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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2971538, member: 71723&quot;]Here&#039;s what I can tell you for sure (no doubt whatsoever) - if you want to become a grader at a TPGS or become a Qualified Exhibit Judge, you don&#039;t get to be EITHER ONE by &quot;doing things your own way&quot;. The education process is perhaps 90% actual &quot;indoctrination&quot;. You have to be able to demonstrate that you&#039;ll be doing things the way they always have been done, or you don&#039;t pass and get your certification. That is the way MOST things in life work, or DID work before &quot;everybody&quot; became their own &quot;expert.&quot; (As if...)</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, yeah, sure, sure, I get it. The Internet generations are &quot;different&quot; and are going to &quot;change the world&quot;. I wish &#039;em well. But I suspect their idealism will crash and burn against the real world&#039;s &quot;standards&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just one more reason why I&#039;ve decided that traditional numismatics and Internet-based numismatics aren&#039;t even the same hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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