If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.
– Brigham Young
By the time I graduate with this degree I will have been in school in some form for 30 years. For a while now I have been asked a lot why I’m still in school, why I am pursuing this degree (or my previous one). The unspoken aspect of that question is how much more money I’ll be able to make with my degree. I’m not getting my graduate degrees for money (wrong field). A college degree has worth far beyond the paycheck at the end. My education will benefit not only me but my family and all those I associate in ways far beyond what I can earn with it.
I knew someone once who couldn’t see the point of going to college if he could make more money in his job that didn’t require a degree. But I’ve also seen company layoffs that affected those without degrees before those with them when they were doing the same job. A BBC article back in September talked about how Brasil could be a world economic power – if its people were more educated. A strong democracy relies on an educated population. And I have seen study after study that indicate the more educated the parents are, especially the mother, the more education the children will receive.
I choose to educate myself formally and informally so I don’t get bored with myself and don’t become a bore to others. I loved the non-fiction alphabet challenge I finally finished this year because it helped me expand my informal learning in so many directions. I’m better at dinner party conversation now because of it.
I choose to educate myself because I’m still a work in progress.
I choose to educate myself because there is SO MUCH out there to learn that even if I never stop in this life it will take a good chunk of the eternities for me to learn all I want to know (can you talk about chunks of an infinite set?).
And I choose to educate myself because it is one of the easiest things to share with others.
I am an educator and PhD. I quilt, belly dance, run, read, and try to grow things. I am a Mormon. I am infertile. I am a daughter, sister, aunt, grand-daughter, friend, wife, and mom.
Brett L. Dennis
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I want to be like my Dad, and still be taking classes when I am in my eighties. There is always something new to learn. :book:
I think chunks of an infinite set are called a finite set. Thanks for being educated, by the way. It’s one of the things that makes us work. :love: :brett:
You will never regret your education. You never hear someone say, “I had to much education”. But you may hear them say, “I wish I had more education.”
I love your idea “Alphabet of Books.” I think that may just be a new goal for me in 2013! I agree with you about education. Both my parent’s have Master’s degrees and both are educators. It is SO important.
I am often confused when a person says, “she is a pretty girl and just needs to stay home and be a mother.” (I won’t go into detail but this was said about a close friend who lacked a high school diploma). How can she be a GREAT mother without a H.S. degree?
I admire you for getting your degrees!!