if one needs formal education to have an opinion on education, why are you talking to me? I didn't go to school either. My point is just that school can't be

if one needs formal education to have an opinion on education, why are you talking to me? I didn't go to school either. My point is just that school can't be the only qualifier for knowing about education- unless the point of education is to make people good at school. >And yes he was a drop out hence his genius idea of accrediting any knowledge however it was gained. If someone has some knowledge there are other ways to prove it to others than through accreditation. We have I think enough pieces of paper which misleads people as to our ability. I think most people agree that most certifications are garbage. However, most degrees aren't any better, when it comes to accrediting that a person has a particular skill. It's a hard problem that isn't being solved well by anyone right now. the thing is, a college degree doesn't say anything about the ability of a person to do a particular job, and people in industry recognize this. But the idea that you could have a certifying agency say that joe is a level 5 unix Engineer is very attractive to companies... a good certification system would make hiring people way easier. The problem is that certification is one of those things that's easy to do badly and extremely difficult to do well.