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But colleges aren’t about testing, but educating. Taking people who can’t pass a test, and turning them into people who can. The test is merely to help discern
by pyuser583 6y ago
But colleges aren’t about testing, but educating. Taking people who can’t pass a test, and turning them into people who can.
The test is merely to help discern how good a job the schools have done.
The etymology of educating is to “lead someone out of” something - namely ignorance.
- vgchh 6y agoThere are a lot of people who are capable of self educating and removing ignorance from their lives, but don’t have the means to pay for the fancy universities and prove their capabilities, which is what in the end certificates do. They provide a baseline, a level playing field if you will.
- barry-cotter 6y agoThere are many more people who would buy a Princeton diploma without a Princeton education than the reverse. Universities put a lot of effort into stopping people fraudulently claiming to be graduates but ~no effort into stopping people from attending classes without paying for them. Universities are about a combination of education and certification but the certification is overwhelmingly what people pay for.