Steve
Mostly Harmless
Just my opinion but if the standards are well considered and the test sound then the folks who do just enough to get by are just fine. The fault in any system isn't the students. That's blaming the victim.What I was referring to was more of this sort. "To achieve rank X you must have been practicing under our association for a period of no less than four years and pass test Y."
That kind of system I think can have two effects. First it discourages the Talented students that put in a lot of work. Second it encourages, imo, those who do just enough to get by, so long as the pay X years worth of tuition. Those types of people being in positions to teach kinda irk me. Maybe I am just projecting a pet peeve.