Blog: Mind Your Own Education

This week I have been having fun playing with this amazing (and free because it's open source) graphics program called Inkscape. It's main purpose is to create graphics in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. I am excited about this because I believe that SVG has a big future on the Web! The next version of Firefox (1.5) will display Scalable Vector Graphics. Check it out and have fun with it!

"An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."
- Benjamin Franklin

The reason I named this blog "Mind Your Own Education" is because of this quote above. People talk a lot about minding your own business, and you should, but I believe that first you must mind your own education. Take time to invest in your education and you will see a high ROI.

Knowledge can be gained in many ways. Going to a school is only one of many ways to pursue an education. As a formerly homeschooled student, I learned to teach myself and not rely on someone else to teach me. The reason I pulled out my math book every day was because I wanted to. I wanted to get into architecture and engineering and I knew I needed a strong foundation in math in order to do that. Even though I may not have liked every subject, I did my best to learn because I knew it would pay off later. I attribute my determination to learn to encouragement from mentors in my life. People I trusted would help me cast vision for the future based on my interests.

In closing I'll leave you with a couple of questions. What are you interested in? How can you use your interests to invest in your education?

Visiting the Grand Canyon has been on my list of destinations to visit someday. People who have been there always tell me how HUGE it is. Well I got a preview of it the other day with Google Earth! I flew in from space and explored the canyon's features. I understand that no software can do justice to something as grand as the Grand Canyon, but my interest in it has grown to something enormous. I am addicted to Google Earth and my list of "places to visit someday" has grown. Here are a few destinations that I recommend you visit in Google Earth:

- The Grand Canyon
- Mt Saint Helens
- Any major US city (turn on 3d buildings)
- See if you can find two military jets taking off at an airport in Thailand!

Have you ever wondered what it would look like standing on one of Jupiters moons? Or have you ever wanted to orbit Saturn? Now you can virtually fly through space in 3d visiting planets, stars and moons with Celistia. When I was a kid, I loved learning about space. I never dreamed that I could explore the universe in 3d from a computer! Check it out... It's addicting!

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