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AQB's latest dumbing down by 'Stakeholders' Dropping the College Degree Requirement

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Most professions that require a college degree pay better - which is one of the reasons that the stakeholders and their lackey appraiser enablers wanted the college degree dropped for res end. Though I will add that some professions needing a college degree will pay on the moderate/lower side , such as social work or teaching, but they are mission-focused for people who want to make a difference. Not someone who wants to pick up a paycheck as a cashier or other low-skill noncommitment work. I respect anyone who works for a living, btw, but those who are smart enough to earn more elsewhere and opt to be of service instead, IMO deserve special regard for their choice. Becoming an attorney, if the field wanted it, could skip college prep and just drill down on law classes, same for medicine.. Which is what their paralegals and medical assistants get for training. But they want college as a prerequisite for the depth of thought that studying subjects other than professional courses gives a person.
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The money and the cost-benefit dynamic is certainly a factor in the decision making. But I think you're completely misreading the manner in which the public opinion factor is developed for the different professions.

Lawyers are well educated, but they are not highly respected in the manner that the "will elevate respect for us" argument is based. The lawyers WOULD get more respect in public opinion if more members of the public thought they were acting in good faith WRT their ethics. But many people believe the lawyers are acting poorly WRT their professional ethics. The teachers aren't taking a beating in public opinion because of their competency, but because of their performance. Same with some of the clergy - performance, particularly WRT their ethical conduct.
My point being that performance counts, and IMO the main reason we're losing business to the machine is because we aren't demonstrating enough of an improvement in results over the machine to justify the additional expense and hassle of dealing with us. Especially when considering how many appraisers demonstrate the extent to which they hate their clients.
 
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Give you an example. Guy retired from military brought me equipment and said get in the darkest room you can find. I promise you can see through these. He wasn't lying. It picked up light from the sun and moon.

My question is who are all the parties involved in this? I can't see that.
 
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The money and the cost-benefit dynamic is certainly a factor in the decision making. But I think you're completely misreading the manner in which the public opinion factor is developed for the different professions.

Lawyers are well educated, but they are not highly respected in the manner that the "will elevate respect for us" argument is based. The lawyers WOULD get more respect in public opinion if more members of the public thought they were acting in good faith WRT their ethics. But many people believe the lawyers are acting poorly WRT their professional ethics. The teachers aren't taking a beating in public opinion because of their competency, but because of their performance. Same with some of the clergy - performance, particularly WRT their ethical conduct.
My point being that performance counts, and IMO the main reason we're losing business to the machine is because we aren't demonstrating enough of an improvement in results over the machine to justify the additional expense and hassle of dealing with us. Especially when considering how many appraisers demonstrate the extent to which they hate their clients.
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You are not answering my simple question on the parties involved here.
 
Give me complete list George of parties involved in this.
 
In your humble opinion. Sir.
 
George Hatch said:
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I think you're completely misreading the manner in which the public opinion factor is developed for the different professions.

Lawyers are well educated, but they are not highly respected in the manner that the "will elevate respect for us" argument is based. The lawyers WOULD get more respect in public opinion if more members of the public thought they were acting in good faith WRT their ethics. But many people believe the lawyers are acting poorly WRT their professional ethics. The teachers aren't taking a beating in public opinion because of their competency, but because of their performance. Same with some of the clergy - performance, particularly WRT their ethical conduct.

My point being that performance counts, and the main reason we're losing business to the machine is because we aren't demonstrating enough of an improvement in results over the machine to justify the additional expense and hassle of dealing with us.
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They may not always be respected but they are very well paid.

Yes, too many apparisers lakced professional ethcis but the field never required college from day one so it let people in that never should have been in a profession with that much at stake, in any capacity and then they trained others.

Wrt the attorneys the stereotype about crooked lawyers is false, most of them are honest, but the legal system itself is complex and can be manipulated - justice and what is legal is not always one and the same and the system allows the corrupt and guilty to get off with a reversal of appeal or on a technicality.

wrt appraising, if the private sector and commercial are still healthy but teh res side of lending is mostly affected, that is about profiteering more than a "machine."- on what planet is the new idea of allowing nonappraisers to inpsect for a CDC a machine?

Appraising worked well for decades, but with it allowed to be an unbiased and not influenced opinion, it needs support, and that support is being systemically withdrawn on the res side.
 
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J Grant said:
They may not always be respected but they are very well paid.

Yes, too many apparisers lakced professional ethcis but the field never required college from day one so it let people in that never should have been in a profession with that much at stake, in any capacity and then they trained others.

Wrt the attorneys the stereotype about crooked lawyers is false, most of them are honest, but the legal system itself is complex and can be manipulated - justice and what is legal is not always one and the same and the system allows the corrupt and guilty to get off with a reversal of appeal or on a technicality.

wrt appraising, if the private sector and commercial are still healthy but teh res side of lending is mostly affected, that is about profiteering more than a "machine."- on what planet is the new idea of allowing nonappraisers to inpsect for a CDC a machine?

Appraising worked well for decades, but with it allowed to be an unbiased and not influenced opinion, it needs support, and that support is being systemically withdrawn on the res side.
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I don't need the drama.

Give me your list of parties involved in this.
 
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