Ashley Zimmer

Review of GCU

You know, I actually liked this school much more w...

You know, I actually liked this school much more when I first started, maybe would've even given 5 starts. However, my recent encounters greatly outweigh my past oversights. I don't think I have ever been to a school or seen a teacher that subjectively grades as much as Ernie Scarborough. He intimidates his finance students by almost interrogating them during class, which is extremely humiliating to those students who are shy or not as strong in financial math. Being a student in his class, who has a pretty decent understanding of finance, I have been docked points for helping students learn excel and the basic concepts of finance. The students that I help are too intimidated by Scarborough to ask him the questions, which then hinders their learning experience of this college. He also finds it acceptable to take points off of participation for women who are on there periods and must excuse themselves to the restroom to handle their needs, those who have a medical condition and their eyes take a moment to adjust from the computer screen to the board. When provided with the prescription birth control (validating the reason behind using the restroom) and the prescription eye drops (that help with eyes adjusting to the board), both were included in the reasons for being docks points, he and the dean, Randy Gibb stated that I was graded as a group. I must be confused as to how grades work because it is listed in the syllabus that all students must individually do their work. So why we are graded as groups for individual assignments is beyond me. I was under the impression that I earn my own grade and the rest of the students earn their own grade as well. When I requested a meeting with the dean, I was told to just go meet with the teacher. So I was very happy about setting up a pointless meeting just to be told to meet with a snarky teacher. Oh, mind you that this teacher's average test grade is a 53%, tests are 42% of your grade. I think these numbers speak more of the instructor and college than anything else. My opinion is just go to a different college that grades logically and not subjectively, your money is best spent somewhere else.