[wiseweeds] OT: Disappointed with course

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Wow. That's really a shame that this has been your

experience. I have no personal knowledge of Roger Wicke, but

am wondering if this is a correspondence course? If so, it may

be that he needs to restructure it.

 

Occassionally I've seen where M.D.s are kind of bowed down

to...in the sense of their presence/consulting of an herbalist

kind of validates the expertise of the herbalist. But generally

speaking, I don't think most true herbalists are overly

impressed with M.D.s, although they may just be delighted

to work with those who have a desire to learn more

about herbalism and alternative healing.

 

I'm working on revamping my herbal and aromatherapy

classes into an online/correspondence presentation, as I've

had numerous inquiries about this, but have been hesitant

as I have found that the " back and forth " of interacting with

a class of students provides a wealth of learning opportunities...

often more for me than the students!

 

Cathy, Wise Weeds

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Judy Fitzgerald wrote:

 

> As some of you know I have been taking a TCM course from Roger Wicke at the

> Rocky Mountain Herbal Institute. I was very favorably impressed with the

> website and the two textbooks. But the course is something else entirely,

> and has been a very big disappointment.

>

> SNIP> given the instructor's fondness for homework

> questions that require knowing information not yet covered in the text and

> even information which is never covered in the text or in the student

> toolbox, I've often wondered how and if anyone who takes the course without

> being fairly widely read in TCM before hand passes the course.

>

> I cannot recommend this course to others, especially to anyone just starting

> to learn about TCM. In addition, I got the distinct impression on a number

> of occasions that the attitude of Wicke and the RMHI is that students who

> are not Western MDs don't really count and are not important.