Good & Bad Classes at HAC

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I often hear friends talk about the great classes they had at HAC, as well as the ones that were total wastes of time.

What classes did you like and dislike at HAC. Why is nothing said or done about classes that are "Total wastes of time"

The comments below are from a "word of the day" post.


Quote from: Tom Brennan on July 23, 2014, 12:42:54 PM

        Word of the Day - July 23, 2014

        Health and Safety Class

I have two more words for you... Even more awful. What a total and colossal waste of my time. Makes me mad even now, 20 years later, thinking about it.


 
Generally you could get something out of every class. The thing about it was you might not get what you signed up for.

Toby Weaver's classes were predictable. It mattered not what he was teaching the subject always turned into a lecture on counseling, then it turned into dating advice.
 
how about church ed? - especially semester after semester after semester after semester... ::)
 
Best teacher at HAC was Joe Combs, and no one else was close. The Godly students sought out his classes, regardless of subject, while the ungodly students avoided them.
 
Vince Massi said:
Best teacher at HAC was Joe Combs, and no one else was close. The Godly students sought out his classes, regardless of subject, while the ungodly students avoided them.
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Isn't it something. When I was there Jack Schaap's classes were filled to capacity and were the most sought after. Joe Combs and Jack Schaap. Bible professors. At Hac. Interesting.
 
Vince Massi said:
Best teacher at HAC was Joe Combs, and no one else was close. The Godly students sought out his classes, regardless of subject, while the ungodly students avoided them.
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Wow man, guess you should have been consulted when it came time for Mr. or Miss. Hylander & Who's Who nominations, After all you evidently knew who was godly & who was not.

Combs was a wolf in sheep's clothing, who used as his own, Warren Wiersbe's teachings. Did he even go to church when he wasn't preaching for other HACkers?
 
BALAAM said:
Vince Massi said:
Best teacher at HAC was Joe Combs, and no one else was close. The Godly students sought out his classes, regardless of subject, while the ungodly students avoided them.
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Isn't it something. When I was there Jack Schaap's classes were filled to capacity and were the most sought after. Joe Combs and Jack Schaap. Bible professors. At Hac. Interesting.
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Noticed this a long time ago.

Same with D.H.
 
I'm sorry but Mr Combs taught Bible but he didn't live what he preached so to me.........he's full of garbage

dh trying to teach.............please where is the trash can

false teachers/preachers
 
Balaam, a secret to Joe's success was that he taught things that nobody else was teaching. You actually learned NEW material from him. What about Schaap? Did he teach different material or the usual doctrines?

Note to Sherryh--I agree. But he was still the best teacher when I was there.
 
Vince Mr Combs had us fooled big time!!!
 
Vince Massi said:
Best teacher at HAC was Joe Combs, and no one else was close. The Godly students sought out his classes, regardless of subject, while the ungodly students avoided them.
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I thought you were using sarcasm to make a point.
 
Vince Massi said:
Best teacher at HAC was Joe Combs, and no one else was close. The Godly students sought out his classes, regardless of subject, while the ungodly students avoided them.
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And yet in hindsight,....
 
Norefund said:
Vince Massi said:
Best teacher at HAC was Joe Combs, and no one else was close. The Godly students sought out his classes, regardless of subject, while the ungodly students avoided them.
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I thought you were using sarcasm to make a point.
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Honest Injun, Norefund, I'm serious. Students who despised Godliness, practiced gang violence, did little or no soul-winning, ridiculed Godly teachers and students, practiced scorning, etc., became known. And they avoided Joe's classes. Students who read the Bible on their own, often went forward at church, worked long hours at soul-winning and bus visitation, etc., were also known. They sought out Joe's classes.

Just sitting in his classes, you could feel the better atmosphere.
 
Vince Massi said:
Honest Injun, Norefund, I'm serious. Students who despised Godliness, practiced gang violence, did little or no soul-winning, ridiculed Godly teachers and students, practiced scorning, etc., became known. And they avoided Joe's classes. Students who read the Bible on their own, often went forward at church, worked long hours at soul-winning and bus visitation, etc., were also known. They sought out Joe's classes.

Just sitting in his classes, you could feel the better atmosphere.
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No doubt you are serious, but how could you "avoid" his classes since they were required to graduate?  Granted, he was interesting but in several areas, he was a Bible blockhead and he used his bully pulpit to intimidate students.  Compared to other "Bible" teachers, he was about the best they had, which ain't sayin' much.
 
sword said:
Any thoughts on Bill Grady's classes?
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To be honest I enjoyed them, I enjoyed him. He was a different personality than the other teachers. He was sarcastic with the students, not to demean them but he had a good time with them. I did not have an issue with his tests after the first one was done. He seemed to have his Gradyites lol.
 
Bravo said:
sword said:
Any thoughts on Bill Grady's classes?
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To be honest I enjoyed them, I enjoyed him. He was a different personality than the other teachers. He was sarcastic with the students, not to demean them but he had a good time with them. I did not have an issue with his tests after the first one was done. He seemed to have his Gradyites lol.
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I liked him, but he was clearly his own biggest fan.

Do any of you insiders know the full story why he was asked to leave?
 
Vince Massi said:
Students who despised Godliness, practiced gang violence, did little or no soul-winning, ridiculed Godly teachers and students, practiced scorning, etc., became known. And they avoided Joe's classes. Students who read the Bible on their own, often went forward at church, worked long hours at soul-winning and bus visitation, etc., were also known. They sought out Joe's classes.

Just sitting in his classes, you could feel the better atmosphere.
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Sad how those of us that sought "wisdom" from the teacher who seemed to have the most "wisdom" ended up being fooled.

The point you make gives the impression that the dedicated students were simply gullible. (I know I was.)
 
Bravo said:
sword said:
Any thoughts on Bill Grady's classes?
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To be honest I enjoyed them, I enjoyed him. He was a different personality than the other teachers. He was sarcastic with the students, not to demean them but he had a good time with them. I did not have an issue with his tests after the first one was done. He seemed to have his Gradyites lol.
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^This.
He was not afraid to speak his mind, though his mind was often a very curious thing.  You would learn a different paradigm in his class, for sure.  He used sarcasm with such frequency and such a strait face, it was often hard to discern what was sarcasm and what was his real opinion.  He did teach.
 
Waste of time classes - Any class taught by Carl Laurent.  Thinking about what they allowed him to get away with still aggravates me today.
 
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