School again again
Okay, rethunk (thunk was a proper word, back in the day - fun fact of the day), and I think I'm going to not go for the certificate. It would be fun to be able to say I had it, but it would be over $3,000, when I could Anytime Audit the same courses for $375. $3,000 is a lot just to be able to say I have the certificate. Instead, if I want, I'll take the classes Anytime Audit, and then I can proudly announce on facebook that, 'I have now completed the courses required to earn a certificate in Tolkien Studies from Signum University!' Still sounds pretty good, and saves me $3,000.
posted by melilotnfosco | 10:07 PM
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Another logical conclusion. I was wondering what you'd do with the certificate by the end, because people generally do advanced studies in order to get a certificate in order to get a job or advance in a career or something. I bet if you ever do apply for some position requiring such Tolkien knowledge, it would be valid enough to say you audited all the classes and now know the stuff. You just didn't get graded for assignments. That's a huge cost difference. And you need to save up enough to come visit me in a couple years so we can go to New Zealand's LOTR tours... !!!
:P
$3000 is a lot of money, but I would still say to go for the certificate. :D Especially since then you would get the great class.
Or can you still take that class?
I would still be able to take the Lewis and Tolkien class. And yeah, once I made this decision I was very comfortable with it, so I think that's a sign.
Also, I've already spent a chunk of that money in my head. $375 for the Anytime Audit courses, plus whatever for whatever books I'd need. Next fall there's a Tolkien and the Christ conference near Chicago, so with the cost of that and hotel and food and all that there's $600. Then, when I go to Europe next time, I'll look up the Leeds Tolkien conference in July (it's only one day), so there goes another $100 or so, and possibly more if the conference of Medievalists that same week has any good Tolkienness that year(it sometimes does). Also, I might have vacations next summer that would take up at least $1000 of that, possibly more like $1500. So bam. There goes the $3,000. And as much as I love book learning, I do love experiences from which I can learn even more. :)
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