How to press through Straighterline Courses?

[sanantone]

I didn't "get through" SL courses. I just did the quizzes I needed to do. That's what I loved about SL. I wasn't made to sit through torturous videos or read a bunch of boring text before attempting a quiz, and I didn't have 100 quizzes to complete.

I totally get it - but Microecon through SL was easily the worst thing I've attempted.  24 quizzes plus a midterm and Final!  I just could not do it (it didn't help that I hate econ, this course is my nemesis).  And the SL material was SO damn difficult for me, which way the graphs move, very detailed stuff that I will NEVER in my life use.  Ugh.  I switched to Study.com and got through it SO much more easily.  I just felt like I was making progress that I did not feel with SL.

I prefer exams over courses, so SL was sort of a last resort for me. I took the TECEP for microeconomics because it counted toward the residency requirement at the time. Otherwise, I would have taken the CLEP. I used Davar for macro because it was only one test; I could not make myself finish the Sophia course. I just don't like being made to go through study materials I don't need, but I understand that many others don't like high-stakes testing.