Dear Major University where I am taking classes:

I get that "alternative learning" is the cool new thing. However, you have created a disaster in your "experiment" with one of the major first year classes. Having students read the book and watch (random assorted not put out by the department) youtube videos as the "lecture", then take a comprehension quiz first thing using clickers, and then work with the (assigned seat) group you have selected for us is NOT working. If I wanted to teach myself, I could have saved a large bundle of money. The people you have assigned me to work with are neither awake at 8AM nor helpful in solving the problems. The mentor "teachers" who are supposed to assist us in solving the problems are wrong more often than they're right. The entire class is a nightmare, and not just because the subject is hard.

Signed,

Disgruntled and wishing for the "good old days"