A
“perk” is usually defined as a side benefit one normally doesn’t
associate with taking on a job or task. Take going for an online degree
over going on campus. The direct benefits are putting oneself in a
better position for making more money, advancing in one’s career, or
just enriching one’s knowledge.
These are all very solid reasons for
attending an online college.
Then
there are the perks. They may not get you that increase in pay, but
they sure feel sweet when you take advantage of them. Here’s a short
list of five. There are a few more, but why ruin the surprise?
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You can wear anything while taking your courses. It
doesn’t matter if you’re in your birthday suit, wearing pink furry
slippers and a tattered bathrobe or dressed for a late night out (or
just coming back from one), no one knows what you look like on the
other side of the screen.
Whatever you’re comfortable in is what’s the
most important. The only time this point doesn’t apply is with video
conferencing, but them’s the breaks.
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You can also be anywhere, as long as you can get online. The
introduction of WiFi has made going online possible, and not just from
a McDonalds or Starbucks. You can be sitting by a swimming pool, on a
tour of Paris
or even just at the Laundromat…just don’t do something extreme like
stunt parachuting or any other form of X-sport.
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You can take the course at any time. Whether it’s just home from work,
first thing in the morning, after watching Jay Leno (whatever time he’s
on). As long as you keep up with the syllabus, you can take your course
at any given time of the day (or night).
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You can seriously cut commuting time and cost. Going to a campus to
continue one’s education has costs some don’t think about…until the
next traffic jam. A student has to be in a classroom away from their
homes to graduate.
That doesn’t factor in the time to get from work or
home to the class, or the cost in gas or bus fare that ensues. This way
one has time to have a decent meal, tuck the kids in, relax a bit--and
save a few bucks—before turning the desk/laptop on.
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Age doesn’t matter. These days education has become an ongoing affair.
It could be someone in their late teens trying to finish up their high
school diploma, a middle aged, midlevel executive out to improve
his/her station in life, or a retiree just pursuing a personal field of
interest. Age is not an issue when it comes to advancing one’s
education.
In
other words, you can be anywhere, wear anything, with anyone of any age
or position in life. That’s some of the perks of going online for one’s bachelors degree. You can even get college grants to do it. Small wonder
online education is becoming a rapidly growing field.
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