I remember many years back how hard it was getting a good education, especially with all of the partying that was going on in the dorm rooms and how long it ook to find a parking spot at the university. That alone with the long drive to school usually took at least 2 hours out of my school day back and forth that I could have used studying and getting better grades. I was always wondering why couldnt there be a more efficient system of education or even a home schooling type of system to make better use of time so that it could be devoted more towards studying.

Then one day I was looking though my university website and found out that they were offering an online class on marketing websites through the internet. I decided to pay the 99 dollar fee and took the course. It took a few months but I did pass the course which gave me my basic knowledge on how to market websites online to make a profit. As online education has evolved it has been better able to provide a wider range of courses in which a student can receive a much better education online now then when I took my first online university class, but the one thing that both time frames have in common is the goal, and that is to save time and make education more efficient in time and conveniency.

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