Second degree..

My brother is thinking of doing a second Degree..

He will finish his masters in history this year and he has 2 choices.. the Uni he goes to wants him to stay on and do another degree, or he can do a PHd.

Ive got a degree in aircraft engineering and i can tell you thats enough for me, alothough open uni has crossed my mind for business and finance degree..

Would do you think about these people that stay in education all there lives??

Personally i found it interesting but i had to make money... I had to leave and start a life...

i suppose if you can afford to do it then why not

Hes 25 and still living with my parents.. and has only worked as a history teacher for about 2 years part time.. so he hasnt earned that much money.. if he does the PHd i think its a further 7years in education!!

I quite often sign up for evening college, ive done loads of courses from french to dress making...keeps the old brain ticking.
Im looking into doing a part time forensic science course now....i blame CSI lol

Aaawww god ye.. i thought of criminology!! lol...

i wish i could go to school but i am waiting 4 my kids to be in school first!

Home study??

I see education as a means to an end, i see it as a way to rise out of the poverty that manual employment places us in.

It would be good to stay in the comfort of the education system, i'm not saying its easy but taking what you have learned into the real world and making it work for you in this s***ty day and age can be a damn site harder.

I know people who have worked their arses off for degrees and when they take it out into the real world the competiton is so tough and the places so limited they end up doing something so far removed from what the studied it was almost a waste of their time studying it.

Well, he could always get a career as a college professor, they make loads of money! I don't know many other careers where a PhD in history would come in handy.

Has anyone done one of those home study courses?

He has been offered a position for a term teaching in the US europea history..

A PHD in history you can do loads.. the most interesting one is a miltary tactical officer! or intelligents..

Histor is very important also in the UK..

i'm currently doing a Bsc Computing & Information Technology with the Open University - its a good way to keep studying and affordable too, there are loads to choice from and they also do Criminology

Really?

isnt open uni expensive?...do you need any GCSE's cos i only have 2 ...me and school didnt mix lol

cole probably correct me here.. you can do a year ) course which will build you up for the bigger courses.. also it costs from about ?50 - ?300 a course depending on points and material... but its way cheaper that going to uni!!

lol ya right my kids scream and yell all day lol