That may be so, however this is not the Wanabees forum, it is the Instructor and Examiners forum.
We do know the difference, it is the ability to gauge the competance of the student.
Now the telephone has just rang and I have lost my train of thought.
Anyway I didn't think that they used QFE in the States so your arguement is of no base.
Not unless you do long distance nav via Canada, Iceland, and sweaty sock land.