"In feudal times the aristocracy had sent their sons to university, conferring superiority on the institution. Nowadays it was the other way round: the university conferred superiority on the man". - Ursula K. Le Guin , The Dispossessed. Most of us go to the school, college and the university and graduate. What is the proof that we have graduated? There is a certificate which is issued certifying that the student is graduated. Do we really need the certificate, do we need someone to certify that we are capable of so and so skills and techniques. Wikipedia explains the meaning of diploma as, 'A diploma (from Greek δίπλωµα díplōma , meaning "folded paper") is a certificate or deed issued by an educational institution, such as a college or university, that testifies that the recipient has successfully completed a particular course of study or confers an academic degree'. We must agree tha...