As a science college instructor, I don’t believe that a graduate from a cyber school has the same education than a graduate from a brick and mortar school. Lab time is essential for a proper command of biology and chemistry. And those videos of dissections, or of chemical reactions, do not come anywhere close to the real deal. That said, I believe a cyber degree is better than a GED. Maybe the tier system needs to be changed to accomodate this variety of recruits.
What does dissecting a frog or cat REALLY teach me about biology?
Answer - not much. And I majored in Biology in college.
“As a science college instructor, I don’t believe that a graduate from a cyber school has the same education than a graduate from a brick and mortar school.”
yeah cause the teachers aren’t molesting the students and illegal drugs aren’t common?
ebay sells microscopes and you can buy all the slides and experiments you desire. Public schools are a failure.
And those would be essential training for a soldier HOW?
My grandson left public school in 10th grade. As a conservative young man with a solid grounding in our history - that he got here at home and by his independent interest and study, he was continually at loggerheads with his socialist teachers.
He continued his studies on a two prong attack. He enrolled in an on line, accredited high school and he haunted the local library so much that they gave him a loft room with a desk and a window for his private study room.
At 18, he moved to Texas and did a year of college and then joined the Army. He aced the tests and went in a notch above entry level.
He went on to be chosen for AIRBORNE training, he aced it, he went on to be assigned the 173rd AIRBORNE 2nd/503rd Battle co. He did 2 tours in the ‘ghan - the first one now forever in the history books (”RESTREPO” in the Korengal) and they just won - for that action - another Meritorious Unit Ribbon and up for yet another Presidental Unit Award - the highest. They are the most decorated Unit in the history of the Army,
Just GOOGLE Restrepo - you'll get hundreds of hits - worth watching...(and that's only ONE documentary on them and what they did - the elite of the 173rd)
But this recruiter would've likely turned my grandson - and most of the platoon - down. But THESE are men that do the heavy lifting to protect our butts.
I would much rather have a student with a deeper command of the subject matter than someone who spent significant time horsing around in “lab”. Real lab skills can be easily and quickly acquired. The ability to use math and principles of physics to reason your way through a physics problem, fo rexample,can’t.