Million Dollar Baby

As a proud English major I was delighted to read yesterday of a study that finds a liberal arts education provides a $1 million median return on investment 40 years after enrollment.

It doesn't surprise me, though. I've always believed that learning how to think, analyze and write is just as important as learning how to build a resume.

But I also agree with one of the educators interviewed for an article reporting on the study — that education is not about earnings potential or return on investment. Education is its own reward.

I'm grateful that my English major has "paid off," that I've been able to earn a living with it as a teacher, writer and editor. But most of all I'm grateful that I've been able to keep learning through the years. That's the greatest gift of all.