In DEFENCE of Life Experience and Prior Knowledge Qualifications

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by intsvc, Sep 10, 2005.

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  1. DesElms

    DesElms New Member

    Oh! Ted! You cynic, you! I read the first part and thought to myself, "okay... here comes the right argument"; but then you did a hard 90-degree turn and threw me out of the vehicle altogether.

    Sheesh! I gotta' start wearin' my seatbelt when I read your posts. ;)

    This version of vBulletin has a spell-check option? How did I miss that? I'd love to run spell-check on my posts just before I hit the "Submit Reply" button. Where's the spell-check button? (A rhetorical question, really, since I know there isn't one. That said, I know people here who compose their messages -- vB code and all -- in a word processor that has spell check, and then they just copy-n-paste the finished product into the post composition box and then click on the "Submit Reply" button. That would work.)

    Uh... I... uh... I... um... well... uh... okay... sure, I... guess. [gulp] That's nice... I.. I suppose. :(

    (Just kiddin' around!) ;)
     
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  2. PhD2B

    PhD2B Dazed and Confused

    Huh...:confused:

    Did I miss something here?
     
  3. DesElms

    DesElms New Member

    Ha! Sorta' gives new meaning to, "Turn your head and cough," dudn't it? ;)
     
  4. PhD2B

    PhD2B Dazed and Confused

    Heh, heh...sounds like my experience with my DO this past week. :D
     
  5. Guest

    Guest Guest

    KKA

    There is and this recognition comes in the work place. Where did this notion come from that life experience should somehow recieve academic certification? Yes you learn on the job but many times this knowledge is one dimensional and directed to the job at hand and not to an overall analysis of a particular subject matter.

    In a school setting you have the time to break down a particular discipline into all its various parts. You simply can't do this at work due to time constraints. You can however transform certain elements you have learned into credit via CLEP,DANTES etc. testing.


    Dan
     
  6. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    intsvc or Thrasher Remailer?
     
  7. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    Darn it all, DesElms, I still haven't figured out how to work them smilies so I can indicate when I'm being tongue-in-cheek. Of course the education business is about seeing to it that people who know something get a piece of paper saying they know it. And, of course, the education business is about making money for the owners. The two are not mutually exclusive.

    In the education business, as in any other form of economic activity, there are four factors of production and four forms of compensation: labor, which is compensated with wages; land, which is compensated with rents; capital, which is compensated with interest; and entrepreneurial skills, which is compensated with profits. Therefore, the owners ought to have every right to at least try to make a profit. Now, of course, any business makes a profit by providing customers with a product (e.g., degrees) or service (e.g., knowledge) and keeping costs lower than revenues.

    Should life experience and prior knowledge count for something? Sure, if the university issuing credit for same can verify that your knowledge/experience covers the equivalent material offered in their coursework.
     
  8. Oaskie

    Oaskie New Member

    funny guy.

    :eek:
     
  9. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    Re: funny guy.

    Who's a funny guy?
     
  10. DesElms

    DesElms New Member

    Re: funny guy.

    Yeah, Oaskie... be sure to use the QUOTE feature so we know which post/whose words you're commenting on/replying to.

    Who gets your "funny guy" award in this thread?
     
  11. Oaskie

    Oaskie New Member

    Whoops, I meant the threadstarter

    I will be more specific and try to better use the site's functionality. I see how it could have read differently now....actually it's also funny to me that y'all might think I'd deride any post but the original. I guess the troll stuff was chuckleworthy, too.

    I firmly believe in accredited degrees based on the standard methods of accumlating credits and well reviewed evidence of work or knowledge/skills gained (and applied).

    So far, I have *only attended RA schools (ISU and COSC). Only recently have I begun to consider NA degrees as a plausible alternative for me and my family/friends, but most certainly a degree to use in the US should be CHEA/USDoE (RA/NA) recognized/accredited or the international equivalent (notwithstanding the venerable unaccredited schools I've seen cited on degreeinfo.).
     
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  12. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    Speaking of which, what was the name of the beer that had the advertisement with two guys in the middle of the woods hugging each other and saying, "I love you, man!"
     
  13. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    Re: Whoops, I meant the threadstarter

    Darn, and I thought I was the funny guy!
     
  14. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    Re: Re: funny guy.


    Overall! I must say the all time favorite "funny guy" is my "Broheim Ted". For those who may not know, Broheim is an old California term referring to ones "Brother". What I like about Ted is he is highly educated, yet highly humble.

    Of course I can go on and on about Mr. DesElms or Uncle Janko, but I do not want to make the feel akward.

    Good evening!



    Abner :)
     
  15. mattchand

    mattchand Member

    Wasn't it Bud Lite?

    "I love you, man! But you can't have my Bud Lite"

    Not sure, though.

    Matt
     

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