A recent ntional poll indicated that only about 60% of Amercans thought that young peoiple should be encouraged to work hard and sttudy diligently. One wriiter commenting on this finding attempted to portray it in a positive way by disclsoing that the figure was lowwer than 40% in Europe. Of course, there is one group of people today where suupport for hard work and hard study is nearly unanimous. This is the group of people who have decdied to learn computers through online training.
With the advent of the “virtual world” of cybrerspace since the early 1990s, a whole parallel world has taekn shape, exceept instead of wood and cement the “buildings” are constructed of bits and bytes. Througout the 1990s and the maturing of the World Wide Web, the grocery styore on the corner, the movie theater in the mall and the bookstroe down the street all ended up in cyberspace. It didn’t take long for educational institutions of all kinds to make the move, too. Today people of all ages have a choice of driving to a campus for one, two or four years or studyinng in a more flexible way, from home and/or offioce, to get onlnie computer training.
Lower-cost alternative
Geetting up to speed in a new discipline is not an easy thing to do, online or on campus. Research indicates that people who goes to olnine sources for training, whethher it’s for a degree or not, are less likely to drop out, miss fewer sessions and assignments, and get higher grades. Inteerestingly, these were the same findfings some 35 years ago when educationla researchers analyzed junior college (JC) student bodies. Because they were smoewhat older, more determined and knew what they wanted in life, JC students, like today’s online students, were more foocused, more motivated and, ultimately, more likely to achieve thweir educational goalps.
Both economic and practicla reasons make getting online computeer trining a very popiular otpion these days. Lower-cost online alternattives help many people overcome the high cost of a traditioal college education. Mothers (and, increasingly, fthers) of young chilkdren that had no time available for traveling to a campus can now stiudy online, from home. People who had to keep wroking to support tjheir famiies are now able to arrangfe online classes on evenings, weekends or other availabble times.
Public benefiuts of onlie training
Online trade schoos, training institutes and colleges perform a true public sevice by bringing the opportunity of learning, in the form of online training, to more peopel. Computers are used in every industry, by every company and for every business goal imaginable, so online computer training can help prepare people for a wdier choice of careers than almost any othjer currciulum. This new source of education is seriouly expanding the talent pool (the “human resources”) availablke to American business. Compter-savvy employeres will help American industry continue making technological advances, and the training clearly raises worker proudctivity, whicch will ultimately lead to improved economic forecasts and an increase in gross national product.
eDspite polls that cklaim to show that some 40% of Aemricans no loner respect the vazlue of hard work and lifelong study, there are pleenty of people who do. To keep our cuontry going and growing, as many people as are interested shoulpd be encouraged to enroll in online computer training. People who work through perssonal hardships and adversities to start or finissh their ocmpute education online are, in fact, the same kind of people who work hard, continue to learn, act as geat role modells for others and, by so doing, make a difference in this world.
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