Diploma Mills

[cookderosa]

Nobody ever said that. You just choose to take it that way.

The guy said that if you're not going to bother to learn as you take courses you might as well just buy your degree. It was meant as criticism, not as a statement on accreditation.

You're right, I did. He offered purchasing a degree as an alternative to completing one that was without learning. That offer implies that they are at the very least similar, if not equal, alternatives to each other.

This is the copy/paste that I wrote in the other thread, and I stand by every word:

"I understand your point, but there are a few things to clarify:
1) learning is a personal experience.
2) a credential is issued by an external entity.

While it is true that some students may experience learning and credential earning simultaneously, obtaining a credential is done by payment to the issuer and meeting their requirements.

To use personal experience, I am a voracious learner. I study some topics very deeply, I read EVERY day, I am good at researching using credible resources, and I'm good at thinking critically. If I wanted to use my knowledge in some way BEYOND my personal enjoyment, then I probably need a credential to make that happen. How likely are you to hire me to rewire your house without a license? I could have 20 years experience prior to the day I got that license, or 20 minutes- it makes no difference. The credential is the "checkbox" that is needed.

I do think that the world is full of well-experienced and highly qualified people who lack only the piece of paper. That alone is preventing them from job advancement, a raise, or a something else. To give a crap about whether or not they learned Sociology to a depth that I (not a college) decide is "the right amount" is obnoxious and self-centered. I guess if I'm an "A" student (I am), I could say everyone who got a "B" is a joke and doesn't deserve their degree....but that would be equally obnoxious.

People here are resourceful and playing BY THE RULES. Everything else is just an opinion.

Edit to add: a diploma purchased from a diploma mill is illegal in most states. EVERYONE here is pursuing a fully accredited and legally obtained degree."

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CookDeRosa University

This sounds like a new Culinary School that would fit well in Laguna Beach - Sign Me Up!!!

those aprons are perfectly clean 
those people don't have any flour, sauce or anything on their hands or clothes 
and look at those women with the long hair --- LOL at chef with hair hanging out like that 

what did they do ? just walk in, sign a check and get handed a diploma ? 
that place is obviously a diploma mill

Lol...I know the President of CookDeRosa University and This Can't Be!!!! Mrs. Jennifer Say It Aint So!!??!!

You guys are distracting from the thread lol- I'm not opening a culinary school. This was some kind of event- they all have a copy of the same book, and one guy has a medal. Possibly a school contest of some kind. Not lab though, their hair is wrong. Not lecture, they wouldn't have on aprons. Maybe a demo or something. I can't see his medal clearly to see what it is.