Summer 2021 Session 1 Updates

[ss20ts]

Just a heads up for anyone wanting to take a language elsewhere, I took Spanish I from InstantCert and it was painless. It transferred in just fine to UMPI.

Now I’m glad that I took that while waiting for my first session to start. I’m a fluent Spanish speaker and I would’ve had a difficult time to stick to only the vocabulary presented in the lessons.


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I honestly screwed myself because here I am trying to better myself in my spanish language and doing babbel, spanish dictionary and youtube videos. So it wasn't great. At least I know If I bomb this class I WONT redo it and I'll do spanish from instantcert.

You are supposed to stick to the resources she provides in the class. Do not use outside resources. 

You may want to look into how dropping a course impacts your GPA, credits required at UMPI, minimum credits completed per term, and financial aid (if you receive any).

[adegree4me]

I'm needing feedback from those that have taken spanish with UMPI. I emailed the instructor and told here there was no way that the content that was covered in the class (spanish 101) using ONLY the words and verbs taught was enough for a 500 word essay. So, in turn she took it as a challenge and is writing an autobiography using only the words covered in the course. she said if she can't use only the words covered then she'll change the examp prompts.

go me. and this was an unintended "challenge" on my end. If we're getting personal which I'm ok with, the question of "what's your mothers name and fathers name"? well, do you want my adoptive parents or my birth parents? both of them had an equal part in raising me. And trust me, those words weren't covered in the content of spanish 101.

what I'd like to know from you is did you feel there was enough content to cover a 500 word essay?








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I completed Spanish at UMPI with an A. I had plenty of words to use. You can use the Milestones in the Final Assessment. Those questions are in the Final Assessment. Short simple sentences is the key. My Final Assessment was over 550 words. I did use words that were not included in the course material and was not marked down because of them. I used SIMPLE BASIC words like lake, walk, wine, different foods, etc. It can be done. I did it!

Thank you for your feedback, it's greatly appriciated.

I am finding it difficult to do my autobiography with ONLY the words provided. So I did use outside words, and hopefully I'll pass. I'm doing the verbal part now, and I think I've recorded myself 100 times.

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Just a heads up for anyone wanting to take a language elsewhere, I took Spanish I from InstantCert and it was painless. It transferred in just fine to UMPI.

Now I’m glad that I took that while waiting for my first session to start. I’m a fluent Spanish speaker and I would’ve had a difficult time to stick to only the vocabulary presented in the lessons.


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I honestly screwed myself because here I am trying to better myself in my spanish language and doing babbel, spanish dictionary and youtube videos. So it wasn't great. At least I know If I bomb this class I WONT redo it and I'll do spanish from instantcert.

You are supposed to stick to the resources she provides in the class. Do not use outside resources. 

You may want to look into how dropping a course impacts your GPA, credits required at UMPI, minimum credits completed per term, and financial aid (if you receive any).

I'll be honest, I know what I'm "supposed" to do.  If I was to redo this all over again, I'd go through alternative credits, If I withdraw it doesn't impact my GPA, if I get a fail it will, and I'm trying to avoid taking this class again. If the feedback I get from my final isn't great and I know I wont pass, Ill withdraw and do the course with Instantcert which wont impact my grade at all with UMPI, or my residency credits.

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I just submitted final drafts. please send me all your good vibes.

[ss20ts]

Good luck! Is this the rough draft you've submitted or the final version which is graded?

[adegree4me]

Good luck! Is this the rough draft you've submitted or the final version which is graded?

rough draft. I'm praying I get good feedback.

I did re-email the instructor and apologized for coming off as rude and that I wasn't challenging anything and she was extremely nice and said that she was happy to be able to look at this through the eyes of the student.

[ss20ts]

Good luck! Is this the rough draft you've submitted or the final version which is graded?

rough draft. I'm praying I get good feedback.

I did re-email the instructor and apologized for coming off as rude and that I wasn't challenging anything and she was extremely nice and said that she was happy to be able to look at this through the eyes of the student.

Oh then you'll get feedback from her. She made a lot of notes for me. We emailed back and forth a few times before I made my corrections and submitted my final version for my grade.

[ashkir]

Good luck! Is this the rough draft you've submitted or the final version which is graded?

rough draft. I'm praying I get good feedback.

I did re-email the instructor and apologized for coming off as rude and that I wasn't challenging anything and she was extremely nice and said that she was happy to be able to look at this through the eyes of the student.

Oh then you'll get feedback from her. She made a lot of notes for me. We emailed back and forth a few times before I made my corrections and submitted my final version for my grade.

Agreed. She made a lot of notes for me too. Emailing her directly with very specific questions is the best way to contact her, don't give her a paragraph, straight to the questions.

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Just a heads up in the MAOL the milestones for Foundations of Organizational Leadership are a lot of work, work that'd make BIO 105 look easily lol

This is going to be a world of pain and fun. First milestone is a 4 page academic paper!

[ss20ts]

This is going to be a world of pain and fun. First milestone is a 4 page academic paper!

A 4 page Milestone? Yikes!

[ashkir]

This is going to be a world of pain and fun. First milestone is a 4 page academic paper!

A 4 page Milestone? Yikes!

Yeah! There are 5 milestones for concept 1, 2 essays, and 3 infographic designs. So I'm going to need to learn how to make infographics lol. Plus, a lot more journal reading then I expected wowza! The weird thing is the professor keeps referring to "Weeks" and "Last week's assignment" etc. I think they designed this course to take a FULL semester.

[portia8]

Is anyone taking any POS/HTY electives this session? I've been working on POS 371 and HTY 454!

[adegree4me]

Is anyone taking any POS/HTY electives this session? I've been working on POS 371 and HTY 454!

I hope you get some answers.
Good luck this session!!