On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Tedd Sperling <t...@sperling.com> wrote: > On Sep 22, 2012, at 3:59 PM, Paul M Foster <pa...@quillandmouse.com> wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 01:05:51PM -0400, Tedd Sperling wrote: >> >>> Hi gang: >>> >>> I know it's the Day after Friday, but I'm asking a off-topic question >>> anyway -- sorry. >>> >>> Normally, I teach a PHP class at the local college, but it got canceled >>> (don't ask why) -- now I'm teaching Java. >>> >>> So, can anyone recommend a Java list that is similar to this list? >> >> Off off topic... >> >> Who the hell cancels a PHP class? Do they not realize damn near the >> whole internet runs on PHP? Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, Facebook ad >> nauseum, not to mention Symfony, CakePHP, Code Igniter, etc. >> Administrators! Ach! >> >> Paul > > Paul: > > The class was canceled by administration and they have absolutely no > conception of the technology and scope that PHP brings to the table. In fact, > they were so opposed to PHP that when I first started teaching there they had > PHP removed from their servers because of security concerns. So, for me to > teach PHP, they were forced to install PHP/MySQL. > > Now that you asked, here's the story about my PHP class. > > The college moved the entire CIT (Computer Information Technology) department > five miles from the downtown campus, where it has always been, to the new > West campus. It's a nice campus, but no Macs -- admin said Mac don't meet > their ROI requirement, but that's another story. > > Of course, most students don't have transportation and there is no > established public transportation from main campus to west campus -- that's > not good. > > Knowing that the students were going to have problems with transportation and > that would result in a reduction in class sizes, the administration agreed to > allow "smaller than norma"l classes for the Fall semester. Furthermore, the > administration agreed to allow registration to be for a longer period than > normal, namely from a couple of weeks before the semester started to a week > after the semester started. > > Everything sounds ok, right? > > My PHP class had six students register two weeks before the class started. I > expected, as is custom, to pick up a couple of students after the semester > started thus exceeding the minimum number of student required. Furthermore, I > agreed to teach the class at a reduced rate if there wasn't a sufficient > number of students attending. BTW, administration had not made a > determination as to exactly what the minimum class-size should be -- keep in > mind, they only had two years to decide and these things take time. > > So what happened? > > Well we (the teachers) have a new contract and in that contract is a > provision that allows for a reduced class size IF the teacher agrees to teach > it at a reduced rate -- which I agreed to do. However, administration became > confused as to how to pay a full time teacher IF they taught an undersized > class. So, their solution was to cancel ALL under sized classes before the > semester started. That way there would be no confusion as to what to pay. > > Now, in my case I am the only teacher to teaches PHP, so there would be no > full time teacher that might teach it. I am also an adjunct (part time) > teacher and as such there is no confusion as to my pay. I am simply paid > hourly and a reduced class size would result in my rate being reduced. So, > there was absolutely no reason what-so-ever for my class to be cancelled. > Leaps and bounds of illogic. > > This is just another example of how administration makes decisions. It would > be nice if administration decisions were made with respect to "what is best > for the student" as compared to this type of nonsense. > > Cheers, > > tedd > > _____________________ > t...@sperling.com > http://sperling.com
Oh, Administrators!! The bane of teachers everywhere. The anti-teacher. Maybe you could slip a little PHP in on the Java kids... :) Unfortunately, I have no Java list resources... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
