I really appreciate the benefits that the Internet has brought along. Most importantly, I really applaud the promotion of education. For instance, classes are being administered online these days; Wikipedia and its sister encyclopedias offer free references to everything; we have sites providing free tutorials such as the w3school; which offers free tutorials on the markup and scripting languages; and, we also have free e-books.These days, it is common for people to choose a relevant virtual academy, fill in electronic forms, pay some dollars in the registration process, take an exam, await the results, and finally, receive a well earned certificate.
On the other hand, what if these certificates are fake? What if these online academies do not comply with the regulations? What if this whole thing happens to be just but another Internet scam?
Yahoo reported, late last week but one, that the Texas Attorney General's office is suing 3 online home schools. To quote the report:
"A State district judge in El Paso granted a temporary retaining order on Thursday to close the Advent Harvest Academy schools run by Teri Tout-Dennis and Mike Martin of Tarrant county."
"The AG's suit accuses the men of unlawfully marketing fake high school diplomas to people who paid $225 to enroll in their uncredited program and take a test."
According to Yahoo, a temporary injunction hearing will be held this Nov, on 4th.
Some cool educational links:
- Reference: Wikipedia.
- Free Tutorials: w3school, A+ Certification, N+ Certification...
- Free e-books: free-ebooks.net
1 comment:
Many of them are scams... I was looking into it one day, and I stumbled upon a site that listed all of the sites that are a fraud as well as the ones that could be trusted.
It's sad, though, everyone just wants to make a buck nowadays, no matter who they have to trample on to get it.
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