Education – The guaranteed investment
By Matt - Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
I’ve been reading more and more Personal Finance blogs, many of which concentrate on frugality. This is a great thing; people are sharing ideas on saving money and collecting their money in relatively safe investments such as high interest bank accounts. This is great for them but I’ve also seen the opposite, not great ideas but people complaining about the fact that something might cost them money, especially when it comes to investing in their education. Thankfully we can get a lot of information from the internet but when that fails as far as my opinion goes there is one safe investment and that is education.
I hated going to school, I always found it boring and taught in an unappealing manner. I never questioned the fact that the learning was worthwhile. When you have an opportunity to take a class that will help you achieve a goal regardless of if it’s a financial one or not spending the money to learn from people who are willing to teach and have the expertise to teach is a great investment. When it comes to most forms of education there’s a cost associated with it and of course that has to be taken into account and weighed but you can’t shirk at a dollar figure if the class that you’re going to take can potentially make you more in return.
Have I ever been in a situation where I had to mentally justifying paying for education that was expensive? Yes I have, I have a degree from University of Phoenix that I paid for myself. This was a huge cost at a time when I was already ladenned by debt, I questioned my decision numerous times but I didn’t question the value of what I was learning. For as much as any individual class, course, or seminar might not teach you very much it can give you perspective which you can turn around and learn from. Every opportunity to learn is a great opportunity even if you don’t learn much, which is why I feel that education, is a great investment (as long as you’re not putting yourself in the poor house to get it… and even then it might be worth it)
Tags:Investing, Eductation
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One Response to “Education – The guaranteed investment”
1 belewis says:
September 20th, 2006
at 6:14 pm
I agree totally. Education has been the key to many locked doors in my life. I also plan to go to school online this upcoming spring to pursue my MBA. With the increase of global competition, it’s now a necessity to pursue higher education and furthermore to never stop learning.
I intend to continue my education as long as my body allows. This will keep me sharp and current as to what’s going on in the world when I’m old and gray!
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