A Christian University at Home, In Your Car
 If you took a course in your average college that offered nearly 7 hours of classroom lecture per week, generous office hours with the Professor, and student brainstorming, at $500/unit the course would cost $3500/semester, or over $10,000 for a full year (including summer session).
one semester hour of credit = one hour per week with prof. (class or lab)
one semester = 15 weeks
one semester hour of credit = 15 hours of class time
degree = 125 semester hour of credit = 1875 hours of class
4 yr cost at public MSU = 28k, 36k public 4yr nationally, 120k private
28k/1875 = $14.933333/hr
120k = $64/hr
minimum wage = $7.50
365 = 19% (1/5) of a 4-yr degree
If you paid Aristotle minimum wage to explore the foundations of Western Civilization with you, and operate a forum where you could discuss these principles with others who were studying them and applying them in practical ways in your own life (and not a free, no-cost/no commitment forum full of idiots and drive-by nuts), you would pay more than $5,000 for the year-long course.
| all services provided at min wage |
= |
$7.25/hr |
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| Hiring an intelligent reader with a listenable voice to record a 1-hour audio reading of daily worldview assignments |
= |
$7.25 x 365 = |
$2,646.25 |
| weekly, bi-weekly, or tri-weekly webinars, min. 1 hour |
= |
2 x 52 = 104 x $7.25 = $754.00 |
+ $2,646.25 = $3400.25 |
| unlimited "office hours" (email support) @1 hr./wk (ridiculously underestimated) |
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$2,646.25 |
+ $3400.25 = $6046.50 |
| 20-minute laser coaching by phone per week |
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$2.41 x 52 = $125.54 |
+ $6046.50 = $6172.041 |
- and over 3,000 webpages of resources and commentary @ 2 per week
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104 x $7.25 |
$754.00 = $6926.041 |
plus a supportive community
in a moderated forum |
= |
2.83 hrs/week x $7.25 = $1065.96 |
total value = $7992.00 |
When you invest in your own growth, you value it and take it seriously. You are more committed to a costly program than you are to one that's free.
The features are the benefits:
| You need to read God's Word daily |
We've got that |
| You need to read God's Word every single day |
We've got that |
| You need to apply God's Word in every area of life |
We've got that |
| You need accountability/nagging |
We've got that |
| You need to make friends with kindred spirits |
We've got that |
| You need to reward the laborer for your tutoring |
We've got that |
| You need to pay for the school where this all takes place |
We've got that |
"Wait a minute! This is almost as expensive as an 8-unit course in college!"
That's correct. And you might feel like the college course offers more to advance your employment in "the real world." But consider the comparison below:
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