I’m currently researching online colleges and would like to hear from people who have attended an online program and can share their honest experience.

What school did you attend, what degree did you earn, and how was your overall experience? The biggest things I’m interested in are the school’s reputation, whether you actually liked the school, and if you would recommend it to someone else.

I’d also like to know about the cost and whether you felt the degree was worth the money. How were the advisors, financial aid office, and other staff? Were they helpful and easy to work with? How were the professors and classes? Did you feel like the online format was organized and that you were getting a quality education?

If you could go back and choose again, would you pick the same school?

I’m looking for a reputable online college with a good student experience, reasonable cost, and a degree that employers respect. Any honest opinions or recommendations would be appreciated!

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I dont know why but back in 2021 when I completed my GED Program I actually never got my Official diploma or transcript say I passed. I went over to the college that offers the program and they just handed me a bunch if copies of it. I always thought that was sufficient for everytime time I might have to present it for work but now im in a situation where the job ive been wanting for so long has accepted me and the only hing stopping me from actually getting started is the fact that I dont have my official transcript and diploma for my GED. I was able to order a duplicate but that wont come in on time before the deadline and im going to miss out on this opportunity without it. Interestingly though I also I also received a diploma stating that I have completed the high-school I applied for back in 2016 I never even stepped foot in that school, my parents thought it better for me to go to Gambia for 4 years. So now im considering trying to use the high-school diploma to get this job hoping that they will just need that and won't have to contact the school or anything. What do you guys think?

Been thinking about this after talking to a few teacher friends who say prepping for standardized tests has started to crowd out actual curriculum time - not because the tests are inherently bad, but because the pressure to hit benchmark scores changes what gets taught and how

Curious what people here who work in education (or have kids going through it) actually think. Is the issue the tests themselves, or how schools/districts respond to the incentives around them? Feels like there's a difference between "testing is bad" and "the system built around testing creates bad incentives," and I'm not sure which critique is the stronger one

I did elementary school in the mid 2000s and a little bit in the early 2010s. I learned that in my state/district, we were taught using the "balanced literacy" curriculum in this time period. When i look up the foundational methods of three-cueing, it seems like these were methods that were taught to us after we had already learned how to read/write essays. I was sight reading at least some words by pre-k/kindergarten

The read-and-return method used in three-cueing was something we used often in 4th/5th grade to understand vocab words more than how to sound out a word. in 1st grade, we were doing extensive exercises on blending sounds, digraphs, diphthongs etc.

In 2nd grade, we were learning prefixes/suffixes. In 3rd grade I remember learning Latin and Greek roots of words. 4th grade we were definitely "reading to learn" instead of "learning to read". I was considered at average or just above average for my reading level for most of elementary school, and our education system was in the 30s if you're ranking among US States.

When I read how three-cueing is meant to work, it literally makes no sense to me. Unless you have the proper foundational knowledge to know vocab orally, there is no way you can guess how to sound out the word in a written format. It just feels like it is meant for deciphering the definition of a word.

When I was learning Spanish, and a student was struggling with a word in a sentence, we were not taught to pronounce it based off the context of the sentence or the visuals, because we wouldn't know similes, we were just learning the language.

I think the only context growing up that I remember kids extensively learning three-cueing was if they had dyslexia, or were ESL that I would overhear in the guided-level reading groups. Which is such a failure of the school system to set them up for such hardships later on. Such a blatant example of the systemic hardships of black and brown children.

It hurts my brain so bad; there is no way that in the curriculum, you learn three-cueing before you learn phonics. It only makes sense to me if you have a lot of foundational knowledge about letters and sounds.

Has anyone successfully appealed a Florida public school’s grade placement decision?

I’m trying to understand if this is just how Florida works or if we have any realistic options.

My son is 15 years old. Based on Florida’s age cutoffs, if he had lived here his entire life, he would have started kindergarten on time and would actually be entering 9th grade this school year.

We moved to the United States from the Dominican Republic in the middle of the school year, and a private school accepted him as a 9th grader, which was appropriate for both his age and his academic background.

Now we’re enrolling him in public school, and we’re being told that because he first entered 9th grade during the 2024–2025 school year, they’ll likely place him in 11th grade.

That would mean a 15-year-old who is age-appropriate for 9th grade would be placed in 11th grade simply because of the year he first enrolled in high school in country where he did not attend an international school, he attended a Dominican school where he learned in Spanish he is never taken American history European history he has never written a term paper

The only subjects where he’s more advanced than the Florida curriculum is Math.

Has anyone dealt with something similar after moving from another country?

Were you able to appeal the placement or have the district consider age, academic readiness, and differences in curriculum rather than just the year a student first enrolled in 9th grade?

I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone with experience, especially in Florida.

i’ve been homeschooled for so long due to personal issues and i haven’t been able to learn but i want to go back to school and be in the correct grade so i want to know how to learn everything decently fast im willing to spend 5-10 hours a day more if necessary i just want to make progress

When I was growing up, it was common place for the school buses to drive through town on a particular route and pick up kids, then go to each school and drop them off. This is a small suburban town. I imagine things are different in big cities.

That was 30 years ago. Now they do pick up and drop offs at the closest school. So basically if the kid goes to a school 1 mile away, they get dropped off by parents at a nearby school, where a bus takes all the kids that get dropped off there to the different schools in the system so they can get where they need to go.

This seems inefficient even though they say it's so we can "avoid the drop off lines" at the actual school he's going to. But wouldn't this just create another drop off line at the closer school? And the drop off lines are probably long because this bus system seems so inefficient. A lot of parents figure if they have to drop the kid off at a school anyway they might as well drive a little bit further to the actual school the kid goes to.

So what's the norm in your district? And what's ideal these days? Should we have school buses picking up and dropping off directly at kids' homes? Should that just be the approach for young kids while older kids get a more standard city bus type schedule but with school buses? Or does it make sense to drop off kids at a nearby school facility and then bus them wherever they need to go in the district?

(I imagine larger cities have a single school for multiple grades in a district. Our town is one school district with multiple schools for different grades scattered all around town.)

Edit: Please stop saying "magnet". I have no idea what that is.

Greetings teachers,

Recently, our school (which is private) asked teachers not to return papers to students, that is, unit tests, quizzes and worksheets. Their reasoning is that they are afraid that a teacher might have made an error and don't want to field complaints from parents.

I think this is wrong on so many levels, beginning with the fact that yes, teachers occasionally do make mistakes, but that's because we are human too; not the end of the world. Firstly, I think this small task falls under best practices, which all teachers and schools should adhere to at all times, but more importantly, returning papers to students allows them to learn from their mistakes. I guess you could also say that schools that put forth such a policy don't support their teachers.

Is this happening at your school? What's the reason?

Thanks in advance for your comments.

I’m interviewing for a position as an Admin Assistant. Job review describes fairly standard office work like secretarial, accounting, etc. Sounds like I’d be an asset to several departments/staff “Administrative Assistant class performs skilled duties for a large organization unit with subordinate levels of management.”

Have plenty of experience in an office, but new to working “in education” and am wondering “what don’t I know?”

I graduated high school in 2015. I grew up in San Diego, California. And the town I grew up in near the coast Encinitas beautiful place loved living there had had a great time. My family was not rich. We were just middle-class. we moved Encinitas in 1999 and it was a time where back in the late 1990s homes were much cheaper in SoCal. But I’d say the neighborhood we moved to was just a regular middle-class neighborhood. However, the school I went to high school at La Costa Canyon. In a very affluent neighborhood, the people who live there I wouldn’t say were like super rich like there weren’t mansions everywhere. But they were definitely affluent upper middle class. Most people live here had white collar jobs, high-level business professionals, lawyers, Scientists, The type of people who probably hung out at the country club. I’d say they were upper middle-class to wealthy but not like millionaires. Not like millionaires.

So I was diagnosed being on the spectrum when I was six back in July 2003. So I since I was in first grade. I had an IEP, but during elementary school, I felt pretty included. I was in general Ed classes with the regular kids. I made a lot of good friends. The special ed services I did get was this place called the learning resource center, which was a place I would go. get help from aids and tutors, and it worked a lot. And the teachers, I had both in special ed and in general Ed we’re both very supportive of me. They believed in me a lot. Things were going really good until I finished elementary school and entered middle school.

Then once I started middle school, I was still getting the same thing thing I was still in general lead classes among the mainstream kids. I would go to the learning center or in middle school. They called an academic support. To get tutoring and help with the work from other classes. And I guess the problem I had was mostly like I started struggling with math when I was in fourth grade and we started doing fractions. Although I always struggled with math, I started struggling as early as like second grade. But I was able to keep going forward but then third grade when I got to division is when it got hard.

But once I entered high school, in august 2011 that’s when things totally started hitting the fan. And things got completely off the rails my first year of high school. I was putting in this program, called the transitional alternative program a total joke. It was like for kids with very severe disabilities. And they were making me start over like I was getting work that was like additions and subtraction. multiplication. And goals my manager, saying that I would learn to do my cursive or sign my signature. They were giving me words puzzles in 9th grade. There were two general ed classes I did have. One was a science class the other was an English class. beginning of my freshman year and I really liked it I felt I learned a lot in the class. And I thought I was doing pretty well from like the first few tests. I did pretty good on. But then two months in to my freshman year. I found it I was flunking the class and then my case manager started telling me that the class was too hard for me and that she was going to take me out. And put me in remedial courses that were taught. And I didn’t wanna do that. I thought it was offensive. And I told her I really like the class I’m in. this woman was just not a nice person. She always wanted to think she was right. She was never willing to listen to anyone’s descent. If you disagreed with her, she get really hostile. And my question is why why asking that you want to take these classes make her lose her shit.

So after that, my father went to one of the IEP meetings with her and he said well if my son wants to be in these mainstream classes, let them be in there. She never listened because she said that the whole team couldn’t agree, but I don’t know. I’m pretty sure that if the parents say no, then that should be it. And then afterwards. Like my mom and I literally asked for assistance and I was working my tail off to stay in these two classes. They didn’t do anything. They didn’t give me an aid, a note taker, any assistance. To help to pass, and then eventually they took me out of those 2 classes that I enjoyed, I was devastated.

My entire freshman year, I was miserable because I felt like I was being used as a useful idiot. And I was getting work that was early elementary level. I went home practically once a week crying. I had trouble sleeping at night, because I was so angry that they didn’t want to listen to me. And it wasn’t like I was some lazy kid, who felt entitled. No, I wanted to be challenged. I wanted to do the harder work that was grade level. They were the ones putting in all the roadblocks. Anytime, I tell him I want to take this class they’d say no. It was totally demoralizing.

So after that, they put me in these remedial classes where they were giving me like work that was like at grade level, but it was done in a slower pace. And eventually, I got out of that program the transitional alternative program. In the middle of my sophomore year.

And I got a change in case manager and I was put back into the program that was similar what I had in elementary school program for students with normal learning disabilities. Things get better. I eventually got to take General Ed classes. My junior and senior year. But it was not easy. I had to fight like crazy like work, my ass off to prove them wrong that I was capable of being in there. My junior, I had a general lead history class and I took biology General Ed. But I was in remedial English and a remedial algebra class. And then my senior year when I said that I wanted to be in chemistry and I wanted to take Spanish they both all like sayed no way. Ian’s even though I sucked at math I wanted to take civil engineering as an elective. In my case manager, when I told him I wanted to take it he called what I wanted to do “delusional”. and it just seems unfair. Like, can’t they look at the fact that they care like that they’re passionate about wanting to be in there and they’re interested and if they’re willing to work hard and put in the effort. Doesn’t that matter the most? it’s like they kept using my math struggles as a weapon against me. My whole idea is, I think a better system is exposure and learning things which is the goal of education who cares about the stupid tests. Like it’s like trying to make it like living in North Korea.

It wasn’t as restrictive when I got out. I got a lot more freedom to be in mainstream classes. Then I did when I was in the previous program. It was a great improvement but still. There were still obstacles and limitations on what courses allowed to me is offensive. You can’t do that to kids. That’s the whole reason you take classes in the first place is to learn things. You shouldn’t have a team from above deciding over you. Like in China or The Soviet Union.

Like they shouldn’t put so many restrictions I literally posted on an education form a couple months ago. And got into a bunch of arguments. People were saying that we should never ever let a child decide their educational path because their kids. That’s what this one girl said she said that if we did that they just drop out of school immediately. Another person said “ if you cant do the work, you got no business being in that class no matter how much you think you’ll enjoy it”. I’m like seriously do they have to act like I’m a bad person for saying that kids should have variety we shouldn’t be limited into what horses they want. It just seems like common sense to me. Here’s my grand idea if the kid likes the class they feel the information they’re gaining is useful to them and then so what leave them alone. Let them pursue the path they want not have somebody from the top down deciding everything. I flunked classes when I was in college, and I retook them. Same thing for high school. If the kid fails the class, let them take it again don’t downgrade their work. Why am I being talked to on Reddit? Like I’m some crazy person who escaped from a mental asylum. I’m just Saying my experience, and how I think kids In special ed and kids with IEPs should be given the same choices. In the classes they want to take as the kids in general do. Not lock them in an environment where they’re gonna make them feels like their world and life is gonna be limited.

Because at the end of the day, the worst thing you can do to a kid I think is destroy their self-confidence. It’s the worst form of abuse.

I have an experience of a study environment at a university where people pray for others to get lower marks so they get an advantage over others in a relative grading system. Another problem is students cheating and getting more marks not realizing they are doing two wrongs: one is compromising their own competence and the other is injsutice to the other hard working students.

Some more problems I observed throughout my academic journey at university are professor often outpacing the comprehension speed, very short duration of semester making it very difficult to adapt quickly.

Also focus is mostly on bombarding as many information as possible in very less time regardless of the understanding or intellectual stimulation for crearivity. In-depth information without intellectual stimulation is of no use.

Another problem is often very rigid academic structure with no room for creative learning process and administration being very unsupportive of new ideas and try to maintain status quo.

I am open to your feedback and get some other valuable perpsectives of these problems or even some new ones.

Thanks.

I’m not a fast reader but want to boost my general knowledge on topics mainly surrounding politics / business / marketing, are there any recommendations on films / movies / documentaries that are actually enjoyable and I could watch?

hello everyone. i was wondering if i get a bachelor degree in biochemistry, is it possible to study medicine to become a doctor/surgeon afterwards? i made some research but it was a bit contradictory, i’m hoping someone here has had a similar experience and i’d be so grateful for any guidance regarding this, thank you:)

EDIT: i’m realizing i didn’t write all the details correctly. sorry, rewrote it now—>

in middle eastern countries (which is where i’m from) it’s common to major in medicine right after high school, at an undergraduate level. but as my understanding goes, in countries like the US, UK, Canada, etc. it’s possible to study medicine in higher education after already having a bachelors in science, such as Biochemistry, and i simply wanna make sure i didn’t get this wrong.

i’m sorry if this sounds a bit dumb or if i’m misunderstanding something, but i’m genuinely confused. and before someone says “why not major in medicine right away if how the system works my country” i may not be able to for a couple of reasons, and i thought i might as well keep a chance that i can still pursue medicine later on, even if it’s in a different country

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Hey everyone,

I'm 19, in a really bad place right now, and I honestly don't know what to do anymore.I've always tried to stay positive and set small, realistic goals for myself. During high school, I worked as hard as I could. I pulled all nighters, studied for hours, and genuinely believed I'd score maximum marks and even earn a medal. Instead, I ended up with average grades and almost failed one subject (I even had bad marks in the last two grades of hs). It felt like I had disappointed both myself and my parents (even though they've never pressured me). After that, I applied to unis, but family issues, financial problems, and some personal situations involving my brother made everything much harder. I'm not blaming them,I know I got distracted and eventually severely burned out. After I failed to get into my dream university, I completely lost the motivation to keep trying.I took a year off after high school to work on my mental and physical health, but things at home only got worse.

I even ignored all that but at this point I've lost all the motivation to study, I don't know if I'm just dumb some people around me made me feel that way too, friends and family.

Studying feels like my only way out, yet I can't seem to make myself do it consistently. I genuinely feel like there's something wrong with me. I've seen people who were in worse situations than mine end up doing much better, and I'm not saying that out of jealousy I'm just trying to understand what I'm doing wrong. I'm not doing well financially don't have much resources or money to spend in expensive courses or stuff.

Has anyone here been in a similar place? Have you managed to rebuild your discipline, improve your mindset, and get your life back on track? If so, what actually helped? Not motivational quotes,I'm looking for practical advice or habits that genuinely made a difference.

For context, my goal isn't just to get good grades. I want to build a better mindset, become more disciplined, improve my social skills, and eventually build a career in finance and economics. Right now, though, I feel like I've wasted almost two years of my life and have nothing to show for it.I know I'm still young, but it's getting harder and harder to believe that things can get better. I'd really appreciate hearing from people who've been where I am and made it out. And please drop any resources/pages on any social media platforms/yt, or any books that helped you! or helped you improve yourself!

Teachers who have taught in a charter or private school what has your experience been like?

Have you taught in a public school? If so, how is it better or worse than public schools?

What is your pay like?

What are the students like behavior wise?

How is your funding for the school and for the classrooms?

What state is your school located in?

My first job was a charter school and it was not a good experience. However, I know that charter and private school experiences vary. So I'm curious to know.

I just wanna straight up know that are 1800 hours in total enough for studying specifically for 3 subjects of AS Level (Bio 9700, Chem 9701 & Phy 9702), if it were fully focused (not moderately focused) and get all A's? Plus 300 separate hours just for Practicals (Paper 3). Please be 100% honest with me.

after BMLT course...?

Career guidance for a BMLT graduate from a small town—Job vs. Higher Studies?

Hi everyone, my sister recently completed her BMLT (Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Technology) and we are currently at a crossroads regarding her next steps.👣

We are from Mandla, a small town in Madhya Pradesh, where job opportunities in this field are very limited.

Her Current Situation:💭

🔽***Option*** 1:

Start Working (Job): Is it better to relocate to a larger city (like Indore/Bhopal) for a Medical Lab Technician/Phlebotomist role to gain hands-on experience? Does starting in a private diagnostic chain help with long-term career growth?

🔽***Option*** 2:

Higher Education: If she pursues an M.Sc. (MLT or related), how does the admission process work? Is there a central "common" entrance exam (like CUET PG) for top colleges, or do we need to target specific university-level exams?

Any advice, tips, or experiences you can share would be incredibly helpful for her career journey. Thank you so much!😭🙏🏻

Hello, I'll try to summarize.

Basically, I'm 18 now. I struggle really really hard to pay attention because of a pretty severe amount of ADHD. My mom would usually artificially manage this stuff by sitting next to me 24/7 and helping me out personally + some medication that didn't help as much as I really would've preferred, but I was 13 or whatever so it took me ages to ever realize it wasn't doing it so I could swap.

Okay, fast forward to today. I failed a lot of things in high school. Due to circumstances, my mom has pretty much no intention to help me anymore, and obviously 'im an adult i should be able to do this' so.. I'm trying to pull it all together.

I got very, very depressed and failed many classes in my college prep school. It was a wonderful track I completely let slip through my fingers because I was 14-16, but so miserable and inattentive I couldn't work. I want to make things work again. I am now in a virtual school, in a program where I'm basically homeschooled.

I really want to find a way to get my high school diploma. I've heard it's more beneficial than a GED or homeschool diploma and I really want to find a way to get into some sort of higher education. I don't have a particular goal in mind as I've been so exhausted and I have an immunocompromised family member + a very young sibling (mom immuncompromised as my brother was born during COVID) and I have spent so many years inside, I don't know what I can even do with myself.

I've recently pretty much all but finished my 11th grade requirements, but I unfortunately just barely missed the ability to start the full time virtual school that's available. Now I'm stuck feeling like.. "What should I do now?"

I mainly came here to ask for suggestions, but also if I could possibly do half of the 12th grade stuff in homeschooling and then transfer into fulltime halfway, would this achieve me the diploma I seek?

Any thoughts welcome.

I am an American studying in Poland. I have completed my first year of study at Music University though I decided I want to add a second major to have more stability in the future. I got accepted for English-German linguistics, psychology and law for regular studies with the option of studying physical therapy on weekends (for which I would unfortunately have to pay).

I am much better in humanities than STEM and my Polish is fluent but I don't understand some more complicated words. Law is probably the most prestigious but I'm not sure if I would be good in it and if I want to be a lawyer. Psychology is interesting but I'm not sure if it will lead to a job. Physical therapy is probably the most practical as far as finding a job and it won't conflict with my music degree since it's on weekends, but I'm not good at STEM and unfortunately I would have to pay a lot of money for it.

I appreciate any advice. I need to make a decision in a few days. Thank you!

I have been teaching for 12 years. I remember pre-covid that student behavior was bad, but it wasn't as terrible as it is now. I'm sure many of you on this subreddit who have been teaching longer than me can probably attest to that.

So I want to know how you all are feeling about the state of Education right now?

Do you think AI will completely overtake teaching?

Do you think that the reading and math epidemic is going to continue?

What reforms would you like to see to education?

I know I have my own opinions but I really want to know from all of you as well. Maybe my opinion can change.