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Re:Twitter Thread: Experience at Lambda School for UX by nicesnowoman on Saturday February 22, 2020 @04:34PM (#22393479)
I'm a student - "reviews are fine" because students are also scared of being truthful to staff. The staff do not have a good history of listening to negative feedback and criticism. They are either ignorant or delusional.

Look at Dustin Myers and how he responds to criticism: https://twitter.com/dustint314/status/1156423191645917184

Look at Trevor McKendrick (Chief of Staff) and how he responds to criticism: https://twitter.com/TrevMcKendrick/status/108285421890879488...

Look at all of Austen's interactions on Twitter to students and how he gaslights them: https://twitter.com/Austen/status/1213711252175740928

Look at Ben Nelson (cofounder) and see how he only interacts with positive testimonials and discount negative ones: https://twitter.com/sunjieming/likes

Look at Ryan Holdaway and see how he only interacts with positive testimonials and discounts negative ones: https://twitter.com/Ryan_Holdaway/likes

Look at Ryan Hamblin - same thing: https://twitter.com/RyanleeHamblin/likes

There's a clear pattern here. These are key people in staff who should be listening and responding with empathy to the horrifying student stories throughout Lambda. All negative dissent is squashed by dividing and siloing students. They are made to think their issues with the "school" are due to some personal deficiency.

It is no wonder that negative student accounts rarely get amplified or even created. I was personally scared to write negative reviews for fear of being admonished by their "Student Success" team. There's been rumors circling of students removed from Slack after they complained about the quality of education. Leadership and key members of staff are all complicit.

Re:Twitter Thread: Experience at Lambda School for UX by SamReidHughes on Saturday February 22, 2020 @05:38PM (#22393828)
Your links completely fail to cast any of their targets in a negative light.
Re:Twitter Thread: Experience at Lambda School for UX by wpietri on Sunday February 23, 2020 @05:53AM (#22396236)
If you can't see something, that doesn't mean it isn't there. It just means you don't see it.

What I see is definitely not behavior I'd want in instructors.

Re:Twitter Thread: Experience at Lambda School for UX by thatdrew on Monday February 24, 2020 @02:46PM (#22407657)
wrong.