User Comments - RJ
RJ
Posted on: Summer at ChinesePod
June 29, 2009 at 12:50 AMtvan
Im not going to lose any sleep over it, but it did strike me as illogical. \V/
take care
Posted on: Summer at ChinesePod
June 28, 2009 at 6:47 PMtvan
you,re with Henning re a fixed schedule for N&F? There is only one N&F. I think you better re-read his post. He is talking about lessons. This was my main point. I too like news and features but if you remember it wasnt always every week. In the interest of more transparency they started every week wilthout fail, but their definition of transparency is evidently what the lessons will be about and promo ads. A little disappointing. Why not tell us about AMS? Whats going to change? What will work differently? What wont change? But keeping N&F is fine.
As for lesson scheduling I dont remember a survey and if it was so lopsided in favor of random lessons then why no comments here preferring this? Most have agreed they prefer them not to be random. And last week I did last weeks lesson and the week before that - you guessed it, so this week I would like to do this weeks, not one from 2006. My main focus is the intermediate lesson and one week I have to wait 10 days between them and the following only 3 or 4. I just thougt it would be nice if they did it in a way that made sense. Not the end of the world if they dont, but common sense I thought.
Posted on: Summer at ChinesePod
June 28, 2009 at 9:12 AMraygo
he he, maybe youre right, so Gulam or somebody pushes the button. The point is the lessons should be ready ahead of time. Order of release is a choice I would hope. If they are running around last minute with installation issues, and thats why they prefer random order, then they need to get their stuff together.
Posted on: Summer at ChinesePod
June 28, 2009 at 8:38 AMHenning
I thought you were a fan of the old jingle? I kind of miss it :-)
Posted on: Summer at ChinesePod
June 28, 2009 at 8:00 AMraygo
The Cpod crew is professional enough to plan ahead. I would imagine all materials are finished more than a week in advance. Lesson release is probably software controlled.
Posted on: Summer at ChinesePod
June 28, 2009 at 2:06 AMPaulinurus
I would prefer they surprise me with content, not timing. I find the fact that they vary the timing quite annoying actually. Having said that, they should go with whatever the majority wants. Im just not sure they know what that is.
Posted on: Summer at ChinesePod
June 28, 2009 at 1:48 AMActually I could live without N&F every week. Maybe the time and energy could be better spent? I dont need to know what upcoming lessons will be about, but I would prefer the various levels to come out on the same day of the week each week. This would allow some planning and equal study time each week. Just my preference. Others may feel differently.
AMS- here's hoping it goes smoothly. Looking forward to the long promised upgrades.
Posted on: How Long Has This Been Going On?
June 27, 2009 at 6:14 PMyes - some classes are quite "mickey mouse". Pete also touched on the lemon. According to wikipedia:
A lemon is a defective car that is found to have numerous or severe defects not readily apparent before its purchase. Any vehicle with these issues can be termed a 'lemon,' and, by extension, any product which has major flaws that render it unfit for its purpose can be described as a 'lemon'
In fact we now have lemon laws:
Lemon laws are American state laws that provide a remedy for purchasers of cars that repeatedly fail to meet standards of quality and performance. If a new car has a pre-defined number of major problems you can have the car replaced.
Posted on: How Long Has This Been Going On?
June 27, 2009 at 11:21 AMHenning
Is this unique to the University environment?
Posted on: Summer at ChinesePod
June 30, 2009 at 10:55 AMtage, bendidelaowai,
I hesitate to belabor a very minor thing, but I am curious. When you say random is "ok" with you, do you mean you prefer it, or that a schedule would also be "ok" with you. It seems to me there would be two camps of people, those who care (want a schedule) and those who dont. If you dont care you wouldnt pay attention anyway and a scheduled release would seem just as random to you. If so, the way to make the most people happy would be to create a repeating schedule. Matt may have his own reasons for not doing it this way and that is fine too. Like I said, its a minor thing, it was just a thought, not a major concern.
and @xuchen
I thought you were in a lesson. Are you not that ninja assassin guy? :-)