Taking online courses.

I have been racking my brain today trying to figure what my sourced blog was going to be about. Then I got to thinking why we are doing the blogs in the first place. We are blogging because we aren’t “traditional” students, and this is our way of having class discussions or conversations. We, for whatever reason, have decided to take classes online. I am sure most of us are because we still need to hold down a full time job plus go to school to try to better ourselves. I know I decided to do online classes because of that. The rate of unemployment in Missouri was 9.5% for January. This rate was still lower than the national average of 9.7%. I, by no means had any intentions of adding to that rate. Besides, my family still needed two sources of income to survive while I was attending college.

A few reasons to take online courses other than being able to work full time are:
*More flexibility- Allows you to do assignments at your own pace and when you choose, as
long as they are turned in on time.
*Save gas money- in this economy and with gas prices, it’s good to save every penny possible.
*You could save time-instead of spending time driving to campus you can use that time to study
or do assignments.

A couple good reasons to take classes on campus are:
*Better time management- your instructor reminds you when assignments are due.
*Personal Attention-you get immediate feedback during class.
*Change of scenery- Gets you out of the house and around other people.
*Access to more courses- Not all courses are offered online.

Even though taking online classes are better for me so I can continue to work full time, sometimes I wish I could take traditional classes. I would be able to get the immediate feedback that I sometimes need, and I would get out of the house and around other people that may have the same interests as me. Plus, I could possibly have more courses to choose from. Not all the courses I need are offered online right now, hopefully soon they will be and I will be able to do everything I need online.