Altilab2005 - Distance Education Blog

Gone are the days when one would see people being appreciated for their work. Now the order of the day demands you to look down at other people and live in a virtual castle with your superiority complex. It is imperative that you harm others in a way that it earns you something.

This is no philosophical theory but the order of our own “virtuous” little world. Take the example of belford lawsuit. It will prove my point of endangering others uselessly for selfish gains. Belford High School is an online school that awards degrees to students who were unable to continue their studies for some reason or other but have worked enough to have expertise and knowledge equivalent to a specific diploma or degree.

This is a godsend for people like me who were not able to continue school due to some personal problems of their own and had to join working population of US. When a firm-Googasian something-filed a case against Belford for sham, it came as an unpleasant surprise. Being associated with education for quiet some time now, I understand the parameters surrounding prior learning based degree quiet well.

It needs to be made clear that there is no flow of education here but verification of learning a student already possess. Moreover, Belford’s terms and conditions clearly state that if a student holding Belford degree is proven to hold unauthentic documents and doesn’t possess the knowledge he should, the degree is nullified immediately. Also, Belford is not a US entity so why are US courts involved in this case again? If Googasian earned “un-earned $5m”, it doesn’t mean they keep on pushing their luck further and tap options so blindly that the basic rules are overlooked as well.