A Clep Hater

[cookderosa]

Hello All,

I stumbled into another forum. Someone really really hates any testing out. (Except AP, for whatever reason that is fine. :confused: )

She stated that we are cheating because we do not take 16week course. That instacert is cheating because we just take a couple of hours before our tests and memorize the flash cards, (I wish). Then she spoke of how her degree is worth so much more, yadayadayada. And no, she has never taken a CLEP or DSST.

Overall it was a pretty heated thread. I'm not giving her words to much thought, and I will not stop my testing.

I'm still wondering why this person even cares. If she doesn't like it, then do not do it. The passion of her opposition was entertaining at least.

Not sure why you're giving this person your brain space. You don't have to be evangelical, help those who ask otherwise just work on your own goals.

On the issue of hardness, easiness or whatever.....when your degree requires College Math, do you take Calculus 1 just so no one says you're a slacker? Do you read every page of every text? Do you go ahead and buy the "recommended" texts on top of the "required" texts just to be sure you didn't miss something? Do you never miss a lecture? Heck, why not go ahead and take a double major so no one questions your integrity? My point, is that the COLLEGE decides on the credits allowed, so in my opinion, the person taking the "easy way out" is the one who doesn't put in 5% of resourcefulness to look for faster/cheaper/better solutions to a problem. If your college accepts CLEP, you'd be a fool not to take it. I can't think of a single aspect of industry that values either a) spending excessive amounts of money or b) spending excessive amounts of time.

*I wanted to edit and add a little thing that I usually just keep to myself. Self-teaching is a skill. Not everyone has it. Everyone can develop it, and IMO should try to do so to some degree. MANY people, however, need a teacher to talk at them, to interpret their text and to humanize the text. To "decode it" into simple language. While I think teachers should meet the student's needs, I see this as a weakness to be conquered, not something to be desired- especially to be seen as superior to self teaching. I'm bias because I've been a teacher at a community college for 17 years, and the hand-holding is crippling. I don't do it, period. I require that my students use intuition. I require this of my homeschooled children as well. Resourcefulness, intuition, and self-reliance all fit in well with testing- and a person who lacks those abilities will likely not embrace the testing option, or understand the bigger picture because they don't see themselves as having a deficit.