What I Like: The lessons are progressive, teaching you one step at a time. I especially like the mention of a feature that is going to be covered in a future class. That helps me keep focused on the current material and know that if I have questions they will be addressed in due time.
What I Don't Like: Nothing. These courses are truly amazing and I wish I had discovered them before.
How To Make Them Better: If I can think of anything I will let you know. Right now they seem 'just perfect.'
Topics For Future: The topics I am interested in are listed as future courses so I will get to them.
Comments: Just to say thanks! I have been trying to teach myself Access for a year now and was giving up but these classes have instilled me with confidence that I will succeed. Richard Rost is a very good speaker and I enjoyed that. Very clear, precise and his way of speaking boosts my confidence.
I love that you specified that you LIKED my mentioning things that will be covered "in a future class." My goal is to reassure you that even though you might be interested in more of a specific topic right now, your questions will be answered soon.
Some people complain that I "tease" them and don't cover material, or that I'm trying to "sell" future lessons. That's not my intention AT ALL. You can't learn EVERYTHING about EVERY TOPIC at the same time. Space and time don't work that way. I can't download information to your brain instantaneously. I'd be rich if I could!
I have to pick the right order to give you information based on my 26+ years of experience doing this. I can't teach you everything about every form field property at once... or EVERYTHING about Macros in one lesson. Some things have to "be covered in a future lesson." I try to give you a broad understanding of topics FIRST and then drill down later into the important ones, followed even later by the less important ones. And let's be honest, some topics are more important than others. Some features YOU'LL NEVER USE. There are things in Access that I've never had a need to use in a real-world database.
You can't learn everything there is about math in one session. If you take MT101 you can't get mad at the instructor of your arithmetic class for not teaching you differential calculus.
When I say "it will be covered in a future class," TRUST ME.
But thank you VERY much for your kind words. I appreciate the compliments!
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