<p>The only reasons I could see for urging neutralization of credits:</p>
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<li><p>A student wants to go for four years, because there are that many courses they are interested in, there are some special programs available only to freshmen (like seminars), there are scholarship available only to freshmen, or athletics are involved (and four years of eligibility are desired).</p></li>
<li><p>Jealousy on the part of those suggesting it.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Perhaps, jealousy isn’t the right word. People who are uncertain about something in their own lives can, as a defense mechanism, project that uncertainty onto someone who has done something different. It is easier to say someone else is wrong than to think one may have made better choices one’s self. To see someone has done something else is threatening and provokes a negative response, even if the other person has done nothing more than made clear that a different choice was made.</p>
<p>Does this make any sense? I certainly have run into people who get very irked and querulous when I say that my daughter was homeschooled, even when I only mention it because they themselves asked where she went to high school.</p>