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Don’t Believe Everything You Read

February 18, 2010Burt Likko 1 Comment

Like that if you enroll at that for-profit online university, you’ll be getting a beneficial and innovative education packed with quality learning and appropriately-qualified classmates, or that you’ll have good luck getting employment in your field of study after you… Continue Reading →

Teaching, University of Phoenix

The Worst Student Loan Story Ever

December 3, 2009Burt Likko 2 Comments

A New York man who passed that state’s bar exam will not be allowed to practice law, because he has over $500,000 in student loan debts.  He complains, perhaps with some justification, that he needs to have a job that… Continue Reading →

Money, Teaching, University of Phoenix

Master’s Degree? Creationists Cannot Have.

May 6, 2008Burt Likko

And properly so. Creationism is not science, and no one should award degrees in it. So says a commissioner of higher education in the State of Texas and I’m hard-pressed to find a single reason to disagree. Especially since, if… Continue Reading →

Antiscience, Really Bad Ideas, Teaching, University of Phoenix

The Wages of Stress

September 12, 2007Burt Likko

Didn’t I just take a vacation? How come I’m so stressed out? I’ve had what feels like an unusually stressful week. Couple of weeks. Work has been at what often feels like a frantic pace. I’ve bowed to necessity and… Continue Reading →

Cooking, Critters, Death, Food, Friends and Family, Generalized Gripe, Houses, Money, Soffit House, Teaching, The Wife, University of Phoenix, Weirdness

The Escape Goat

July 28, 2007Burt Likko 1 Comment

Here’s a UoP student comment to a hypo about a company potentially able to pin a very illegal act on a “rogue” employee: “This story is a good example of why you should always follow the law because Rick didn’t… Continue Reading →

Teaching, Unimportant but Mildly Amusing, University of Phoenix, Writing

Last Class

July 20, 2007Burt Likko 2 Comments

I had lunch today with a guy who is well-connected in local politics. We talked about how the Antelope Valley High School District has recently approved an online charter school, aimed to service “at risk” students who do not succeed… Continue Reading →

Ethics and Morality, Local Politics, Teaching, University of Phoenix

What I’d Like To Say To Whining Students

May 23, 2007Burt Likko

I’ve got a lot of students in my online classes who aren’t getting good grades. Of course, this is somehow my fault, and for three days now, they’ve been whining about it like excited kindergartners being told there is no… Continue Reading →

Teaching, University of Phoenix

Lots of Class

May 14, 2007Burt Likko

My second live class will come to an end tomorrow. Fortunately, there isn’t a lot of preparation I have to do for it — I will give a lecture similar to the one I finished with my last live class,… Continue Reading →

Teaching, University of Phoenix

Asses in Classes

February 19, 2007Burt Likko

A Gray Lady article about UoP reveals this criticism: “According to federal statistics and government audits, the university relies more on part-time instructors than all but a few other postsecondary institutions, and its accelerated academic schedule races students through course… Continue Reading →

Teaching, University of Phoenix

Not Much Of A Joiner

February 2, 2007Burt Likko 7 Comments

An attorney at the firm asked me today if I’d found any groups in the area since moving here that I wanted to join. The Wife has done well in this regard, having found a Toastmasters group that she likes.… Continue Reading →

Antiscience, Atheism, Blog, California, Cheerful For Once, Friends and Family, Religion, Teaching, University of Phoenix, Writing

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