I'm about ready to burst into flames....

I'm enrolled in an IT program in an online college and one of my reqs was an Intro to Webdesign. I figured, ok, easy A. But I'm REALLY having a hard time with it! Not only are they teaching us to design/layout with tables, but they're also teaching us how to use table tags that don't even close!!!!! Here's some example code:

<FONT FACE="Arial, Times New Roman, Sans Serif">
<H1 ALIGN="CENTER">ANIMALS</H1>
<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="500" ALIGN="CENTER" CELLPADDING="10">
<CAPTION>BIRDS</CAPION>
<TR ALIGN="CENTER">
<TD ROWSPAN="3">BREEDS
<TD>SAP SUCKER
<TD>BARK EATER
<TR ALIGN="CENTER">
<TD>GOZZLEBECK
<TD> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="200" ALIGN="CENTER">
<TR ALIGN="CENTER">
<TD>DO
<TD>RA
<TR ALIGN="CENTER">
<TD>FA
<TD>SO
<TR ALIGN="CENTER">
<TD>LA
<TD>DI
</TABLE>
</TABLE>
</FONT>



We have to post on the message board and I just can BARELY contain myself. I try and explain, but I get things from the Instructor like "yes, you CAN do it that way [css], but there are other ways to do it too." .... I feel like saying "yeah, and I COULD tell my cardiologist I want open heart surgery with a Spork, but there are other ways to do it too...."

Thanks for letting me vent. Oh, I'm new to the forum btw! :) Howdy all!

Hey there, welcome to the forum.

I think sadly this STILL is common practice for teachers, the education system will take years to catch up. A few months back I was helping a someone with a college project "my first website type thing", and I couldn't believe what they were teaching the students.

Good to know that you know right from wrong though!

When I took my Intro to Web Design course we were taught the ways of tables and frames, along with designing in Dreamweaver and not learning to code. Good thing I knew HTML before I ever went to college and didn't pay much attention in that class. Sad to see not much has changed in seven years.

Kudos to you for standing up cowgirl!