"Washout" Thread

Theoretically, yes. However, that is not always the case. It is okay if you do not see the distinction.

 

Can only speak of my optics, but I’ve seen grown up tears in statics classes. In the course I was in, we were referred to reference our undergraduate educations… all of it. I know that I had to order extra books, reference materials, and even referenced kahn academy a few times. While I agree with your theoretical argument, I certainly didn’t experience that, and the historical gate keeping nature of the course, arguably, lends its self to less professor support.

 

That sounds more like a failure on the professor's part, not the learning methodology. And, as we know, failing professors is a rather common phenomenon.

 

I washed out of my Master of Education degree in Secondary Education. I was pushed into that program by my advisor after I had finished my Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. I initially wanted to do a Master of Education in Learning Systems Technology and was awarded a Graduate Assistantship on top of the Robert Noyce Scholarship which required 2 years of teaching for every year I received the scholarship. I dropped the program after one semester which meant I needed to teach high school for one year or the scholarship would turn into a loan. I dropped because I realized didn’t like teaching kids and staying in the graduate program longer meant more to pay back.

I took a four year break from graduate school and during that time taught as an adjunct development mathematics instructor without a Masters for non transferable courses. I believe the scholarship committee used my experience as an adjunct to meet the one year teaching requirement for public schools so I did not have to pay the scholarship that turned to a loan back.

When I returned to school, I pursued the degree I wanted which was the MEd in Learning Systems Technology and not only was I able to obtain a scholarship each semester but also got the same Graduate Assistantship position I left nearly five years earlier. I also returned to finish within the 7 year limit of graduate credits to use the Secondary Education courses as electives as waiting another year would have resulted in losing those credits done prior to dropping out.