The Philosophy of learning

Posted by admin on March 28, 2010

Having taken the usual route through education I found myself, like many people of my age, in the wrong job, and indeed the wrong career by the age of thirty. I took my exams in school, and then decided that I ought further my education by focusing on subjects that I had already excelled in. I chose to undertake a mathematics degree. This was all well and good, and I was fortunate, and hard working enough to come away with a decent degree three years later. This lead me to a career in accountancy which rewarded me well financially. Three years down the line though, and I realised that this career was not fulfilling me mentally. It was a complete drag for me to go into work every day, the weekend’s went by in no time and the week seemed to last forever.

It was my philosophical evaluation of my life that lead me to the subject I perhaps should have studied all along – philosophy! I had always been fascinated by behaviour and had considered both anthropology and psychology as courses back at college – but it was only now that I saw my true educational calling.

I knew that I had to take action for the sake of my soul! I started investigating Philosophy degrees online. It turned out that there was all sorts of courses available for me to do as distance learning. It’s funny – I had only been looking for a day or two when I came across the perfect Online philosophy degree. It meant that I could still continue my accountancy job to bring the money in for my rent, but I was able to study from home.

I naturally jumped at the chance. I’m not going to pretend that it was easy, but choosing to undertake that online degree is the best thing that has ever happened to me.