College of the Mainland

over 4 years ago Malia Isaac
misaac2007 ((at)) sbcglobal dot net

Dear Mr. Navy, Hello! It has been a pleasure being your student for summer school II. I really enjoyed your class. It was a bit challenging, but I really learned from your notes and comments. Your class gave me an opportunity to be at home and rest because of the type of illness I have. You communicated with your students a lot which is very important when taking online classes. This helped me a lot, while taking your class. You gave many notes to prepare us for the upcoming exams. Even though I felt it was a bit much towards the end of the semester. I would recommend your class to some of my co-workers. Thank you so much for your time and patience with answering all my questions in your class. Thank you, Malia Isaac

over 4 years ago Alyssa Cook
acook ((at)) com dot edu

I have completed the online evaluation and I want to thank you, Mr. Navy, for being so interactive with us even though it is an online class. Great class. Alyssa Cook

over 4 years ago Christina D. Cobbs
ccobbs ((at)) com dot edu

Mr. Navy is a great teacher...when you leave this class, you would have learned a whole lot!!! (trust me) I had his class during summer II!!!

over 4 years ago Sunayana Chopra
sunayana101 ((at)) yahoo dot com

May 17, 2007 College of the Mainland 1200 Amburn Road Texas City, Texas 77591 (409) 938-1211 RE: Professor Navy’s Dual Credit U.S. History Class To Whom It May So Ever Concern, I am with here writing this letter for Professor Navy’s Dual Credit American History Class. Entering Professor Navy’s class as a Dual Credit student was a great experience for me. I learned so much all the way from when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue to what were the Bill of Rights and when they were passed. His lectures were very interesting and had a different focus every class period about United States History. All of Professor Navy’s tests went right along with the lectures that he gave during class. He emphasized the information that he was going to ask in essay format so that everyone knew what to expect for the free response questions on the test. I took a lot of notes during his class and his lectures were so informative. There was a lot more information given in his lectures then the book itself. He also related history to different Supreme Court cases which really interested me and I read a lot of Supreme Court cases online on the website he recommended, www.pubmed.org. Not only did Professor Navy teach a college level class for high school students, he went along with the TEKS curriculum which is set by the state of Texas for high school education. This helped me review information for the exit level TAKS test on American History. Information that I learned in Professor Navy’s class helped me answer questions on the TAKS test my junior year in which I got commended on. Having the opportunity to take Professor Navy’s U.S. History class for two semesters was a great experience since I gained study skills, critical thinking skills, and note taking skills. Professor Navy explains his syllabus very well at the beginning of each semester. He states what is expected from his students at the very beginning so students are successful in his class. He is very thorough with the subject he teaches and is one of the best professors I have had as a Dual Credit student. Sincerely, Sunayana Chopra Senior, Clear Creek High School

over 4 years ago Brandi Blake
Blakebm ((at)) aol dot com

To Whom It May Concern: My name is Brandi Blake and I am a female Caucasian student currently attending College of the Mainland. Most of the courses that I have taken recently have been taken in the online format. I recently had the pleasure of taking two of Mr. Navy's courses online. In the Spring of this year, I was enrolled in his online US History 1301 course. The required books for this course was the textbook, Liberty, Equality, Power as well as the book Two Women. Mr. Navy's lecture notes followed the textbook readings well and it proved to be an excellent learning experience for me. I learned many interesting things about history that I was unaware of before. His tests followed the material that was covered in the textbooks. Needing to take the US History 1302 course, I again, chose to take it under the direction of Mr. Navy. The textbook Liberty, Equality, Power was again needed for this course as well as the book Introducing Evolution. Again, I feel that Mr. Navy's layout of the exams followed along with the textbook. If the students in the class followed the readings from the textbook, then the material needed to successfully pass the course was covered. If Mr. Navy taught another subject along with history, I would definitely enroll in another one of his courses. Sincerely, Brandi Blake

over 4 years ago derick hendricks
derickhendricks1971 ((at)) yahoo dot com

The Truth at Half Staff by Ernest Jude Navy, professor at College Of The Mainland, explores various American domestic and foreign policy issues. Its topics range from Evolution to Affirmative Action and from Saddam Hussein to Vietnam. A thought provoking book, it raises questions that forces its readers to be critical when forming their conclusions. I was impressed by Navy’s analysis of several subjects that are too often inadequately scrutinized. He adequately dissected the facts of each theme that he covered, and his analysis was fair and balanced. I also found The Truth at Half Staff to be well researched. I enjoyed reading The Truth at Half Staff, and I think it definitely has scholarly qualities. Derick Hendricks PhD History Morgan State University

over 4 years ago Carolyn McElrath
sonitwit ((at)) isp dot com

I am the mother of a mature woman who has been a student at COM during this past year. She is 47 years of age, mother of two adult offspring, and is now the custodial guardian of her 3 year old grand daughter. Her experiences at COM have been positive, she has maintained good grades in all the courses she has undertaken, except for one. I am writing to you because she is a very busy person. She is a home owner, and works full time during the summer. It has been a great financial strain for her to pay for college. Of course the cost is worth it, as long as the courses are presented and conducted as they should be. One course that she took this past semester, American History, taught by one Ernest Jude Navy is the reason I am writing to you. This teacher insisted that his students purchase his book, "Truth At Half Staff," for use in his course. I understand most of his examinations are essays based on material in this book. He does not return graded work, not even tests, to his students. I understand that more than 50 students enrolled in the history section in which my daughter was enrolled. Less than five finished that course. My daughter worked very hard to obtain credit for this course, and was greatly disheartened by her final grade, a D. She will repeat the course, but either with another teacher, or through a different college. I completed my degree as an older student, then taught in public schools for ten years. During those years, I taught several subjects, including high school English. I read Mr. Navy's book, and in my opinion, he would have had difficulty passing senior level high school English judging by his inferior writing skills. The book, "The Truth At Half Staff," is filled with Mr. Navy's opinions of life in the United States from a Black person's prejudiced, and unbalanced perspective. This is a book of virulent racism, against White people, and against the culture, societal values and economic system of this country. I would like to know the evaluation of College of the Mainland's Board of Regents of this style of teaching a course in American History covering the span of time from the beginning of our nation until the Civil War. Surely such a course would follow a specific curriculum containing the basics of the settling of the United States, development of the country's economic growth, formation of its government, and information about the men and women who played a major role in these events. I cannot understand how an opinionated, hate-filled volume written in anger at the white race can be of value in such a course. I believe that those students who dropped the course rather that be indoctrinated, or who submitted to the personal agenda of the author of this book in order to pass, must feel they have been cheated. Had I been one of them, I would be so tempted to sue the college for fraud. I would demand that my tuition, the cost of this book, and the value of the time spent listening to this hate-mongering so-called teacher, be returned with interest. My daughter enrolled in a different course, but was informed that that class was cancelled. The college recommended that she repeat the course on-line, under the tutelage of Mr. Navy! This is outrageous. I would like to have some response to my comments. There are many professors and teaching assistants now employed in colleges and universities in this nation who are teaching their own personal agendas of socialism, defeatism, and vile prejudice. Our young people, or students of any age, deserve better. Please give this some attention and please respond to my concerns in a serious way so that I may be encouraged about the quality of our institutions of higher learning. Thank you for your time.