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CLEP exams offer a quick, cheap way to earn college credit. Thousands of students have taken advantage of CLEPs, saving untold amounts of time and money. But they’re are not for everyone.

Successful CLEP takers should have the following knowledge:

• Knowledge of the subject- CLEP test takers should know their subject before they goin to take their test. This should either consist of knowledge a student has gained from work, or some other non-classroom learning, or else knowledge gained specifically to be able to take the CLEP test. Either way, a successful exam taker should know the subject.
• Knowledge of test taking techniques- CLEP exams are made up from a large question base, and cover a lot of material. Because of this, even if a test taker has a broad knowledge of the subject he’s testing on, there will still be a lot of material on the test that the student will not know. For these questions the student should be able to apply smart test taking techniques to narrow down answer choices to increase their chances of guessing correctly.

If a student does not know the subject, or does not know how to test properly, than maybe a CLEP isn’t the best option. However, if a student has knowledge of the subject, and knows some test taking tricks, than there is nothing to lose. CLEPs have such a great potential for time and money savings that it is worth trying.

Taking into account social values in social life is very important. We are human beings who are born into the world to become better leaders for themselves and others, loving of God’s creatures, this is not always taught by all religions in the world? Compassion is the key. Keeping the values prevailing in society will create a life of peace and prosperity. In social views, helping people in need is a duty for those who can, this will strength social relations between all people and will create relationships that work together to improve areas of social life and education for children. In religious views, held out his hand to those in need is a form of love will foster love and harmony will get a plus on the side of God. This will increase your charitable investment.

Look around the world who have been alienated and escape from our view, there is another world that housed children who are experiencing a crisis of knowledge, social, economic. World that we have often neglected, either because we are apathetic or pretending not to know, or whether we really do not know. Clearly sponsor a child will open our eyes to see the reality of the world behind children in need of you who have a high social life

University education – what is the point? It seems to me that being a ‘student’ these days is really just a three year campaign to achieving liver poisoning. And that’s only part of the reason I encouraged my son do a city and guilds training course in engineering rather than go to university to rack up a three year debt, only to end up another statistic after it all. I mean, in my day, being a student with a university education meant being passionate about the subject you wanted to study and highly skilled in it. Nowadays you can get a degree in just about anything and a loan to spend on drinking yourself to a stupor the whole while. And the education system actually promotes this ridiculous activity. No wonder so many kids leave university without any real sense of direction. People should only get a degree in a classic subject that they are skilled in and passionate about.

My daughter for instance – she’s always been the mathematician in the family. I mean, she just has a natural ability in the subject and thoroughly enjoys it; it only makes sense to support her in taking it further at a good course in an established university institute.  But I don’t want any of my children to go into higher education as young adults under the assumption that they are doing so in order to solely “have a blast”, with no real sense of purpose or direction. A degree is meaningless with no solid pathway upon completion. I honestly can’t understand why more education authorities and parents don’t encourage young adults to take up the likes of a city and guilds training course or training at some such similar body – society would be much better off sporting a mass of individuals with relevant and specific skill sets rather than all these wishy washy ‘subjects’ you can study at what we’re duped into believing are actual ‘universities’.