Yeah I think that is the public service thing. I am probably not going to be working for any non-profits or school settings.
If you go online or the weekends to an OTD program you could potentially write it off as non reimbursed business expense. My cousin wrote off his MBA. From what he tells me he can do this as he was still working in banking. He was not challenged on the write off.
Obviously there is more to it but I am going to keep it in mind when the time comes.