CLEP Forum - CLEP Study - CLEP Testing

originalbigjim · #4 (**permalink**) 05-31-2008, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Old Rusty Pipe

At my command I've given training on the military college education system. I've broken down tuition assistance, PACE courses, CLEP, DSST, Excelsior exams, TECEP, DLPT, GRE subject exams, FEMA, NFA online courses, and rating certifications through Navy COOL. I'm amazed at how uninformed a lot of these guys are. Its not really a failure in the chain of command because a lot of the guys I help out with college are E-7 or higher. A lot of them have signed up at Excelsior, TESC, or Charter Oak. More have just used CLEP tests to shorten their time in schools like Saint Leo, Embry Riddle, or Troy State. They listen to me because I've actually earned my degree. So have you. Why not see about giving training on all the various options open to the military?

Besides, its really fun to tell a Master Chief to shut up and listen when I'm talking about college....

I commend you for giving these lectures, really thank you. It seems like no one else in the military seems to care or maybe they just dont have a clue. I wish there were more people out there like you. I have physically filled up my minivan many times to take jr and sr sailors to navy college and take tests and enroll in college. I have given out over 100 cds that i bought with my own money to shipmates filled up all the information they would need including links to websites such as this one and study guides that i paid for myself. I think my biggest problem is that I only operate on the individual level, I have began putting together a power point on all the things you mentioned. I am going to propose it my LPO and see if I can show it on a training day and then I am going to go to my master chief (an excelsior grad) and ask him if I can show it personally at a command level. This is going to be very difficult being a fresh AE3 on a aircraft carrier. I am going to propose that I be a guest speaker at every indoc class. I am really passionate about this subject because I see too many people get out of the military worse off than before they came in; no education, little relevant training and deep in debt.