Adult continuing education is convenient. Seniors have several advantages
over children.
Better memory (indeed!)
Experience
Fewer distractions
Better memory
Doctors thought you couldn't
grow new brain cells, so as old cells died, you became more stupid. They
now know that the more adult continuing education, the more new brain
cells you get. You can even delay Alzheimer's disease by keeping your
brain active. But older adults keep forgetting things! That's true because
what you remember best are surprising, new, shocking things. To an old
person, it's a case of "been there, done that." Nothing is new or
startling. However, you often have to learn boring things, and there you
have an advantage. Seniors trounced the kids in a test of memorizing
meaningless words.
Experience
You learn from the
known to the unknown. So it's logical that the more experience you have,
the more you can think, "yes... that's right... it's just like..." I am **
years old now (I'm not going to reveal my age here), and I can say that my
adult continuing education keeps getting easier because there are always
relevant things in my experience.
Distractions
You may have distractions at work still, but let's face it, are they as
obsessive as your teenage interests? You aren't going to have to choose
between going out on a date and doing some study. You might have to choose
between having a nap and research, but I always desire education vs.
anything else.
Exams
Just as your three advantages apply to
study, they apply to exams. Were you sick with nerves in your school
exams? Your life-career depended on your performance. Now it would be nice
to pass, but your experience tells you that you will survive failure and
land on your feet again...so fewer nerves. Unless children have wealthy or
helpful parents, they can't afford resources that you can afford. For
instance, they can afford my free report on writing essays, but not my
eBook about passing exams. If you live in a country with timed local phone
calls, kids may not be able to do much research on the internet because it
costs too much. There are ways to become a lightning calculator and
develop a super memory, and you can afford them all. If you want to learn
a language, you can probably even afford to get a "superlearning" course
that teaches you the language in only fifteen hours.
Why Adult Continuing Education
All right, you have advantages, but why
should you bother with adult continuing education? * Prevents brain
deterioration * Retraining for a new job * Self-employment I've already
covered the effect of study on the brain. You get new brain cells. In
modern times you can only expect to keep one job for a short time. You are
going to need to retrain for your next career. Self-employment. You can't
be sacked if you are self-employed, but you can go broke. It is best to
develop your home business part-time until earning you twice as much as
your job. Then if you are retrenched from your job, you won't care. Then
you won't need to worry about adult continuing education anymore, will
you? Oops... you will need to keep learning even more, when you have your
own business. For instance, you will have to learn bookkeeping unless you
can afford an accountant to do the work. If you have to employ people, you
will need to know the laws that apply. Continue to grow. There are a lot
of free resources online. We have unlimited potential.
