Learning and Training
Jul 31st 2012 | 5:13 am
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Learning and Training
It came up on another thread about learning and certificates of training.
Bearing in mind some of us are retired whilst others are mothers and fathers of school age children, and then there's those I will politely call "tweenies", If you were able to reassess what you have done and where you want to go - what training, courses, etc, would you want to take now you may well have the time you didnt when younger ??
To start this off, I left school on the Friday aged 16 finished my paper round on the Sunday and joined the Royal Navy on the Monday. Back in those days we weren't fixated by degrees, we didnt until that year have a 6th Form, less than 1% of our school went on to Uni.
So I would like to take a degree level course and be able to put the certificate up on the wall. As a pensionista it isnt going to do much for my future employment but it would round off 50 years of experience gained in the University of Life.
How about you ??
Bearing in mind some of us are retired whilst others are mothers and fathers of school age children, and then there's those I will politely call "tweenies", If you were able to reassess what you have done and where you want to go - what training, courses, etc, would you want to take now you may well have the time you didnt when younger ??
To start this off, I left school on the Friday aged 16 finished my paper round on the Sunday and joined the Royal Navy on the Monday. Back in those days we weren't fixated by degrees, we didnt until that year have a 6th Form, less than 1% of our school went on to Uni.
So I would like to take a degree level course and be able to put the certificate up on the wall. As a pensionista it isnt going to do much for my future employment but it would round off 50 years of experience gained in the University of Life.
How about you ??
Jul 31st 2012 | 5:20 am
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Re: Learning and Training
Personally I am in favour of practical experience rather than a paper qualification.
My wife did a degree in nine months at the age of 50, sponsored by her employer and got paid overtime as well
My wife did a degree in nine months at the age of 50, sponsored by her employer and got paid overtime as well
Jul 31st 2012 | 6:19 am
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Re: Learning and Training
I worked for a few years before going to university and I'm really glad I did, it makes you appreciate higher education so much more. I don't think anyone should be allowed to go straight from school to university without getting some real life experience first.
I don't think I would bother now though, with the tuition fees so high and graduate job prospects so poor.
If I went back into education in future I would love to learn something really practical and useful like plastering or plumbing. Not much chance of a job though, in a country full of unemployed plasterers and plumbers ...
I don't think I would bother now though, with the tuition fees so high and graduate job prospects so poor.
If I went back into education in future I would love to learn something really practical and useful like plastering or plumbing. Not much chance of a job though, in a country full of unemployed plasterers and plumbers ...
