The Value of a Graduation Diploma
May 14, 2025 • EPISODE 265
What does a diploma really represent? In this inspiring episode of Science LIVE, Roger Billings explores the true value behind earning a graduation diploma—and why a diploma from Acellus Academy carries lasting significance. It’s more than just a piece of paper; it’s a symbol of perseverance, growth, and hard-earned knowledge. Discover how this milestone can open doors to future opportunities and why trying to shortcut the learning process only cheats you out of the skills and confidence that lead to success.
About DrB
Dr. Roger Billings is a visionary innovator whose work has touched the lives of millions of students and transformed the landscape of education. Widely known as “DrB” to the countless kids who benefit from his groundbreaking Acellus learning system, Dr. Billings has dedicated his life to advancing education through technology.
As part of DrB’s lifelong commitment to supporting education, Science LIVE was launched as a way to “give back” by mentoring students in conjunction with the Roger Billings Scholarship Program.
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TEAM RODGER BILLINGS!!!!!!
i can’t wait to graduate but I’m also sad for when i leave Acellus
Thanks for sharing your knowledge
Awesome that MIT wants Acellus graduates
It is very interesting how important diplomas, such a small thing, can bring such big things to our futures.
I love Acellus so glad that Dr. B didnt give up and nieher will I.
This video was very informative on the importance of not cheating your way to getting a diploma. I would rather work hard and earn it the right way, because I would feel very badly if I got my diploma by cheating in order to get it.
i love a Acellus SOOO much
Fish are interesting
Acellus is a really great school, I have learned so much from this school!
I love this program, so much easier to navigate through than other online programs.
I am very grateful for having this great opportunity with Acellus!
If you cheat you cheat yourself all of the opportunities you have.
I can’t wait to be able to graduate through Acellus! they made me able to graduate a year early!! i’m so grateful to this school!
Acellus has saved my life for schooling and I’m so grateful to be on this online school program, Thank you!!!
I love Acellus. Can’t wait to graduate through this program,
So thankful for Acellus.
This is awesome. Love it so far.
I love learning about this stuff
the graduation diploma means a lot to me, itll mean all the work i put in was extra worth it.
this was so cool its my favorite lecture!
Thank You For This Video! 🙂
I’m so greatful for this school without y’all I’d be failed
Acellus saved me from failing the 8th grade last year. My old public school was doing absolutely nothing to help me and I tried everything before I went online to look for other schooling options. That’s when I found Acellus. I looked into it and I asked my mother to pull me out of school, it was halfway through the year and thankfully, she agreed. I left school on March 14th 2024 and I started Acellus the next day. I had to redo the first half of the year, but it paid off in the end. Acellus made it easy for me to learn and catch up on the things I missed while in school. Thankfully I was able to complete a years worth of work in that 2nd Semester. If I didn’t find a Acellus when I did I don’t know where I’d be right now. I have a 3.19 GPA currently and I thank Acellus for being the lifesaver it is, because if I didn’t come across Acellus when I did, I’d had to probably repeated the 8th grade again. So thank you Acellus. Thank you Pajet, and Dr. B for these amazing videos and for changing students lives like you did with mine. ✨
I love how Dr.B was trusting in God, at his lowest point in Acellus.
Thank you for teaching me the real value of a high school education!
Im very exited for the opportunity’s when I graduate
Acellus is really helpful for me, having bad social anxiety, it makes being able to graduate a whole lot easier.
I love watching these are so educational
Really excited to graduate next year and earn my diploma!
can’t wait to graduate
Love learning through Acellus, but can’t wait till I graduate
Look forward to graduating
I can’t wait to graduate, but I have truly enjoyed learning through Aceulles
I love this, I can’t wait to receive my diploma
I will graduate in 4 years. so happy!
I want to graduate!
I’ve found that with Acellus that I can understand my classes so much easier. So thank you for making Acellus.
Acellus has really helped me in my ability to do school work. I can take my time and actually learn what I need to learn. I now feel confident in myself to be able to get my diploma one day.
This is awesome. I cant wait to receive my diploma.
In a couple years when I turn seventeen, I’m heading to the Military, Marines or the U.S A.F
Really excited to graduate this year. Thank you!
I watched the awards ceremony for the ACD2 robotics dance contest. I am going to try really hard to learn how this works and enter the contest next time.
Having a High School diploma is very important
Love it! Amazing dancing robot show! I would like to see more contests like that!🤩
I appreciate your weekly videos. Graduating is such a milestone!
Amazing lecture! I can’t wait to get my diploma!
I can’t wait to get my diploma.
Love the videos!!
Cool science live!
Can’t wait to graduate!
Diplomas are so important and walking the stage.
Some of these science fair projects are truly impressive!
Thank you for the lecture! Honestly I’ve been nervous about graduating but I think it’ll be exciting :]
Love these videos! 🙂
I cant wait to graduate in a few years! This school made that possible thank you!
I just finished social studies yesterday I’m in the sixth grade now in social studies.
I’m so excited to graduate
Receiving your diploma is a big achievement! I can’t wait to receive mine soon!
I appreciate what Dr. Billings shared about the value of my diploma. I am starting to gain steam on my school work. My mom is helping me work through my ADHD by setting incentives for my hard work so I stay motivated. She is helping me understand that it’s important that I do this for myself. I also liked what he shared about the Army test. Thanks for creating a valuable education!!!
I wish first graders could get to graduate. Looks fun. I will be so excited to get my diploma when I finish school.
I want to meet the challenges of learning
I am glad to be starting my learning journey
Studying is hard work but I know it will be worth it when I get my diploma.
A graduation diploma is something to be proud of for the rest of your life.
(Reply for AT on May 29, 2025 at 9:10 pm & wanting to know some Universities for Nursing assistants)
1. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
2. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3. University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), California
4. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
5. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
6. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
7. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
8. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
9. Columbia University, New York, New York
10. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), California
Hope this really helps with your request and hope that you get the diploma and becoming a amazing nurse assistant!!!🥳🤩
Great episode. Really relatable since I’m set to graduate this year. Thank you!
Love!!!
Knowledge is POWER, so its important to be well rounded to gradually get a better view how to live life
I’m so excited to graduate!
Thanks Dr. Billings, that was a great speech!
i’m even more excited to get my diploma!
I can’t wait til i graduate, it’s so exciting to think about our future and what we wanna do and accomplish after high school.
My sister just graduated and I am so excited to also graduate!
I am so excited to graduate from Acellus, I am so glad that I switched to this online school.
I think its so wrong that people think that it is okay to cheat in life because they don’t want to do it the hard way and feel the happiness when you get done!
Hello everyone I would just like to take a few minutes to say a few shout outs.
#1. My first shout out goes to Dr. Roger Billings. I would just like to thank him for taking an hour or more out of his day once a week to make these amazing episodes. I would also like to thank him and for all of the inspiring things he has said. And making Acellus a fun and safe environment.
#2 My 2nd shout out goes to Pajet Monet. would like to thank her for helping me pursue my dreams of becoming a nurse and after talking to her she helped me go through with my dreams.
#3 My last but not least shout out goes to the class of 2026. I know a lot of us don’t know each other and may never but I would just like to congratulate you all. I remember when I first started school I wished it would just end but now that it is ending I wish I could like to make it last longer. I would also like to ask everyone for advice on which university I should go to for becoming a nurses assistant please comment.
It was very interesting to learn about robots
This video helped me see how important education is and how getting a high school diploma from Acellus can open up many doors for people. Thank you for this video, Mr. Billings. It was really interesting and helped me to see that you get out of this program what you put into it.
I like the robots wearing costumes and dancing
I have something to say if you have been the one saying rude comments stop it is not nice and is very disrespectful. I was always taught if you have nothing nice to say don’t say anything at all.
I’m very excited to get my diploma! I can’t wait to go to college!!
So excited to get a diploma!
I really want to graduate this year
Cannot wait till I get my diploma!
I share Dr. Billings’ childhood digust for doing dishes, but his recount about just hiding them all was plain hilarious.
This is why acellus is awesome
Congratulations to all the winners of the dancing robot contest!
I completely agree on Roger’s stance on cheating.
Cheating is bad! Thank you for this episode Dr. B!
Can’t wait to graduate
I can’t wait to get my diploma!
I definitely want to graduate like my sister is next year
I loved this week’s science live!! Encouraged me to study even harder!!!
I really loved all of the robots! I am only in 9th grade but I am so excited to learn more and eventually graduate and hold my Acellus diploma.
Do we have the plans for the Leonardo submarine? Or did he destroy them?
It is important
This was a pretty interesting episode. That story about the news station that spread misinformation about you was horrible to listen to and I felt pretty upset myself listening to that, lol. Really glad you were able to persist through it and keep Acellus alive, that’s an incredible thing to be able to do. Praise YAHWEH!
I plan to enter the next robot contest but I have to get the course for it. But I enjoy waching the robots dance
I can’t wait to get my own diploma soon
great video! I can’t wait to earn my diploma
Wow
How are there already 167 comments from one week ago!?!?!?!
Once I have gotten my Graduation Diploma can I continue to enroll in Acellus?
wow so cool
Having a high school diploma is the first step in your academic career.
Acellus helps me very much with my learning and I’m glad I don’t feel rushed
This episode was great can’t wait to get my diploma!!
Wow, fascinating concept of how to get a graduation diploma! 😀
I really liked the dancing robots part
Thank you
When was the first submarine invented?
Graduating is so exciting to think about!
I learn so much from these videos,
This is such a great learning experience.
This is such a good episode I am going to work my hardest to get my diploma
I plan to get my high school diploma.
Very thankful for Acellus as an option to graduate. Thankful for all the options for my high school path.
I graduate (I hope) in 2027. I hope I’ll see y’all there!
Why haven’t we gone back to the moon since 1972? That is over fifty years and we have the proper technological
advancements to start a new civilization.
I can’t wait to get my diploma
I am ready to get my diploma. Not too much longer
awesome
We love Acellus and are so glad we found this home schooling
The submarine facts were so cool!
loved this, education is so important
The success rate is so reassuring
excited for graduation one day and becoming a long time learner
Thank you for working to stop cheating and preserving the value of Acellus diplomas.
This was so cool
Dr. B thank you for encouraging us to believe in ourselves. Sorry you had to go through social media bullying. What are some ways we can handle being bullied by people we don’t know online?
Love the diploma it’s my favorite color; blue.
I am so thankful that we have the ability to go to school so we can learn the things that we need to know to be able to graduate and one day be able to use the skills we learn in school
Thanks for inventing Acellus, Dr.Billings. without it i wouldn’t have learned and improve as much as I did on my 5-year High School journey. I’m currently finishing my last Math credit required to graduate… It had its ups and downs, but shortcuts aren’t the way to go, when you learn to study, you also learn how your mind works.
I thought it was very interesting how the matrix fish and the real fish were interacting with each other, and how the matrix fish worked.
I loved all the robots dancing! I think I’m going to participate next year. I am happy for everyone getting their diplomas, I liked learning about the importance of graduating and more about Acellus!
I’m excited for my diploma!! 🙂
Wow. LOVE the dancing robots. cool and funny.
That’s a cool robot. I would like to use coding to do that.
This is fun to watch.
Very interesting video! Thanks to Acellus, I’m a year ahead for graduating high school!
I never knew that Leonardo da Vinci knew how to make a submarine back then.
Hopefully I’ll graduate in 2026!
good episode
i can’t wait to graduate!
Congratulations to all the dancing robot winners! Those were really creative.
So Glad I found Acellus. I am much happier using this program and learning so much more than I have.
Love these videos!
Wow! So inspiring — I can’t wait to earn my diploma!”
I love learning about the submarines!!!
YES! WE LOVE YOU DR. B!! (reply to: kera m osborne)
Dr. B’s lesson on a high school diploma at Acellus was helpful to me. It showed me the value of getting my diploma. John Holland thought of the first submarine like boat. He also contributed to inventions and phototypes fixes today. He first 14ft submarine didn’t work too well. However, when he made his second one it was a success. His determination showed me that I can also achieve my goals if i stay focused. I’m going to have to try the smart water trick.
Very important information about the diploma.
Wow I love this!
Congratulations to all the graduates! I really enjoyed watching the robot performances.
I cant wait to graduate with Acellus next year!
so excited to earn my diploma
Study, study, study. You’re right.
Pajet-51! Congrats Mrs. Pajet Monet
Very inspiring! The hard work put in after hitting rock bottom always leads to so much growth. Thank you for all that you do!
Thank you for this wonderful episode. My family is very thankful for Acellus and for the things that they do. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR ACELLUS AND THE ACELLUS TEAM!
Thank you Acellus team for all the hard work you guys have put into Acellus to make it wonderful!
Submarines are so cool
I can’t wait to graduate from acellus
We love you! Dr. Billings
It is sad people actually cheat.
Dr. Roger Billings you are so cool, and smart, and just FACINATING!!!! And I hope to someday be an Entrepneur just like you! And you are most definitely right you should never cheat!!!!!😁
We love Acellus! So thankful we found it!
The Dolly and Elvis robots were hilarious, Dolly deserved that first place win, she a literal queen👸💅👑👑💋✨✨
thank you so much!
We love you DR.B.
Very inspirational,ya know
The robots were so cute! thats really neat and the coding is impressive
I’m really so grateful for Acellus it has changed my whole perspective on school & given me opportunities & skills I can use for a lifetime! I still remember the instant relief & excitement I had to start this program & here I am today still in awe! I’m so thankful that I get to move on to my next chapter but I’ll surely never forget this one!
Im excited to get there one day I have a few more years than this can be me.
Thank you so much!
Such a good episode
I never knew that Leonardo da Vinci knew how to make a submarine back then.
It was interesting learning about how submarines work.
WE LOVE YOU DR. B!!!!
I’m glad to know Acellus Academy’s diploma is very respected.
Congrats to everyone! I loved the robots.
I am thankful Acellus is an available option to earn my diploma.
This is the reason i chose acellus.
cant wait to get my diploma
I am so excited to get my diploma. The doors it’ll open, and it’ll help me get my degree!
I thought learning about submarines was super cool! I didn’t know that they fill up big tanks with water to help them go underwater slowly. That was really interesting! Thanks for teaching us about submarines!
Congratulations maylee!! That robot was so much fun to watch. And Elvis!
great episode
This is exactly why I chose Acellus! There aren’t many online schools that are self paced AND accredited. I’m so glad that l have the opportunity to get a high school diploma while being homeschooled. It sucks that people cheat their way through high school/college.
Thanks for everything Dr B.
Why would you hack? Why would students buy this?? What’s the point?? Do the work!! Using a calculator or asking AI for help is so much different at least they aren’t cheating the system!! But this hacking and selling this is down right lazy.
Awesome video
Cheating is not okay!
So awesome and great this episode!
I only have one more year, and then I’ll earn my diploma!
The commencement ceremony seems so fun!
Great video,I am exited to graduate.
Getting your graduation diploma is very important.
this is so cool
How can I get a robot of my own?
This video was a really good one, I honestly can’t believe the people on reddit saying awful things, It’s just rude and mean. I really love Acellus it is just amazing!
Thank you Roger Billings for the valuable lesson about cheating.
Cool video
this was a very cool video i hope people stop cheating
How do robots learn stuff when u have to put stuff in them to make them smart.
Why do people even hack? POOF! Education is thrown in the trash.
Cool video!
I want to get a diploma!
It’s interesting to know that the submarine was invented by someone who slipped on the ice and had to go to the hospital for a while.
Thanks for the video.
Getting a diploma seems like a really refreshing achievement. All that hard work would finally pay off and you accomplish something big!
I am going to graduate soon and so I was excited to be getting my diploma but after seeing this video, it made me even more excited to get!
Graduating is both exciting and scary at the same time
Cheating is bad
I’m excited to graduate
I love Acellus and learning new stuff. Before I went into acellus to learn their forms of learning I had a GPA of a 2.40 or something around that area, but now I have made more progress so I now have a GPA of a 3.33. I would like to say Thank you so much for helping me and others learn in a new school environment.
Great episode all around! Im very excited to earn my diploma as a 2027′ and im proud to be graduating from Acellus!
i have been using this school for two days and i have done more in two days then i used to do in a week thank you for the amazing academy
cheating is very bad
keep making them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Robots dancing are so funny!
Great video!
great episode!
I can’t wait to finish school! Thank you for this video! 🙂
Great video! Loved learning about getting a diploma since it is a big accomplishment!
Wow didn’t know the importance of a diploma thank you
I can’t wait to finish school and earn my diploma.
Whoever was making those rude comments is really messed up, but I respect those who stand up for themselves!
Thank you Roger billings for standing up for yourself and Acellus. it is wrong for whom ever was saying that stuff.
I want a diploma too.
I don’t think anything is wrong with the speech you gave. How people know you care, and how people know you’re a real human being with feelings is through you’re emotions.
Great video happy to learn about the value of a diploma
Love these videos
I want to get a diploma!
Earning a diploma is a big accomplishment. I can’t wait. It may be taking me a little longer than expected but I am going to finish and I can’t wait. Great video!
cant wait to learn more
Getting a diploma is one of the most rewarding experiences knowing your hard work payed off.
GOOD video!
I loved the discussions this episode!
I look forward to finishing school and earning my diploma.
It is absolutely horrible how rumors spread. I am very thankful to be a part of Acellus and have recommended it to others.
Dr. Tobias is really funny.
Thank you for going over this, this was good information.
How long did the fish copying robot take to create and how long did it take for it to work?
Mr. Roger billings doesn’t deserve that hate! 🙁
He is so amazing!
I think it is cool how submarines work with pressure. It kind of freaks me out and makes me feel claustrophobic being in a sub way deep down in the water. I watched a documentary about the guys going down in the Mariana Trench. It was scary and awesome at the same time!
I thought it was cool they made a simulated fish and put it with the real fish they acted almost exactly the same
Very informative, I really liked the simulated fish.
Amazing video to wrap her first year in education! To sees one success handed to them after years of learning is a huge huge achievement. We celebrate this year to hopefully keep her passion for learning strong and healthy.
I think it is truly important for people to actually know the worth of stuff that’s just considered a normal part of life, like a diploma.
the fish was so cool!
Cool video👍
great episode!
I thought it was cool they made a simulated fish and put it with the real fish they acted almost exactly the same.
This was really interesting to learn, thank you.
I cant wait! im going to finsh school next week!!
I think earning a diploma is a big accomplishment in ones life. Showing you were able to complete something major.
I love this.
Yes it is very important to graduate and have a diploma to your name! Lately no one understands how much it can effect you career wise.
I am striving for that certificate!!
It was really cool how the robots did thier thing like the Elvis one was astonishing!
No Dr.B You didn’t go over with your speech it was perfect thank you for acellus academy
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Great video!
how did the car work on hydrogen?
awesome video!!
This is a great video, and I agree with this – cheaters are just cheating themselves out of their knowledge.
Awesome video!
Thank you for this wonderful Science live. I plan on graduating before my 17th birthday, so this is really helpful to know the value of the diploma. Also, Avogadro’s number is 6.023 x 10 to the 23rd power.
ha-ha the R-51 is so funny ha-ha
I think that people who spread misinformation are just the worst kind of lazy people. Ruining someone over the fact that you can’t put forth effort to find the truth.
This was a very good lesson. I hope this stops people from cheating
Great video!
First comment! And wow, this is amazing and interesting!
Hearing about the value of a diploma helped me understand a lot that I needed to know.