An advantage of an online education is that you are getting to decide when to start your course and when to “attend” your class.

Being able to set your own goals and your own priorities is very important to most people nowadays.  It is a world that is filled with jobs and obligations that normally suck every last breath out of people.   So to be free to do things your own way and in your own time just makes sense.

I am currently locked into a position of working fulltime and also in a job that requires me to work nights.  On top of that, I have two children to feed.  And of course, I have my beloved blogs to take care of.   But seriously, I just wouldn’t have the time to fit in a formal education schedule that might mean I sit in a class every evening or every morning for example.

I have always wanted to go back to school to upgrade my skills and better career opportunities.  My husband also feels the same way.  A while back, he was actually considered an opportunity that would have seen him a Loan Officer Training program.  It was working in the mortgage industry by the way.   He didn’t do it, partly because of the time conflicts that he had at the time with his job and family life.  But if there were another way to do it, things might have turned out differently.

I myself am interested in becoming a professional photographer and anything I can do to improve my skills and learn is something worth considering.  That’s why; if I were ever going to commit myself to going back to school, I’d want to be free to decide my own schedule.  I think today’s environment with job pressures of two parents working and all the other commitments of families makes it more attractive than ever to have the freedom to decide when to actually “attend” class.