Posted On: April 18, 2008, 3:45 pm CDT

Posted By: Trey

While Jack and April are unfortunately both terribly inarticulate and rude, they also happen to be correct, despite their obvious personal educational deficiencies. I remember the days here in Florida before CE became mandatory. Continuing training was both high quality and very relevant. Now that CE is no more than an exercise in collecting meaningless hours primarily for the financial fain of the providers, it's meaningless, and mostly a waste of time. It's not to say that I've never attended a decent CE class (I have) nor ever learned anything in such a class (I *definitely* have), but in general CE is a poor return on investment these days. Good classes are the exception rather than the rule.

Let's do away with mandated CE requirements. Those of us that intend to remain competitive and find value in continued training will seek out the very best training, not just the kind that posts hours quickly. Let the market eliminate the rest through sagging reputations and errors and omissions claims.

I have taken hundreds of CE hours, and I still teach CE to this day. I'll gladly give up my CE "paychecks" in order to return to some sensibility, though.

Good agents will always seek more knowledge and better training. Poor agents will fail to do so, and Darwin will move them to more suitable occupations. "May I supersize that for you?"