Saturday 1 October 2011

Adult Education - You Can Make a Difference

Getting an education does not depend on your age. Whether you are fifty or sixty years old, you can still get your education and that does not matter at all. Adult education is a perfect solution for you who might have never been getting a chance at younger ages or could not take the chance when you had it for many reasons.

A lot of people do not think much of adult education or they feel embarrass going to school at higher age and rather doing nothing than making a difference for their lives but I am sure that is not you. You know what is good for you and I am sure you will have enough courage to take it on and achieve your dream.

My neighbor became a professor when he was 53 years old. For all his life, he was working at an engineer and always regretted it. One day, he decided to make a change and came back to school to pursue his dream. He got it. It is just simple like that. If you seek it, you will find it. Age can never hold anybody back.

The only thing that holds people back is their own minds.

If you keep on waiting and hoping for a miracle that could change your current then I will guarantee that never going to happen. Time never waits for anyone, it brings age with it. You have a dream, pursue it, take action now and grab your education. You can make a difference. That is for sure.

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Education - How Important is Your Education For Jobs?

Honestly, this is a tough question to answer. Everyone has had this same question run through their minds, always wondering if the school they went to was good enough for their first job. The answer to this question has to do with how hard to pursue your goals. How bad do you want it? These are important aspect to whether or not you will get that first high paying career right out of college.The best way to secure a well paying job right out of college is simply by going to the best possible school you can get into. Think about this one. Schools are different, whether you like it or not. And Harvard University is definitely better than Sacramento State. If you are very smart, and not very outgoing at all, then you will want to be the once at Harvard. This is because when applying for a job somewhere, you must remember that you are not the only one going for that same position. Hundreds, maybe thousands of other student are applying for the same job. Now, put yourself in the employers shoes. Would you interview all of them? No! You would simply go through and pick the ones you think have the most potential. And, unfortunately, goodbye Mr. Sacramento State...Stanford and Harvard looked much better. So you need to go to the best possible school you can go to if you are not outgoing. Because employers will not even give you a chance if you have not even met them before.

Now, all this talk about being outgoing...what does it mean? It's simple. If you are one of those people who talks to everyone constantly or has no problem asking questions, introduce yourself to some of the top management within the company which you want to work. Now I know this sounds a little frightening at first, but honestly, they know that too! And to them, this is very impressive. Tell them you are very interested in working with the company and why. Make sure you know your stuff.

Both of these are essential when looking for a job, and, if you have both, you're golden! Bottom line is...go to the best school you can go to, and be outgoing. If you don't do one, then do the other. Something needs to make you stand out.


Video Game Education For the Homeschooler

I have previously discussed homeschool software or software that targets children and somehow related to learning. This time i will discuss something different that equally relates to the idea of unschooling. You want your child to learn and you want your child to have fun. You also want your child to interact with other children and be familiar with the cutting edge technology that today has to offer.It has been shown that children who play video games have better hand eye coordination, higher reading skills, are more adept at math, and are more familiar with technology. The best part is that this is all a byproduct of your child having fun and doing something that they like to do. I am not going to make the jump to think that all children like video games because I know they don't but as the success of video game consoles continues to rise I think it is true that many children do enjoy video games.

Kids can interact with each other if they are playing together or they can interact online if they are not together. Kids can make friends in other states and countries and feel a sense of community. And all the while they are learning. Maybe not in the way that their parents did but in the way of the future.

Nasa and all airlines use sophisticated simulators to train pilots, many of these software systems are not that much different from the most sophisticated simulators of yesteryear. In my opinion if NASA trust software to get its astronauts to the moon and back I can trust it to teach my kid a thing or two. Along the way I will earn some major goodie points with my kids for letting them do something they enjoy.

A word of caution. Video games can be addictive and expensive and you must always keep a close eye on children's online activity but with some close monitoring and structure you can work games into the day of a homeschooler. Use them to wake a kid up, get the blood flowing, as a reward, as a break from a rigorous day, something to change the pace, as a break for yourself.

Homeschooling is meant to bring new opportunities to the class room so take full advantage of this opportunity. Resist the urge to do things as they have always been done and take a chance at doing something different. The numerous types of homeschool software offer countless opportunities for the class room.