I want to do APCS, engineering tech, etc, but they are all taught by one HORRIBLE teacher. There are only 2 other CS courses taught by another teacher, which I have taken. What should I do?
Any comments are welcome!
Thanks.
Do you need to take those CS courses for some reason?
Don’t take the courses.
If you’re really interested in cs, see if your high school has an agreement with a community college for dual enrollment.
Occasionally kids will say a teacher is horrible and it turns out to be an excellent teacher for you. Can you go talk to the teacher for information about a class to see how the teacher seems for you?
Try online courses or community college courses or local college courses.
Yeah, I’m really interested in CS and I hope to study that in college. He is horrible because I was in one of his classes for the 1st 2 days of school then I dropped it because it was a waste of time and he didn’t teach anything. He’s very knowledgeable, but I’ve heard from everyone I know taking his class that his tests are really hard and doesn’t teach anything. Test average is like 50-60% although he does curve it.
Any recommendations on free online courses?
http://cs10.org
http://cs61a.org
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-001-structure-and-interpretation-of-computer-programs-spring-2005/
You’re better off taking online classes or at the local community college concurrently, which you have the possibility of counting towards your school credits. Don’t waste your time taking the course if you know that you won’t learn anything.
Thanks everyone!