Going back to school.

[Dillen]

And then if you ever tire of teaching (or just want to do something else), you'll have a lot more options with that extra degree that you're better off doing now in one swoop. You go teaching for awhile and then want more, you're going to have to go back to school anyways, and nobody wants to do that shtein when they're in their 30's or older. 99% of my field are Master's and Ph.D's - Masters are somewhat limited in the field, and eventually a lot of them want more but have to get PhD to do so. I've seen this firsthand more times than I can count, they're in their mid 30's and even 40's, and all of them face some life crisis whether or not it's worth it for them to go back to school full-time in their situation; family, kids, age, whatever. If you're not binded down by anything, do it now before you are.

[Munson]

True enough. I know teaching would take up too much time for me to go full time, so it would still probably take 2 years or so of part time classes to get the degree done, but it's still something I really want to do. I just know a lot of districts these days want you to get your masters. Maybe having a 2nd degree will suffice, even if it won't get me the pay raise

[Diomedes]

Maybe having a 2nd degree will suffice

fat chance

[Sgt PSN]

https://teamtreehouse.com/

Anyone ever heard of this?  I'm looking at various online options to learn about techie/networking/web shtein and this one was kind of intriguing.      Seems like a good place for beginners to start.  Thoughts? 

[phattymatty]

If anyone else feels semi-dumb for not really understanding all of the ins and outs of the Healthcare debate, Prof. Emanuel from Penn (Rahm's bro) just started a 6 week course on Coursera that explains it in detail. In its second week but there is still time to get full credit if you start soon. Pretty good so far and not a whole lot of effort needed if it interests you.