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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“And we need to have less focus on - “only degreed and credentialed people can succeed” — and clean up just who decides who knows enough (and what) to teach.”

Maybe we should move to testing to see what people know. Learning is one thing; degrees are another. Two people can graduate with the same degree from the same school... one knows much and the other was good at cramming for exams. They look the same on paper.

Employers should be able to give tests to candidates without worrying about discrimination suits over the test results. If you are a self-taught learner and have the knowledge, it won’t matter if you have a degree or not. Knowledge is the thing desired.


18 posted on 09/11/2011 4:21:23 AM PDT by PastorBooks
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To: PastorBooks

Correct.


19 posted on 09/11/2011 4:22:30 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: PastorBooks

>>Employers should be able to give tests to candidates without worrying about discrimination suits over the test results. If you are a self-taught learner and have the knowledge, it won’t matter if you have a degree or not. Knowledge is the thing desired.

That is absolutely worth saying again.


35 posted on 09/11/2011 4:59:19 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: PastorBooks

I agree fully on this. Well said.


148 posted on 09/12/2011 2:53:42 AM PDT by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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