Googsaian P.C. that recently came in the news due to the settlement money it recently managed to get out of a local high school, now claims that Belford – the renowned life experience based online high school is responsible for issuing ‘invalid’ diplomas to its students and operates from Texas. The r is under the knife of some law firm by the name. Being layman in the subject of law, even we can tell that the institute does not function in the US and therefore does not come under the authorities of the Michigan court (where the lawsuit has been filed) so there are little chances that a law firm regardless of how incompetent it maybe can miss out such a prominent point.

So, the question arises that if they already knew that and are yet pushing their luck into winning the case whose ill schemes are they on the verge of realizing? Certainly there has got to be a lobby opposing life experience based institutions for obvious reasons as these online institutions are doing very well, enabling working adults across the world earn degrees they deserve on the basis of their significant work experience and holds expertise in a particular field. Why else would a law firm otherwise stoop down to the level of actually launching multiple websites, had it not been on a serious lookout for other such online institutions to be sued in future? Through these websites Googasian P.C. is clearly generating information about other institutions of Belford’s nature to irresponsibly file cases against them to satisfy the firm’s own ill intentions. Labeling these degrees as ‘bogus’ would indeed be an illegal practice in itself as very clearly the degrees awarded are truly based on genuine work experiences of the holders.

Thus, life experience degrees simply cannot be declared ‘fake’ unless they are issued under a similar name or resemble the ones issued by other institutions. Googasian P.C. has falsely filed a class action against Belford High School. I would endorse life experience degrees to be 100% legal as a number of reputable life experience degrees awarding institutes are successfully running on a global scale – not at all claiming to be ‘educating’ students for the certification issued. As in the case of Mr. McKenna who in 2006 successfully sued the Daily Mirror for libel; over claims made by journalist Victor Lewis-Smith that McKenna obtained a “bogus degree” simply for money to intentionally deceive the public. McKenna won the case and significant damages. The court declared that Mr. McKenna was not dishonest and regardless of the quality of his earned degree, it would be unfair to write it off as ‘bogus’ and that any possibility of the mediocrity of La Salle’ University’s academic standards does not suggest that its client has been dishonest about his justly earned credits based on his life experiences.

The simplest reason behind this lawsuit can be that Googasian P.C. sees this as a lucrative business in itself, what with on a desperate lookout for other online life experience institutions. The fact that Googasian P.C.has recently won $ 5 million as settlement money from a local high school explains it.

Belford is therefore simply their next object of scheming. Life Experience Degrees are awarded to those individuals who have time-honored core competencies based on in-depth knowledge, skills and experience in a certain field. Examples of prior experience can be military service, work experience, prior college, certificates of achievement, travel, professional development courses and workshops, community and voluntary services. A study shows that between 90-95 percent employers willingly hire people who have been awarded life experience degrees. Belford High School’s terms & conditions stated on its official website patently safeguard their interests, due to which I anxiously wait to see how Googasain P.C. faces similar consequences as Daily Mirror Newspaper did.