I had Miss. Donna as my driving instructor and she was wonderful. I loved every drive time with…read moreher!!!

Mrs. donna was great. She showed me a lot of ways to drive better. I would 100% go to her again to…read moreteach me more about driving. When I messed up she did not yell at me, she calmly said that I should not do that or gave me a other option to do the skill.

I had never heard of Forte School prior to 2015. It was just another music school to a guy who…read morewouldn't know any better. I sought out wanting piano lessons for my son and I just assumed all schools would be the same. I was directed to Forte because of reviews of my friends'. Upon entering the school, I was impressed, I must admit. But honestly, it's not like I had other music schools to compare it to. The first instructor we had was young, a little wet behind the ears, but a knowledgeable instructor. After the first year, we switched to a more seasoned teacher, much like any student would in regular school. My thought was to have as rounded an education for my son as possible. But this is where it gets real. Our new teacher, Sy Winnie, was from another planet. He didn't just instruct well because he is the greatest piano player I've ever personally witnessed, but he related to my son on a personal level. My son wanted to talk about his piano teacher WELL after the lesson was over and I knew something magical was happening. After the second year, I noticed my son's skills becoming remarkably noticeable and random strangers would comment. He began playing public pianos in different cities we would vacation in, and people even began to tip him! As the years went on, my son has developed such a strong skill in music that it extended not only to him joining the band in middle school and high school, but it actually bettered his academics as well! Music education develops pathways in the brain that normal students never develop which enhance the learning curve on any subject. My son is now in high school, has a 4.0 school average and his musicianship has never been better. His youtube videos of his piano playing has even been watched by thousands. When the quarantine hit, I thought this would slow his music education or even ruin it. But, the owner of the school called me directly to tell me he didn't want to lose him as a student. They set up lessons via tablet-technology and continued regardless of distance. This school doesn't just teach. It cares. I honestly think it changed not only my son's life, but indirectly, mine too.

" So far, my experience has been great. I look forward to my half-hour lesson with Shannon. I've…read morelearned so much in the past month. "

I paid for my child to take drivers ed and driving time. They were scheduling driving time 3 months…read moreout. Apparently what I paid for was only good for 6 months. She did not get her drive time in before the 6 months. Now she has to retake BOTH and they want me to pay the FULL AMOUNT AGAIN. I paid $500 and got NOTHING in return. they won't even give me the certificate for her completing the online class.

Teachers are amazing, were very good at explaing things while making it fun for students! was a…read moregreat class and kept a smile on my face eveyday!

I had a horrible experience with the photo-chemical science PhD program at BGSU that I'd like warn…read morecurrent and prospective students to stay away from this program. I was offered admission without funding, which is not an arrange a reputable US PhD program will make and accept. The supervision style here relies on excessive micromanagement with low transparency on broad project idea and requirements in milestones like the qualification exam and graduation, tricking students into doing works beyond their degree and course requirements. The advisor demands "research productivity" in the 1st year in a US program without adequate training in basics and without any funding, and will leverage academic backing for that. I made clear in my application that I intended to pursue research in computational photo-chemistry, faculty attempted to redirect me into doing experiments; resisting that pressure provoked further threats and withdrawal of support. Faculties in the program use grades as bargaining counters in multiple occasions to "persuade" me to change advisors, obey their arrangement and not to file any complaint. The program coordinator told me he decided to assign me a "C" in a course, but no grade was officially posted for a month. Once I mentioned that I would exercise my student right to initiate a grade appeal, I immediately got an "A". I was also told that recommendation letters would be withheld should I sought to leave and reapply to a better program, effectively using students' future careers as leverage for forced unpaid labor. Some faculty members, including the advisor, are violating my student privacy right by leaking class activities and academic standing to third parties (like parents, professors and advisors in other institutions) without my written consent, and without ever being selected as my references. This, combination-- "I don't respect students' personal boundary" and "I want to avoid conflict", "I will not recommend you" and "I will informally and secretly leak you academic standing"--demonstrates a self-centered approach in which student welfare is disregarded whenever it inconveniences the advisor. When they give advises their main concern is at extracting as much free labor from the student as possible, not at serving the student's best educational interest. The program's website advertises a "safe, accepting, unprejudiced, and fair learning environment",which cannot be further away from the truth from my personal experience as the only Asian student. My academic standing stored there is definitely unsafe as it could be accessed and disclosed by faculty without my consent. I was the only one expected to work without financial support but with a good academic standing in the first year and was singled out when I questioned this disparity. The graduate coordinator specifically told me not to request for funding because I would "get paid 100k+/year after graduation," Students are micromanaged to do repetitive, grinding tasks disguised as "training" which are not meant to train students into independent researchers. In sharp contrast to the advertising, expressing contrasting scientific opinions is also met with accusations of distrust from the advisor and filing complaints will trigger retaliation by withdrawing academic backing. These practices are incompatible with fostering students' potential or providing equitable treatment, and they demonstrate systemic prejudice, intimidation, and retaliation--which further reinforces my opinion that the program is prejudiced, unsafe, unaccepting, and discriminatory. The implied underlying true "value" seems to be the maintenance of deception, manipulation and exploitation rather than the education and development of students. I strong advise against anyone to apply to or stay in this program that provides a discriminatory, coersive and toxic working environment to PhD students. If you have a high GPA and a better background, and don't want to be used as a lab-monkey, please kindly do yourself a favor and apply to somewhere else.

I graduated in 68 and, from the comments, it appears that things have changed considerably. My…read moreexperience was positive. Only had one substandard instructor and he was a phd with tenure. I was a dual major -Math & English. The only negative was the weather. I grew up in NW Ohio so there was no escaping the cold and snow.

Years and years ago, I went here for high school. I got a great education: challenging, diverse,…read moreand life-changing, frankly. I just went back for the first time in years, for a reunion, and got to see what has changed and what has stayed the same. The buildings have changed, quite a bit. The campus is much the same- the school is set back in the woods and ravines. The education experience has not changed. Yes, there is more technology. But small class sizes and a commitment to preparing students for the world are still important. The academic education is great, but athletics, ethics, and awareness of the diversity of cultures out there also figure in. It's a college prep school and I was prepared, as current students are, for the college experience. Start your kids in preschool if you can, or get them in for high school. You won't regret it.