Because school and work are equally important to my growth as a student and professional, they can work symbiotically to improve both these aspects of my life. I want to be able to gain valuable work experience and time management skills while continuing my education. At the University of Phoenix, I feel that I can have a balance that is essential to my overall learning as an adult.
In the view of most people, a college education has now taken on the importance that a high school education had in the past, and has become a necessary ingredient for a good job and comfortable lifestyle. There are still many ways to succeed in today's work world without a college education. As we all know, most people will hit the glass ceiling of promotion and salary. A great example of this is a family friend that has worked at IBM for over twenty years. She is equally competent to her superiors if not more. However, what she lacks is a college education. Who has to say if a degree would help give her a better understanding of her job at this point in her career? Regardless though, she is not where she could be because of her lack there of. This is not to say, however, that society believes a college education guarantees success, or tha
An education is supposed to make one more intelligent. Earning a college degree is indeed a prestigious accomplishment. I think there is something far more important than any test or any paper you ever will embark on. At this point in my life, I want to be able to relate what I do in the classroom to what I am doing in my career and vice versa. Different from the traditional college curriculum, this is the very core of UOP. From when I was very young, it was just implied that when you finished high school you go right on to college. Upon completion of college, you then went on to your career of choice. The benefit to this is that I can comfortably combine the career and college that is the best hands on experience. With my learning style, this is the best thing for me. It is not easy going to college and working at the same time, but discipline is crucial to a good education. College should not only be there to further educate you through books and research, but through life. Like in the book “Peak Learning”, learning is the way to keep the mind and body young. The brain does not ever have to stop growing. The old saying that you cannot teach and old dog-new tricks are only true if that old dog has a dormant mind. The study with the mice where there was one in isolation with minimal stimulation.