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My college is robbing me.

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  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    It’s not so simple as accreditation. It’s general recognition of status.

    There’s a reason we look at Stanford, Berkeley, Cal Poly Palmona, and Bakersfield Community College quite differently, despite their all being accredited.

    It comes down to the velvet rope.

    We are primates after all.

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    @jon-nyc said in My college is robbing me.:

    It’s not so simple as accreditation. It’s general recognition of status.

    There’s a reason we look at Stanford, Berkeley, Cal Poly Palmona, and Bakersfield Community College quite differently, despite their all being accredited.

    It comes down to the velvet rope.

    We are primates after all.

    Maybe for the elite class, but us working slobs generally don't give too much thought to whether you graduated from Hah-vahd, or some such. Snot tracks on the ceiling don't bale the hay.

    A degree from an accredited school is usually what is needed for entry into many jobs in the working world. For example, our local school board doesn't give a rip where you graduated from, but they do care if you have a degree and are accredited in the subject you wish to teach.

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    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

      It’s not so simple as accreditation. It’s general recognition of status.

      There’s a reason we look at Stanford, Berkeley, Cal Poly Palmona, and Bakersfield Community College quite differently, despite their all being accredited.

      It comes down to the velvet rope.

      We are primates after all.

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      @jon-nyc said in My college is robbing me.:

      It’s not so simple as accreditation. It’s general recognition of status.
      There’s a reason we look at Stanford, Berkeley, Cal Poly Palmona, and Bakersfield Community College quite differently, despite their all being accredited.
      It comes down to the velvet rope.
      We are primates after all.

      Only for some jobs. Journalism, media, and tech don't work this way at all anymore. I know a videographer who makes an assload producing material for bike companies. He's also done TdF* and the Giro a few times. He has no degree, and neither do his assistants. That's the norm among his peers; no degree or an Associate's from a small liberal arts or community college are the norm. And in large parts of tech, previous projects trump degree almost every time.

      But sure, for other fields, pieces of paper do buy you clout.

      *That's a fun story when you consider the NBC monopoly.

      Please love yourself.

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        Is there recourse? Can these students take the school to court or refuse to pay for services not rendered?

        The Brad

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          We got a refund from our daughter's school. These students should eventually get one too.

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            I'm going to have to look at my daughter's bill since she is at UNCSA.

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            • MikM Mik

              I'm going to have to look at my daughter's bill since she is at UNCSA.

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              @Mik said in My college is robbing me.:

              I'm going to have to look at my daughter's bill since she is at UNCSA.

              I'm a little surprised you would send your daughter to a CSA school.

              Link to video

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                You shouldn't be. 😆

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  Mik loves his CSA veggies.

                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                    Jon you are too sleep. Go to drunk.

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    • MikM Mik

                      Jon you are too sleep. Go to drunk.

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                      @Mik said in My college is robbing me.:

                      Jon you are too sleep. Go to drunk.

                      Starkle, starkle, little twink!
                      Who the hell you are, I think?
                      Tee martoonis make a guy
                      Fool so feelish, don't know why.

                      I'm not drunk as thinkle peep,
                      I'm just a little slort of sheep.
                      So, just one more to fill my cup,
                      I have all day Sober to Sunday up.

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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