Conventional Education Versus The “New” Education at Wealthy Affiliate

(Editor’s Note: Here’s another open letter from the founders of Wealthy Affiliate – Kyle & Carson)

What do you think of when you think of education?

Many of you probably think of “learning something”.

Many of you probably think of “expensive”…or maybe “boring”.

Many of you probably think of “bettering career opportunities”.

Whatever you think, you likely think along the same lines as us. We went to high school and we also went to college/university. We know what it is like and all of the drawbacks and we have aimed to work towards resolving some of these issues within WA Platinum.

In fact, our aim is to transform the way people learn online, starting with the Internet marketing industry. If we can help people learn and succeed with the applying what they learn, we have surpassed many training and education facilities throughout the world.

Who likes to learn without being able to apply what they learn (until they find a job)?

So here it is…here is why we are saying “bye-bye” to conventional education and hello to Wealthy Affiliate Platinum’s educational platform.

“learning something”

Learning something…hmm, how exactly can learning something be quantified? Don’t you learn something every time you go online? Every search you do? Learning can be exciting, but learning should also be targeted at what you are interested in. The problem with too many formal educations is that you learn “something” but you do not get the exact knowledge you need to succeed in real life.

Wealthy Affiliate Platinum delivers what you are interested in learning before you know that you are interested in it. It takes your habits into consideration and offers you the “latest” and “best” resources to advance your learning in this particular subject matter. It also offers you a look at the top ranked resources by members…thus giving you insight into what is working for people in the real world.

“expensive”

Yes, conventional school is very expensive. After tuition, books, transportation, housing, supplies and extra curricular fees, it can easily cost you $100,000 for a 4-5 year education. And what do you get coming out of that? Yes, you have likely learned a lot, but the piece of paper is what everyone is looking for.

Along the way you may have been involved in a few co-ops but none of the actual learning will take place until you are thrown in the real world. $100K for learning that will likely only use 10% of.

Wealthy Affiliate Platinum offers a full education for $39/mth. Not just an education that will teach you something, but an education that gets you taking action. Education that is current, education that evolves, education that gives you a choice, and education that comes with no extra costs. What would you prefer…going to school for $100,000 and being in debt for the rest of your life…or getting a full education where you will actually be able to earn while you learn for $39?

“boring”

School can be very boring. The problem is that you are “forced” to learn things that you are not interested in, and in most cases, are completely irrelevant to the “real world”. We went to computers for Computer Science and looking back, they taught us some great stuff…but there was also a good deal of boring stuff. Stuff where people would actually be sleeping in class..where the others would be preoccupying themselves with stuff that they are interested in.

Also, is it necessary for a computer science student to have to take a “world history” course? Or is this just a cash grab for the educational system…I will let you decide, but a good deal of the education systems “bore” you with classes in order to get more money from you. Wealthy Affiliate gives you the opportunity to learn only what you want to learn…and if you want to get in depth knowledge in a certain aspect of the online world, you can do so.

We don’t force you to learn about World War 2 when you are trying to build a PPC campaign!

“bettering you career opportunities”

Yes, traditional school can do this. But only if you apply yourself when you get out of school. Getting education is one thing, but actually getting a job and utilizing your education is another thing. A prestigious university can often times open your doors more than a normal university, thus putting everyone on a different playing level based on where they got their education alone. Does this have merits? While there were a lot of executives form Harvard that led to the economic downturn that we are currently going through…and there are a lot of companies that are continuing to flourish in the down economy despite the fact that they got their education from a college…or in the case of companies like Apple, dropped out of college.

Theory education leads to knowledge of theory. Theory plus applied education leads to better career opportunities. That is what we offer within Wealthy Affiliate Platinum and we offer members action steps that they implement that lead to opportunity.

We have tackled all the drawbacks we have personally seen in education. Not only our own drawbacks, but drawbacks within the Wealthy Affiliate community, and drawbacks that continue to reside within the education world.

With 4 years of Wealthy Affiliate training behind us, our goal is to only make this better. This means removing the stuff that doesn’t work, strengthening things that do work, and incorporating outside influences that better the education we offer at Wealthy Affiliate.

We know we can help you succeed…because we have already helped 1,000′s of people succeed online!

Join the “new” education at Wealthy Affiliate today for $39!

Cheers,

Kyle & Carson