Do you think an educational qualification is needed to be on myLot?

I think that to limit the online myLot community to only graduate degree holders would be an unfortunate downfall to the community. Like the others have responded, knowledge is not limited to a degree. It takes a very intelligent person, for example, to start a business even with no degree. I have no college degree, because I have gone to college and I did not like it, quite simply. I do have a real estate business that I started five years ago. This qualifies me to discuss real estate laws, business practices, and many other topics that I have learned first hand about, probably even more so than many degree holders that know nothing of real estate and do not own a business. A college degree does not distinguish intelligent people from non intelligent people. A person who holds a college degree does so either because their career field calls for it or they have no interest in starting a business or working for companies that do not require a degree. All people, regardless of educational background, have opinions that are interesting to hear and compare. To limit that would be a downfall to any community.

A good mind is quite often not attached to a valid degree but rather a willing and determined spirit. Even Albert Einstein was not a formally educated man as well as Bill Gates. To conclude those having a formal degree will produce better responses as well as discussions has no merit. Mylot provides a level playing field for all, thereby assuring maximum participation by the public at large. Opinions are as varied as those who use the site and this does keep it interesting. All are welcomed here!

A particular qualification is not needed to particpate in mylot except that you are able to make some quality dicussions and responses and write in decent English. There are many people who are not highly qualified but they do write well . As long as you are patient, have good friends, and make some interesting posts then it is alright.Persobnally I find this is the best forum.

I don't really think the education is the barrier here. On my opinion, those who are really interested to read, communicate and also earn some extra bucks, whom are with loads of patience, will definitely stick and stay active at MyLot. However, education (Graduate Level) has nothing to do with being inactive at MyLot.

i think that maybe not an educational requirement....but i think that you should be active in giving your opinions or expressions....i dont think that its fair for someone to be getting paid for garbage replies....i dont see many of them tho jus the same...thats one thing i love about this site is that no one jus spams...or replies with short answers just to get paid for it....i also think that if your scount is not active for say....6 months that it might be a good idea to remove the account....but i dunno....i dont see much of uneducated people jus BSing....so i dont mind....:)

I myself have less than a high school education (long story, needless to say it had nothing to do with intelligence). I think the big factor is being able to use critical thinking skills to be capable of more than just idle chatter on inane subjects. It seems that half of the population of myLot are Filipino and I've certainly seen some interesting grammar and spelling, but you can still understand the meaning and depth of the discussion. The maturity level on myLot is a huge bonus.

I think in a way its justified. in that case we can have quality discussions.But its not always the qualification that describes all.Many people, who are not graduates and can have much better ability to write.

I do not think that you should have an educational qualification to be here on mylot.Mylot is a place where you need to be a good participant and join discussions,start some and comment on others' opinions.And a whole lot of other things as well like uploading pictures,trying out tasks etc.I guess that the key to earn through mylot is to be consistent with your mylot activities.It does help if your english is good too as that will help get more readers who will understand your point of view.Other than this I do not feel like you should be well qualified to be successful on mylot.

Knowledge and understanding are not limited to paper qualifications. Therefore I disagree with your proposal that there should be a minimum paper qualification to be active on myLot. There are people who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge itself, not because they want to earn a degree or any other type of paper qualification. Many of them are fluent and articulate in their areas of interests. Blocking people like them could mean depriving myLot of fresh ideas, and different perspectives. There are graduates who are narrow minded. They studied because they wanted to earn the scroll, not necessarily to understand what they were learning. They refuse to accept new perspectives, simply because they have a degree. This is one of the reasons why the government is trying to change the mindset of undergraduates. Personally I know of graduates who are rigid in their way of thinking, and think that they should be highly respected, and given special treatment. They are, to say the least, immature in many aspects of life. There is one person who many people thought possess at least a Masters, yet the highest paper qualification obtained by this person is the Form Five final examination. To conclude, limiting membership in mtLot based on paper qualification may make myLot a dull place.

nah, everyone can join myLot, regardless of educational attainment. its a free for all sites where everyone can earn. as long as individuals has a wide array of know how then it'll be no problem at all. those that became inactive after joining myLot are those who are thinking of getting more online money with less effort at all.

i dont really think an advance educational certificate is needed on mylot but some grammatical and spelling checks should be encouraged among mylot users so as to avoid several blunders here, it is ideal that every mylotter should understand the basic sentence construction but we are not all native english speakers

i think some basic grammatical and spelling education are required here but i don't think an advanced educational certificate or any other form of advance education requirement should be used as a prerequisite for anybody to come here and give his or her opinion about what is going on there, we all want to learn and educate ourselves

As long as you can read and write, you can be on Mylot. It's just like having a conversation with somebody about a topic that you are interested in or have a knowledge too. I read some discussions and responses that I can't really understand what they are saying but still they got some responses from others. Maybe in time they will learn to improve their English or start to come up with better ideas.

This concept is the first step to censorship in writing to only allow a select group to be the ones writing so how would you ever receive diversity? Also not to mention so many of life's lessons can not be taught in books or a classroom. So many of the discussions here are based on personal feelings observations these things can not be retrieved out of a book. I know many said that this and that should be the basis but even that to some degree I do not agree with. As was said not all are english speaking so some are adapting there thoughts into our words. Do these people have less valid point to say all because they may not spell their words right or use correct word combinations do there words hold less meaning I think not! Or there are people like me and although I am smart alot of the educational basis in writing I am lacking. This I admit I sometimes have run-on sentences this is mostly due to my adhd I get into what I am thinking and ramble. Does this mean what I say means less because it is missing a period or comma??? In the true sense of writing at least to me to communication is passing a thought between at least two people. To me who cares what degree they hold or whether they forgot the period or even if the words do not make sense to me. This still does not change the fact everyone has the right to voice their opinion and that is the basis I think a place as this is made on. But then that is just me