TEL2002
Elite Member
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2002
- Professional Status
- Retired Appraiser
- State
- Louisiana
Don, I agree with the human interaction...I truly do. Personally I would never take an online class, if there was live class available.
If you spoke at the 120 WPM rate for 50 minutes per hour, for 14 hours, you would have said 84,000 words. If a good reader can read and comprehend those same words at the rate of 300 WPM, they would knock out the class (84,000 words) in 4.6666 hours (without any breaks).
Besides the lack of human interaction, one of the problems I have with online classes is that they can cover/teach hard core facts, but they have difficulty in covering topics that have a lot of exceptions or subtle differences depending upon the situations circumstances.
I view online classes as similar to reading from the text book, with NO deviations. Here's the info, read it and reguritate it for the test.
Many years ago I took a speed reading class. At the end of the course I could read at 1200 words per minute in things like novels...and I had better than 90% retention and comprehension. Heavy duty technical (factual) stuff I slowed down to about 400 words per minute. Once I was no longer in a job that required tons of reading, I backed away from using speed reading, because the joy of reading a novel at 1200 WPM was less than reading at a steady clip of 300. So, since I did not keep at the speed reading I have lost the 'knack/skill set' to do it. I guess I could practice and try to get 'it back', but I have no desire to do so.
So you may not buy the idea...but trust me it is true.
If you spoke at the 120 WPM rate for 50 minutes per hour, for 14 hours, you would have said 84,000 words. If a good reader can read and comprehend those same words at the rate of 300 WPM, they would knock out the class (84,000 words) in 4.6666 hours (without any breaks).
Besides the lack of human interaction, one of the problems I have with online classes is that they can cover/teach hard core facts, but they have difficulty in covering topics that have a lot of exceptions or subtle differences depending upon the situations circumstances.
I view online classes as similar to reading from the text book, with NO deviations. Here's the info, read it and reguritate it for the test.
Many years ago I took a speed reading class. At the end of the course I could read at 1200 words per minute in things like novels...and I had better than 90% retention and comprehension. Heavy duty technical (factual) stuff I slowed down to about 400 words per minute. Once I was no longer in a job that required tons of reading, I backed away from using speed reading, because the joy of reading a novel at 1200 WPM was less than reading at a steady clip of 300. So, since I did not keep at the speed reading I have lost the 'knack/skill set' to do it. I guess I could practice and try to get 'it back', but I have no desire to do so.
So you may not buy the idea...but trust me it is true.
Now I know what the bible verse means....."The blind leading the blind". Can't wait to see your name on the ASC List of sanctioned appraisers because you did not know enough about USPAP to keep yourself out of trouble.