Anyone else a student or going to be one real soon?

It's great that you are doing this for yourself. Nobody told me to take mandarin. I just wanted to do it just mainly for me and plus, one of my many goals are to see china with my kids someday. When I was in china, which this was back in 84 when I was 4, hong kong wasn't china's property. It was the British people that did for a hundred years until July 1, 1997 Ever since then, hong kong is china's property once again. I'm chinese so as you can understand from why I wanted to learn it. I know how to speak some but not enough where I can speak with someone with just mandarin. My brother though it seem like doesn't want to learn it anytime soon like I do. He have been to china before and it's somewhat sad that he doesn't want to learn it. I guess it's ok since I am the one that knows it. I am fluent on writing though which I have no prob in that area. It paid off for me to borrow books and copy them down from so many times. My mom is proud of me to know that. Anyway, thanks for the encouragement and I wish you lots of luck on getting the job that is your dream to get. For computer engineering jobs, that can be done at home, can it? I was just wondering.

You know, there are independent contractors as well as freelancers nowadays that are their own boss meaning that they get to decide how much to charge whether it's per jobs or per hour kind of thing. It doesn't have to be a bad thing to work at home and thinking that you won't get paid really well. It all had to do with if you know how to negotiate and stuff depending on your experience and stuff. It's better if you are certified or have a degree in something if you can do it at home making money with it.

Yes, I think jobs can also be done at home. But usually work is done away from home and home jobs doesn't really pay very well.

You might want to check out and see if you might like the idea of being your own boss where you get to work whenever you want. Some positions that have something to do with computers, phones, etc can be done at home. It's great that you know what to do with your life and knowing what you would enjoy doing where it isn't just work to you. Most people work at a job that they hate. I was one of them and ended up quitting in the end. Freelance writing and translation have always made me curious and like doing it so decided to get into it recently but more so with writing since I am not fluent with chinese. Me going back to school with it on working with reading and speaking the language will help me tremendously especially since translators are being needed everyday just like computer programmer. There are sites looking for freelance computer programming. If you like the idea of telecommute from home doing that, look it up to see if there are places hiring online for pc programmer. You'd be surprise. Just a suggestion here. I love computers myself which is why I like doing it with freelance writing and translation. Later and have a wonderful night.

having that degree in english doesn't just apply to teaching others english when in fact, you can use that degree for being a writer in combination to comuunications. One lady on here have a degree in english and using it with her proofreading business that she got going on. She chose proofreading since in her opinion, made her more money than just writing. You ever read that one posting about this one lady on here who have been a freelance writer for 7 years where she finally got a big project for $5k usd which is $5 each page that she works on.

That's what I like about online classes. You get to decide what time everyday to take it at home and where you wouldn't end up missing your own family but because I wanted to take in my local area doesn't have that option for me, I have to be away from the house twice a week for a few hours. It's time for me to work on what I wanted to do for a long time and when I am all done with it, I am hoping that I would have total confidence that I would use it to combo it with my freelance writing. Translators nowadays are needed more than ever which is one of the reasons why I would like to get into it and since I have been learning on my own for a long while with writing more than reading and speaking, I thought having a teacher would benefit me in the end since I would be able to get some feedback from my teacher if am saying something wrong or right. Pronounciations are very important in chinese as well as in any kind of language in order to communicate better. As long as it is flexible where it can work around your schedule, just go for it to go after what you wanted. I believe life lets us have endless possibilities in order to motivate us with whatever we have going on. I grew up speaking cantonese and I don't consider myself fluent which my major goals are to be fluent in cantonese and mandarin like my mom is. That would make me very happy. I wish you the best of luck.