05-15-2012, 02:41 AM
Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard and the rest was history. I wondered if Bill Gates decided to get his Bachelor's at TESC and tested out, if any of these haters will call him a cheater and taking the "easy" way out.
Obviously this is an extreme example, but my point is if an adult knows a subject front and back from experience and tests-out, how is that any worse than being 40 years old and sitting in a class with a bunch of 19 year olds who think they know everything proving that you didn't take the "easy" way out.
In my experience, professors in class skip most of the material and focus on the "meat and potatoes" of the subjects anyway. How is that different than getting the meat and potatoes through self study and CLEPing?
Obviously this is an extreme example, but my point is if an adult knows a subject front and back from experience and tests-out, how is that any worse than being 40 years old and sitting in a class with a bunch of 19 year olds who think they know everything proving that you didn't take the "easy" way out.
In my experience, professors in class skip most of the material and focus on the "meat and potatoes" of the subjects anyway. How is that different than getting the meat and potatoes through self study and CLEPing?
CLEPS Passed: 10 DSST Passed: 11 TECEPS: 1
PrLoko-isms
Don't waste time by trying to save time. The only sure way to complete your degree is to knock out credits quickly and efficiently.
Don't let easiness bite you in the rear. Know your endgame (where you want to be) and plan backward from there. Your education is a means to an end.
Be honest professionally, socially and academically. There are people (especially little ones) who look up to you and they're going by your example.
Be proud. Whether you're an Engineer or Fast Food worker, there is honor and dignity in hard work.
Picking on people weaker than you only proves that you are a weak person.
PrLoko-isms
Don't waste time by trying to save time. The only sure way to complete your degree is to knock out credits quickly and efficiently.
Don't let easiness bite you in the rear. Know your endgame (where you want to be) and plan backward from there. Your education is a means to an end.
Be honest professionally, socially and academically. There are people (especially little ones) who look up to you and they're going by your example.
Be proud. Whether you're an Engineer or Fast Food worker, there is honor and dignity in hard work.
Picking on people weaker than you only proves that you are a weak person.
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