Let's Clear the Air

[Maniac Craniac]

Is it even possible to suggest that there is a school that exists outside of the Big 3 without the community here jumping on someone like a school of piranhas? If someone makes the suggestion that ANY college in the world is better in ANY way, why does this forum all of a sudden have a total meltdown?

Two rhetorical questions above, but my real question is this: if you are happy with your degree, then why are you SOOOOO defensive about it?

To add a little character to this discussion look at my signature. I have a degree from one of the three Schools of Divine Light in question. That considered, I still am not given "permission" to give an honest assessment of what they are. At least, not without people labeling me as an elitist (with or without using the actual word) while throwing an endless supply of red herrings and strawmen in my lap.

Every once in a while, I notice a newbie somehow find himself thrust into this acid bath. Rather than help someone find what they are looking for, there are those here who come completely out of the woodworks just to tear someone else down, potentially turning them away from the information that could be useful to them. That is downright spiteful and frankly, hypocritical.

If you ARE happy with your degree, then you should feel absolutely no need to be defensive nor tear anyone else down who says they are looking for a better school.