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Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

Eric Wynkoop - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

This event was on Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at 11:00 am Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern

Join Chef Eric Wynkoop in his virtual office as he welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to Ask Anything – from cooking techniques to co… Read More.

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Question:

What should we focus on in the future assignments? How difficult and challenging are they going to be?

— Yasmeen Alweshayeh

Answer:

So this is a an interesting question. Perhaps the first time I've received this particular question, you know in our opening assignment in probably all of our courses. We take it easy on you. All right, it's really in assignment to give you a chance to familiarize yourself with our platform and it's a chance for us to see that in your response. Whether it's photographically or through your text description that you have touched upon the different elements that we requested and it's a chance then for for me and and others on our instructional team to provide feedback in a very gentle environment in this first assignment and you what as we might give pointers on lighting for your photographs or you know to include more description in your text. For example, okay, so we grade rather gently on the first assignment in particular, but otherwise As you move through the course you know really it's going to be you know, I'll say first of all up to you okay to in engage at a level that That that challenges you and to that that's at a level that you know, you want to be at right in terms of what you want to take away from the experience like any other school experience. Okay, what you put into it you will get out okay of the course and the experience and you know, as far as feedback is concerned, you know will provide feedback if we see areas that are lacking of course as well as you know sharing some experience or maybe something to try out the next time you experiment experiment with a particular cooking method. Okay, and you know at the end of the day for us it's not about the points. It's not about your grade whether we give you a hundred percent or we deduct a bunch of points. It's about your learning and it's about your demonstration of confidence and competence in these various areas that we cover. Okay, and you know, certainly if you have additional questions about what you prepared, you know, feel free to ask a question either in the assignment or You know, you can reach out via support at rouxbe.com, and we would be happy to respond. Okay, and you know on the note of asking questions we have we have two aside from asking questions embedded in your assignment response. We have two main Avenues, and the first is the Q&A function that you'll find at the bottom of each task page that's intended to ask questions that are General in nature and that other students would benefit from if you have a unique question a more personalized question that pertains to your situation. Please reach out to us as support at rouxbe.com. Thank you.
Eric Wynkoop

Eric Wynkoop

Director of Culinary Instruction

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