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"Murder, death, kill" -Demolition Man
As I am about to finish my last "management" class at UOP and I am extremely irritated. First of all, for those who do not know what the University of Phoenix classes are like, let me explain:
Each course costs about $1000.
You meet in class one day a week (6pm-10pm), and each course lasts 5 weeks.
You also meet with a study group once a week either via email or in person.
The individial homework consists of individual writing assignments where you write papers relating the material in the text to your own personal experiences. Sounds good, right? It's pure BULLSHIT. Since attending in August 2002, I feel every paper I write contributed very little to my understanding of the subject material. In fact, it's only made me more capable in making up fluff in order to achieve the required word count of each assignment (in other words, try to say in 800 words what you could say in 50).
Each course also requires study groups. During the course, the study group will also be required to turn in team assignments, plus give a 15-20 presentation on the last night of class. These presentations also contribute very little to learning. The only thing I learn from doing presentations is that I am STILL nervous about presenting in front of people.
Throughout my attendence at UOP, I have actually received positive feedback on my presentation ability and assignments, until now.
My team and I did a short presentation last week in preparation for our final presentation in week 5. According to the teacher's notes, the two ladies in my group spoke very well and appeared to have a natural ability in presenting. However, his comments about me were less positive. "Spencer repeatedly looked at the screen (where part of our presentation was based), wasn't consistent with the volume of his voice, and only occasionally seemed to make eye contact with the class." The teacher also gave me a shitty grade on my last paper.
So, it comes down to this. Either I am long over-due for this kind of criticism, or the teacher is a fucking prick. If I have been wasting my money all this time to still be a TERRIBLE presenter and paper writer, then a big FUCK YOU goes out to my former teachers. The unfortunate thing is that none of the classes I have taken have given any real education on presentation skills. Besides that, how many people (besides those in marketing) are frequently giving presentations at work in the same manner (ie projector with powerpoint slides)??? Does UOP REALLY believe that by having students do such presentations along with creative writing assignments that people learn more at their school than at a regular college? WHAT A GODDAMN JOKE!
In the end, I do not recommend anyone attend there. For one, the credits DO NOT transfer to public colleges (the reputable big boys don't think UOP is up to snuff); for another, the classes are NOT worth the price they charge.
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I enjoyed listening to you jam on the drums the other night... just wish you would freakin' update this thing!!! 
Glad to have some heads-up. :) I actually thought about looking into them. Sorry the experience has been a bad one. 
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