San Diego Community College West City Clairemont Campus

I talked a good friend into taking the «Everyday Spanish I-​II» course located in the dilapidated old trailers in Clairemont. We both are looking for jobs and foolishly believed that this would be a good starting point in acquiring a much needed skill. What a waste of time AND money! It cost us both about $ 200 for the class, book and some obscure fee the teacher charged us but never clearly explained ($ 10 per student). The catalog describes the class as «For students with little or no background…» which is a complete fabrication. For nearly the entire 8 weeks our teacher NEVER spoke english to explain wtf she was talking about. Neither of us was able to learn anything from this technique and many other people complained and mentioned to the instructor that they also were confused. She was not the least bit concerned and even told us that we would have to keep taking the class over and over until we caught on. This has to be the STUPIDEST method of teaching anybody anything. As if this was not ridiculous enough, the president of continuing education, Dr. Anthony Beebe has letters posted all over the doors urging students to attend or face the possibility of discontinued courses. Save your money, just go buy the book Spanish Immersion and muddle through it yourself or better yet hop on the trolley and spend a day in TJ you’ll pick up more spanish there in 1 day than we did in 8 weeks.
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As for the «filtered review’ and the parking situation, that is another ridiculous thing about this location. There is a beautiful NEW facility located in Pt Loma with a huge, well-​lit parking lot and brand-​new bathrooms, yet the school INSISTS on holding classes at those bug-​infested trailers. STRANGE.