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by Patricia Navarro
My college experience in many ways was pretty typical of an undergraduate education. It's true that I went to one of the top universities, but it wasn't so different from any other school. I partied, I studied, I fell in love, I broke up – all of the usual college drama. I majored in a course that I thought would satisfy me for the rest of my life, said goodbye to some good friends, and kept in touch with other ones. Then a few years later, I had a breakdown.
Although my MBA had set me up for a good career, I realized that I wasn't enjoying it anymore. It was all work and no play. It's not that I'm afraid to work hard, but I like to also enjoy my job. I wasn't having a good time, and as such my job performance was falling. I was bored by what I was doing day in and day out, and I just couldn't stay interested in it anymore. That is why decided to take a distance education school program.
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The proper aim of education is to promote significant learning. Significant learning entails development. Development means successively asking broader and deeper questions of the relationship between oneself and the world. This is as true for first graders as graduate students, for fledging artists as graying accountants.
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I had never really thought about distance education schools. I had figured that they were not respectable institutions. Nevertheless, when I found out about distance education programs surprised me. The more research I did, the more I realized that a distance education school was for me. You see, I was a working professional. Although I was looking for a new career, I knew that I couldn't immediately stop working. After all, I had house payments, car payments, and numerous other expenses to keep up with. A distance education school was the ideal solution. Although it took a lot of time, I was able to arrange it around my own schedule. As a result, I never felt overstressed. It was something that I could handle.
Best of all, my distance education degree has really been all I needed to get a job. I had always assumed that it would be harder to get a career with a correspondence school degree, but it has been pretty easy for me. I took a distance education school course in computer science, and even though the job market has shrunk somewhat in recent years, it is still big enough. I was able to find a good job right out of school, and I never had to stop working full time. It really has made a big difference in my life!
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