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With all due respect, Prof. Severance teaches from the perspective of someone already well-versed in Python, rather than catering to students encountering it for the first time. He frequently uses terms like "blah, blah, blah" (I counted 16 times) and relies heavily on visual annotations—circles, squiggles, and “trees”—that make the provided notes difficult to follow on their own. Phrases like "this is this" and "that is that" appear in the notes, which lack clarity without additional context. I often found myself pausing the videos after nearly every sentence to take screenshots, turning a 10-minute lesson into an hour or more. I had to create my own reference system, noting things like "the purple squiggle means X" and "the yellow circle means Y" to make sense of his explanations. While I have no doubt that Prof. Severance is knowledgeable and a good instructor, the extra effort required to interpret the material was overwhelming. The first two courses I took—Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) and Python Data Structures—were manageable. However, Using Python to Access Web Data became extremely frustrating. Ultimately, I decided not to continue the series, as the time and financial investment required to decipher the notes would be too much. I would challenge the professor to review his own notes without any visual reference to better understand the student experience.

I really enjoyed the first two courses of Dr. Chuck's Python for Everybody Specialization -- but not this one. As some other reviewers have already stated I, too, felt increasingly frustrated and somehow left alone during this course. Most of this course's assignments were way too difficult and I had to search the web for hours to find some help to solve them. Or, quite honestly, I had to cheat my way through them, because I just didn't know what to do anymore. There are of course the discussion forums where one can state one's problem - but although the staff and mentors are really quick with replying (thumbs up for that), their tips are often way too general and not helpful at all.

After taking this third course I will definitely not continue with the Specialization, as I originally planned to, simply because in comparison to the first two courses, this third course is way too difficult and frustrating!

Also, in my opinion, Dr Chuck tries to squeeze in far too many different topics and different programming langauges into this course, instead of really just focusing on Python itself.

I completed this course, yes, but it left me with a very frustrated and unsatisfied feeling. I don't think I was really able to learn a lot from it, which is really a pity, since I enjoyed the first two courses so much.