"Only the senile and alcoholics" refuse to complete continuing education requirements, said the member of the state licensing board. Obviously my presentation of The Continuing Education Myth to the South Carolina LLR Board of Architectural Examiners was poorly received, to say the least. In spite of written requests, they still refuse to publish the name or content of the article in the meeting minutes.
My quest to have professional practice count toward learning credits has been amazingly difficult. This year, the President of the Virginia Society of Architects told me that he and members of Virginia AIA did not agree with my "notion" of learning on the job. They fully endorsed mandatory continuing education courses. It turns out that their Government Affairs director and chief proponent for the new MCE law is on the AIA staff and may not practice architecture at all. While most of us log thousands of hours designing, reviewing, specifying, and programming, he only has to attend a few seminars to keep his license. Outrageous. Today I renewed my architect's license in Alabama. They have a proposed law change that describes continuing education as anything "outside of daily business activities." What is going on here?
I refuse to believe that the more I work, the less I know. The struggle continues.
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