Santa Fe Community College Cuts Programs

[innen_oda]

I've had several colleges tell me I needed to retake my math after 5 years. I was annoyed but now I understand why. It's not that the principles have changed. It's that you forget how to use them when you don't use them for years. I'm so glad I took College Algebra and Introduction to Statistics on Sophia. I have both from community college years ago and only remembered a handful of things in each course. Now I'm using some of the things I learned in both classes often in other courses.

I am really glad you're using the things you learnt (four times over) in your maths classes. I have great hope you'll be able to apply logic and reason sometime in the future also.

I also enjoyed the pronoun shift in your fourth sentence. Quite telling, that one.

[ss20ts]

I've had several colleges tell me I needed to retake my math after 5 years. I was annoyed but now I understand why. It's not that the principles have changed. It's that you forget how to use them when you don't use them for years. I'm so glad I took College Algebra and Introduction to Statistics on Sophia. I have both from community college years ago and only remembered a handful of things in each course. Now I'm using some of the things I learned in both classes often in other courses.

I am really glad you're using the things you learnt (four times over) in your maths classes. I have great hope you'll be able to apply logic and reason sometime in the future also.

I also enjoyed the pronoun shift in your fourth sentence. Quite telling, that one.

Thanks for the grammar critique while using the word learnt and maths. You have a lovely day! Maybe tomorrow will be the day you stop peeing other's corn flakes.

[innen_oda]

I've had several colleges tell me I needed to retake my math after 5 years. I was annoyed but now I understand why. It's not that the principles have changed. It's that you forget how to use them when you don't use them for years. I'm so glad I took College Algebra and Introduction to Statistics on Sophia. I have both from community college years ago and only remembered a handful of things in each course. Now I'm using some of the things I learned in both classes often in other courses.

I am really glad you're using the things you learnt (four times over) in your maths classes. I have great hope you'll be able to apply logic and reason sometime in the future also.

I also enjoyed the pronoun shift in your fourth sentence. Quite telling, that one.

Thanks for the grammar critique while using the word learnt and maths. You have a lovely day! Maybe tomorrow will be the day you stop peeing other's corn flakes.

Well this is awkward. Please, no one tell her about 'learnt' and 'maths'. XD

[ss20ts]

Well this is awkward. Please, no one tell her about 'learnt' and 'maths'. XD

Oh joy a mansplaining troll. Dismissed.

[Zardoz]

Well this is awkward. Please, no one tell her about 'learnt' and 'maths'. XD

I certainly won't. Perfidious Albion knows how to keep a secret! 

[PrettyFlyforaChiGuy]

I've had several colleges tell me I needed to retake my math after 5 years. I was annoyed but now I understand why. It's not that the principles have changed. It's that you forget how to use them when you don't use them for years. 

Agreed, and I think the policy could be balanced to allow exceptions if people do well enough on some proficiency exam. I took up to like Calc III with solid A's back in the Long Long Ago, but Sophia's Algebra course was a welcomed humbling trip down Memory Lane.

We all forget a lot of this stuff over time, but I bet you I'll be able to inscribe "the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell" on my gravestone.

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They seem to have a few of the somewhat more challenging classes to find (intermediate accounting, managerial accounting, criminal justice, calculus II), plus a few unusual offerings (mostly languages: Portuguese I, Japanese I... Their class lookup function is a PITA to use. 

Any idea how to even check if courses are available online? They definitely baked us a PITA bread. And amazing finds; they have both of these niche languages I used to love, but have long since become old flames. Might be about to fall in love all over again thanks to this place.

[innen_oda]

 
Agreed, and I think the policy could be balanced to allow exceptions if people do well enough on some proficiency exam. I took up to like Calc III with solid A's back in the Long Long Ago, but Sophia's Algebra course was a welcomed humbling trip down Memory Lane.

It's an interesting idea, because carried out to its extent, one might suggest that more than five years between a Bachelors and a Masters should necessitate a retaking of the undergrad level coursework before one could consider post-grad study, as (apparently) we all forget what we've learnt. Same for associates to bachelors, etc etc.

On the upside, an expiry date on study could be the financial boon the tertiary sector is desperate for. How great to have to find the funds to retake your classes every 5 years, so you can rest assured that you haven't forgotten?! Colleges and universities would be constantly over-enrolled.

Of course, an alternative is to require prereq coursework where necessary, but suggest also that 'students who have taken x-prereq coursework more than n-years ago may benefit from retaking said coursework, as y-class builds upon those concepts'.
Sadly, such an approach assumes personal responsibility and a willingness to think for oneself, and a significant percentage of the population prefers (or, uh, NEEDS) to be told what to do by an authority.

Any idea how to even check if courses are available online? They definitely baked us a PITA bread. And amazing finds; they have both of these niche languages I used to love, but have long since become old flames. Might be about to fall in love all over again thanks to this place.

https://www.sfcc.edu/look-for-a-credit-class/ In the first drop-down box, select (e.g.) 'Fall 2021'. Second drop-down: 'Film and Digital Media Arts'. Click 'Lookup'
The resultant list has a bunch of columns - the sixth: 'location' - is what you want. You're looking for anything that is 'Online (A)synchronous'.

Rinse repeat for EVERY SINGLE ITEM in that second drop-down box (where you selected 'Film and Digital Media Arts'). There's at least 40 of them. Watch out for the Blended courses, since some of these are true blends (i.e. students both distance and in-person), while others are class-blends (some lectures are online, but other require in-person presence).

I'm not sure they could've set up a more time-consuming process for prospective students. I assume it's easier set-up on the back-end.