Why Charter Oak State College is better than Thomas Edison State College

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Why such a big problem with TECEPs being hard? I thought the point was to get an education, that means learning stuff, not just passing a bunch of easy tests that can be worked around. Many students are interested in actually learning, or enjoy learning the material, and maybe because they want to have knowledge to back up their piece of paper and function well in this world. A TECEP is an OPTION... simple.

Writing things like:

(which you want to do as taking coursework is lengthy, involves a lot of stupid homework assignments, quizzes, exams, discussions, etc. over 3 months, and costs hundreds to thousands of dollars more)

This shows what you actually think of education. If some people learn more from doing stupid homework, and all the other stuff, then that way of education is better for THEM. Some people have life experience and can do tests, some people prefer studying on their own, some people learn more from videos etc etc etc. They are choices that are available.

"I’ve taken 3 statistics courses – not just the fluff courses through ALEKS – and I am a data scientist by profession, so I’d like to think I know a thing or two about statistics"

So you are discrediting ALEKS courses as fluff yet you have them on your degree plan. How are you helping someone get an EDUCATION?

You seem to be of the conclusion that people here are just out to get an easy college degree without learning, or they are somehow trying to hack the US education system. Many people here are trying to get an EDUCATION, they actually put in a lot of time and effort to learn things, and then test out of those things or find other ways of getting credit. I spent a long time learning statistics and then completed the ALEKS course, but according to you it's fluff?

What about the homeschooling parents that come here trying to get a good education for their children, they are not out to get an easy ride at all, they are looking for education options. Then there are those that are less fortunate and don't have access to expensive college courses so they learn the best they can.

You need to rethink your approach to helping others here. If your intention is to help people with their degree, then trying to discredit choices because 'you think you are awesome at degree planing' is not really helping anyone at all. A more humble approach to helping and sharing degree plans will go down a lot better.

Education is not a competition, you might of been better off posting your plan and focusing on COSC, break down the costs for everyone. There is no need to try and beat TESC on price, there is no point at all.

I looked at your plan and it's impossible for me to follow, I can't do FEMA and I can't do CLEP tests. Your plan doesn't work for me, and quite a number of others that visit this forum.