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Cisco Mulls Adding Verbal Interview To CCIE Exams
Julie188 writes "Here's a new idea to stop certification test-taking cheaters; Cisco is considering introducing a verbal interview portion to its CCIE lab exams across the world. Cisco confirmed that it is running a pilot in its exam lab in Beijing, China that involves candidates taking a 10-minute verbal interview as part of their lab exam. Cisco said that if the pilot is successful, the interview could be introduced as a requirement for CCIE Routing & Switching candidates worldwide. The company has been running the pilot since August."
Which "holiday" are you referring to? Kwanzaa? Hanukkah? Christmas? Oh, sorry, were you not aware that there is more than one "holiday" that occurs this time of year? Or am I just being (sniff) "too pee see."
Were you not aware we have holidays all year but for some reason it is only during Christmastime when people want to avoid saying one of the holiday names, namely "Christmas"? Why isn't there an attempt to be politically correct any other time of year? Some people may be offended by Martin Luther King Jr and his speech content but his birthday as a holiday is still referred to by name instead of being lumped in with New Year's or as a standalone generic holiday. Some people even celebrate Halloween like it is an official holiday when it is not and companies spend a lot of money on Halloween advertising and actually call it by name. But yet they can't call Christmas by its name. Why the obvious bias? If they *still* have Christmas-themed commercials what is so bad about saying "Chrismas" *during* the commercial? They want the money but don't want to acknowledge the Christian religion.
There is nothing wrong with acknowledging all the holidays (Hanuakkah and Christmas) at the end of the year but you can't expect to acknowledge them by saying "Happy Holidays". I don't see any Hanuakkah commercials either so if they were being truly diverse instead of just having a bias against Christmas then we should be seeing Hanukkah commercials from all the companies who say "Happy Holidays". Best Buy is the only company I know of that had a commercial referencing Hanukkah last year. I don't know if they had a Christmas version or not though. The year before I know they made every attempt to avoid "Christmas" in their commercials despite wanting the money from it. Hypocritical at the least and offensive at worst.
this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. -- Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
Your logic reversal has confused me. I believe the idea is that *nobody* should be offended. I'm an agnostic atheist, but I still enjoy the 'holiday spirit' and it doesn't bother me when I'm wished a Merry Christmas, Happy Feast, Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukah, whatever the celebration is in whatever country I'm in. People go out of their way to be offended by things they shouldn't be, and that's the heart of the issue.