Over the years, I have found wonderful sites for both real-life education, correspondence courses and online education. And the best opportunities there are for all people, no matter where or how they live are those that are at the sites for free online education. You can learn all types of subjects, from gardening, language, health, counseling, arts, music, collage art, power lifting, organizing, publishing and so many more topics, by just going online and doing the search for the topics. You will find correspondence courses, real-life courses at high schools, colleges and private schools and you will also find online courses. You can find religious, spiritual and Bible courses online also. Just keep on searching and you will come up with all the information that you need to take your education one step further than it is already.

Have you attended elementary school, only to have to quit due to lack of resources, money or transportation? Have you started high school but had to quit due to health reasons or family problems? Have you gone to some college but had to leave because the college was too expensive? Usually, during your life, you might have had to quit school at one time or another. And usually what happens is that it takes many long years to go back to be re-educated or for anyone to finish the education that they began already. I am living proof of that since I began college so many years ago but had to drop out due to lack of funds. Yes, I had the dream and the promise to myself that I would one day go back to finish college, but that had not happened for many years after the first drop out happened. And yes, some of us drop out of college, unwillingly, more than once, and usually it is due to lack of funds or lack of time, but never due to lack of ambition or yearnings.

Most who attend college see what an advantage college brings to their lives and they stick with it. And most who have even attended continuing education courses at the colleges or high school evening courses do know and realize that education opens up great doors in one’s life. So, are you going to let any inconveniences or any lack of funds or time continue to stop you from getting the best education?

I urge you, if you ever dropped out of anywhere, any school, university, high school, elementary school or college, to get back to education in any form that you can get back there to. Right now, today, enroll in an online course. Or enroll in a correspondence course, or weekend course or in a course given at your local high schools. This is something that you should do for yourself to let your mind continue to grow but also to give your spirit wings and to give your personality a confidence boost. Here are some interesting schools that you might want to look into:

Check out the high schools and colleges in your area and inquire about continuing education courses, free courses and free courses at any city buildings, such as CAMBA or others. Apply as paraprofessional in the Board of Education in New York city, any borough, and once hired, you receive your college education paid for by the city of New York. Online courses (do a net search for free online education) Check out the women’s groups in your community. Many times there are education courses for displaced homemakers and for victims of violence. Look up CAMBA online and inquire about their free courses in your own neighborhood. Look for free Adobe-PhotoShop courses online Check out youtube and do a search for DIY (Do It Yourself courses). These are video instructions and most of them are excellent and in all topics. If you live in New York, dail 311 and ask for referrals to free education courses.

Rule number one in your life should be never let anyone else stop you from getting that education. That means put education first and you will be rewarded for that. If you are living with someone who thinks that your education is not important, set them straight, and even if you cannot convince them otherwise, YOU TAKE your steps needed to continue your education. Do not let anyone give you negative ideas about your education. Remember this–it is YOUR education, so keep at it, keep on persisting and you will be successful.

There are many schools that I would recommend; here are a couple of them:

National Institute of Photography National Radio Institute People over a certain age are eligible for free college courses in most cities. Ask about the MY TURN possiblities at your local city colleges. For reference material or more leads check out the page of http://www.refdesk.com
Check out this link for some online instruction
Your ears, eyes, imagination and mind are your best sources of education throughout your lifetime. Use them together with all the online sources and you will truly have your BEST FREE ONLINE EDUCATION

Sometimes education comes in the form of life experience or from advice from informed individuals. So, in that spirit, I give these little bits of information as part of a free online education quick-course in where to find adequate physical rehabilitation for yourself. Here in these next few lines is the QUICK COURSE:

If you have no family or if you are on Medicare or Medicaid, never, ever take physical therapy inside a residential place such as a nursing home or physical rehabilitation and care center. INSTEAD, opt for having your therapy at home or living at your own home and apartment while going out a few times a week or day for your physical therapy. Insist onnotbeing admitted to a nursing home or rehab and care center if you have no relatives who will visit or if you have Medicaid or Medicare. (DO only what is safe for you to do; seek advice in this area). When at all possible and when recommended by a doctor, use a physical therapy place that uses water in the treatment (Some have pools, whirlpools and other water-related therapies to use to help you make progress. If you are considering being admitted to the New Vanderbilt Rehabilitation and Care Center but would rather have recommendations for other places instead, feel free to write to me (first leave a note here stating that you are contacting me and that you have sent an email to me) . I am glad that you are remembering that the choice of where you do your physical therapy is still your choice, not the hospital’s choice. So if there is a place that you refuse to go to,stick to your ideas and choose other places. You can find a list of places on the net. But like I said, the best option is at your home or apartment. I will not answer any emails unless the writer leaves a public note here at this site for me. Know that if you are going to stay, even temporarily, in a physical rehabilitation and care center, they control every aspect of your life, including what time you get up, what time you have medicine, whether you take medicine or not, what time you can have visitors, what time you can have phone calls–if any, and what you eat, where you go, and what happens with your life in-between physical therapy sessions. Some places will even put you in diapers when you do not need to wear diapers–just because it is more convenient for the staff to change diapers when they feel like it than for them to gather staff to help you to go to the bathroom. So , know that sometimes in those facilities, control is the key issue and most times, the staff controls everything about your life, even whether you get admitted there or get discharged from there. So think twice before you decide to go into a physical rehabilitation and care center and if you decide to do so, even after reading this, please ask for MANY referrals to good places. Word of mouth is a remarkable advertising tool, so use it.

See that? In less than six paragraphs you have just received an education about physical therapy and rehabilitation and care centers. So, one of the ways that anyone can learn is by word-of-mouth, by consumer recommendation and just be listening and hearing the experiences of others who might have been through the same situation that might be in now.

Article updated November 17, 2008

By: Linda Lin

There are some major advantages to online education, including the ability to set your own study time. There are dozens of reasons to go back to school but there are also dozens of reasons not to. You may be looking for a promotion or career change that requires additional training, or you may simply be ready to learn something new. But with today’s busy lifestyle, there’s little time to devote to regularly scheduled class time. That’s where online education can be a great asset for a motivated person.

Many people – especially adults who have already started a family – are faced with some major decisions as they decide how to spend their time. Typically, work takes the majority of the daytime hours. That leaves only a few hours each day that could be dedicated to education. If there are children, soccer practice and dance recitals will take up a large part of the time that’s left. Creating some time for personal socialization is necessary to avoid burn out and you may very well be left with only an hour or two each day to work on an education.

Even with the few hours you have free on an average day, you’re faced with the problem of finding those courses you need close to home. Unless you’re fortunate enough to live in a university town, you’re likely to be traveling several hours each time you attend class. That’s never a problem with online education because the “classroom” is as near as your computer room and you’ll “attend class” at your convenience.

The fact that you have no location requirements and can actually work on your online education from anywhere is another great advantage. Perhaps you can spend your lunch hour each day with a sandwich in front of your computer at work. Maybe you schedule study time at night after the rest of the family has gone to bed or you may even be an early bird who likes to study in the mornings. No matter what your time requirements or restrictions, you’ll find that you can easily make your online education a reality.

By: Matt Norman

Some of the best school in Spain are actually in the Marbella region. But these are private schools and fee costs can be very high indeed. Parents can expect to pay out between 200 euros and 5000 euros each month to have their children study in these schools. Not suprisingly therefore, most of the pupils in these schools are the children of wealthy foreign residents who live along the coast.

Some examples of the best private schools in the province of Malaga and Marbella are:- St Anthony’s College in Mijas Costa, Colegio Salliver in Fuengirola,Sunny View school in Torremolinos, Colegio El Romeral and Sierra Blanca in Malaga city and Colegio Anoreta in Rincon de la Victoria.

Other examples of private schools include:- Benalmadena International College, Colegio Alboran, Calahonda International College, Aloha College and International College San Pedro.

Most of the children and teachers in private school are bi-lingual. The schools offer the best in sporting activities such as horse-riding, sailing, football, cricket, tennis and most of them also offer the British curriculum.

The public schools in the provinces of Malaga and Marbella are attended by the vast majority of children living in those areas but the fact is that, especially in Marbella, there is a relatively large gap between the very rich and the ordinary middle and working classes. The rich can afford to send their children to expensive schools. Sadly, expense ususally means better quality in terms of extra-curricular activities and general facilities (such as computer suites with internet access, swimming-pools, tennis courts).

The great disadvantage of the public schools is the amount of overcrowding. This seems a problem throughout the Western Costa del Sol, whose population has grown way above the national average over recent decades. The public education system has not been able to keep up with this massive growth in pupil numbers and there is therefore an average of 24 pupils per class.

The obvious answer then is to build more schools to acommodate the growing numbers. But the problem is suitable land upon which to build these new schools. The money must be provided by the Town Hall and approved by the Junta de Andalucia. If there is no suitable land on which to build new schools, then invariably more overcrowding will exist and in the end, it is the children who will suffer.

By: Jay Neil