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0 pointsmarcinzm6y ago0 comments

>3. A well crafted examination/certification can do the same for less money. See the accounting industry's certified public accounting exams or the legal industry's BAR exams.

Only four states allow you to take the BAR exam without going to law school (edit: and good luck getting a good job without the law degree). The CPA exam requires either a Bachelors degree or 120 college credits to be taken.

So, in other words, your examples are in fact showing the exact opposite of what you think they do.

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barry-cotter6y ago· 1 in thread

Is your argument that testing as verification can’t work or that it doesn’t because of social factors?

Outside the US and possibly Canada you can become a qualified accountant by examination and work experience without ever getting a degree in most of the English speaking world.

If you’re saying credentialism exists I doubt many would disagree, but just because a bad system is in place doesn’t mean a good one is impossible.

marcinzmOP6y ago

My argument was that I don't like people giving false or partial facts as evidence for their argument. You're making the mistake of assuming that because I point out the flaws in someone's argument I must disagree with them.

newguy12346y ago

You are misinterpreting what I am trying to convey. For CPA exam/BAR exam, the exams are used as a way to verify that you have some level of understanding on a subject. There are multiple parts to actually becoming a lawyer/CPA. The first part is passing the required exams. The second part is meeting all the requirements.

What we need is a way for people to verify their knowledge. Take the exam, if you pass you get the certificate or similar. I am not talking about some sort of full blown professional certificate for every single profession. CPA/BAR exam was just an example obviously.

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