Hi, You could possibly use how your college's own Website is coded to support your case.
I don't know which college you're at, but look at how their Website is coded - I would be surprised if their still using the methods your tutor is teaching. -- Stuart Foulstone. http://www.bigeasyweb.co.uk BigEasy Web Design 69 Flockton Court Rockingham Street Sheffield S1 4EB Tel. 07751 413451 On Sat, October 20, 2007 10:18 am, James Jeffery wrote: > Good Morning! > > Here is my problem. Im at college this year, preparing for University > (Hopefully Birmingham) to > study Software Engineering. At college we have a class on a Thursday > called > "Web Development" > and the guy thats teaching the class in an absolute joke, no seriously, he > is. > > He is teaching students how to create web pages using Dreamweaver in > "Design" view, and then > telling students if they can do this, they are Web Designers. > > I was angry, i instantly replied and questioned his knowledge on HTML and > asked the age old question: > "What are tables in HTML used for?", he replied "To lay out web pages and > for tabled data", i replied with > "wrong", he laughed and told me he knows what he is talking about. > > I seriously want to raise a huge issue at the college, but im not sure how > to do it. This guy is on 22k+ > a year, and cannot even teach people correctly, he may have been a pro > back > in the days when tables > were acceptable to lay out web pages, but in todays world he is a fool. > > Its half term now, we have an assignment to complete using Dreamweaver, > and > he said i have to use > tables, its not a problem, i will do as the assignment requests. I will > walk > the extra mile and create the > same page without tables, with semantics, with accessibility in mind and > without the bloated mark-up, > and then write a essay comparing the both. > > What power do i have (if any) to try and get the college to understand > they > cannot use a cowboy to > teach tomorrows computer experts. Should i use my essay and examples and > take it to the head of > the college? I really don't know how to go about this, but its definatly a > problem. > > I really am angry and annoyed, you pay money to be taught the correct > methods. People who don't > understand are fine, they will believe him, and thats the shocking part > about it all. > > I await some advice. > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
