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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.
24 comments:
Ooooh. Cool literature courses.
AND planetary sciences.
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! :(
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.
Wow Susie. That's a gold mine! Way cool.
Great that you're continuing your education on your own. Not too many people do that. Very impressive.
BADASS. Thanks for sharing... I'm going to need this after I graduate in May!!
i know what you mean- i go crazy over the holidays.
that is freakin' awesome!
I forgot about this! I think Stanford does it too....good times!
So what are you learning?
Ha! You should read Scotty's blog- he's lamenting over the same problem :)
http://buenomorning.blogspot.com/
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?
"free school in my bedroom"
Oh the jokes I was planning to crack about this one.
Oh wow! This is so cool! French? History? Linguistics?! This will be fun...
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!
I know, I heard he's super young. So what do you have to do? Donate and then you have access? I'm confused.
oh my gosh, you are so ambitious! go girl! :)
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.
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!
free? since when have colleges offered anything free lately? you really have found something here!
"I'm planning on learning everything"
That's just a great quote. Happy class surfing :)
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.
Meh, there were classes there where I didn't even go to class, when I was there....
This is so flippin' cool.
Wow - we're all academic nerds, huh? You're in good company, at least! :)
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.
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