Why bother with tests and classes when you can get a college diploma based on your present knowledge and life experience? Does this sound too good to be true? Of course it is. But not according to this spam e-mail I actually received, which claims to offer the easy way to get a diploma.
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Subject: Re: Your College Diploma (37644)
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I didn't know a university diploma earned you "the admiration of all"… I think mine didn't come with that feature… I want a refund…
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Arwen
“…from prestigious non-accredited universities”… If they are so prestigious, why are they not accredited??? 😮 They can now say they were honest about it from the beginning, but those who haven’t been to college (their target group) will probably think that ‘non-accredited’ is actually a good thing since it follows the word ‘prestigious’… So unfair…
Fab
Yeah, putting “prestigious” in front of non-accredited universities is like saying a chair is covered in “genuine” vinyl. It gives the vinyl value almost comparable to leather that is WITHOUT the word “genuine” in front of it. Or perhaps by calling something like vinyl “genuine” it indicates that the vinyl isn’t fake vinyl, which is, of course leather. Or, maybe it’s the other way around in reverse…..
Mango-Man
I think i’ve figured it out… non-accredited basically means the school sucks right? so if if it’s prestigiously non-accredited… that simply means that the school is widely-known & renknowned for sucking.