Online Distance Education Program

Online Distance Education Program - How To Improve Your Life
While Living It by Leonard Bartholomew

Getting an education is hard work. Some of that work comes in
the form of just making a decision to get one. Graduating from
high school can be a daunting experience when you are in your
late teens. You are just becoming an adult and have hardly begun
to learn how to make important life decisions of your own.
Asking you parents or mentors what you should do just confuses
you more. Thinking that getting an education is always a good
idea, you might decide to go ahead and get one. Then you are
faced with a quandary of career choices and wonder which one you
should choose. It is important that you choose one and pursue it
with all of your heart. Remember what they say about first
impressions? They are usually right. If you follow your heart's
motivation, you will find that the education that you are
pursuing is the right choice for you. Here are some insights on
making some of those decisions and the benefits of getting an
education from an online distance education program.

The major motivating factors behind getting an education are
money and reputation, what one is thought to be by others.
Taking the opportunity to increase the potential of increased
income is always a worthy venture. Statistically, getting an
education does that for you. The average wage earned in 2005 by
a college graduate was $51,206. The average wage earned by a
high school graduate was $27,915. The average wage earned by
those with no high-school diploma earned was $18,734. Even in an
unhealthy economy, $51,206 is a lot more than $27,915 or
$18,734. Which one would you rather have?

Reputation comes with being an expert in your field. For the
most part, I think, the expertise that we come out of high
school will be a reputation of another sort. I remember
priorities in high school being relationships, foot ball,
dances, and other assorted illegal substances. But there are
those who realize the importance of taking a career aim while in
high school that will give them a great head start in life. They
hold off on the fun stuff like going to work right away and
getting married. They put a priority on their education and
delay the gratification that some of us pursued so vigorously in
high school.

You didn't see much of this group. They stayed in the shadows of
mathematics and science. They always had their noses in their
books. They actually held intelligent conversations with their
teachers. I don't know how many times I heard from another
student that a teacher was boring. When these students spoke
with each other, they were always talking about their studies. I
found them very boring and, well boring just like their teachers!

Something happens to an adolescent while in high school. I here
it happens earlier with female students than with males.
Sometimes we grow up. Realizing that the life we have in the
homes of our parents will not last forever, we make the
decisions that will last a lifetime. Who do we want to be? What
do we want to do? We decide to continue our education, not
because high school was so much fun, but we know that we are not
yet ready to strike out on our own. If we did now, we would
never reach the goals of affluence desired.

Affluance, as a result of education, can be attained at any
stage of life. We are taught that earlier is better. The perfect
student does perfectly well in high school, does not let the
events of life at that age get in the way of a higher cause,
chooses a very ambitious college or university program, never
misses a class and graduates with honors every time. They also
have a lot of interviews lined up with very prestigious
companies on the day they graduate from college. They wait at
least a year in their first position before even considering
taking on a relationship, and when they do, it is with someone
like them. They make enough money to be able to afford day-care.
And their kids? They grow up to be just like mom and dad.

OK, this does not sound realistic, does it? Some of us mess it
up real good and wish for a second chance. While working, and
raising a family, we want to upgrade our education so we can get
that $51,206 or more. If you are not lucky enough to be close to
an educational institution, the internet provides some of the
best opportunities to upgrade your educational level through
something called an online distance education or an online
education program.

An online distance education program is usually self paced so it
is easy to fit into a tight schedule. Distance learning is
pretty much self explanatory. It means learning from a distance.
You can get your education from a university in Arizona even if
you do not live in the state of Arizona on the internet today.
This kind of education comes with all of the benefits of
traditional on-campus education except the requirement to live
on campus, socialize on campus, and eat at the campus dining
rooms. It even comes with financial aid if you need it. Most of
us that desire to upgrade our education level, especially later
in life, really do not want the kind of activity level offered
by on-campus life anyhow. An online distance education program
is a real money saver where you can focus on your studies and
get that elusive bump to your annual income that you have always
deserved, even while raising a family.