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Many students are reluctant to dip their feet into the online world of education. They believe they won’t learn as much as in a traditional classroom setting. However, the reality is that many learn far more outside of that 48×40 room.
Let’s explore 5 reasons traditional education is outdated.
The Desk-chair: Some things work well together. Peanut butter and jelly, universal remotes, and bear helmets leap to mind. Desk-chairs, however, fall out of my top million list of best combo inventions. Those wretched chairs are uncomfortable at best, and not conducive to learning …

According to the Fiscal 2009 Third Quarter Report filed by Apollo Group, Inc. yesterday, University of Phoenix just hit total degreed enrollment of 420,700, up 22% compared to last year. These numbers are well above but reflective of strong overall growth in online education enrollment.
According to the report, enrollment growth was driven largely by continuing increases in enrollments and improved student retention at University of Phoenix. In fact according to the college review site www.collegegrader.com 88% of reviews said they would attend University of Phoenix if they could start over.

Geico has a string of television commercials touting how it’s so easy to switch over to Geico a caveman could do it. Well, that got me to thinking, why don’t we start our own campaign for online education?
If you’ve read the Top 5 Reasons Online Classes Rock you already know why so many covet this mode of study. Here a few catch phrases I’ve come up with so far which I hope will encapsulate the spirit and awesomeness of online education.

Online classes are like Kirstie …