University Distance Learning

do what you love

I’ll take a break from distance learning in this post to discuss a more general matter that’s near and dear to my heart:  learning as an end in itself, rather than as a means to something else (e.g. a well paying job).

Many young people today go off to college with the notion that happiness in life results from a high-paying salary; and the higher the happier.  Therefore they wind up pursuing a field of education that has little to no personal appeal.  In short, the student oftentimes makes a sacrifice; that of doing something wholly unfulfilling now, in the hopes that one may find later fulfillment in a lucrative career. Read more »