college, too - being one of the people who shouldered more than my share! But I think that people do need to learn to work in teams, especially if they're studying for a field where people work in teams all the time on the job. The problem isn't the concept of team work, it's that most instructors who assign team projects don't know how to grade people fairly. They don't know how to set up projects so that all the individuals within each team are accountable for doing their part. It's not necessarily the instructors' fault, either - maybe this is just an underdeveloped aspect of teaching. Or maybe most teachers don't have the time it would take, to meet with the teams regularly as the projects develop, find out and then track what each individual is contributing, and grade each student accordingly. I'm saying this because I don't want to dump on teachers - some teachers are bad, of course, but many do the best they can, and a lot can still fall through the cracks. In my computer science classes where I had team projects (most of the big, final projects were team efforts), the instructor would just have everyone form their own teams, give the assignment, and then not discuss it with the students (or the teams) individually until it was time to hand in the work. The teams would then all get the same grade, allowing coasters to get the same grade as the people who worked hard. In the real world, a manager would know what each person on their team is doing and hold each individual accountable for their part in the whole. Why shouldn't classes be taught in the same way? Joyce |
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jmcquown wrote:
Awwww, you have my sympathy. I worked with a guy attending the U of M in Memphis and a number of his classes had that "team approach" crap. There were always only one or two people, him being one of them, who did any of the real work. And he also worked full time and was raising 2 kids. It's a stupid way to assign classwork in any setting except perhaps Kindergarten. I disagree with your last statement. I do agree with what you said prior to that, about it always ending up being one or two people who shoulder most of the work for the group. I had that experience in college, too - being one of the people who shouldered more than my share! But I think that people do need to learn to work in teams, especially if they're studying for a field where people work in teams all the time on the job. The problem isn't the concept of team work, it's that most instructors who assign team projects don't know how to grade people fairly. They don't know how to set up projects so that all the individuals within each team are accountable for doing their part. It's not necessarily the instructors' fault, either - maybe this is just an underdeveloped aspect of teaching. Or maybe most teachers don't have the time it would take, to meet with the teams regularly as the projects develop, find out and then track what each individual is contributing, and grade each student accordingly. I'm saying this because I don't want to dump on teachers - some teachers are bad, of course, but many do the best they can, and a lot can still fall through the cracks. In my computer science classes where I had team projects (most of the big, final projects were team efforts), the instructor would just have everyone form their own teams, give the assignment, and then not discuss it with the students (or the teams) individually until it was time to hand in the work. The teams would then all get the same grade, allowing coasters to get the same grade as the people who worked hard. In the real world, a manager would know what each person on their team is doing and hold each individual accountable for their part in the whole. Why shouldn't classes be taught in the same way? Joyce |
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jmcquown wrote:
Awwww, you have my sympathy. I worked with a guy attending the U of M in Memphis and a number of his classes had that "team approach" crap. There were always only one or two people, him being one of them, who did any of the real work. And he also worked full time and was raising 2 kids. It's a stupid way to assign classwork in any setting except perhaps Kindergarten. I disagree with your last statement. I do agree with what you said prior to that, about it always ending up being one or two people who shoulder most of the work for the group. I had that experience in college, too - being one of the people who shouldered more than my share! But I think that people do need to learn to work in teams, especially if they're studying for a field where people work in teams all the time on the job. The problem isn't the concept of team work, it's that most instructors who assign team projects don't know how to grade people fairly. They don't know how to set up projects so that all the individuals within each team are accountable for doing their part. It's not necessarily the instructors' fault, either - maybe this is just an underdeveloped aspect of teaching. Or maybe most teachers don't have the time it would take, to meet with the teams regularly as the projects develop, find out and then track what each individual is contributing, and grade each student accordingly. I'm saying this because I don't want to dump on teachers - some teachers are bad, of course, but many do the best they can, and a lot can still fall through the cracks. In my computer science classes where I had team projects (most of the big, final projects were team efforts), the instructor would just have everyone form their own teams, give the assignment, and then not discuss it with the students (or the teams) individually until it was time to hand in the work. The teams would then all get the same grade, allowing coasters to get the same grade as the people who worked hard. In the real world, a manager would know what each person on their team is doing and hold each individual accountable for their part in the whole. Why shouldn't classes be taught in the same way? Joyce |
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On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 21:39:08 -0400, "JoJo"
wrote: I just need to rant to anyone who will listen. I am 37 years old and a few years ago decided it was time to go to college and get that oh-so important piece of paper called a degree. I start off "easy" - two year community college, get my associates in three years (keep in mind work full time). I took three courses a semester and had time to use facilities, breath, maybe read a little something enjoyable. Well "half" a degree isn't good enough, we know in order to go anywhere we need the BS degree - the one I fondly call the bullsh*t degree. I tried Penn State - too much for traditional students as half the courses I needed were offered during the day - did I mention I work? Full time? So after a semester there and some course that tells me Barbie was/is a pop icon (I'm still scratching my head what the hell Barbie has to do w/business degree) we move on. Ok, fine we need to find a college that will work with adults. Enter University of Phoenix. Classes are five weeks long, no more than 10 hours of homework, built for working adults, team work as well so work is "split". Sounds good to me, where do I sign? Problem one - one five weeks into the next no breaks. Problem two - I have yet to have less than 10 hours of homework, and I'm almost finished....what happened to working adults? That does not include time to READ - which I can't find the time to do (did I mention I work for a living???) Problem three - learning teams - the worst concept to ever come to life. In theory it sounds good, in reality - oh boy. I didn't know colleges permitted illiterate (or borderline illiterate) into school - guess I was wrong. No writing, math or reading tests are required - should have heard warning bells, but didn't. So here I am in a team of four - two of us having the ability to write fairly well. Maybe punctuation or grammer is off a bit, but for most part legible. Then there are the others. One tries to impress by using large words, so by the time he gets thru constructing a sentence, the meaning is gone. But his stuff is fairly understandable. The last team member - how in the hell this woman got out of high school blows my mind. She cannot even put a simple sentence together, I had no clue what her point was, nothing made sense. So it is up to me to put paper together and clean up this mess of a paper so my grade is not affected by the poor work of others. Those two finally quit, got another one - woman of God don't ya know. Three issues with this one - of course she can't write, second she sends me religious emails which I find presumptious of her - I don't send her things that would cause her hair to curl, so don't send me religious emails. And lastly and most important, she does not like cats!!!!!! Now I realize that most colleges probably have their share of illiterates, but they are responsible for their own grade, in a team, their poor work reflects on the entire team. As time has gone on I have gotten more verbal in my complaints to employees of UOP. Starting a new class this week, guy eats/sleeps/breaths UOP - well boy did I get off on the wrong foot. Explained problems with first assignment, course is waste of my time (intro to computers and info systems, been thru this at two other colleges but they say I have to take it as it is different - just like the algebra class at Penn State was different than the one at my community college (same thing). He tells me I should find a college that is willing to cater to my whims - of course that just ticks me off even more - so I sent him a sarcastically polite email about what is wrong w/UOP and my very valid reasons why. And do I need to point out that I am a PAYING customer, therefore the customer is "always" right - he is my employee, I am not some meek little high school student forced to sit there and take whatever they dish out. I am empowered now being the "adult" (haha) that I am. So I'm crabby today, not only do the staff and teachers not give two hoots about me, but I just spent FIVE hours doing the TEAM assignment - this does NOT include the FOUR hours I spent on my own paper over the weekend. Plus I have work, you know stuff I am paid to do, up to my eyeballs. I no longer have time to relax let alone read. If dust were a commodity I'd be rich - who has the time to clean? So I am a little stressed at the moment and just needed to go on one heck of a rant. So my overall question(s) 1. Why in the hell am I doing this????? 2. What exactly is the degree in? I'm beginning to think insanity, although they tell me it's bachelors in business management 3. From insanity, exactly how far away is one from blithering idiot? (at least I'll be a blithering idiot with a degree and house full of cats). So please, forgive my long-winded rant. I needed an outlet and decided this was as good as any. Plus I have something else on my agenda - if anyone even entertains the idea of going to UOP - DON'T DO IT! I don't even have a family (real - meaning kids), I have no clue how others can do it. I would really like to start my own newsgroup on the pitfalls of UOP. Thank you for listening. I'm going to settle my fur back down now. Just think! When you are finally though all this you will have a "BS" degree (you already know what THAT means). Then you can get an "MS" (more of the same) After that a "PHD" (piled higher and deeper. All it takes is giving up your whole life. I kind of like this little quote: "Mountains viewed from a distance seem insurmountable. But they can be climbed. All you have to do is take the first step." And you have done that. Good luck. MLB |
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On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 21:39:08 -0400, "JoJo"
wrote: I just need to rant to anyone who will listen. I am 37 years old and a few years ago decided it was time to go to college and get that oh-so important piece of paper called a degree. I start off "easy" - two year community college, get my associates in three years (keep in mind work full time). I took three courses a semester and had time to use facilities, breath, maybe read a little something enjoyable. Well "half" a degree isn't good enough, we know in order to go anywhere we need the BS degree - the one I fondly call the bullsh*t degree. I tried Penn State - too much for traditional students as half the courses I needed were offered during the day - did I mention I work? Full time? So after a semester there and some course that tells me Barbie was/is a pop icon (I'm still scratching my head what the hell Barbie has to do w/business degree) we move on. Ok, fine we need to find a college that will work with adults. Enter University of Phoenix. Classes are five weeks long, no more than 10 hours of homework, built for working adults, team work as well so work is "split". Sounds good to me, where do I sign? Problem one - one five weeks into the next no breaks. Problem two - I have yet to have less than 10 hours of homework, and I'm almost finished....what happened to working adults? That does not include time to READ - which I can't find the time to do (did I mention I work for a living???) Problem three - learning teams - the worst concept to ever come to life. In theory it sounds good, in reality - oh boy. I didn't know colleges permitted illiterate (or borderline illiterate) into school - guess I was wrong. No writing, math or reading tests are required - should have heard warning bells, but didn't. So here I am in a team of four - two of us having the ability to write fairly well. Maybe punctuation or grammer is off a bit, but for most part legible. Then there are the others. One tries to impress by using large words, so by the time he gets thru constructing a sentence, the meaning is gone. But his stuff is fairly understandable. The last team member - how in the hell this woman got out of high school blows my mind. She cannot even put a simple sentence together, I had no clue what her point was, nothing made sense. So it is up to me to put paper together and clean up this mess of a paper so my grade is not affected by the poor work of others. Those two finally quit, got another one - woman of God don't ya know. Three issues with this one - of course she can't write, second she sends me religious emails which I find presumptious of her - I don't send her things that would cause her hair to curl, so don't send me religious emails. And lastly and most important, she does not like cats!!!!!! Now I realize that most colleges probably have their share of illiterates, but they are responsible for their own grade, in a team, their poor work reflects on the entire team. As time has gone on I have gotten more verbal in my complaints to employees of UOP. Starting a new class this week, guy eats/sleeps/breaths UOP - well boy did I get off on the wrong foot. Explained problems with first assignment, course is waste of my time (intro to computers and info systems, been thru this at two other colleges but they say I have to take it as it is different - just like the algebra class at Penn State was different than the one at my community college (same thing). He tells me I should find a college that is willing to cater to my whims - of course that just ticks me off even more - so I sent him a sarcastically polite email about what is wrong w/UOP and my very valid reasons why. And do I need to point out that I am a PAYING customer, therefore the customer is "always" right - he is my employee, I am not some meek little high school student forced to sit there and take whatever they dish out. I am empowered now being the "adult" (haha) that I am. So I'm crabby today, not only do the staff and teachers not give two hoots about me, but I just spent FIVE hours doing the TEAM assignment - this does NOT include the FOUR hours I spent on my own paper over the weekend. Plus I have work, you know stuff I am paid to do, up to my eyeballs. I no longer have time to relax let alone read. If dust were a commodity I'd be rich - who has the time to clean? So I am a little stressed at the moment and just needed to go on one heck of a rant. So my overall question(s) 1. Why in the hell am I doing this????? 2. What exactly is the degree in? I'm beginning to think insanity, although they tell me it's bachelors in business management 3. From insanity, exactly how far away is one from blithering idiot? (at least I'll be a blithering idiot with a degree and house full of cats). So please, forgive my long-winded rant. I needed an outlet and decided this was as good as any. Plus I have something else on my agenda - if anyone even entertains the idea of going to UOP - DON'T DO IT! I don't even have a family (real - meaning kids), I have no clue how others can do it. I would really like to start my own newsgroup on the pitfalls of UOP. Thank you for listening. I'm going to settle my fur back down now. Just think! When you are finally though all this you will have a "BS" degree (you already know what THAT means). Then you can get an "MS" (more of the same) After that a "PHD" (piled higher and deeper. All it takes is giving up your whole life. I kind of like this little quote: "Mountains viewed from a distance seem insurmountable. But they can be climbed. All you have to do is take the first step." And you have done that. Good luck. MLB |
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On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 21:39:08 -0400, "JoJo"
wrote: I just need to rant to anyone who will listen. I am 37 years old and a few years ago decided it was time to go to college and get that oh-so important piece of paper called a degree. I start off "easy" - two year community college, get my associates in three years (keep in mind work full time). I took three courses a semester and had time to use facilities, breath, maybe read a little something enjoyable. Well "half" a degree isn't good enough, we know in order to go anywhere we need the BS degree - the one I fondly call the bullsh*t degree. I tried Penn State - too much for traditional students as half the courses I needed were offered during the day - did I mention I work? Full time? So after a semester there and some course that tells me Barbie was/is a pop icon (I'm still scratching my head what the hell Barbie has to do w/business degree) we move on. Ok, fine we need to find a college that will work with adults. Enter University of Phoenix. Classes are five weeks long, no more than 10 hours of homework, built for working adults, team work as well so work is "split". Sounds good to me, where do I sign? Problem one - one five weeks into the next no breaks. Problem two - I have yet to have less than 10 hours of homework, and I'm almost finished....what happened to working adults? That does not include time to READ - which I can't find the time to do (did I mention I work for a living???) Problem three - learning teams - the worst concept to ever come to life. In theory it sounds good, in reality - oh boy. I didn't know colleges permitted illiterate (or borderline illiterate) into school - guess I was wrong. No writing, math or reading tests are required - should have heard warning bells, but didn't. So here I am in a team of four - two of us having the ability to write fairly well. Maybe punctuation or grammer is off a bit, but for most part legible. Then there are the others. One tries to impress by using large words, so by the time he gets thru constructing a sentence, the meaning is gone. But his stuff is fairly understandable. The last team member - how in the hell this woman got out of high school blows my mind. She cannot even put a simple sentence together, I had no clue what her point was, nothing made sense. So it is up to me to put paper together and clean up this mess of a paper so my grade is not affected by the poor work of others. Those two finally quit, got another one - woman of God don't ya know. Three issues with this one - of course she can't write, second she sends me religious emails which I find presumptious of her - I don't send her things that would cause her hair to curl, so don't send me religious emails. And lastly and most important, she does not like cats!!!!!! Now I realize that most colleges probably have their share of illiterates, but they are responsible for their own grade, in a team, their poor work reflects on the entire team. As time has gone on I have gotten more verbal in my complaints to employees of UOP. Starting a new class this week, guy eats/sleeps/breaths UOP - well boy did I get off on the wrong foot. Explained problems with first assignment, course is waste of my time (intro to computers and info systems, been thru this at two other colleges but they say I have to take it as it is different - just like the algebra class at Penn State was different than the one at my community college (same thing). He tells me I should find a college that is willing to cater to my whims - of course that just ticks me off even more - so I sent him a sarcastically polite email about what is wrong w/UOP and my very valid reasons why. And do I need to point out that I am a PAYING customer, therefore the customer is "always" right - he is my employee, I am not some meek little high school student forced to sit there and take whatever they dish out. I am empowered now being the "adult" (haha) that I am. So I'm crabby today, not only do the staff and teachers not give two hoots about me, but I just spent FIVE hours doing the TEAM assignment - this does NOT include the FOUR hours I spent on my own paper over the weekend. Plus I have work, you know stuff I am paid to do, up to my eyeballs. I no longer have time to relax let alone read. If dust were a commodity I'd be rich - who has the time to clean? So I am a little stressed at the moment and just needed to go on one heck of a rant. So my overall question(s) 1. Why in the hell am I doing this????? 2. What exactly is the degree in? I'm beginning to think insanity, although they tell me it's bachelors in business management 3. From insanity, exactly how far away is one from blithering idiot? (at least I'll be a blithering idiot with a degree and house full of cats). So please, forgive my long-winded rant. I needed an outlet and decided this was as good as any. Plus I have something else on my agenda - if anyone even entertains the idea of going to UOP - DON'T DO IT! I don't even have a family (real - meaning kids), I have no clue how others can do it. I would really like to start my own newsgroup on the pitfalls of UOP. Thank you for listening. I'm going to settle my fur back down now. Just think! When you are finally though all this you will have a "BS" degree (you already know what THAT means). Then you can get an "MS" (more of the same) After that a "PHD" (piled higher and deeper. All it takes is giving up your whole life. I kind of like this little quote: "Mountains viewed from a distance seem insurmountable. But they can be climbed. All you have to do is take the first step." And you have done that. Good luck. MLB |
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"Dan M" wrote in message
... So my overall question(s) 1. Why in the hell am I doing this????? 2. What exactly is the degree in? I'm beginning to think insanity, although they tell me it's bachelors in business management 3. From insanity, exactly how far away is one from blithering idiot? (at least I'll be a blithering idiot with a degree and house full of cats). So please, forgive my long-winded rant. I needed an outlet and decided this was as good as any. Plus I have something else on my agenda - if anyone even entertains the idea of going to UOP - DON'T DO IT! I don't even have a family (real - meaning kids), I have no clue how others can do it. I would really like to start my own newsgroup on the pitfalls of UOP. Thank you for listening. I'm going to settle my fur back down now. For what it's worth, I do understand. It is truly amazing how many essentially illiterate folks graduate from high school these days. And it's equally amazing the attitude you find in a lot of people (perhaps most people?) who really ought to know better. And now for my rant - I've got a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Cal Poly, Pomona. I've got more than 25 years of experience as a computer programmer, system administrator, and software engineer. So how come the only job I can find right now is driving a semi for $.29/mile? I stay out on the road for two to three weeks at a time, get to see my wife and my kitties for maybe two days at the end of that period, then back on the road again. And the miles I get are so few that we are having big troubles just keeping our utilities paid. I really do enjoy the work - driving a truck is fun. But I'd be a lot happier if I could see my wife and my furkids every night, and could pay my utilities without having to scramble. Dan For what it's worth, you both have my sympathy, along with everyone who is unemployed, underemployed, or otherwise frustrated in their effort to move forward in their life. I feel very lucky to be retired. Joy |
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"Dan M" wrote in message
... So my overall question(s) 1. Why in the hell am I doing this????? 2. What exactly is the degree in? I'm beginning to think insanity, although they tell me it's bachelors in business management 3. From insanity, exactly how far away is one from blithering idiot? (at least I'll be a blithering idiot with a degree and house full of cats). So please, forgive my long-winded rant. I needed an outlet and decided this was as good as any. Plus I have something else on my agenda - if anyone even entertains the idea of going to UOP - DON'T DO IT! I don't even have a family (real - meaning kids), I have no clue how others can do it. I would really like to start my own newsgroup on the pitfalls of UOP. Thank you for listening. I'm going to settle my fur back down now. For what it's worth, I do understand. It is truly amazing how many essentially illiterate folks graduate from high school these days. And it's equally amazing the attitude you find in a lot of people (perhaps most people?) who really ought to know better. And now for my rant - I've got a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Cal Poly, Pomona. I've got more than 25 years of experience as a computer programmer, system administrator, and software engineer. So how come the only job I can find right now is driving a semi for $.29/mile? I stay out on the road for two to three weeks at a time, get to see my wife and my kitties for maybe two days at the end of that period, then back on the road again. And the miles I get are so few that we are having big troubles just keeping our utilities paid. I really do enjoy the work - driving a truck is fun. But I'd be a lot happier if I could see my wife and my furkids every night, and could pay my utilities without having to scramble. Dan For what it's worth, you both have my sympathy, along with everyone who is unemployed, underemployed, or otherwise frustrated in their effort to move forward in their life. I feel very lucky to be retired. Joy |
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