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The one claim
Hope MetaVersity makes exactly one claim about any learner: we document what they were taught, and that they were tested on it. Nothing you teach, write, or record may imply more than that.
Truth, and Proof of It
- Teach only what you have done. If you are teaching something you have read about but never done, say so in the lesson.
- Separate fact from opinion out loud. "The code requires this" and "here is how I would do it" are different sentences.
- Show your numbers. If you cite a figure, say where it came from and when. Undated figures go stale and take your credibility with them.
- Correct yourself in public. If a lesson turns out to be wrong, fix it and say that you fixed it. Nobody here loses standing for that.
- Regional rules vary. Codes, laws, and taxes differ by place. Say which place you are describing.
What You May Never Claim
- No job guarantees. Not "you will get hired," not "companies are desperate for this." You may describe the market; you may not promise it.
- No income claims. No "make $X a month," no earnings screenshots, no implied returns.
- No investment advice. Teach the mechanics, the math, and the risk. Never tell a student what to buy, sell, or hold.
- No licensure implication. You may teach the theory of a licensed trade. You may never suggest the course substitutes for the license.
- No medical, legal, or tax advice. Explain how the systems work; send them to a professional for their situation.
- No accreditation language. Never "accredited," "degree," "diploma equivalent," "college credit," or "transferable."
- No urgency or scarcity tactics. No countdown timers, no "only 3 spots left." We do not sell that way.
The Accessibility Floor
A school that exists to serve the people other institutions turned away cannot then build a course they cannot use. These are requirements, not suggestions.
Captions
Every lesson video carries captions, or a transcript is posted alongside it. Auto-captions are acceptable if you review them for the technical terms — machines mangle trade vocabulary badly.
Say what you show
If it matters and it is only on screen, speak it. "As you can see here" tells a student on a phone in a loud break room nothing at all.
Audio over video
Clear audio beats good camera work every time. A $30 microphone in a quiet room outperforms a studio with echo. Many students will only ever listen.
Plain language
Use the trade word, then define it once, in ordinary English. Jargon is fine. Unexplained jargon is gatekeeping with extra steps.
Readable on a phone
Most of our students are on a phone. Big text on slides, high contrast, nothing that depends on a wide screen or a spreadsheet you cannot pinch.
Downloadable
Worksheets and checklists as PDFs that work offline. Connectivity is not universal, and data costs money.
How Students Are Treated
- No question is stupid here. Not in a lesson, not in Discord, not in office hours, not in a joke. This one is absolute.
- Assume nothing about background. Not their schooling, not their reading level, not their equipment, not their money.
- Never mock the beginner version of the skill. Everyone was there.
- Keep politics and religion out of the classroom. Teach the subject.
- Never single out a student's mistake by name in a public space. Critique the work privately, or critique it anonymously.
- Never solicit students for your own products, services, downlines, or personal relationships. If you sell something, disclose it to the Dean; it stays out of the lessons.
- Keep student information private. Do not collect personal details on your own platforms, and do not share what students tell you.
Safety, Ownership, and Upkeep
- Dangerous work gets the warning first, not as a footnote. Electrical, gas, heights, confined space, heavy equipment, anything with a blade — the safety beat comes before the technique.
- Demonstrate the safe way, wearing what you would want a student wearing. They copy what they see, not what you say.
- Use only what you own or are licensed to use. Footage, images, music, slides, code, and text. When in doubt, make it yourself or leave it out.
- Credit other people's work when you build on it.
- Disclose AI-generated material in a lesson if it is doing real teaching work, and check it — you are accountable for it either way.
- Date your course and review it yearly. Anything tied to prices, tools, codes, tax law, or platforms goes stale fast.
What Would Cause a Course to Be Pulled
We would rather coach than remove, and almost everything is fixable with a conversation. These are the things that are not.
- Knowingly teaching something false, or refusing to correct it once shown.
- Using the classroom to sell, recruit, or route students into anything undisclosed.
- Any credential, accreditation, or licensure claim we do not make.
- Mistreating a student — harassment, humiliation, or discrimination of any kind.
- Contacting students for personal or commercial purposes outside the course.
- Using someone else's work as your own.
- Teaching something unsafe as though it were safe.
How this actually goes
In nearly every case the Office of the Dean talks to you first, privately, and the fix takes an afternoon. Removal is reserved for harm and for dishonesty. We also revoke credentials obtained by fraud, and annotate them if they were registered on-chain.