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[Cathy <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com>]

On 11/29/06, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Generally, however, I do believe that you can go farther if you have
> some initials after your name.  What it implies is not so much that you
> have an education, but to me, and to employers as well, it implies that
> you had the fortitude and drive to stick it out for 4 years because at
> some point in your life, you wanted "more".  That's not necessarily a
> good thing, IMO, but it is the way people think.
>
> *Hi Bev


I realize this doesn't exactly have to do with unschooling, but I'm
beginning to think that the sheer number of people with initials now
requires that our children have a few of their own.  Industry standards are
being rewritten all the time, and jobs that a few years ago could be had
with a certificate now require a masters degree.  I'm thinking of medical
records specifically, but it's certainly not the only field where those
changes are being made.  Whenever a savvy education provider finds a niche,
students pony up the cash for the new credentials.  When enough folks have
initials, accreditation agencies rewrite standards to require the
initial-holders as essential to "best practice."

The system keeps us all tied into it.
Unless we break out.

Cathy