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I have always felt that my greatest learning has occurred outside the classroom. This page is about my formal education. If you want to read about all of my learning experiences, in and outside the classroom, check out my Insights blog. That said, my formal education has been excellent. You can also check out some writing samples of mine. See also some visualizations , such as how much time I spend per week on education and work. .I received a full scholarship to attend USC's School of Public Policy and Development (SPPD) for a Masters of Public Administration (MPA). I began the two-year program in September, 2009, and will graduate in May, 2011. I continue to work at Senator Steinberg's office . For more information about my experiences and thoughts at USC, check out my blog posts on it . This program is an intensive program tailored for full-time professionals. We don't meet every week. For any given class, we meet only once a month, for an intense, 4-day session. We meet from 9-5. In between these sessions, we read assigned readings, write papers, and work on group projects. "Intensive" is a good description of the program, as it requires a lot of energy and concentration. It also requires excellent discipline to accomplish work in a timely manner. With a month's worth of work to complete, and no deadlines or oversight, it would be easy to fall behind on the work. One excellent result of this type of program, besides the fact that it enables students to continue working, is that almost all the students work in highly relevant jobs, and bring that experience to bear in class discussion. I have never had class discussions that come close to rivaling the discussions we have regularly at USC. As the type of student who asks lots of questions and tries to engage with the professor a lot, I'm glad to be in an environment where everyone does the same. These are the courses I have taken so far: - - -

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