Clare Henney: September 2011

My mom, who has been living with her mom for the past couple of months now, came for a visit to catch up.  She asked me about my plans for work and she, along with the rest of the world, started to tell me to take my MBA.  I told her it just wasn’t possible.  For one thing I live way too far from any decent university and two, I just can’t afford it right now.  In between my responsibilities to my family and the bills that are waiting to be paid, there just isn’t any money for me to pay for an MBA education.  It’s funny how my mom tells me to take my MBA and assume I have money to pay for it.  The way she talked about it you’d think I had money coming out of my ears or something.

Yes, maybe it is an excuse and if I really wanted to I could do something about it.  As they say in Tagalog, “pag ayaw maraming dahilan, pag gusto nakakagawa ng paraan.”  That’s the thing I guess.  I don’t want to make an effort because it’s something that my heart just isn’t into.  If I really, truly wanted this, I’d most likely take on a loan just to be able to get it but as I see it, the payback just isn’t worth the effort for me.  I’d be frustrated throughout the whole thing because I’m just forced to do it and I hate doing things half-baked. 

Can someone tell me why it is an absolute necessity to have that MBA thing to get ahead at the office?  I mean, considering how some people are still lacking in business skills after getting their MBA, just how much is it worth compared to someone who has applied his/her experience and used it to learn straight from the workplace where business is actually practiced?

It’s still a big question mark where I’ll end up in a year or so.  With this MBA thing hanging over my head I’m not sure where I will end up by then.