Quick Summary: distance
learning has a long way to go ─ As of
11/12/20 this book back to being a purely draft version as I can
no longer whole heartedly endorse SNHU. I was halfway through my first
course, sitting on three A's for work submitted, when the instructor's tone
changed drastically to the negative. I have no idea why the abrupt change,
but I have heard the best way to handle such situations is to run away as
fast and far as possible. Therefore, I immediately withdrew
from SNHU. Ironically this happened during an assignment on "tone and context".
I assume they expected I would not be able to identify their shift in tone
if I
had not completed the
assignment. They themselves never exhibited any knowledge of the context of my
own writing (lifelong writer with significant following). In order to
stem the impending hemorrhaging of credential, I thanked them for their service and formally withdrew from classes. I am now free to go back to
my alternate plan of self-establishing a credential through publication of my
four year MacMurray College
transcript plus completing a DALF certification
from the French government. These pages are left here live in case they may still be of help over the
coming months while I
edit them in light of my new understanding of SNHU. It boils down to this:
I have no problem following a kindergarten curriculum so long as I am not
treated like a 3rd grader while doing so... and that by a 2nd
grader.
[11/19/20 update: I
have identified 4 separate IP#'s hit this page from my email to SNHU tagged
emoB_SNHU_withdrawal, so I know they have seen the problem. My last email
out to SNHU after withdrawal waives my privacy rights and allows full use of
the work product with attribution. That email is posted at the bottom of
the Problems page.
My work
here is done. ]
I never talk to anybody who is not giving me either
shitloads of money or a smidgen of academic credit.
My name is Bob Fugett, and
this Book Framework contains notes regarding
my completion of a B. A. in English Literature after transferring
credits to online classes at SNHU.
The bulk of my studies were
achieved as a full time student on-campus at
MacMurray College 1968-72.
I needed just 1.5 semesters of
2nd year French to complete my MacMurray degree when I applied for admission
at SNHU.
Unfortunately only about half of my credits transferred, so
it was almost like starting over.
One might ask why I am actually very happy with that result
and am charging straight ahead into SNHU
coursework.
Here is the answer.
I approach online SNHU
as if it is just another computer application purpose-built for a particular
task.
I am a skilled typist with a
deep command of Word, Excel, Photoshop, Access, C#, Sql, ASP.NET, and a host
of other best-in-class computer programs which are now often free and open
source.
Back in the day we called such
programs killer apps, and everybody spent a lot of time tracking down
the most useful.
Therefore I did my standard
deep dive into the SNHU
website: left to right, top to bottom, iteratively reviewing and retracing
my steps through every aspect.
Thus I can state without
question SNHU is a purpose-built educational powerhouse.
In order to work toward
accredited certifications from undergraduate to graduate degrees, students
are not required to pre-commit to massive debt and life draining on-campus
requirements.
You need only apply
successfully (at no charge), sign up and pay for a course, learn the
website, and get going.
Even if you are not totally
certain of your final landing spot, the work you do will be progressively
aggregated toward an accredited degree.
Beyond that, you will also be
following a course of study that all but guarantees future success.
Of course nothing is 100%, but
my experience at SNHU has
already provided the perfect review as to why my four years of college
long-ago prepared me for a lifetime of success in the oddest fields
imaginable... even without receiving the final certificate.
And the SNHU
process has proven quite remarkably the same as my on-campus experience.
Hopefully, this SNHU
process will also prove robust, persistent, flexible, and open enough to supplant
my e-book process.
If you are wondering why
there are so many links to SNHU
here, it is because I do not want to leave any question that SNHU
has no knowledge of this website, has not in any way endorsed it, that am I
not paid to represent them, nor do I have any affiliation with them at all
beyond the classes I am taking for my own improvement.
In fact, after I purchased the book for my first course
twice (due to repeated email
prompts to do
so), I decided to call it quits with SNHU
and otherwise continue establishing my own credential in my own manner.
In the process I soon found
that all roads led back to SNHU,
so all things considered, the combination e-book/online classes hybrid credential
presented here is most efficient.
I am also directing every link I
can back to SNHU
because I have a history of taking over Google and other search engine
returns, so there is the possibility that soon anybody looking for SNHU
will find themselves on this page.
So here we are, or rather,
there you go... to SNHU.