I agree with the last part about beginner courses getting quite advanced. I never noticed as all I did were advanced courses but for a beginner/newbie they're quite on the difficult side not wholly because they are too tough but also because the grading system used for beginner courses are more or less advanced.

Lets not forget It's called beginner courses for a reason, therefore most of what is done should be rather introductory and grading should be done leniently. I believe this will increase the number of participants in the long run.

I implore the crypto professors and the steemit team to look into this for the sake of newcomers. Keep up the good work.
@sapwood