The Differences Between Pensacola Christian College and Hyles Anderson?

[Away-From-The-Umbrella]

(04-20-2012 09:02 PM)redhot Wrote:  I don't have first-hand knowledge of either, but 3 of my brothers went to PCC. One was an engineering major, and has had no problem getting a job. One was an accounting major, and had a ridiculous time getting his credits accepted so he could get his masters. The other one left after 3 years and joined the Marines, saying he could handle their rules better. LOL My brother did say they were very excited when the Planetarium was built. He said there was suddenly an increased interest in astronomy, because it was dark. He got his first blow job in there.
My Fundy U preached against PCC because they were "liberal" which they never really defined. They sent all their music teachers down there for their Music Major program, yet I got turned in for having a PCC tape. Their reason was that it had a song by Bill Gaither.

I was homeschooled using ABeka, and the school where I teach (for 6 more weeks !!!!!) uses it as well. As I have gradually started to expand my world view beyond the narrow limits of the IFB, I have realized that the ABeka program is educationally lacking. IMO they do not provide a good college-prep education for someone who is looking to go to a secular school. Their view of American history is basically: America is always right, and George Bush was the best thing to ever happen to our country. Their 7 grade World History book clearly states that when the Vietnam veterans came home, they were met with parades and overwhelming support from "a grateful country." My brother the accountant is now getting his Masters from a secular school, and said it is refreshing to get a more balanced view of our history.

My dad was going to send me to HAC, but he changed his mind after the Biblical Evangelist published a bunch of stuff about JH. It was quite the topic in our house for a long time. My parents were trying to decide if it was true or if the devil was trying to bring down a good man.

If someone from PCC leadership reads this they will be posting guards with flashlights in the planetarium, LOL!

You need a countdown calendar to encourage you during these final 6 weeks.

http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/

[dramaturge]

(04-20-2012 09:02 PM)redhot Wrote:  I was homeschooled using ABeka, and the school where I teach (for 6 more weeks !!!!!) uses it as well. As I have gradually started to expand my world view beyond the narrow limits of the IFB, I have realized that the ABeka program is educationally lacking. IMO they do not provide a good college-prep education for someone who is looking to go to a secular school.

My school uses a combined curriculum, and this is one of the reasons why. My principal readily admits that Abeka's huge weakness is a complete lack of critical thinking skills. I use a secular reading curriculum with selected ABeka stories for supplemental/independent reading because ABeka teaches 0 reading skills or critical thinking skills. Having gone to PCC, I'd say that the majority of courses there reflect a lack of critical thinking skills. There are some the do an excellent job of teaching thinking skills, but that's entirely do to their having a small handful of stellar professors there when I was there. In my departments (English and Speech) the majority of those professors have since retired or left, and the changes that were being made to the Speech department while I was still in grad school indicated that less critical thinking and student growth would be seen in the future. Thus, I doubt those professors were replaced with ones of equal teaching-in-depth calibre. PCC is very much about academics, but only in a certain narrow set--they never really get beyond the grammar stage (learn facts, be able to regurgitate or specifically apply in limited fashion) of instruction. Some course paths get to the logical stage (seeing basic relationships between knowledge realms, slight reasoning and application outside of the box), but almost none get to the rhetorical stage (making broad inferences, drawing conclusions, making application across fields and subject matter, analyzing and communicating outside the box in many areas) that university courses beyond 100 level are meant to get. That said, my impression is that it's miles far and away better than anything offered academically at HAC. PCC would be at about the average community college level of academic rigor for many of its basic courses, I'd posit. Again, that's a very general statement. Some professors did an excellent job in their field and despite the conditions in which they had to work. But the general tenor of the school is that knowing a bunch of facts is good, analyzing and drawing conclusions on your own is bad.

[RobMille]

OMG! Why didn't they have a planetarium when I was there?