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Is it possible to obliterate or blot out most of the official records of my achievements and acomplishments?

Asked by Yellowdog (12216points) March 16th, 2019

Most people, if anything, want to make fantastical claims about their background or accomplishments for social media, better jobs, etc etc

Hypothetically, this would do the opposite.

I earned my high school diploma, bachelor’s degree, masters (but the last was easier than the bachelor’s degree). I have attended high school, community college, a university, and a theological seminary.

I have worked several jobs like everyone else.

But suppose, in theory, I wanted to obliterate all that (after all, they are my own accomplishments)—and make it look like all I have is grade school and was never employed anywhere except for a couple of temporary jobs—make it the official records.

No, I am not talking about changing one’s identity or name, or pretend to be someone else or new identity. Just be my regular old self but with no accomplishments.

Agreed that it might take some bribery for people in such positions to remove and destroy records. But COULD such individuals cause this to happen if I requested?

The end result—some may remember me from high school and college and other places, and I guess there are a few yearbook pictures, but there are no official records, therefore officially these accomplishments and achievements never happened (for official purposes at least).

No, I’m not trying to deceive anyone. I get weird ideas sometimes, and in this age where everybody is trying to fake academic credentials for college and pretend to be something they are not, I am wondering if I, or “one” has the right to completely eradicate one’s achievements and accomplishments to basically be a nobody.

Is it possible, in theory?

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RedDeerGuy1's avatar

I gave back my secretary arts certification, and I never confirmed that it was erased from the database. I considered giving back my two high school diplomas, and was told that I couldn’t.

Inspired_2write's avatar

No because just like the internet once on it stays there for eternity. You can store you documents in a safe security box and forget it until in the future you realize that you may want them as reminders of your achievements. ( retirement,or family history book etc, who knows in a few hundred years your descendants will look on them as inspiration and pride in their Ancestor.
What you may feel now , you may not feel later.Best to store them away in a safe place.

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