My Favorite Christmas Gift
Posted on December 25, 2009
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Even though the whole point of the Christmas season isn’t gift giving, for me, gifts are the highlights. It is interesting to see what people buy for you and the gifts are a good indication of how well they actually know you.
This year, it was kind of a mixed bag when it came to my Christmas gifts. Most of the gifts that I received were kind of generic, such as the five bath gift baskets I received and that really made me kind of sad. It really hurt that my in-laws were one of the people that bought me a bath gift basket – you would think that they should know me better than that.
My husband didn’t do much better either. Even though I had mentioned to him that I really wanted some scrapbooking supplies for Christmas (I even made him a list), he didn’t really follow through with it. Instead he bought me some gift cards (which are about as impersonal as you can get), which made me feel like he didn’t make any time for me. Definitely a disappointment.
But my favorite gift this year was from my parents. They bought me one of the college diploma frames that I had been talking about for months, and now I will finally be able to hang my diploma on the wall. It makes me feel really good to know that they were listening all those times I was talking about the university diploma frame, and their purchase was definitely my favorite gift this year.
5 Best Degrees to Get Online
Posted on December 21, 2009
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I did my entire college degree online approximately ten years ago. At that time, getting a degree online was practically unheard of. These days it’s common. Still, there are some degrees that are better than others to get online.
5 degrees that are good to get online are:
- Education degrees. You can learn a lot about what you need to know for teaching from taking an online course.
- Writing degrees. There is no reason that you need to attend a campus-based program to learn and practice writing.
- Anything related to computers. After all, you’re going to be working on computers anyway. Notably you don’t have to just get advanced degrees online in this area. You can also do certification programs. For example Cisco online training is great for people who need to take a Cisco training course.
- Business degrees. You can get both certification classes and advanced degrees in business via online classes.
- Anything that interests you. Getting a degree online requires that you are very self-motivated. It is a lot easier to be self-motivated if you truly enjoy what you are studying. If you don’t like your degree program then you will have a much tougher time completing your online degree.
A Well Deserved Break from Cooking School
Posted on December 18, 2009
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Now that the holiday season is upon us, it is time for a well deserved break from cooking school. This is my first year there, and it has been a hard four months of work.
I never really thought that cooking would be a subject that would be difficult to master, but as it turns out, it is. My biggest challenge was to get rid of my dependence on cook books since before I enrolled in classes, that is the way I cooked.
There is a lot of practice required to become a master of the culinary arts and I have had my share of dishes that really didn’t taste very good. Out of all my failures, the worst was when I was trying to cook macaroni and cheese from scratch – the first few tries were some of the most disgusting dishes that I had ever eaten.
But I am happy to say that if you tried my cooking back in September and compared it to my skills now, you would taste the difference. Even though I have a ways to go before becoming a master chef, you can feel the excitement in your taste buds when you take the first bite of any dish I create. I know, because I will see the smile on your face.
5 Great Green Classes to Take
Posted on December 17, 2009
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Do you want to be greener than you are? If so then you should think about taking some green classes in the year to come. Take a look at these five terrific green classes that you can take:
- Green cooking classes. There are a variety of green cooking classes that you can take through both normal educational institutions and private businesses. Take a class in buying locally, supporting the Slow Food movement or vegan cooking.
- LEED Green Associate classes. If you are interested in green building then you should pursue the option of getting LEED training this year.
- Green business practices. The local chapter of your Small Business Association probably offers free classes in basic green business practices.
- Marine biology courses. Any type of class that teaches you about animal life on this planet is a good one to take if you’re interested in green topics. Marine biology classes are particularly fun and informative.
- Health and healing classes. Have you ever wanted to take a class in acupuncture or massage therapy? There are a lot of green features to these types of healing classes. Even yoga classes have a green component to them.
It’s a great time to get a green education. Find an area of the green movement that really interests you and learn more about it this year!
5 Reasons People Change Degree Programs
Posted on December 14, 2009
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It is not uncommon for students to start out with plans to get one degree and to wind up getting another degree entirely. In fact, most students change their minds about their degree at some point during their educational career.
Here are five main reasons that people change degree programs:
- They didn’t really know what they wanted to do in the first place. A lot of students choose their first degree before they really know what interests them. As they take classes, they are drawn towards a specific area of study and change to that degree program.
- One class encourages the student to take a different path. Students who change from one degree to another similar degree often do so because a specific class really appealed to them. For example, students of physician assistant programs may end up looking into degrees that are also in the medical field but may be more specialized than the general PA degree.
- It’s more convenient to do a different program. A student may want to get a degree in transitional physical therapy but he needs to do an online program so if he can’t find a transitional physical therapy online program then he may switch to the degree most similar to that which is available online.
- The student likes being in school. Some students don’t want to be done with college in four years so they’ll switch degrees and stay in school longer.
- A major life change occurs. This may cause the student to rethink what she was planning to do and to go another direction with her education.