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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a SAHM to 2 young kids so an online program works best for me. I'm about to transfer my community college credits over to UMUC. I checked and it is a credited school. I'm about to invest a lot of money in going to school there - will it be for nothing? [/quote]

You're a mom.

Let's say you have two choices:
A)  to allow your teen to stay home and take on line classes from some virtual high school or
B)  to watch your teen jump on a bus and head off to high school where REAL people can figure out if she's tired and therefore not performing well or if she's just not working to her potential b/c she's bored or if she's gifted in art b/c she made a beautiful sculpture that's on display

Get it?

If I were to hire someone for a position, and one had an on line degree while the other had a Master's from a state college, whom should I choose?  In my experience, those with on line degrees don't value education.  It's an easy way out.  We've watered down education so much that no one - not even adults - can think critically.  Furthermore, it's laziness.  [/quote]

I don't think your comparison is a good one.  An adult can presumably pace themselves and learn independently from home.  A child cannot as easily.  And, there are social aspects to school that are good for children; less so for a grown person.  So, I do think it's more important for a child or teen to be in school vs. an adult.

I also think some disciplines simply do not lend themselves to online coursework.  That said, a good friend just became a nurse practitioner through distance learning (she was already a nurse) program for a "real" school outside the area.  She did all her lab work and hands-on work through a "sister" school in the area.

Lastly, I think many people are confusing convenience with laziness.  I don't see suffering through working yourself into the ground, caring for your family and then attending to coursework as anything that the pursuit of martyrdom. If you can do your work online through a proven online or distance course, and it makes your life easier, why not do it?  I would never make a hiring decision simply based on the fact that someone didn't go to a brick and mortar school.  Talk about lazy!!  I would do my job as the hiring official to ascertain whether the person is qualified.  Period.[/quote]

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