A few years ago, I attended an adult education school. It was great. I had tried a community college program before and thought I like it, until I tried this center. The classes at the adult school were concise and didn't contain any filler classes.
When I attended the community college, it was three years long and consisted of many unneeded classes. It was as though I was wasting my time with all these breaks between classes and weird schedules. Sometimes the breaks were as long as three hours.
The community college had beginning dates in September and January, but still only offered specific classes in each semester. It seemed I didn't have much of a choice when and how the classes were attended. Basically, I felt like my life was being controlled by this school for three years.
Sometimes it was an early start at 8:30am and a very late end at 6:30. But some days it was a late start or early end. It was practically impossible to maintain a part time job with that kind of schedule. It was also exhausting and confusing. I had to keep organized at least 5 classes, exams, assignments and work hours.
After not landing a job in my sector, I decided to go back to school. This time I was smarter. I decided to go to an adult education center for the main fact that it was only 8 months long and came out with a diploma and the community college version was two years.
I loved this school classes began at 8am and ended at 1pm everyday. There were small breaks during classes in which we were allowed to leave and come back. The programs were concise and to the point.
The way the classes were organized was great. It was one subject at a time. Usually it would be two weeks, however sometimes they were one and three weeks long. I never had to worry about assignments for different classes or more than one test at a time. It was great.
At the adult education center there was an employment specialist who would work with us. She would show us how to write a resume and even performed mock interviews. It was great. She showed the perspective of the employer to help us get an edge over the competition.
I spent one year at university before community college and it was terrible. There was like 300 people in my class and the teacher did not even know my name. It was the worst experience I had with education.
So out of the three, I rank university the worst. Community college was better in that the class sizes were smaller and you really got to know your teachers and classmates. But above all, the Adult Education center was the best because you got to know your teachers, your classmates, it was easy to schedule a part time job around, there was no wasted time or classes, and only one subject to concentrate on at a time. - 30443
When I attended the community college, it was three years long and consisted of many unneeded classes. It was as though I was wasting my time with all these breaks between classes and weird schedules. Sometimes the breaks were as long as three hours.
The community college had beginning dates in September and January, but still only offered specific classes in each semester. It seemed I didn't have much of a choice when and how the classes were attended. Basically, I felt like my life was being controlled by this school for three years.
Sometimes it was an early start at 8:30am and a very late end at 6:30. But some days it was a late start or early end. It was practically impossible to maintain a part time job with that kind of schedule. It was also exhausting and confusing. I had to keep organized at least 5 classes, exams, assignments and work hours.
After not landing a job in my sector, I decided to go back to school. This time I was smarter. I decided to go to an adult education center for the main fact that it was only 8 months long and came out with a diploma and the community college version was two years.
I loved this school classes began at 8am and ended at 1pm everyday. There were small breaks during classes in which we were allowed to leave and come back. The programs were concise and to the point.
The way the classes were organized was great. It was one subject at a time. Usually it would be two weeks, however sometimes they were one and three weeks long. I never had to worry about assignments for different classes or more than one test at a time. It was great.
At the adult education center there was an employment specialist who would work with us. She would show us how to write a resume and even performed mock interviews. It was great. She showed the perspective of the employer to help us get an edge over the competition.
I spent one year at university before community college and it was terrible. There was like 300 people in my class and the teacher did not even know my name. It was the worst experience I had with education.
So out of the three, I rank university the worst. Community college was better in that the class sizes were smaller and you really got to know your teachers and classmates. But above all, the Adult Education center was the best because you got to know your teachers, your classmates, it was easy to schedule a part time job around, there was no wasted time or classes, and only one subject to concentrate on at a time. - 30443
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