大家好，今天會(huì)講”怎么找到適合你的教育方式”這個(gè)話題贾费。3個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的步驟幫你捋清思路！

Dear readers, I’d like to approach this week’s topic with a “how to” guide as always. This week, we’ll focus more on determining why and how does the education tomorrow meet your needs? So if you’re a parent or student (of any age), please read on. The main purpose of this article is to help you identify the education that you need, plain and simple. Most of the time, we’re told that we need to learn this or that’s a mandatory examination. Personally, I really don’t think any choice that is your own is really not worth your time (just my opinion). Then again, when it comes to education, it seems like we don’t think we have a CHOICE. Well, today more than ever before, your choice is actually more ACCESSIBLE and AFFORDABLE as long as you’re willing to take the time before investing into any specific course. So let me break this down into 3 simple steps for you.

為了幫助自己找到適合自己的求學(xué)之路傅瞻，你可以按照以下的3個(gè)步驟：

第一步：分析什么樣的教育能夠滿足你現(xiàn)在的需求亲澡。在這塊，你應(yīng)該看重4樣?xùn)|西：興趣耗啦，理解凿菩，獲取的難易程度，性價(jià)比帜讲。

Firstly, you will need to break down what kind of education that fits your current needs. This is determined by asking yourself the following key questions:

Interest: Does this kind of education interest you? Why does it interest you?興趣：這種教育對(duì)你感興趣嗎衅谷？它為什么對(duì)你感興趣

Tip - Start digging deep by reviewing what you enjoyed doing in the past, whether it’s your favourite high school subjects or what you enjoyed doing outside of school. If you don’t think you found this yet, then I urge you to start exploring by taking on summer programs/extracurricular activities during the year to try out more areas.

提示 - 深入研究你過(guò)去喜歡做什么，無(wú)論是你最喜歡的高中科目還是你喜歡在校外學(xué)習(xí)的東西似将。如果你認(rèn)為你還沒(méi)有發(fā)現(xiàn)這一點(diǎn)获黔，那么我敦促你在年內(nèi)參加夏季課程/課外活動(dòng)以開(kāi)始探索，以嘗試更多的領(lǐng)域在验。

Understanding: Is this something that you’re unfamiliar with and is there a prerequisite to learn it?理解：這是你不熟悉的東西及你是否有學(xué)習(xí)它的先決條件玷氏？

Tip - If you’re unfamiliar with a topic such as sociology or international relations before university, find a mentor or book an appointment with someone who does this in the real world to ask them questions about their field of work. Ask them what prerequisites you might need beforehand to best learn this field, it surprisingly is something you already learnt, such as biology or economics.

提示 - 如果您在大學(xué)之前不熟悉社會(huì)學(xué)或國(guó)際關(guān)系等主題，請(qǐng)找一位導(dǎo)師或預(yù)約與在現(xiàn)實(shí)世界中做過(guò)此事的人約會(huì)腋舌，向他們?cè)儐?wèn)有關(guān)其工作領(lǐng)域的問(wèn)題盏触。詢問(wèn)他們事先需要哪些先決條件才能最好地學(xué)習(xí)這個(gè)領(lǐng)域，它出人意料地是你已經(jīng)學(xué)到的東西块饺，比如生物學(xué)或經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)赞辩。

Accessibility: Do you need to take the time to study this and/or is this far away from you?易相處性：你需要花時(shí)間學(xué)習(xí)這個(gè)和/或離你很遠(yuǎn)嗎？

Tip - This is absolutely key if you’re someone who does not have access to the types of education you’re interested in, due to geographic restrictions or that you’ve already started working and can’t take time off. Consider doing this by drafting out a planning schedule (includes time, dates and length of program) to see if it can fit your current daily life.

提示 - 如果您因沒(méi)有地理限制或您已經(jīng)開(kāi)始工作而無(wú)法抽出時(shí)間而無(wú)法訪問(wèn)您感興趣的教育類型授艰，則這一點(diǎn)非常重要辨嗽。考慮通過(guò)起草計(jì)劃時(shí)間表（包括時(shí)間想诅，日期和計(jì)劃的長(zhǎng)度）來(lái)確定它是否適合您當(dāng)前的日常生活召庞。

Affordability: Is this education worth you investing into? What is the return of your investment (both time and money)性價(jià)比：這個(gè)教育值得您投資嗎？什么是您的投資回報(bào)（時(shí)間和金錢）来破？

Tip - In order to do this, you will need to conduct some market research by matching the cost of the education to the career fields available and average salary of graduates (also look at the schools that they graduated from). Take this as a guideline only to determine how much cost vs return you can get from this form of education. Check out glass door for salary comparisons.

提示 - 為了做到這一點(diǎn)篮灼，您需要進(jìn)行一些市場(chǎng)調(diào)查，將教育成本與可用職業(yè)領(lǐng)域以及畢業(yè)生的平均工資（也請(qǐng)看他們畢業(yè)的學(xué)校）進(jìn)行匹配徘禁。僅以此為指導(dǎo)诅诱，確定從這種教育形式中可以獲得多少成本與回報(bào)。檢查Glassdoor薪水比較送朱。

These questions may sound easy but if you can really answer this, you will find that it’s really easy to find the appropriate education that fits you.

第二步：探索及研究一下不同的教育類型娘荡，在這里你可以分一下模塊：全日制教育干旁，職業(yè)教育，生活教育

Following that, we now need to understand the types of education that fits your needs and see if it’s available for you. There are typically 3 segments of education, formal education (the stuff you go to school for), non formal education (the professional development track) and informal education (the stuff you get from the streets or life). For this, you will first need to evaluate your current position. Think about the reasons why you need this kind of education, whether it is for work training purposes or enhancing your language abilities to study abroad. Start with evaluating what you need it for in order to determine which kind you need. Then, ask yourself what are your next steps after receiving this education by searching for workable areas for you to apply this kind of education into your purpose for learning this in the first place. Take for example that you found a right fit for taking a user experience design course during the summer before you started working, you then find a way for you to apply this into your starting job as a marketing associate by implementing the specific user experience content & framework that you’ve learnt. This will greatly enhance your job experience and also tie what you’ve learnt into what you previously didn’t know about. Many times I find that today’s students go into their college degrees hoping that by sitting into the 4 years of lecture, they will find some passion or interest which might suit them. However, after 4-5 years of that degree they’re more often confused than ever before. I think part of the reason is the lack of purpose in understanding why they studied that in the first place, the other is the lack of application, which is using their skills/knowledge that they learnt to directly impact their work in their respective fields.

第三步驟：?jiǎn)枂?wèn)你自己有沒(méi)有其他教育資源能夠滿足你的需求呢炮沐？

Finally, ask yourself the most practical question of all - are there any alternatives to this? This is really to challenge your thoughts about traditional education and to really maximize what you can find out there. I strongly suggest you to spend some time to comb through the Internet once you’ve already decided what you want to learn, you will be surprised at what programs are available for you and how much they actually cost. One growing trend in North America has been the skills-based courses available at shorter periods of time, such as General Assembly or coding bootcamps (Le Wagon in Shanghai).

總結(jié)一下争群，關(guān)鍵是你要采取以下3個(gè)步驟，以最好地確定你的教育方向及最適合你的需求：

1. 了解什么樣的教育滿足你的需求

2. 探索不同的教育類型

3. 有沒(méi)有別的選擇

So to wrap it up, it’s critical you take the following 3 steps in order to best identify the education to best suit your needs: 1. Understand what kinds of education meets your needs? 2. Explore the different types of education? 3. Find out if there are any alternatives?