Just happened tonight, actually
Being unemployed, and having nothing to do all day except mess about online is a bit boring. So last year I started a creative writing class on a Monday evening. Meet new people, actually get myself writing and break up the tedium. Perfect.

Now the classes themselves are everything I expected them to be (planning to go back after the summer for another year) but the council, who runs them, seem to be a bit obsessed with forms.

With tonights class being the third to last, my tutor decided it was about time we filled in our personal learning plans. We were supposed to do one for each 10 week block but there was somewhat of a revolt by the teaching staff due to it being a bit, well, pointless.

So I filled it out, got the module objectives (which are supposed to be done with each persons personal objectives in mind, but still had to be submitted by the tutor before the classes started) from my tutor, circled the smiley faces (yes, really) to indicate my skill level before and after the course and then to the last page.

Yup, there's nothing the council likes more than a feedback form. The last one cleverly had a prefer not to say option for your gender. Naturally, I ticked that.

This one started by saying to tick a box if you didn't want to give feedback. Which I promptly ticked. Before filling in the rest of the form.

In the comments box, I put the following:

'I know that this is supposed to be a writing class, but I was under the impression that it was going to be creative writing not form filling. It doesn't help when the forms are poorly written, patronising (smiley faces, really? I mean, really? Are we five years old and living in 1985 now?) and badly designed it doesn't help matters.

Oh, and some sort of accreditation wouldn't hurt either. Surely it wouldn't take too long to knock something up in photoshop.'

I have another evaluation form to fill out. This one is very badly designed and includes the following questions (direct quotes):

'After finishing the course, can you do more?'

'How would you describe the premises which your course was held?'

'Do you have an interesting story to tell about overcoming barriers or gaining your personal achievments?'

This one may need appendices.
(williamthebloody, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 0:09, 1 reply)

my answer to those last 3 questions would be:
Yes,
With words,
Yes,
( Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:16, closed)