In my previous post, I wrote about how Everest doesn’t include back-end languages in their course of study. I sent them an email last night requesting they remove me from enrollment, and let’s just say they don’t take these things very well..

My emails to Everest Institute:

Hey XXXX,

I was asking, because I don’t want to waste money on a degree that doesn’t involve back-end languages. It seems to me that paying close to $30,000 after interest for a website development degree would include not just front-end garbage you can learn off a website in the course of a week.

Hello XXXX,

You can remove my enrollment. I have provided reasoning below.

A higher education institute is nothing more than a business, and as such should be treated like one. Potential customers (Students), should be addressed accordingly and in a timely manner.

I understand that as a Dean or Professor, they may be busy, but I also know that promptness receives better outcomes than waiting. Which is why I pride myself and my company on being prompt on replies to any and all invoices we may receive, whether they be from potential or long-time customers, and refuse to do business with any company who chooses not to.

I know that looking up information on subject matter in order to solidify a customer would have been in the best interest of your company, and would have been no more than asking the professor if subjects in my query were part of the courses. If this is what I have to look forward to by attending the Everest Institute, I’ll pass.

If there is anything I need to do in order to cancel the enrollment process, please respond via this email with instructions.

I removed the name of the person I contacted, because they didn’t do anything wrong, however, Shirley can kiss my ass on the whole fucking privacy thing, as this next part comes from her in a response email.

I’m sorry you feel as though I was not prompt enough with your response. I forwarded your email onto the appropriate people since as an admissions representative, I do not have the correct answers. I would feel more comfortable having the dean, department chair, or teachers respond to specific questions to ensure it is the correct information. The only information I received from Shirley Nagg was as follows:

Hi XXXX!

It’s not that we don’t want to include them, it’s that they go in and out of style too often to be written into a curriculum that takes time to go through accrediting agencies the way we have to (we can’t “turn on a dime”). When we include the “front-end garbage” it is because it is being used and is stable – i.e. not apt to go out of style. This has come up before, and my usual suggestion is for the student to ask the instructor for help in that area with whatever is currently popular as an add-on to the course.

I’m going to forward this to Aaron Sullivan who is the lead instructor for the “front-end garbage” with the request that he contact you.

At this point….since it was YESTERDAY that you asked, I was waiting on a response from the professor to ensure that I get you the correct information. It seems as though you were not all that serious about attending school anyway- I really don’t think it was the “timeliness” of my emails.

Good luck with “Phux” Development.

Oh yes, this is the person I would want representing my business. Get the fuck outta here. How hard would it have been to send the email simply stating that they don’t offer those languages in the course? I love how she capitalizes “yesterday” as if to be screaming it at me, lol. And the statement “It seems as though you were not all that serious about attending school anyway”, makes me lol hard.

I would LOVE to have my degree in web development, but not some bullshit degree where I learn little to nothing. We pay for college not because we simply want a piece of paper, but because we seek to further our knowledge pool. I need to learn front-end garbage, but not the crap they’re teaching there. No (X)HTML, just traditional? Are you serious… See, I know enough about the front-end crap to know if you don’t know shit about web design, you shouldn’t be learning traditional HTML. That shit will rot your fucking brain.

I guess my biggest thing with Everest now, is that they offer this bullshit degree, where you’re gong to learn “outdated” material (ie HTML, Photoshop CS3), but they say they can’t teach you back-end because the material changes too much. PHP5 was released in fucking 2004.. By my count, that’s 5 years ago. How is it constantly changing? There are NO dramatic changes to a back-end language that keep the same fucking major version number.. My guess, is that they don’t want to take the time to teach it to anyone. Whatever.

Final words.. What else is there to say, honestly.. If you read this, and you still decide to go to any Everest Institute for your degree, you’re a fucking idiot and deserve the shit you’ll have to endure there.

I’m not sure if that “Aaron” guy’s sending me another email, but if they do I’ll be sure to add that to the blog.. Oh the fun times.

Until next time.

-Nito