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Originally Posted by Resident 2B
BI,
If safety is the reason we have, and in my opinion need, the requirement for well-earned safe boating certificates, and if it is generally agreed that proctored exams are by far better than on-line testing, then why are you, someone that has been very vocally supporting significant limits on boating on the big lake, telling folks that they can get around the stronger rules by testing on-line in another state?
This makes no sense at all!
I really have to ask who you really are and what the heck are you thinking?
Sorry, but I really do not understand your behavior regarding this issue.
R2B
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In my opinion a lie of omission is still a lie.
I do not believe allowing internet certificates is a good idea, and I am sure that many will abuse the situation. However the question was how can you obtain a certificate. An out of state certificate is a legal option, to pretend that option does not exist, because we do not like it, is a lie. I value safety a great deal, but truth is an even more valuable commodity.
I will also point out that because a non-proctored exam "can" be cheated on does not mean it "will" be cheated on. I personally dislike classroom study, I cut a lot of classes in college. Give me a book and let me learn on my own.
One person may study the regulations on-line very carefully and ace the test. Another may daydream through the classroom course and just barely pass the test. Which is better prepared for the water?
I have emailed state lawmakers with my belief that the education requirement should be more strict. That is an appropriate action. Providing false information is not.