WA vs MBA classes

Tomorrow evening, I have a finance exam. I should be studying for it. However, I am thinking about the difference between WA and my MBA courses. Bottom line upfront: the information that we can learn on WA is up to date. Much of the information in the college classes is either very basic foundation material or antiquated. WA is nimble. WA costs a lot less.

A college degree has its benefits. This is especially true if you want to work in a field that requires a college degree. Last summer, I missed out on a job opportunity because I did not have a masters degree. So I decided that maybe I should get one. After all, I enjoy learning. So, here I am - an MBA student.

After discovering WA, I fell in LOVE with marketing. Online marketing in particular. So, I chose a marketing class as my first MBA course. Most of the stuff that we were required to read was at least 10 - 12 years old. Some was even older than that. My required reading included articles that were pre-Facebook and pre-Amazon as we know it. I always able to include things that I first learned about marketing on the WA platform in my essay responses.

Thanks to WA, I made a 98. As a Wealthy Affiliate member, I felt like I had been on the cutting edge of what was going on in the marketing world.

I understand that in academia they can not publish things as quickly as we can do with a blog. In academia - they are compelled to research everything. Then they conduct statistical analyses to determine if there really are cause and effect relationships. After that they do peer reviews to make sure that everything they want to say makes sense. Once a piece of "research" has gone through all those stages, it can be published. I admit, I've been a little disappointed by how dated much of the information that I'm learning is. I am learning some things but WA spoiled me.

For my finance class, I had to resort to watching YouTube videos so I could figure out how to work a hand held financial calculator.  It turns out that many of these videos have over 25,000 views.

Afterwards, I experimented with recording my own YouTube video demonstrating how to clear the calculator's memory. I made another video demonstrating how to calculate cash flows.

However after recording the videos, I am not so convinced that I want to clutter up YouTube channel with antiquated information such as "how to use your calculator so that you don't fail your exam." I certainly don't want my real estate clients to think that I believe they should use a calculator do investment analysis.

Please know that higher education is evolving. It just moves much more slowly than a training platform like WA.

One last thought..... the WA premium plus plan is significantly cheaper than even one college class. Back in November, I didn't upgrade to the Premium Plus plan because I really didn't have time to take advantage of it. Two weeks after this semester started, I decided the Premium Plus plan would be a bargain compared to what I am paying in tuition.

 Are you taking advantage of all the learning opportunities that are available on WA?

Take care,

Sondra