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I literally hate the Florida Virtual School. In h...

I literally hate the Florida Virtual School. In high school you have to take at least one virtual class now to graduate and it s stupid. I m taking HOPE over the summer and I will be sure to never take another virtual class again if they re all like this. First off, a few weeks ago I was finishing up the first segment of this class when I asked my teacher to give me the password to take the segment 1 final exam, when she says that I need to submit every assignment in the segment before I can have the password. I had one remaining but hey, no biggie. The catch is that she said submit it by 5:00 today before we go on our summer break and I can t give it to you. I m surprised a summer teacher needs a summer break, unless they work all year round, which doesn t make much sense, why not hire two different sets of teachers, one for the school year and one for summer, but whatever. She sent me this message around 4:43 or so, giving me 17 minutes to do that assignment. The worst part is I was eating dinner when she sent that, and I didn t get back to my computer to see that until 5:13. I submit the assignment anyway but it s too late. I was lucky though, as the teacher gave me the password a few days later anyway. I take the final exam later that day, but since the staff is on break I can t get it graded, which needs to happen so I can move on to the second segment, until the break is over. It s another week until it gets graded, then they finally put me into the class on the next day after that. I start working at the one module per week recommended pace, and today, the following Monday, when I m finishing up the first module of segment 2, I get this email saying I m on the withdrawal list for this Thursday, three days from now, unless I, quote, have all of my past due work submitted before the deadline . First of all, none of the work is really due in this class, there are merely guidelines for where you should be and what pace you should work at. I ve been working at that pace the whole time, it s just that for a whole 12 days there was nothing that I was able to submit, so I didn t match up to the module I would ve been at. And who s fault is that? It for sure isn t mine. I would ve been where I needed to be had I been able to work during that time and my teacher responded to my email when I sent it, not 17 minutes before they go off to break. So now I have to do 2 weeks worth of assignments in 3 days or I get taken out of the class. It shouldn t even be an issue in the first place. Those 12 days should not count to my grace period of 14 days, as I wasn t enrolled in the segment at all. If you try to submit something for the segment you re not enrolled in, it says that it won t count toward your grade. Obviously I wasn t going to take any of the quizzes or projects with that condition, unless I was supposed to, in which case I was never told so. It s all a big mess honestly. Second of all, just about every quiz or test has at least 1-2 items with a couple answers that are the same or redundant, poorly worded questions, or just straight up wrong answers labeled as correct. And when you review the missed questions after you take a test, it doesn t tell you what the correct answer is so you can learn from your mistakes. This is probably because when you retake it there s a high chance you get mostly the same questions, but shouldn t a retake have different questions anyway? If not many will end up just guessing and eliminating answers on a repeated question until you happen to pick the right one, since you get 3 retakes. Overall, there are many more poorly-designed features, lessons, etc. and small-moderate problems with the interface and class in general, but there is just about too many to list. I will admit, the teachers and staff are generally pretty nice, but a friendly waiter who forgets to bring half your order won t get much of a tip. I could go on, but google has a max character limit, so I can t continue. Thanks for taking the time to read my complaints and acknowledge them.

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