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Complaint Review: TENNESSEE CAREER COLLEGE - NASHVILLE Tennessee
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TENNESSEE CAREER COLLEGE JEAN VICKROY SHOULD NOT BE TEACHING! SHUT TENNESSEE CAREER COLLEGE DOWN! NASHVILLE Tennessee
I attened this school July of '03 for Medical Transcription. The majority of my class, including myself, were very disappointed with the way we were taught - If you want to call it that!
DO NOT WASTE YOURE TIME AND MONEY WITH THIS PLACE!
In the coding class, the instructor, JEAN VICKROY would casually stop by 10 minites after class would start, drop a sheet of paper off for each of us and leave the room to gab with the people walking in the hall. She is always late for class, takes roll early and counts us tardy for being on time, and on test day, she is never prepared wasting our time that we have to strictly adhear to being on time.
In anatomy and physiology, JEAN VICKROY would read words and not know how to pronounce them. Instead, she would cough over to cover it up - I guess she thought we didn't notice. Then she wants us to highlight sentences for us to study, but doesn't explain any of it to us to help us understand. Then, on test day, she is never prepared. She would leave AT THE START OF class for 20 minutes to go and copy the test. This should be done before the school day starts, not cut into our test time that is only 30 minutes.
In transcription class, we were sat down at a computer and "here ya go" handed a tape to transcribe. We had no instruction and werent even allowed to talk. We are in the lab, which is 100% total quiet. We have to cater to the Court Reporters and have to whisper. So when one of us has a question we have to quietly walk up to the instructor's desk and whisper it. If one of us has a question, wouldnt it make sense that others may have the same one? Our insrtuctor wasnt even ALLOWED to teach us anything. So basically we had a BABYSITTER. We werent able to learn as much as we should have if we were "allowed" to have some instruction.
Last, the admin staff has poor manners and treat everyone as if they are "welfare babies". Dont ask them to pay up the money they owe you or you will be told to leave! Yet if you owe them money, they won't even let you in class! The president of the school, PAT NORMAN, has no responsibilities there. She just wonders up and down the hallways with her nose in the air trying to look like she has a purpose for being there. I told her exactly what I thought about that school on my exit interview and she laughed at me and told me, and I quote, "Oh Heather, have you been influenced that much by your peers?" Obviously she doesnt think that I can think for myself. So when others complain of JEAN VICKROY and the school itself, we are "just being influenced by the stronger personalities".
They say that they have a 91% placement rate. What they call "placement" is merely sending my resume to a bunch of places that dont even deal with the field I studied for (i.e., accunting, sales). From then on, I have to do the follow ups and such. Isnt that something I can do on my own? Yet they want to count me in their stats for when I get hired on at a CLOTHING STORE because I cant get a job in the feild I went to school for!
So basically, I paid $6300 for books that I never used, instruction that I never received, transcription tapes that I paid for but was not allowed to keep and use for reference, let alone the tapes were well over 10 years old and they expected us to be up-to-date with our stuff, equipment that does not work, computers that are old, printers that dont print, instructors that can't teach and don't bother showing up for class, admin who treat everyone like "welfare babies", and attended a school that was very unkempt (water and mould stains on the ceiling, ceiling tiles sagging and falling out, lights that dont work in the lab, etc)!
IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION, DO NOT GO TO TENNESSEE CAREER COLLEGE!
Heather
Goodlettsville, Tennessee
U.S.A.
DO NOT WASTE YOURE TIME AND MONEY WITH THIS PLACE!
In the coding class, the instructor, JEAN VICKROY would casually stop by 10 minites after class would start, drop a sheet of paper off for each of us and leave the room to gab with the people walking in the hall. She is always late for class, takes roll early and counts us tardy for being on time, and on test day, she is never prepared wasting our time that we have to strictly adhear to being on time.
In anatomy and physiology, JEAN VICKROY would read words and not know how to pronounce them. Instead, she would cough over to cover it up - I guess she thought we didn't notice. Then she wants us to highlight sentences for us to study, but doesn't explain any of it to us to help us understand. Then, on test day, she is never prepared. She would leave AT THE START OF class for 20 minutes to go and copy the test. This should be done before the school day starts, not cut into our test time that is only 30 minutes.
In transcription class, we were sat down at a computer and "here ya go" handed a tape to transcribe. We had no instruction and werent even allowed to talk. We are in the lab, which is 100% total quiet. We have to cater to the Court Reporters and have to whisper. So when one of us has a question we have to quietly walk up to the instructor's desk and whisper it. If one of us has a question, wouldnt it make sense that others may have the same one? Our insrtuctor wasnt even ALLOWED to teach us anything. So basically we had a BABYSITTER. We werent able to learn as much as we should have if we were "allowed" to have some instruction.
Last, the admin staff has poor manners and treat everyone as if they are "welfare babies". Dont ask them to pay up the money they owe you or you will be told to leave! Yet if you owe them money, they won't even let you in class! The president of the school, PAT NORMAN, has no responsibilities there. She just wonders up and down the hallways with her nose in the air trying to look like she has a purpose for being there. I told her exactly what I thought about that school on my exit interview and she laughed at me and told me, and I quote, "Oh Heather, have you been influenced that much by your peers?" Obviously she doesnt think that I can think for myself. So when others complain of JEAN VICKROY and the school itself, we are "just being influenced by the stronger personalities".
They say that they have a 91% placement rate. What they call "placement" is merely sending my resume to a bunch of places that dont even deal with the field I studied for (i.e., accunting, sales). From then on, I have to do the follow ups and such. Isnt that something I can do on my own? Yet they want to count me in their stats for when I get hired on at a CLOTHING STORE because I cant get a job in the feild I went to school for!
So basically, I paid $6300 for books that I never used, instruction that I never received, transcription tapes that I paid for but was not allowed to keep and use for reference, let alone the tapes were well over 10 years old and they expected us to be up-to-date with our stuff, equipment that does not work, computers that are old, printers that dont print, instructors that can't teach and don't bother showing up for class, admin who treat everyone like "welfare babies", and attended a school that was very unkempt (water and mould stains on the ceiling, ceiling tiles sagging and falling out, lights that dont work in the lab, etc)!
IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION, DO NOT GO TO TENNESSEE CAREER COLLEGE!
Heather
Goodlettsville, Tennessee
U.S.A.
3 Updates & Rebuttals
Shelly
Nashville,Tennessee,
U.S.A.
Tennessee Career College is built on high standards.
#2Consumer Comment
Fri, August 06, 2004
I cannot believe what I am reading about Tennessee Career College. I know the school and the instructors and the employees in the admission office. They are all a great asset to this school. I was a court reporting student at this school, and I would recommend it to anyone. I can't understand how someone would have had such a terrible experience at a college knowing they are paying for it, why would they stay? There are numerous colleges in Middle Tennessee. Why didn't this person transfer if their experience was so terrible. I had Jean as my instructor. I had to take six months of Medical Terminology for the court reporting program. This instructor knew everything about this academic like the back of her hand. If we didn't understand things, she would demonstrate or bring things in to make us understand. In regards to Pat Norman, the president of the school, she is ALL PROFESSIONAL. She does her job and she does it well. By the way, she is an excellent reader for court reporting. She expects the students to act as adults, as they should be doing anyway. My only opinion from this disgruntled ex-student is that maybe she failed some classes due to grades, lack of interest, or even not coming to class. I don't know how this person could say these things, but this person has. I feel like the school needed to be defended and I hope I've done that. This school exceeded my expectations of learing. I'm very impressed. Also, if this person completed school at TCC, she or her would've taken an english course on grammar, spelling, et cettera. If you will notice this persons complaint, they cannot spell very well. I hope I've made my point.
Shelly
Nashville,Tennessee,
U.S.A.
Tennessee Career College is built on high standards.
#3Consumer Comment
Fri, August 06, 2004
I cannot believe what I am reading about Tennessee Career College. I know the school and the instructors and the employees in the admission office. They are all a great asset to this school. I was a court reporting student at this school, and I would recommend it to anyone. I can't understand how someone would have had such a terrible experience at a college knowing they are paying for it, why would they stay? There are numerous colleges in Middle Tennessee. Why didn't this person transfer if their experience was so terrible. I had Jean as my instructor. I had to take six months of Medical Terminology for the court reporting program. This instructor knew everything about this academic like the back of her hand. If we didn't understand things, she would demonstrate or bring things in to make us understand. In regards to Pat Norman, the president of the school, she is ALL PROFESSIONAL. She does her job and she does it well. By the way, she is an excellent reader for court reporting. She expects the students to act as adults, as they should be doing anyway. My only opinion from this disgruntled ex-student is that maybe she failed some classes due to grades, lack of interest, or even not coming to class. I don't know how this person could say these things, but this person has. I feel like the school needed to be defended and I hope I've done that. This school exceeded my expectations of learing. I'm very impressed. Also, if this person completed school at TCC, she or her would've taken an english course on grammar, spelling, et cettera. If you will notice this persons complaint, they cannot spell very well. I hope I've made my point.
Shelly
Nashville,Tennessee,
U.S.A.
Tennessee Career College is built on high standards.
#4Consumer Comment
Fri, August 06, 2004
I cannot believe what I am reading about Tennessee Career College. I know the school and the instructors and the employees in the admission office. They are all a great asset to this school. I was a court reporting student at this school, and I would recommend it to anyone. I can't understand how someone would have had such a terrible experience at a college knowing they are paying for it, why would they stay? There are numerous colleges in Middle Tennessee. Why didn't this person transfer if their experience was so terrible. I had Jean as my instructor. I had to take six months of Medical Terminology for the court reporting program. This instructor knew everything about this academic like the back of her hand. If we didn't understand things, she would demonstrate or bring things in to make us understand. In regards to Pat Norman, the president of the school, she is ALL PROFESSIONAL. She does her job and she does it well. By the way, she is an excellent reader for court reporting. She expects the students to act as adults, as they should be doing anyway. My only opinion from this disgruntled ex-student is that maybe she failed some classes due to grades, lack of interest, or even not coming to class. I don't know how this person could say these things, but this person has. I feel like the school needed to be defended and I hope I've done that. This school exceeded my expectations of learing. I'm very impressed. Also, if this person completed school at TCC, she or her would've taken an english course on grammar, spelling, et cettera. If you will notice this persons complaint, they cannot spell very well. I hope I've made my point.
