Both and continue to both. Education, learning, knowledge and using it are the value system I was raised with and have chosen in adulthood, too. Knowledge is power - certainly a form of it.
Are you self taught or did you go to college/university? Are you happy with your choice?
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I first went to college for my BA in Finance and MA in Education, but now I mainly refer to the Internet for learning web dev. I'm happy with both as the former taught me how to learn so that I can continue with the latter
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That's really interesting especially right now as I refine my goals for my Ph.D. starting in late August this year. I am looking at Sustainable Education and one area of note is the failure to evolve much less sustain a viable model for webdev in general and specialties as well.
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My life is full of planned and unexpected turns but I believe women should not be limited to one role during their entire career. I plan to pursue a PhD later because now I feel the urge to help build online learning platforms for Vietnamese.
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That's incredibly cool and we should chat sometime about online learning. My M.A. from The New School for Social Research was the first fully accredited BBS-based (then) higher degree pre-Web. Ran off of servers at NJIT. And these kids think it's a whole new thang! As for limited
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I'm overwhelmed by your diverse experience, which motivates me to explore the world further. The more I learn about something cool out there, the better I understand my inner self. Can't wait to talk with you about online learning in general and dev education in Vietnam
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Replying to @thuyet311
Dark times indeed. On a lighter note, one of my favorite students when I was teaching and tutoring college English as a Second Language (#ESL) in the 80s was a young man who told me his family's story of fleeing Vietnam. I'm told his name, Duc Nguyen, is as common as John Smith!

Jan 20, 2021 · 6:14 AM UTC

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