| You're already doing unofficial home study when | | | | showed me the tricks and I was soon flying |
| you research a project online. Study in class has | | | | through my titrations too.Even if you do have a |
| its place, but...Up to date I've done many courses | | | | machine shop at home, you'll be taught safe |
| in classrooms but only two were very useful. I've | | | | working procedure in a conventional course. That |
| learned most of the useful stuff from books or | | | | could save you from being a cripple for the rest |
| the Internet.-----------------------What will help you | | | | of your life.----------------Instant |
| most in life?-----------------------The most valuable | | | | Feedback----------------When I was about to hold a |
| thing you learn at school is to write an essay. | | | | chunk of metal with a rag wrapped round my |
| Essays help you organise your thoughts. An essay | | | | hand to give me extra grip, my lecturer yelled a |
| helps you convince people. Your | | | | warning. That probably kept me from losing my |
| feedback in a home study course will mostly be | | | | hand.Even if you're learning something safe like oil |
| essays. This will encourage you to write a good | | | | painting, you can learn faster with instant |
| essay.Many years ago I read about Electronics, | | | | feedback from a lecturer strolling around behind |
| and took a correspondence course on the | | | | the students.Oh, you could take a digital |
| subject, and made electronic gadgets for where I | | | | photograph of your oil painting and shoot it down |
| worked.Then I decided to study Electronics at | | | | the line to an instructor, but she could be having a |
| college. Unfortunately the nearest I could get to it | | | | meal, or even be asleep if she is on the other |
| was Physics with Electronics as the main subject, | | | | side of the world. So you still won't have instant |
| so I qualified in Physics.The lecturers were | | | | feedback.Writing essays works |
| shockingly out of date. One of my classmates | | | | fine.----------------------------------Conventional courses |
| and I spent a lot of time instructing the lecturers. | | | | for abilities----------------------------------It seems that |
| We'd learned modern stuff from books and | | | | conventional courses win out when you want to |
| practical use.It has been said "Those who can, do. | | | | develop an ability, unless your parents already |
| Those who can't, teach." What this means is that | | | | have that ability to pass on to |
| lecturers sat through lectures and passed exams. | | | | you.-----------------Knowledge |
| They go on to teach what they learned in these | | | | courses-----------------Of course, there are |
| lectures - which is already out of date. That's the | | | | knowledge courses such as English, Philosophy, |
| first benefit of home | | | | History, Anthropology where you don't have a |
| study.-----------------------------------Three advantages | | | | practical syllabus. These are |
| of classroom study-----------------------------------1. | | | | ideal for home study, and perfect for using an |
| You can get recognised certificates when you | | | | essay as a tool.More and more Universities offer |
| pass exams2. You can get a useful plan for what | | | | online courses. You can get recognised certificates |
| to study3. Facilities for practical workYou'll have | | | | with home study. You just need to be good at |
| noticed that although I learned more from my | | | | writing an essay (see my free report) and a few |
| home study course, I still did a four-year course | | | | other exam techniques to succeed.Even technical |
| at college. I couldn't get recognised exam | | | | courses have lots of theory. University extension |
| certificates from correspondence courses. That | | | | courses allow you to study the theory online. |
| was the main benefit.If you want to study | | | | Then you just go to college for your practical |
| genetics and you don't even know what a gene | | | | work.------------Distractions------------A friend of |
| is, you obviously don't know enough to plan a | | | | mine refused to be distracted by girls or parties |
| syllabus for your home study.You get a useful | | | | or sport until he completed his degree as a |
| skeleton outline from your lectures. Using my | | | | dentist.I don't think I could have overcome these |
| book about exams you will learn how to improve | | | | distractions. If you do home study you don't have |
| on the skeleton, but you need one | | | | any distractions.Conclusion:I prefer home study |
| to improve on!At home you don't have a | | | | any time that it is available. However you can't |
| chemistry laboratory or a machine shop or | | | | learn to sing, or karate, or dentistry without a |
| volunteers to practice dentistry.Apprenticeships let | | | | teacher, so conventional study is often needed to |
| you learn about real life from an employer. | | | | supplement home study. Essay writing is |
| Schools and colleges have labs and workshops for | | | | particularly useful in home study.Ian has worked |
| you to do your practical work.Lecturers don't | | | | as farmhand, dairyman, tractor driver, street |
| know as much about practical work as an | | | | photographer, brickie's mate, electronic designer, |
| employer would. I hated doing chemical titrations | | | | computer programmer, desktop publisher, but |
| because they took such a long time.Then I | | | | nothing is as much fun as getting paid to write. |
| noticed that one of my classmates took about a | | | | Get your free report about the easy way to |
| quarter of the time, with greater accuracy. He | | | | writing essays. |
| worked during his holidays at a chemistry lab. He | | | | |