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I can't speak for anyone else but I am not suggesting that the test be comprised of trick questions to lower the scores.�

���John

 

John E Cleek, Ph.D., e-PRO,�

Realtor� and Marketing Consultant

The CrownPlatinum Team

Crown Realty of Kansas

Miami County - Linn County - Johnson County

1005 W. Amity � Louisburg, KS 66053

Licensed in Kansas and Missouri

johncleek@crownplatinum.com

www.crownplatinum.com

Pho: 913-709-4423�� Fax: 913-837-2549

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On Feb 22, 2009, at 12:53 AM, Colleen Rourke Silkwood AHWD wrote:

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	Professional Development RE: Quality of Agents Today Colleen Rourke Silkwood AHWD�Licensed Real Estate Agent Lake Almanor, CA Feb 21, 2009 Hmmm, so many points. I do not think "teaching to the test" is bad if the test reflects the knowledge that is needed. Are some of you suggesting that a test should contain trick questions on information that has not been presented in the course? I think it was Art who mentioned the courses often teach the law. If a person has learned the law, they should be able to earn a high test score. Criteria has to start someplace, so having a class that does a good job of teaching the information required to pass a required test is a good thing. If you think the test should be harder, that is a different issue. Who wants to waste their time and money on a class that won't serve your needs? While many people have succeeded at whatever they chose to do without formal education, education does generally help a person improve their ability to think and process information. Therefore, saying a person graduated in "X" and now works in "y" means that graduation was not useful isn't really true. What course work does "totally" prepare a student to perform competently on their own upon completion? Doctors then do a residency, teachers then become a student teacher, agents also need help and training. It is a reality that not everyone who can perform can teach and therefore, not all Brokers can teach. I saw a Colorado RE/MAX on the web where the Broker values education and even brings in teachers for classes. I sure wished I was in Colorado! I passed all the courses that CA requires with very high marks, but I did not for a minute think I was "done", but rather had been prepared to begin. An agent young enough to be my daughter has been an absolute sweetheart and has always been there to help and teach me, but the office does not have a teaching program. We just happened to get along well and I've made it a point to help her whenever I could. Colleen Rourke REALTOR, AHWD RE/MAX Almanor Properties 313 Peninsula DR Lake Almanor, CA Cell�530-249-6066�Off. 530-596-3232 Toll Free�800-360-5478�Fax�530-596-3234

 

Just to pipe in on something that John Cleek had to say about "Quality of Agents Today"

You can start with those we elect at the Local, State, and National levels of leadership. I don't want to attack any individual(s) either. But we all must focus on the leadership that has brought us to this place we are in. The professionalism can best be qualified at the leadership level. Look at the biggest corporations in America today. Bank of America, Citigroup and The Big Three! Not to mention Fannie, Freddie and AIG. Look at the leadership in our Congress. Could a few bad apples actually screw up the image? Congressional leadership is not a "service" it's a life long Career lead by the best marketeers and advertisers lobby money can afford. We've been lead to believe, by the media, that it was the "man at the top" who orchestrated all this misery the current President has inherited. Really! Will what's good for the goose is good for the gander. Right? Isn't our President the leader of the mob that rules? So if the current President is doing the same thing as the last President was doing what makes any of us think He is less culpable? Is there a special insulation that surrounds leadership? We elect people to sit in seats of authority and they in turn APPOINT those who can't cut the mustard in there own districts. We are a "Representative Republic" before we are a Democracy, but we are morphing more into an Appointed State of miss-fits and tax cheats who run the calculators and tell us, everything is going to be all right "tomorrow" as the market heads for 7000. Sunny days are just around the corner. Do any of us really think it's any different at Local, State and National levels of leadership, namely NAR? Most Real Estate School's are regulated by the state. The objective and claim to fame for a majority of Real Estate Schools is based on "passing" the State Exam! What's that all about? That's like School Teachers taking time out of their daily duty to make sure their students pass the "stress test" so they can merit their jobs. Real Estate Schools like Public Education actually think nobody is going to be left behind. But think again, people are being left behind all the time, because they think, "lets just get through theTEST"! The Problem we have with our Professional Image can best be determined at the level of leadership at the TOP. You change the crew at the Top and you'll change the Image the public presumes at the bottom. But only the IMAGE will be changed. In order to change the out come you have to change your way of thinking at the bottom. For there to be any real effective change you have to change from a capitalization way of thinking to a more nationalization way of thinking. Is that what we really want for America? Look for the new BUZZ WORD "PREPERSONALIZATION". It's