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cmon people
wow,
It's a title, people, that shows you went through a certain curriculum and learned the material to the satisfaction of the teachers. It is no more or no less than going to college to get certain pieces of paper.
It is ridiculous to say that it means nothing. Many certification boards are set up initially out of a genuine desire to help a field that has struggled to be seen from the outside as legitimate, by creating some standards by which at least the more formal part of the education can be objectively shown to a layperson: for instance i probably would not go to a chiropractor who did not have a certification on their wall. Beyond that, yes, the thing that ultimately reccomends me to them is the private testimony of other clients of theirs. their reputation, as time goes by, becomes more about what they have concretely done than the piece of paper on the wall, but that does not make it meaningless that they went through the training they did, or that they went through a school and achieved a certain "title".
Granted, in this field the objective technical knowledge is not nearly as important as experience and talent, but I think it's pretty accurate for me to say that the finest practitioners of any art or vocation have a strong balance of intellectual and intuitive understanding.
Why you all have to ridicule this so much is beyond me.
People should be respected for the work they put into something, yes, including those of us who learned on our own. In my field of massage therapy, it is considered a good thing that one has some credentials. We pay for training from respected teachers to gain knowledge as well as a piece of paper that objectively shows the world we were willing to put a certain amount of time and investment into learning our craft IN EXCHANGE FOR THEM FORKING OVER THE MONEY FOR OUR SERVICES. No, this doesn't mean everyone who goes through a school and gets a degree NECCESSARILY knows more than someone who didn't (hell certain friends of mine are a damn sight better massage therapists with no formal training than many trained professionals) but it's certainly more likely, and one can respect that they put the time and investment into that training. To ridicule that is just mean spirited and an attempt to pull others down in order to make yourself feel superior. It is the same as if I ridiculed you for NOT having any formal training.
I feel sad - so much space is wasted here making fun of other people. I am reminded that people are people - quite often petty and vindictive and I should stop expecting otherwise just because I happen to be in a group of esoterically and spiritually inclined individuals...
wow,
It's a title, people, that shows you went through a certain curriculum and learned the material to the satisfaction of the teachers. It is no more or no less than going to college to get certain pieces of paper.
It is ridiculous to say that it means nothing. Many certification boards are set up initially out of a genuine desire to help a field that has struggled to be seen from the outside as legitimate, by creating some standards by which at least the more formal part of the education can be objectively shown to a layperson: for instance i probably would not go to a chiropractor who did not have a certification on their wall. Beyond that, yes, the thing that ultimately reccomends me to them is the private testimony of other clients of theirs. their reputation, as time goes by, becomes more about what they have concretely done than the piece of paper on the wall, but that does not make it meaningless that they went through the training they did, or that they went through a school and achieved a certain "title".
Granted, in this field the objective technical knowledge is not nearly as important as experience and talent, but I think it's pretty accurate for me to say that the finest practitioners of any art or vocation have a strong balance of intellectual and intuitive understanding.
Why you all have to ridicule this so much is beyond me.
People should be respected for the work they put into something, yes, including those of us who learned on our own. In my field of massage therapy, it is considered a good thing that one has some credentials. We pay for training from respected teachers to gain knowledge as well as a piece of paper that objectively shows the world we were willing to put a certain amount of time and investment into learning our craft IN EXCHANGE FOR THEM FORKING OVER THE MONEY FOR OUR SERVICES. No, this doesn't mean everyone who goes through a school and gets a degree NECCESSARILY knows more than someone who didn't (hell certain friends of mine are a damn sight better massage therapists with no formal training than many trained professionals) but it's certainly more likely, and one can respect that they put the time and investment into that training. To ridicule that is just mean spirited and an attempt to pull others down in order to make yourself feel superior. It is the same as if I ridiculed you for NOT having any formal training.
I feel sad - so much space is wasted here making fun of other people. I am reminded that people are people - quite often petty and vindictive and I should stop expecting otherwise just because I happen to be in a group of esoterically and spiritually inclined individuals...
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