Everyone has dropped the course except me

[johnq86]

I am taking a course through TESC online and from the beginning I knew that the amount of work was horrendous for a 300 level course.I am currently in the sixth week and everyone but me had dropped the course.Has anyone been in a course that this has happened, and if so did the professor give you more of a curve on the grades?

[marianne202]

All of my online classes at EC were similar with about 50%-70% of the students dropping out after a few weeks. I attributed it to the fact that a lot were military personnel who were not paying for the classes and just didn't have the time necessary. I didn't notice any change in grading, but the rubric is posted at the beginning of the class.

Just hang in there and hopefully, if you are the only one left you will get some extra points for grit and determination!

Good luck!

[bricabrac]

I am taking a course through TESC online and from the beginning I knew that the amount of work was horrendous for a 300 level course.I am currently in the sixth week and everyone but me had dropped the course.Has anyone been in a course that this has happened, and if so did the professor give you more of a curve on the grades?

Wowza, how funny, what course? No, I've never seen more than 2-3 people drop. But if there is a crazy amount of work, more than usual, I would drop too if it was not a required course. There are too many 300 level exams available in both business and social science to go through unnecessary strife if at all possible to test. Curved grades due to one student, don't count on it.

[johnq86]

the course is POS-310 constitutional issues. The class syllabus says 7 WA,no bad...but the genius professor has combined the weeks that do not have a wa with weeks that do.for example week 4 and 5 have no WA due, but week 6 has 3 WA due in one week so he gets away with claiming that there are only 7 writing assignments. The class is so boring but I did not find any test alternatives, I am taking it as a criminal law requirement for my BA in Criminal Justice.

[PonyGirl93]

the course is POS-310 constitutional issues. The class syllabus says 7 WA,no bad...but the genius professor has combined the weeks that do not have a wa with weeks that do.for example week 4 and 5 have no WA due, but week 6 has 3 WA due in one week so he gets away with claiming that there are only 7 writing assignments. The class is so boring but I did not find any test alternatives, I am taking it as a criminal law requirement for my BA in Criminal Justice.

Oh no, that means I have to take it too =\

[bricabrac]

I see, so unfortunately your stuck.:ack: At any case sounds like a lot of writing, which is quite the norm at TESC. And just by the subject I'm sure its boring as all get out. Maybe treat the course as if it's a GS and write one paper every week and submit when due. What is probably going on is the Professor has too many courses to keep up with all the work so has assigned certain dates for different classes(schools). All else fails you can always request an extension, give yourself a little more time to get through.

Surprisingly, I remember this course receiving a few good reviews. Hope by the end you actually feel as though you've gotten something worthwhile from it (other than writers cramp). Good luck!

[Lindagerr]

There was only 3 or 4 people signed up for the Childrens literature class I took at TESC, by week 3 or 4 I was the only one left. I had mega papers and mega reading in that class and it was a very busy time in my life. I took my midterm on a wednesday then left thursday AM for a long drive to South Carolina I then had a week and a half down there getting little done then drove back with my mother. I then had 2 more weeks here with her then drove back down to SC and flew home just in time for my final. In between I had like 8 chapters and 40 childrens books to read and about 30 pages of papers to write. I refused to give up, but I never got the last paper done. The teacher was great and gave me extra time for the second to last paper and she gave me a 100 even though it was really only 1/2 done. I ended up getting A- I was .7 low for an A. So a teacher can give you some slack. She couldn't give me an A because the computer automaticlly computes and gives the final grade based on the grades and percentages published for the course.

I would not give up now if I was you, but maybe E-mail the teacher and ask for a little more time for things.

Good Luck

[grauwulf]

I would be tempted to write a nasty-gram to the department head. If 'everybody' is dumping the class you have to wonder if the problem isn't the class itself. Upper level courses should require a bit of effort but some of these online teachers seem to go out of their way to prove, through pain, that "online education is rigorous and valuable".

If you can tough it out then more power to you but don't be afraid to call B.S. on a dumb-head teacher.

best of luck.

[jacanyardie]

Johnq86

If I were you, I would be careful because Teachers/Professors also have access to this forum.

[a4tunatemom]

the course is POS-310 constitutional issues. The class syllabus says 7 WA,no bad...but the genius professor has combined the weeks that do not have a wa with weeks that do.for example week 4 and 5 have no WA due, but week 6 has 3 WA due in one week so he gets away with claiming that there are only 7 writing assignments. The class is so boring but I did not find any test alternatives, I am taking it as a criminal law requirement for my BA in Criminal Justice.

My daughter took Criminal Law from Penn Foster to meet this requirement and she liked it.

Danielle