Diploma Mills

[High_Order1]

I feel strongly about this.

This very topic is the main reason I was reticent to go the alternative route.

I cringe everytime I see a brand new poster, saying they need a complete four year degree in a few months as a job requirement or something. I cringe when I read about people knocking out HUGE amounts of credit in super-short time frames.

BECAUSE

When someone questions them on one of those topics; I hope they can articulate well. Speed degrees that leave the holder as empty-headed as when they begun will do nothing but make the path harder for legitimate seekers.

I am a very, very fast reader and typically a quick study. To have to slog through classes I already had mastery of the subject material butt-in-seat fashion would have been prohibitive in both cost and time, and I probably would not have finished. Maybe. Probably not.

As I went on my college journey, I found there was much still to be learned. And I still hold concerns that people will remain to look at non-traditional paths as inferior to legacy methods. I am glad this path was available to me, I am especially glad that Aleks was available, and I'll make the best of what I did.

But, I don't find what he said insulting OR demeaning. I can't say that I unequivocally agree with his thought; but I think it's a conversation that deserves to be had. And, there is some merit in questioning retention of knowledge and skills via compressed schedule learning. I don't feel, after doing it, that it is the best path for people that didn't have previous exposure to the majority of it.

Interesting discussion...