free school. woot.
Did someone say free school in my bedroom? Yesss. I’ve been in school pretty much since I was 5 until age 25. This is the first time in my life I’m not taking some sort of class and I’m basically going crazy. As soon as I get a stable job, I’m signing up for a bunch of classes, but until then, I have to keep myself ultra-occupied. That’s why I’m doing things like cooking all the time and reading tons and teaching myself Japanese. And now I just found the best thing in the world. MIT offers 1,800 free courses online. Um yes, have I ever been this excited? Nope. Sad, but true. I’m planning on learning everything. Legit. But I’m starting with the Japanese courses, thinking they’ll be a great supplement to my learning. Psyched. The site is basically class notes from each course and some have quizzes, audio, video, and project examples. Obviously this isn’t like taking a real class but it’s still a good basis for learning. And it makes me excited. And OK, my life is kind of lame. But I really don’t care. Because soon I’m going to know everything an MIT student who majored in everything knows. Ha.
February 2nd, 2008 at 8:39 am
Ooooh. Cool literature courses.
AND planetary sciences.
February 2nd, 2008 at 9:42 am
That is soooo cool, I’m definitely checking this out. Feel like my brain cells are starting to disintegrate given I haven’t been in full time education since I was 21!
February 2nd, 2008 at 10:25 am
This is pretty freakin cool. I wish I was a little more motivated, but I can’t pinpoint anything I really want to learn. It’s kind of sad.
February 2nd, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Wow Susie. That’s a gold mine! Way cool.
February 2nd, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Great that you’re continuing your education on your own. Not too many people do that. Very impressive.
February 2nd, 2008 at 6:06 pm
BADASS. Thanks for sharing… I’m going to need this after I graduate in May!!
February 2nd, 2008 at 6:42 pm
i know what you mean- i go crazy over the holidays.
February 2nd, 2008 at 9:02 pm
that is freakin’ awesome!
February 3rd, 2008 at 2:10 am
I forgot about this! I think Stanford does it too….good times!
So what are you learning?
February 3rd, 2008 at 11:31 am
Ha! You should read Scotty’s blog- he’s lamenting over the same problem
http://buenomorning.blogspot.com/
February 3rd, 2008 at 11:57 am
Wow. That is amazing! I live right down the road from MIT and I didn’t even realize they would offer me a free education. Why did I pay for grad school again?
February 3rd, 2008 at 12:52 pm
“free school in my bedroom”
Oh the jokes I was planning to crack about this one.
February 3rd, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Oh wow! This is so cool! French? History? Linguistics?! This will be fun…
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:42 pm
You are too cute, you just can’t stop learning! That is such a great idea. You’re going to be the smartest person in the world!
February 3rd, 2008 at 3:42 pm
I know, I heard he’s super young. So what do you have to do? Donate and then you have access? I’m confused.
February 3rd, 2008 at 4:46 pm
oh my gosh, you are so ambitious! go girl!
February 3rd, 2008 at 9:09 pm
I graduated college early and haven’t taken a single class since then. It’s killing me. I seriously love being a student so much and if I wasn’t so busy with work I would definitely be taking some recreational classes. And free ones! Ah, exciting! I’m such a nerd too.
February 4th, 2008 at 11:39 am
I sway good for you as it is always good to keep on learning – you can’t let your brain rust once you graduate – enjoy!
February 4th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
free? since when have colleges offered anything free lately? you really have found something here!
February 4th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
“I’m planning on learning everything”
That’s just a great quote. Happy class surfing
February 4th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
That’s pretty cool. It’s great you’re being so productive too, I don’t think that’d be me, I’d definitely be sleeping a lot, haha.
February 4th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Meh, there were classes there where I didn’t even go to class, when I was there….
February 5th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
This is so flippin’ cool.
Wow – we’re all academic nerds, huh? You’re in good company, at least!
February 27th, 2008 at 2:26 am
Haha, you found open courseware. MIT students sometimes use it for, uh, “help” on assignments, so for some classes it’s actually illegal to look at it at all.