| Don't ever let anyone ever tell you, you can't | | | | spare time. It actually took him 6 long years, but |
| teach an old dog new tricks! My grandmother got | | | | he considering he was in full time employment as |
| a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) from Cambridge | | | | a general building laborer, it's a remarkable |
| University in England, at the ripe old age of 82 | | | | achievement. It was a great celebration for him |
| years. Obviously she didn't need it as an | | | | as he got his award just 1 week before his 29th |
| occupational qualification, but she did want to | | | | birthday. The Open University programs are open |
| prove to herself and others that the women of | | | | to all people, including those without formal |
| her generation were not stupid despite being | | | | academic qualifications. Check it out on the web if |
| chained to the kitchen sinks as mothers and a | | | | you'd like more detailed information. |
| wifes for their entire lives. | | | | Another benefit to adult education is that |
| In today's world there are countless possibilities | | | | nowadays just about everyone has access to the |
| and options for adults to get reeducated or | | | | internet, which means that distant learning has |
| educated for the first time. In fact there are | | | | become really accessible and easy. Online courses, |
| more grownups going back to the classroom than | | | | online tutors, materials and virtual classrooms are |
| ever before, many of whom have trudged | | | | becoming the norm in today's world. |
| through life as illiterates or semi illiterates. | | | | Adult education is not only for the uneducated |
| Adult education is everywhere. No matter | | | | though as many already educated folks want to |
| whether you want to study full time or part time, | | | | attain higher levels of education in order to |
| daytime, evenings, all year round or seasonal, | | | | dramatically increase their career prospects. |
| there are flexible programs out there to suit all | | | | Additionally, the more learned one becomes, the |
| kinds of folks for all manner of situations and | | | | more opportunities knock on their door. The more |
| reasons. It's really great to know that those | | | | strings you have to your bow, the more choices |
| people who missed the educational boat for | | | | are available, it's a simple as that. |
| whatever reason are now given the chance to | | | | Whether you are an adult that would just like to |
| develop new skills, gain a qualification, or just learn | | | | lean the basics of how read and write, or you |
| for the pure heck of it. | | | | need an academic qualification in order to climb |
| My wife's brother has just completed an Open | | | | your vocational ladder, adult education is there for |
| University course and obtained a degree in his | | | | you. |