Adult Education Vs Community College

A few years ago, I attended an adult education school. It was great. I had tried a community college program before and thought I like it, until I tried this center. The classes at the adult school were concise and didn’t contain any filler classes.

When I attended the community college, it was three years long and consisted of many unneeded classes. It was as though I was wasting my time with all these breaks between classes and weird schedules. Sometimes the breaks were as long as three hours.

The community college was not very flexible with beginning dates as well. There was either September or January. They only offered specific classes in each semester. I had no choice at to when I could attend class. I kind of felt like this school was in control of my life for three years.

Some days, we would begin early, and some days not till noon. Other days, we would work late or finish early. Keeping a part time job and going to school was stressful and confusing. It was difficult to keep classes, exams, assignments, and work hours all in order.

After not landing a job in my sector, I decided to go back to school. This time I was smarter. I decided to go to an adult education center for the main fact that it was only 8 months long and came out with a diploma and the community college version was two years.

I loved this school classes began at 8am and ended at 1pm everyday. There were small breaks during classes in which we were allowed to leave and come back. The programs were concise and to the point.

I really liked the way the adult school organized the courses. It was one subject at a time. We would work on that subject for usually two weeks straight and then on to another. I didn’t have to worry about conflicting assignments or tests. I really enjoyed that.

The adult school provided an employment specialist. She would help us write resumes and prepare for interviews. She gave us an inside scoop on what employers were looking for and some interesting techniques to get the job.

Before community college, I did attend university for one year. I did not like it at all. My teachers did not even know I existed. There were 300 people in my class and it was basically learn on your own. I did not like that experience at all.

So out of the three, I rank university the worst. Community college was better in that the class sizes were smaller and you really got to know your teachers and classmates. But above all, the Adult Education center was the best because you got to know your teachers, your classmates, it was easy to schedule a part time job around, there was no wasted time or classes, and only one subject to concentrate on at a time.

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