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/images/ep_chart_001.png Do you see a relationship??

The most in-demand bachelor degrees (* as of Nov 2018) Business (finance, accounting, management) 86% Engineering (elect, mechanical, computer) 67% Computer Science 58% Math & Sciences (math, chem, biology) 40% Communications (comm, public relations) 35% Social Sciences (econ, pol sci, psych) 25% Common denominator? Don’t avoid math and science! The more education the better

Average Salary For B.A./B.S.* Physician Asst – $88K Computer Science – $65-70K Engineering – $64-75K Actuarial Science – $61K Nursing – $59K Info Sys Mgmt – $58K Mathematics – $54-60K Accounting & Finance – $55-60K ------------------------ Geography – 44-46K Education – $38-40K Psychology – $39-43K Criminal Justice – $37-40K Early Child Educ – $32K http://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report Does salary motivate you? (*2018 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! https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=37

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!

What attributes are employers looking for?

What attributes are employers looking for? https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/college-internships-pay-nearly-double-average-employees-make “College students searching for the perfect summer job may want to consider applying for internships instead, especially if they have tech experience.”

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Want an advantage over other applicants? Source: Job Outlook November 2018, National Association of Colleges and Employers

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

Your brain needs exercise, too! Education “The 10,000 Hour Rule” Malcolm Gladwell, journalist and NY Times bestselling author Your brain needs exercise, too!

Education

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…

Critical Thinking Michael Pollan: “If You Can't Say It, Don't Eat It” “Don't buy products with more than five ingredients or any ingredients you can't easily pronounce.” Heather Mangieri, R.D.N. says...WRONG! “Unless you are a chemist or a food scientist, it is likely that you will eat things you can’t pronounce. The ferric orthophosphate in the bran flakes that I eat every morning is a great example. It might sound scary to you, but as a scientist, I know it’s just another name for iron.”

“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!

Importance of Learning

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: Self-Defeating Behaviors Multitasking helps me study... ?

Education: Self-Defeating Behaviors “It ultimately is impossible for another person to offend you or to offend me. Indeed, believing that another person offended us is fundamentally false. To be offended is a choice we make.”