A Clep Hater

[kimaya24]

I've always enjoyed the haters. They usually feel very strongly on the subject which makes them all kinds of fun to wind up. :willynilly:

I'm on-board with the "I need to attend classes to really learn" reason. Hey, everyone's different and some people just need that. That's perfectly understandable and a legitimate reason. It's the suffering for its own sake that I can't stand. Just because you took the long route and put yourself massively in debt does not automatically elevate your degree above mine.

The real kicker is that most employers seem to agree...

I agree. I'm a senior with 85 credits and I've taken 2 B&M classes, 1 tv class, and the rest have been online (mainly because my husband is in the military and we move a lot and taking courses online means I can stick with the same school no matter where we go). Of my 2 B&M classes one was soooo boring (history) and most of what I learned I did on my own by reading the text. The other class (political science) I paid $90 for a book that we never opened once, we only took 1 test and I learned NOTHING in that class!

I just can't pay attention to someone sitting there talking, I prefer to read for myself at my own pace, I feel like I learn better that way. If I have any questions, I try to figure it out on my own or I e-mail the instructor.

But a lot of the time, employers don't even know how you took your classes unless you transcripts specifically state "online". Plus, the degree is just one aspect, they are looking at a whole package: your experience, awards, personality, goals, etc. Another factor is "who you know". Anyway, I'm like you, I don't have the time, patience, or attention span to sit in a class and wait forever to get my degree. I wish I would have known more and had the confidence to do CLEP/ DSST sooner, I would have had my degree years ago.