Wish I hadn't given Straighterline my money

[cookderosa]

Guys, SmartThinking tutors get $12/hour. You get what you get- if it's not a pass, submit a ticket. Your expectations should be much lower lol.

[katelynn]

Guys, SmartThinking tutors get $12/hour.  You get what you get- if it's not a pass, submit a ticket.  Your expectations should be much lower lol.

"Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people." Colossians 3:23

Your pay isn't an excuse not to do your job. If you don't want to do what you're being paid to do, go work for someone else.

My last SmartThinking tutor was clearly proud to be doing what he's doing. Does he deserve a raise for his excellence on the job? No, because that same degree of quality was expected of him when he applied for the $12/hr job. He is the type of person, however, that will experience upgrade in his life because he does much with little.

[eriehiker]

Maybe everyone who can do this job well has gone to work for someone else for higher pay and the only ones left are those who can't do the job well.

[jsd]

Employers often get what they pay for.

[cookderosa]

Guys, SmartThinking tutors get $12/hour.  You get what you get- if it's not a pass, submit a ticket.  Your expectations should be much lower lol.

"Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people." Colossians 3:23

Your pay isn't an excuse not to do your job. If you don't want to do what you're being paid to do, go work for someone else.

Listen, I get it. But following biblical principles is something an individual mandates on their own life/behavior, it isn't a mandate for others.

These guys do their job- they're not teachers/professors. They are graders, nothing more. For the guy who gives a little extra of himself to the job, that's awesome! But the job is the job, I don't think anyone is doing anything wrong. The purpose of using a school like SL is so you can be an independent learner. Expecting them to offer personal attention is unrealistic imo.

[Merlin]

Guys, SmartThinking tutors get $12/hour.  You get what you get- if it's not a pass, submit a ticket.  Your expectations should be much lower lol.

Exactly. They're tutors and reviewers, not teachers. Personally, I don't have high expectations. But I do expect them to follow the published rubric and not deviate from it. That really is my only real gripe with them.

On the other hand, I was willing to pay extra for the teacher-led version because that provided a higher quality experience and more consistency.

[jsh1138]

Their American History II course is trash.

[Sapientes]

SL has served my family well. I completed my degree before they started, but my sons (3 of 4) have all taken many SL courses.  My interaction with customer support has been fine, but it's their WEBSITE that is death.  Seriously, I don't know anything about computers, but it takes FOREVER to get pages to load no matter what computer we are on.

I've had the same experience up until yesterday. I started using Firefox (version 62.0 - 64bit) and SL's pages are now loading extremely fast, including login, moodle, and the dashboard. It may have something to do with Firefox's recent updates; I'm not sure. SL is still loading extremely slow for me on Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge (in case you're one of the 3 people that are using Edge. ) It might be worth a shot to try installing Firefox and see what happens.

[cookderosa]

SL has served my family well. I completed my degree before they started, but my sons (3 of 4) have all taken many SL courses.  My interaction with customer support has been fine, but it's their WEBSITE that is death.  Seriously, I don't know anything about computers, but it takes FOREVER to get pages to load no matter what computer we are on.

I've had the same experience up until yesterday. I started using Firefox (version 62.0 - 64bit) and SL's pages are now loading extremely fast, including login, moodle, and the dashboard. It may have something to do with Firefox's recent updates; I'm not sure. SL is still loading extremely slow for me on Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge (in case you're one of the 3 people that are using Edge. ) It might be worth a shot to try installing Firefox and see what happens.

hey! That's worth a shot, thank you!

[Supermind]

It's unfortunate that this was your experience.

I completed 72 credits with them in record time and could not be happier.

My only complaint is they don't offer more UL courses so I could have taken the full 90 with them.

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Hi kodiak61. Could you tell me more about how you managed to complete 72 credits with straighterline? How long did it take? Above the monthly registration fee of 99 $, each course costs 59 $, right? I am looking for such info as I am planning to test out of a TESU degree.