distance learning is not easy ?

hi...

almost
every distant learner has other responsibilities....here is my complete load :

1- english teacher in a government school


2-distant learner MA degree

3-father of 3 children

4-very active social life

what about you dear members ?

 

Ah but!

I quite agree that doing a distance-learning programme is not easy but neither is a full-time programme when a mature adult decides to take one year (or more) out to complete an on-campus programme! I've done both. Being on-campus stil means you have to turn up to lectures and you can't readily please yourself when to work and not to work and all the usual things are still there in the background!

AJJ

 

I agree that it is more demanding. Nonetheless, because of the scheduling convenience it beats having to sit in a classroom.

John

 

If you want to get somewhere in life you have to sweat for it. Distance learning programs can be just as demanding as on campus learning. The key to success is good time management skills. It's not easy for me....but I'm surviving.
-father of one (a daughter)
-Consultant to the federal government (full time)
-Doctoral candidate
-working on project management certification
-active on this forum
-three workouts at the gym per week
-active PTA chair

 

I'm sorry fadel, what is this last thing you called a "social life?"
Jack

 

Trust me, Number 4 will be the first casualty.

My tale of woe;

-Full-time police officer (average 60 hours per week with OT)

-Adjunct lecturer at a local community college

-Vice-President of the police union

-Father of 2-year old twins

-Member of local Masonic Lodge

-Moderator of this board

My wife often jokes that sleep is a luxury to me, and I can't say that I disagree with her.

 

thank you very much for all of you members and guests......


Jack.........

i mean with very active social life that when you are studying from home you still have to participate with family ,relatives and friends and colleaques at original work !

 

Father of 5 (2 at home)

Federal employee-50 hours per week

third wife (she's a keeper), she's a Head Start teacher fulltime...

child in band, another playing basketball, practice, practice practice....games, games, games...

Ron

 

Interesting quote from a man who authored the book One World in 1943 in which he advocted a type of big government.

 

Bruce - Twins!!!! Yikes, there is a handful.

For me....
Full time Pharmaceutical Employee (Yes, I switched sectors)....
Teaching 3 classes at the University......
Doctorate starting......
6 acre ranch, with a vineayrd.....
Small wine production facility (only about 150 gallon capacity)....
4 Cats......
2 dogs.....
1 husband.....
Children on the way, soon.....
AND.... active member on degreeinfo.com!

Uncle, Uncle I say!!!!

 

Have To . . . Sorry, I must have skipped that page of the rule book. So much to read, so much to read . . .
Jack

 

My cat will jump up and sit on the keyboard when I have been too many hours on the computer. She is my alarm clock.

 

Hi Kristie. What can I do for you?

 

If I weren't in a profession allowing me study time I wouldn't be able to be in two, soon to be three, DL programs at once.

 

DL learning itself is harder. At least it was for me. I am the sort of person who can attend lectures do readings, pass the midterm and final and write a paper with little effort and usually pull an A. Yes I am lazy!! However, in DL learning I had to work my a@# off and demonstrate my comprehension of the material in a more intensive way. I wrote and wrote and wrote and wrote and wrote paper after paper after paper. All this while working full time.

 

?????

 

DL is definitely not easier, but it is so much more convenient.

1) work rotating 12 hour shifts at a power plant
2) married
3) 11 year old girl, now in middle school (Wow, I am getting old fast) plus band, basketball and swimming
4) 3 year old boy - just as rowdy as I ever was

Getting off of night shift, then going to school for half a day before going back to work is getting old fast. If the school didn't offer some of their classes on Blackboard, I would never be able to keep up.

 

Without a doubt DL is harder - for me at least. However, I believe it pays off. On a recent job interview I sold it as a positive attribute (organizational skills, multitasking, etc.) and they loved it.

When asked what was unique about me, I argued [in the interview] that I would be the only candidate they interviewed that not only successfully juggled a family, full-time job, and full-time studies, but has also maintained a 4.0 GPA with little, if any, direction from teachers. It may have been too much because they later said, "We have little doubt that you will be able to do this job - we are worried that you might get bored." At the end they offered me two combined jobs, but only wanted to pay me for one (plus a little), so I'm thinking about it.

Granted, this interview may not be indicative of the norm, but they seemed to like the idea that I was a DL student after I explained it to them.

Earlier, you cried "uncle."

 

It takes an interesting type of student to be able to do DL. Since I have been teaching at the University level (junior and seniors) I realize how most student are, and see why DL only fits some.

 

And what do you drink for the other half of the year?