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Cat Gets GED Diploma Online
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by Scott Wu | August 14, 2009 at 10:12 am
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Oreo, a cat, got a GED diploma (General Educational Development) online from Jefferson High School Online. Her owner, Kelvin Collins, took the test for her but realized it was much easier than he thought.
"I realized if you miss a question, it's going to come back and give you a hint that tells you exactly what the answer is," he said.
With the extra help, Oreo got mostly A's. Some of her credits came from a life experience essay where Collins wrote about Oreo's adoption into the family.
"She always lands on her feet and that's one of the things that I put."
Janet Kelly from Middle Georgia Technical College says that real GED programs don't give clues in tests and do not count life experience for credits.
Collins got his cat the GED diploma online as a test to expose diploma mills. Collins works for the Better Business Bureau. Jefferson High School Online is actually based in St. Kitts in Caribbean. The online school is not connected to any real Jefferson High Schools.
The diploma cost $200, but it did not help Oreo find a job.
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at 10:20 on August 14th, 2009
No fair. The cat cheated.
at 11:18 on August 14th, 2009
Ages ago when I took some exams, I think I just got points for 'guessing' and it really helped me in my maths exam:-)
at 03:14 on August 18th, 2009
cheater pussy! cheated in exam!