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Education Why are you taking classes?
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Education Why are you taking classes? “Education is the only area that Americans pay for and almost hope to be cheated -- to be asked to do as little as possible for the credit.” -- A LeGrand Richards

Employment & Education Are they related?

Do you see a relationship?? Employment & Education https://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm Do you see a relationship??

The top 10 most in-demand college degrees (* as of May 2017) Engineering (elect, mech, chem, ...) Business Administration/Management Computer Science Accounting Finance Common denominator? Don’t avoid math and science! The more education the better

Average Salary For B.A./B.S.* Physician Asst – $87K Computer Science – $65-70K Engineering – $64-75K Actuarial Science – $61K Nursing – $59K Info Sys Mgmt – $58K Mathematics – $50-55K Accounting & Finance – $50-55K ------------------------ Geography – 43K Education – $38-40K Psychology – $38K Criminal Justice – $37-40K Early Child Educ – $32K http://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report Does salary motivate you? (*2017-18 report) (All  since 2011, but lately ) “Engineering majors are consistently among the highest paid because the demand for them is so great.”

Supply and Demand!

can affect the rest of your life! SIDE NOTES: Reg nurses: yesterday Assoc degree; today, bachelors Hospitals are not hiring people who smoke! Nicotine screening is now routine! A police record can exclude you from many jobs… by law! Your choices today can affect the rest of your life!

“While each decision we make has an ultimate bearing on our future opportunities and blessings, certain pivotal points are critical. In these soul-defining moments, we are faced with choices that, once made, will in many cases forever open or close doors of opportunity." Hoyt W. Brewster, Ph.D. -- Professor at Pepperdine Univ., Chapman College, and BYU

What attributes are employers looking for?

Want an advantage over other applicants? Source: Job Outlook November 2014, National Association of Colleges and Employers

Want an advantage over other applicants? Nearly 74% of employers say they would prefer to hire new college graduates who have relevant work experience. More than half of employers preferred that this experience come from an internship or co-op assignment.

Internships? Have you tried PVCC Career Services?!

How you look does matter Look the part! Dress / Grooming is #1

You get out of life, including education, “The 10,000 Hour Rule” Malcolm Gladwell, journalist and NY Times bestselling author The point? You get out of life, including education, what you put into it

The Goal of Education: “critical thinking” The ability to evaluate and/or analyze anything and everything Different ways to analyze problems and ideas

Critical Thinking Who to vote for? What to buy? Choice of what to do… (time / $$) Facebook / Internet…

“Well rounded education?” Teach you different ways of analyzing Having a knowledge base that extends beyond a single specialty: TOOLS! Fill your toolbox with as many tools as you can!

Memorization? Every time he has the ball he whips out his smartphone to remember how to shoot the ball.

Memorization? Every time they go on stage they do a Google search to remember the words to their songs.

Memorization? Before she goes on stage she does a Google search to remember how to play violin.

They read an online manual last night. Memorization? They read an online manual last night.

And she checked Wikipedia this morning. Memorization? And she checked Wikipedia this morning.

Education Related Lies / Myths Memorization is a waste of time I can’t learn if it is not my style of learning Shouldn’t have to learn it if it doesn’t apply to my job

Education “There are certain mortal moments and minutes that matter--certain hinge points in the history of each human. Some seconds are so decisive they shrink the soul, while other seconds are spent so as to stretch the soul.” Neal A. Maxwell Former prof. of political science, Univ. Utah