Getting a better job or making more money are good reasons for women to pursue higher education, but are they the only reasons? Join me this week as I discuss the vast benefits and uses of higher education, from living a longer and healthier life to improving your self-understanding and critical thinking. I share inspiring stories of women who are “showing up” to complete or advance their education, and offer a challenge to consider where you are in your lifelong educational journey.
Quotes:
“[P]repare to do work of real worth for your fellowmen... The critical difference between your just hoping for good things for mankind and your being able to do good things for mankind is education.” ~ President Russell M. Nelson, 1990 BYU Devotional
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society. The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason but no morals. . . . We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.” ~Martin Luther King Jr., 1947 Morehouse College
Challenge:
Consider and reflect on where you are in your educational journey. What higher degree will prepare you for a future only God can see for you?
Resources:
A Future Only God Can See For You (Book):https://www.amazon.com/Future-Only-God-Can-See/dp/1462140521/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=eIsMW&content-id=amzn1.sym.dba1a2d0-88dc-4504-a5d7-10259373e587&pf_rd_p=dba1a2d0-88dc-4504-a5d7-10259373e587&pf_rd_r=CM8NRC54QX9DVW3YNZ2P&pd_rd_wg=WjwlE&pd_rd_r=bd79c311-201e-4c6a-8a6f-0fecca394434&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m
More information on the benefits of college degrees for women: https://www.usu.edu/uwlp/files/whywomenshouldgraduatefromcollege.pdf
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