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If you're still interesting in self-teaching, this may be of assistance. Realistically in the internet age there's no reason a determined individual cannot learn anything about any subject they like.
Well, it's worth noting that when you're 18 you can leave the house without needing their permission. Of course they may not let you back in again. But essentially you're going to be an adult fully in control of your life if you choose to be so.
For your education, I'd strongly recommend checking out both Khan Academy and the MOOC list. No reason to have your mind stagnate just because your parents don't care about your education.
I'm not personally familiar with any of the UK support groups for young women who are looking to escape their religion, but if you ask in /r/exmuslim they may be able to help you.
Note that if you are interested in self educating and have a way to access the internet (which given your post here I assume you do) you can educate yourself at KhanAcademy.org. That will take you up through highschool AP level (and realistically low level college). For college courses I recommend checking out the MOOC list for free online college courses. It's worth noting that these courses are unlikely to count as actual college credits towards a degree but they are useful just for general knowledge. Don't tell your mother though, KhanAcademy is partially funded by Bill Gates and crazy anti-vaxxers already think he's putting tracking chips in the vaccines (because it's not like we don't already carry around trackable devices called "phones").
> I've been cut off from education for the past 4 years & have been doing nothing because no one guides me.
Try these sites:
https://www.khanacademy.org/ - this site is for roughly high school and below, but for you it will be good for verifying your knowledge or refreshing things you may have forgotten.
https://www.mooc-list.com/ - this site has college level courses offered for free. It's also frequently possible to visit individual universities and access course content for free online.
> Do you have an idea in mind as to how I can get out of here & start a new life?
Have a skill, any skill, that makes you a good hire in a different country. IT/programming is a relatively easy one to get into and chances are you have the resources where you are to pursue it. It ain't glamorous but IT skills are in demand in any developed country and you can always pursue other education elsewhere.
> What country I can go to?
I like Scandinavia. Don't try for the USA, it's a mess right now and it's absolutely shit to people attempting to immigrate even before the orange idiot was elected. Canada isn't bad. I don't know anything about the the South American countries.
Just start playing with it! The hardest part of getting started with Excel is in realizing that when setting up your sheet, your inputs (or data points) DO NOT belong in the same cell as your formulas. E.g. If you want to know what X * Y is equal to, put your value for X in cell A1, value for Y in cell A2, then in cell B1, type "=A1*A2" (no ""). When you do this, then you can put any value in A1 or A2 and the answer of X*Y is always in B1. The alternative, putting X and Y in the formula ("=X*Y"), works -- but to change anything, you have to edit the formulas, not simply changing data points. After this, it's a simple matter of learning how to use the tool, and for this, MOOCs or Youtube clips are worth the effort.
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Checkout the Entry Level Math Preparation.
You could also take a MOOC on Calc 1 (at least the first few lectures), and you'll find out what you need to review, and be well prepared for lectures. You seem like you'll be able to recognize the topics you don't understand and further research them.
Classes that were worth the time:
Blockchain and FinTech: Basics, Applications, and Limitations (university of Hong Kong)
INSEAD Fintech Programme (wow!)
https://www.insead.edu/executive-education/open-online-programmes/insead-fintech-programme-content
DON’T Pay Berkeley 3k for their into blockchain classes, it was horrible and you can take Berkeley classes on edX.
What I am taking next:
Dukes DEFI infrastructure
https://www.mooc-list.com/course/decentralized-finance-defi-infrastructure-coursera
Crypto Start Up School (a16z)
https://a16z.com/crypto-startup-school/
Also joining the discord’s for your favorite coins, I learned lots just observing and asking questions about the technical parts of how their blockchain works.
No, it may be factual but it's not a good point -- you're missing statistics.
Being a police officer, at the population level is not even in the 10 most dangerous jobs according to BLS, suicide is the most common cause of death for police officers (except in 2020, it has been COVID) and most importantly being a police officer is a job you sign up for voluntarily.
"Existing as a POC" is not a job or a choice. Being a minority should not be more dangerous than not being a minority, whereas being a police officer is inherently more dangerous than being an accountant or some other job where you don't regularly deal with people breaking the law.
You're being completely disengenous and it's extremely obvious. We get it, you're a police bootlicker and are fine if our police force has no consequences for their actions. That's a great stance. If you are actually using these data to from your opinion and think you're somehow correct, I recommend checking out one of these online courses about statistics.
> I've been cut off from education for the past 4 years & have been doing nothing because no one guides me.
Try these sites:
https://www.khanacademy.org/ - this site is for roughly high school and below, but for you it will be good for verifying your knowledge or refreshing things you may have forgotten.
https://www.mooc-list.com/ - this site has college level courses offered for free. It's also frequently possible to visit individual universities and access course content for free online.
> Do you have an idea in mind as to how I can get out of here & start a new life?
Have a skill, any skill, that makes you a good hire in a different country. IT/programming is a relatively easy one to get into and chances are you have the resources where you are to pursue it. It ain't glamorous but IT skills are in demand in any developed country and you can always pursue other education elsewhere.
> What country I can go to?
I like Scandinavia. Don't try for the USA, it's a mess right now and it's absolutely shit to people attempting to immigrate even before the orange idiot was elected. Canada isn't bad. I don't know anything about the the South American countries.
DO NOT worry about what your friends are doing. Neither should you worry about what your parents or relatives think. Just focus on getting out of engineering and unto Infosys. You will realize the whole world changes once you get to work on real projects. Work for a couple of years at Infy and then think of Master's. And while you are at Infy, tell everyoe about your interest in cybersecurity and volunteer for any projects that are in that domain, even if it means working extra hours and weekends.
Lastly, if you have any time available at all, focus on becoming a cyber security expert on your own. Look at online courses, youtube videos, software tools available, contribute to open source projects and network with professionals via linked in. Improve general programming skills and get to know Agile, PLM and TDD. Also learn a little bit about the latest trending technologies like noSQL, web components, micro services, etc.
in the end, your degree, CGPA and GATE/CAT score are irrelevant. You will be hired or fired based on what you can deliver in real life. And a rich history of github repos and contribs will go farther than any degree or score.
/u/prajnadhyana beat me to listing khan academy, which is probably the most ideal for what you're looking for. With that said, if you finish up with that and feel particularly ambitious, you may want to see if there are any MOOCs that tickle your interest (MOOCs are free online college courses). The main MOOC list can be found here.
If you feel up to reading Richard Dawkins has two good books on the subject. His "Greatest Show on Earth" is for folks looking to understand how we know evolution is true (and creationism is made up nonsense), but his "The Selfish Gene" is IMO one of the best books for laymen to read to understand how evolution shapes the behavior of all life on Earth. If you're going the video route you probably won't need to read "The Greatest Show On Earth", as it will mostly be the same material, just more detailed, but I'd strongly recommend "The Selfish Gene". For myself it helped me gain perspective on my own behavior and what parts of it were likely evolved responses.
MOOCs by interest. Another site. Mostly all free to audit, some paid.
Workbooks and intro level textbooks with questions in the back. I suggest Astronomy because math for interesting questions. Free books and YouTube classes here. Find a certification study guide and get one.
In my city they print the Leisure Guide which is a list of community classes, Google for your Department Recreation and Leisure. Dig around for other classes and events on things like MeetUp. You'll end up with most being about 150$ / 8 weeks. Try to find ones that are focused on the thing you wanna improve.
Work out. Find a work out you like. Do better. Test with drop in classes and find a structured system once you enjoy one thing.
Volunteer if no other ideas, some places will train you in things and it's good for keeping you busy.
Hi there. I have created and taught several online courses for two local universities and think I might be able to help. Here is an online pedagogy mooc you can browse to get started:
https://learn.canvas.net/courses/45
and
https://www.mooc-list.com/course/online-pedagogy-canvasnet
And here's one which addresses video lecture maximization (though for moocs, you can adapts it for smaller classes easily):
https://onlinelearninginsights.wordpress.com/tag/mooc-pedagogy/
Finally, I would like to allay your fears; if you are a good professor in person you will be a good professor online. If you have a passion for being the one who helps students have that "aha!" moment, you'll do fine. The trick is to never be complacent and always learn from your online classes - what methods work and what doesn't - and to approach the class in a way that honors the kinds of students you have in it; are they non-traditional students? Part of a nursing program? are they freshmen or sophomores? These little tidbits of information can help you scale and specialize your lectures towards your audience's interests and goals and provide a more holistic learning experience for the term.
> Is there a free university intro to nutrition course available online? That would be a good recommendation.
MOOC-list has a good list of free online courses. I can talk with the other mods and see about adding that to the Wiki.
También pueden consultar los MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) en esta lista. Si quieren encontrar más, hay que asegurarse de incluir los cursos 'self-paced'.
Incluye muchos proveedores de cursos, pero no sé cuáles certifiquen al estilo de edX, igual se pueden filtrar los proveedores.
Did you mean https://www.mooc-list.com? Pick and choose sounds very interesting. I noticed https://www.open.edu.au/courses/preparatory/oua-pathways but those modules appear entry level and not of interest. Yeah the paper isn't required (although perhaps something to aim for?). Is it a given that any degree certificate is made up of so many units? I.e. would I need to complete say 16 courses to finish a degree? (Sorry I haven't looked at uni for almost 20 years as well, I'm a little out of the loop hence asking).
If you can use your downtime at your current job to take online classes that work towards a skill, its the perfect setup. There are things like MOOC courses for free https://www.mooc-list.com/ . A lot of universities are now doing 15 week "camps" for non-degree seekers. I haven't shopped around, but one I looked into was very expensive.
> I don’t know how you assessed this but I do have anxiety
The effect of pressure on those of us that are lucky enough not to suffer from anxiety tends to be transitory unless we perceive it as effecting our performance. Since your performance was good even under pressure, it's not a stretch to assume that the pressure itself was what was unbearable to you not the intellectual challenge.
> Yes I noticed that too the science in some homeschooling programs are literally prehistoric so I might add some supplemental science in.
The MOOC List has a number of free online courses in the sciences.
Make a plan to move out. If you need help with education, there's Khanacademy.org for anything up to AP high school, and the mooc list for college level. There are also any number of courses on programming that you can buy cheaply (research them first though, as some are better than others). You're also young enough that if you felt so inclined you might be eligible for the military, where you can pick up a number of professional skills (at the risk of having to go fight in a war of course). Don't continue to live on your parents terms, especially at 29. You need to find your own path.
There are tons of YT tutorials out there. In my experience, most of them are similar content, but described slightly differently, so you have to go through a few instructors to find one that clicks with you. I think redditors generally like Mosh (a YT instructor). There’s also freecodecamp, and a bunch of sites like that. If you want to be more of a systems oriented programmer/scripter, you could look at Automate the Boring Stuff. It’ll no doubt get you started. Lots of people began there, but I hear that there are some things they do in that book that are not best practices that you’ll need to unlearn. They definitely don’t follow Python style conventions from what I’ve seen.
Check out various MOOCs, too:
https://www.classcentral.com/providers
Last year, a bunch of tech companies were giving free training to people impacted by COVID-19. I’m not sure if they still are, but check around and see. If you find a site that has everything you’re looking for, shoot their support team an email and ask if they are offering any assistance. The worst thing can happen is they say no (or don’t answer).
As to the other question, “can you be good enough within a year?” I think that mostly depends on you, how hard you work at learning (and how much you actually learn), and what other skills you bring to the table. I have no experience with that (not with coding, anyway), but there are lots of people who go through boot camps and get jobs. FWIW, I got my first real job in IT after three months of working with Linux and studying RCHSA/RHCE materials. I think that’s easier than getting a dev job, though.
(EDIT: Fixed formatting on the link list.)
There are a tonne out there, https://www.mooc-list.com/ is a good place to start. And remember just because they might require payment for a physical copy of a certificate you can still absolutely add it to your resume.
Listen to Dustin Stelzer's (electrician u guy) podcasts as well. He's got all of the resources laid out.
Check here for relevant courses on theory.
I like the other guys convention class idea, I'll have to do those sometime.
Have you looked up youtube courses, tutorials, or guides for film makers? There's also the old standard of books (or audiobooks if you're into multitasking). Look around for MOOCs that might help you like this EdX course; though it is about making courses, it might teach you a few ideas for making films/presentations. This list of MITOpenCourseware might be up your alley. Also search on Mooc List for other sites.
> I just think that i would like to get a fresh first hand experience of what 'the religious' around me are talking about.
Most of us here are fairly certain they're talking about mythological themes from an iron age culture. If you wish to educate yourself on religions in general there is no shortage of courses that offer comparative religion including several free college level MOOCs.
If you want a religious community, I'd suggest the Unitarian Universalists, as they tend to be far less bigoted than the Catholic, and they are explicitly open to atheists.
If you're looking to answers to cosmic questions, however, keep in mind that while religions may have answers, their answers are indistinguishable from "made up bullshit based on iron age biases and social attitudes". You're far better off working on those questions yourself without taking leads from an antiquated priesthood.
'with great power comes great responsibilities' be a Tor relay
Here, feed your brain with ur hi-speed internet :
Watch & learn courses in /r/UniversityofReddit or find in https://www.mooc-list.com/multiple-criteria
Watch /r/documentaries
Be productive buddy : https://www.quora.com/Personal-Productivity/What-are-the-most-productive-ways-to-spend-time-on-the-Internet
There's actually a whole load of these sites. They're called MOOCs and you can see all the courses and sites on offer. Most charge a small fee for a printed certificate but some let you have a PDF for free depending on the course provider.
So going from no electronics -> digital audio design is a huge leap. Before even getting into anything you need to learn at least electronics 101, so I'd suggest a free online course with basic electronics before anything, maybe something like this. After that you'll at least have an idea of the components that you'll be using and how they work, and you can go to the next step after that.
This website provides a list of MOOCs (massive, open online courses). Additionally, many top universities are now offering free online courses, such as MIT Open CourseWare and Harvard EdX, to name a few.
Khan academy has several courses for critical thinking and logic.
Also you can take free online college courses by searching the MOOC List.
Not to rush you of course, but if you want to learn critical thinking there are a plethora of places you can find resources online. The internet is occasionally a wonderful thing.
There used to be A Developer's guide to Node-RED on Coursera.
Had a quick look but couldn't immediately find it on Coursera, maybe they took it down. Good luck!
> How do you think this universe and the earth was formed?
The universe, no clue. The big bang explains the current formation, but how the bang happened is as yet undetermined and frankly the science for the theoretical models is way over my head. But if you're interested search on cosmology or audit one of the many online courses.
For the Earth, planetary formation is pretty well understood. Try searching on it.
These courses might be interesting for you:
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mechanical-engineering/2-737-mechatronics-fall-2014
Or this:
https://www.mooc-list.com/course/introduction-electronics-coursera
The BOM is a good start, the weather is quite complex as I am sure you know. There's a lot of videos on youtube and windy is an excellent resource.
The BOM releases climate updates, usually weekly, there's extra information on their site to help you understand that. Sorry I can't help too much, I normally search for items and read until I understand then explore further topics.For resources in a single place this could be a good start. If you search for "MOOC" and "meteorology" and "weather" you will find a lot of resources.
I think your best bet is to go at this through trial and error. I would try to simulate a few days of college while at home to see what works best. Find a few courses on some MOOC websites (Coursera, edX, etc.) or Khan Academy and fill up your days from 9 to 5 with those classes in order to simulate your time spent at college (double benefit: you can chose some interesting but relevant classes to take during this little experiment). Ideally, try to leave the house and go work on these courses away from home to simulate your commute and how much energy it takes to actually go through a normal day of class in college. You should also eat the same type of foods you would typically consume during classes (pack the same time of lunch, drink the same amount of coffee, etc.) Then play around with your schedule. Work on your projects early in the morning and then do your coursework, then switch your project work to early in the evening, then late at night, etc. All the while, keep a journal and every hour quickly write down your mood, your energy level and how productive you were with the last hour.
For how much time to spend on 'productivity', I'd look to the norm for a full-time job wherever you are. Here in the UK that's probably be 35 hours. So take that as a baseline. Then adjust as you see fit. "Actually I really enjoy these things, so I'll do 42 hours a week" or "I'm not going to have another break for two years, so I'm just going to do 30 hours." Etc. But really, it's up to you, it sounds like you're pretty young and if you do 20 hours a week you're probably way ahead of your peers. And me, at that age.
You could also look at more 'productive' versions of your fun stuff. Maybe instead of watching random movies that catch your attention you could do some kind of course - eg https://www.mooc-list.com/course/tcm-presents-darkness-investigating-film-noir-canvas-net
Pretty much every university has it, but the requirements vary school by school. The cost for a PLA is usually a few hundred dollars, but each portfolio can cover several classes, so they cost much less than the courses they can replace.
In general you have to describe in detail what you learned, when you learned it, and how you learned it. The learning must match up with the learning objectives from courses the school offers or accepts in on transfer credit as well, meaning if your school doesn't offer a Japanese course and doesn't accept them on transfer from other schools, then you're out of luck.
They are never declined "for no reason" but they aren't free, and your portfolio will be evaluated by an SMA (subject matter expert). It's not something you can just wing. If I were you I'd just go ask your school directly. They don't advertise these systems generally, but they aren't going to outright lie to you about them if you ask. Your counselor can help you determine if a PLA is possible at all, and if it is, if the language school you're considering is likely to teach you what you need to know.
Inexpensive/free MOOCs are often used for PLAs as well, and there are some out there available for Japanese. Here's one such that I'm considering myself, even though I already have my degree: https://www.mooc-list.com/course/japanese-wma
Edit: Also look into Kaplan. They do (or at least, did) offer a free course that would teach you how to put together a PLA. At the end, they try to upsell you to sending your PLA to them for evaluation for credit, but you don't have to do that, just send it to your school instead.
There are a tonne of build X application in C# tutorials around.
There are a couple Mooc courses that teach C#.
Theres Pluralsight courses that teach ASP.Net programming that uses C# -> you can get a free trial.
What exactly do you want to know?
Search for "mooc critical thinking" - here's a few links to get you started:
https://www.mooc-list.com/tags/critical-thinking?static=true
CourseTalk has user reviews for many MOOCs as well as a comprehensive course listing across different providers. I've found this site to be the most helpful. MOOC List also offers course listings and numerical ratings.
Asking or searching around here can net some helpful things, as well.
Edit: Coursera now offers first-week previews for many of their newer-format courses without the need to enroll, which may or may not be helpful for determining whether or not something is good.
> Recently, out of the realization that I will never find the truth about life, the meaning of life
Which truth? Which meaning?
Truth is just an accurate representation of reality. Presumably many things you can find out that are accurate representations of reality.
Meaning is just purpose assigned by a thinking being. You and anybody else can do that to anything. Heck, we can do it a bunch of times for the same thing.
> I feel as though I don't have something to turn to and i'm just not sure what to do about this or how to react to this feeling.
You mean you don't have somebody to tell you what the truths are and what meanings you should find. Oh well, it sounds like you'll have to do it yourself. I'd suggest auditing a free logic and clear thinking course because spotting flawed logic is very useful when evaluating further options.
> I've been feeling lost and although not suicidal just very unhappy and feeling like life is meaningless.
Are you looking for objective meaning from some cosmic being? Well stop if that's what you're doing. You have to make your own meaning. What meaning do you want your life to have? Do you want to be a good father/brother/husband/worker/friend? Do you want to travel/learn languages/be well read/have sex with hundreds of people/be a world renowned poet/star in films? You can have any number of meanings, and you can change your mind about any of them at a moment's notice.
Ah! That's my fault. (It was pretty early in the morning when I was typing that.) MOOCs stands for "Massive Open Online Courses." They're usually free ways to get exposure to big ideas in all sorts of fields. Some of them may even give transferrable credit hours for colleges and universities, but I think of them first and foremost as a structured way to learn more about the world from trustworthy sources.
For more information, browse https://www.mooc-list.com/
Have you looked into MOOCs? See https://www.mooc-list.com/tags/business for some possibilities. My wife went through a marketing MOOC with Coursera and actually learned quite a lot. Of course, you will only get what you put into it.
Reading: fiction, non-fiction, periodicals, manuals, textbooks.... audio books
Learn a new skill - there are a ton of MOOCs these days
Learn to sew by hand, knit, crochet
Watch documentaries instead of TV shows and movies (netflix has a few decent ones)
Learn to code (program)
Write a story, poem, book, article
I just watch the video and WOW. I think this idea could can go far. I would say maybe write your idea down and maybe try to put it in a business plan. I have a few idea that could you could chew on:
1) For city building and design, why not look to games like Cites: Skyline. I thinking that could be a start and maybe expanded to included real world data. It could be a mod, that is tied in with this program.
2) You are not alone, there are other people to help. It just getting it organize that you might need help. A website to help with that might be Swarm-wise. It might help you fouse your thoughts a little.
http://falkvinge.net/2013/02/14/swarmwise-the-tactical-manual-to-changing-the-world-chapter-one/
3) See if you could tie together projects or products, that does what you trying to do, so you do not have to reinvent the wheel. I mean with the education side you could try:
4) Maybe look into bit coins. I read an article that on this reddit, that could give you ideas too: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/537246/why-bitcoin-could-be-much-more-than-a-currency/
Well that all I can think of right now. I will edit this post if I think of more.
I'm so scared of the math! I almost wanted to do languages stuff but I thought that maybe I'd have better luck learning math this time! fingers crossed lmao
There are a lot of free online classes / moocs for dev stuff! Took me a bit to find but https://www.mooc-list.com/course/web-development-udacity here are some! I took some classes on edx last year, they are also a great site... My dev friend said udacity is really good though!
I'd look at Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in areas that either interest you or you think are pertinent to the area you want to work in. Not only do some of them offer certification but it shows a commitment to lifelong learning and bettering yourself outside of formal academic education.
So far I have used https://www.futurelearn.com and been pretty impressed so far. In your case, I'm not sure if there will be many in the areas that you mention specifically but try this link https://www.mooc-list.com/ and good luck!
I find that many first semester freshman feel this way. Our first year sequence is definitely different than what's taught in most high schools (most schools teaching procedural programming leading into object-oriented programming, our class is reversed) which is why it feels vastly different from what you've done previously.
I'll assume you've done the readings that he posts for the class. If not, read those first. Those will contain literally everything that the class teaches. If you've done that, here are online classes you could go through to try to further understand the basics of java:
https://www.mooc-list.com/course/introduction-programming-udacity https://www.mooc-list.com/course/java-complete-beginners-udemy
Finally, unless you're programming on a consistent basis, you're not going to learn programming. Once a week for 10 weeks is definitely not enough programming. Code more, google stuff, and don't be afraid to fail. Everyone is going to start somewhere and you'll learn the most by struggling through things you don't understand.
To start don't fixate on a number just work on getting healthier habits. Use your food benefits to add more whole fruit to your diet. If you can slowly start walking if it is too cold and slippery outside walk around the shelter. Each day try to take 10-20 steps more than the day before. Does the shelter have computer access? When you are not looking for jobs, work on adding to your knowledge base audit classes on Mooc's (Massive Open Online Courses) like edX, mooc.org, coursera and look at https://www.mooc-list.com/ for upcoming courses and sites. You can even take nutrition courses and learn about your Microbiome.
For now when you have little control over what you eat remember a calorie is a calorie. So even if the food is not the healthiest you can work on eating less fried stuff and drinking more water. Remember that stress can cause you to hold on to water weight so being in a stressful life situation might make your progress a little slower.
If you go to YouTube and type in "hobby ideas", you can find a bunch of videos of people just reading off ideas. They don't get too into it, but they have some interesting suggestions.
Things that I've tried/done in the past:
- Sewing or embroidery. There's lots of good beginner embroidery videos on YouTube (I'm very visual, so all my recs are YT lol)
- Take up an instrument. There's some good sites with free guitar tabs and even free lessons, for example. If you don't want the expense, pick up a cheap keyboard from a secondhand shop. I got one for like $10 and it's meant for children, but it still works
- Sell things on ebay. This takes a lot more dedication, but I like to go to yard sales in the summer and pick up some stuff to resell. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't, but you end up learning a lot about random things (I got really into selling key blanks and auto tools at one point)
- Take an online course. KhanAcademy was mentioned above, but there's a ton out there. https://www.mooc-list.com/
- Art! Tons of tutorials on YT for any kind of art you'd be interested in. Colored pencils, digital, painting, etc.
There's a list of different online courses for game design but you'd have to see for yourself if any are "legitimate".
> That’s why we try to find the answers together because it shows that we are actively seeking the truth and aren’t letting our personal biases get in the way of finding it.
It is impossible for humans to not have biases get in the way of finding the truth. The list of human cognitive biases that we are susceptible to is long, and that's just the ones we know about. With that said, it's entirely possible to work to be less wrong and I personally believe that is a goal worth working towards. My question to you would be to ask how it is you are trying to address your biases? Are you studying clear thinking and logical reasoning?
If not, how exactly do you think that you are actually addressing your biases rather than reinforcing them? While you may be an intelligent 14 year old, it is doubtful that you and your friends can reproduce centuries of rational thought without doing some extra study on the history of that field.
Honestly, while I care whether you do or don't believe in a god, I care a lot more about you being a logical and rational person who is capable of critical analysis and recognizing and rejecting bad arguments.
Yeah, there's a shadowy cabal whose job it is to keep the public ignorant on absolutely everything. Great detective work!
Let's blame conspiracy theories for your own laziness. Too lazy to research the topic at hand? It must be "only for appearances". What would we do without your genius.
If you'd like to actually learn how the world works instead of resorting to illuminati fairytales, here are a few scientific reasoning courses you can take online. They'll teach you how to vet information, how weigh the veracity of ideas, and how to present informative arguments.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/mindware?trk_location=query-summary-list-link
https://www.classcentral.com/course/edx-the-science-of-everyday-thinking-1332
https://www.mooc-list.com/course/question-everything-scientific-thinking-real-life-edx
Hint: It's all bullshit. All of it. Nothing with the term "astrology" is based in any system supported by evidence. This is like saying that you've started reading chicken entrails for hope. If you want your situation to improve, you must improve it.
Stop going to temples and spending money on things that don't work. Work to make your life better. If you suffer from depression, see a therapist. If you lack skills, educate yourself. If you suffer from an addiction, enroll in an evidence based addiction treatment program.
The denver post article is reporting on pazans statements regarding an official report by the dpds designated watchdog org. It is not an opinion article and the indictments of the dpds are being carried out by a reputable organization whose stated purpose is to monitor police activity. The brookings institution article is a letter to the editor.
I think you'll find this free online course quite helpful: https://www.mooc-list.com/course/mediactive-how-participate-our-digital-world-asu
I've found that creative writing classes and workshops are a good space to share writing and get over that hurtle of feeling ashamed. In these groups everyone is a beginner and many people feel just as you do! There's the occasional jerk (usually someone full of their own insecurities) but for the most part I've found these to be welcoming, encouraging, non-judgemental spaces. I also think it's easier to share work with strangers.
You could enroll in a creative writing class at your current school or community college, find free writing groups and workshops at your library, or find an informal writing group on meetup.com. There are also online workshops (for example, the Gotham Writers Workshop with 10 week classes, although they can be expensive), and free MOOCs (massive open online courses) where you follow a structured lesson then get feedback on your writing from peers and sometimes from an instructor. Here's a list: https://www.mooc-list.com/tags/creative-writing
You always have options. You may not like some of the things you have to do to make those options work for you, but few things worth living for are without some form of cost. Figure out where you want to be, then figure out a plan to get there. Then do what you need to do.
You can enlist in the military. You can work your way through the MOOC list to educate yourself. You can see about volunteering for doctors without borders in some other country. You can find a menial job and spend your meager earnings getting stoned for the next 20 years. But sitting around whining because your life sucks will get you exactly the same place you are now.
This is something many many colleges do now. Legitimate, free of cost, full courses on every imaginable subject from Harvard, Oxford, MIT...they use Coursera, Edx, Futurelearn etc. to provide MOOCs (massive open online courses).
Thanks for the feedback on the MOOC. It's good to hear what people think of it when they didn't use it to learn Java. And that's true. I only heard of that MOOC on reddit.
I did stumble across this while looking for Javascript courses: https://www.mooc-list.com/
It looks useful, but I'm not sure mooc.fi is on the Java one.
You may wish to take a pass through Khan Academy which has extensive educational materials intended I believe to go through AP levels. I know they have a decent biology section and I'd strongly recommend checking out their course on critical thinking, which is something I wish was included in every highschool curriculum.
If you feel up to more involved education there are many college level courses you can take for free that you can find through the MOOC list.
Some good courses are Introduction to Astronomy by Ronen Plesser and Michel van Biezen YouTube channel
A lot of universities offer free courses. They are not official DND Learn courses, but they should be considered a step above.
University of Toronto's social context of Mental Health is really good.
https://www.mooc-list.com/course/social-context-mental-health-and-illness-coursera
Or any course that works on written communication.
Three things: 1) Study, In my case a part time BSc. Employer is paying. You could also look at https://www.mooc-list.com/ 2) Learn to draw / do visuals / use Adobe suite - might be a useful skill. 3) Read - deepen and broaden knowledge around subjects of interest. Other things I have considered, but have no time for... Learn to code and learn to play an instrument.
If you wish to learn, and have the time to do so, I strongly recommend you check out Khan Academy. It's geared towards middle school to AP classes, and covers a wide range of subjects. It's aimed at folks who don't have access to a public education system, but it works just as well for people put in religious schooling by overzealous parents.
If you find you can handle more advanced stuff, there's also the MOOC List which covers free college courses.
I'd advise you look up MOOC, massive open online courses. I found a list of websites here, but you should research more thoroughly. It takes some dedication and time tho, so be prepared. Good luck!
It sounds like you want the official C1 qualification, so why not study specifically for that test? It's actually a pretty well-rounded qualification, so it's not like you'd just be studying to pass a test; it gives you a good set of skills for communicative French.
I found a MOOC for the DALF C1 https://www.mooc-list.com/course/pr%C3%A9parer-et-r%C3%A9ussir-le-delf-b2-et-le-dalf-c1-fun but it ended last year. I did it while living in Japan, and it was really good preparation; however, when I subsequently went to France, the Alliance Française put me in B2.3 haha.
On that note, you could find an AF in Spain that offers DALF C1 prep courses.
You can do a MOOC or just check the syllabus for a book list https://www.mooc-list.com/tags/psychiatry or google phrases like “psychiatry MOOC” and “intro to psychiatry”, ask the librarian at your public library, look through https://www.psychiatry.org/, ask your GP and psychiatrist, or even your therapist if you’re more interested in the psychology part than the medicine part.
The starting point would really depend on what your educational background is and what you want to focus on learning, so it’s too broad of a question to just suggest books. Are you trying to decide whether to pursue this as a career? Want to understand yourself better? Want to understand loved ones or people you struggle with? Want strategies for changing the behavior or yourself or others? Want to know what meds you’re getting, why, and how they work? Etc.
I more or less learned mine in medical school. They formally teach it at my school and we practice the skills on patients. I've found that these skills translate well to every day life.
I did a search and I would recommend this free online course to anyone https://www.mooc-list.com/course/developing-clinical-empathy-making-difference-patient-care-futurelearn
Take a free online art class. Here is a list of some interesting programs. Keep drawing / painting, regularly. That's the only way to know if it's really your thing.
Also, if you're a bit spiritual, try meditation. It does wonders when it comes to navigating through existential crisis. wishing you all the best :)
> However I am not fully accustomed to spotting Bullshit
Some resources to help:
https://www.classcentral.com/tag/critical-thinking
https://www.mooc-list.com/tags/critical-thinking
The first link is Khan academy which is roughly highschool to AP level courses. The second two lists are MOOC (massive online open course) aggregators which can vary in level but tend to be AP to mid-college level.
Speaking from my own anecdotal experience, one of the most generally useful courses I took in my college years was a completely optional "Clear thinking" course that used real world media examples to highlight common fallacies. There's no reason that material couldn't have been taught at HS level, but virtually no school in the US that I am aware of actually does teach material based on critical thinking. Which is an almost criminal omission IMO. Learning to be (rationally) critical of your media intake is one of the best life skills you can learn.
So, many universities have a pre-med or pre-health advising office (might be called pre-professional). Even though you've graduated, the adviser at your alma mater should be available to you. It's pretty common for students to take a gap year and then contact the adviser (usually about sending in applications, but more vague questions are also welcome).
What can they do for you? They can help you evaluate your chances at PA acceptance. GPA, extracurriculars; they should have a decent grasp on who usually gets in. They can also talk you through other factors-- what grades do you have to get in the prereqs? What if you taught for a few years and then decided to try PA school again, what would that do to your chances?
I can't tell from this post if you're amazing at these prereq subjects or not, but if you're unsure there are probably some free online MOOCs you could take before enrolling. I recommend this not because I think you can't do these prereqs, but because I have no way of knowing, and it seems like the worst-case scenario would be to spend a lot of money on classes and then not get the grades you want!
Finally, depending on where you live, your $13/hr might be better than a local teacher's salary. Sadly.
Do a search for MOOC photography. I have taken a lot of MOOCs and most are surprisingly good.
Here is one course through Coursera that looks good. https://www.mooc-list.com/course/cameras-exposure-and-photography-coursera
I haven't taken it, but I have taken courses through Coursera. This one is offered by Michigan State. There are loads out there and they all have a free option.
If you just want an education, there are plenty to be found. Try Khan Academy for highschool/AP level, and the MOOC List when you're ready to move on beyond that. Unfortunately it being Mississippi, you're probably right about the poor quality of public education there (it's ranked 45 out of the 50 states).
I'd strongly recommend science daily which has a really good summary of the latest advances in a number of fields (and you can view by field if that's your specific interest).
For education resources there's the highschool/ap level site Khan Academy and also for college level there is the MOOC List (both free).
You should also try asking this question in /r/askscience where actual scientists hang.
> But reading textbooks by yourself is quite hard. I just found it myself and got so frustrated at every little point I got stuck.
To address these issues, you can just take free MOOC online courses (MOOC = Massively Open Online Course, there is no limit for # of students to enter) by the best universities of the world.
- They usually offer a free version (can be called "Audit" version and this option can be shown in a very small font) and a paid version of the course (something like $49) or specialization that, as I can understand, can allow you to use it as credits if you are in the US and want to go to college/university.
- Those courses are usually divided in short lecture videos with some quizzes & some reading assignments maybe (the reading material is provided), sometimes there are practical exercises that get peer-reviewed by other students (you have to do the same for 3+ students, you are assigned them randomly), there might be a final exam (if you are taking a paid version of the course) and there is always a forum section for students to discuss stuff (if they don't understand something, etc.).
- Some courses are self-paced (you can start whenever you want) and some courses have a "proper" starting date and you have to wait, or join the course and only have access to archives for now.
- Most of the MOOC courses are provided via "universal" MOOC platforms - Coursera, edX, etc.
Check out https://www.class-central.com/subject/maths for the database of such courses; might also use https://www.mooc-list.com/ although it's less user-friendly.
look up some MOOCs (https://www.mooc-list.com/tags/chemistry ). You can't understand biochemistry till you understand organic chemistry, and you can't understand organic chemistry until you understand general chemistry. Start there and work your way up.
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OR... don't bother learning anything, but just feel like you know everything about a subject (even more so than experts)...and become a politician.
I recommend this Udacity course. It is extremely thorough and I've had no trouble understanding Git since. Took me a few days to slog through it but it was so worth it.
You could introduce critical thinking resources as a way to prepare them for the workforce. They really do need it to make a living, regardless of religious beliefs. I wish I had these kinda links when I was younger:
https://www.mooc-list.com/tags/critical-thinking
I think this is good enough until you're out. Like the flight safety instx, gotta put your mask on first before helping others.
Sign up for a MOOC in philosophy. Here is a good place to start. https://www.mooc-list.com/course/introduction-philosophy-coursera
You need someone to critique your thinking around the ideas that you are exploring. Essay writing is a convenient way that professors address this, but it isn't the only way. Find a way to have serious discussions with like-minded people who are a step or two ahead of you.
I'd suggest looking into MOOCs during your two weeks of down time. There aren't guaranteed to be many that fit your schedule, but you could find one or two that allow you to fully go at your own pace and could help give you a head start when it's time to focus 100% on film school, or whatever you decide on studying down the line. Here and here could be good places to start.
Aren't sans-serif good for titles as well? Agree a bit of graphic design expertise is a handy thing to have. There are a number of graphic design mooc that might be a decent way for folks to pick up some expertise. Heck, there's one on typography that just started.
Not that I know of. But, you may want to search for it on the site called as mooc-list. here is the link - https://www.mooc-list.com/ Mooc-list.com keeps records of many sites providing online courses. Worth to give it a shot!
MOOC List is a fairly extensive resource for exploring online courses; some of which offer free or paid certificates of completion. They catalog courses from EdX, Coursera, etc.
MIT is a well-respected school and they provide an introduction to astronomy course.
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-282j-introduction-to-astronomy-spring-2006/
By searching "astronomy mooc" (without quotes) brought me several links including this aggregate. FYI, mooc stands for massive open online courses.
https://www.mooc-list.com/tags/astronomy
Or, y'know, could just borrow a star atlas from the local library and go out on a clear night.
If you're more interested in computer science, check out the MOOCs at edX and coursera etc( https://www.mooc-list.com/tags/computer-science, or the MIT and Harvard CS50 one.). They explain the basics very well and try to do stuff on /r/dailyprogrammer.
Also during hard times this helped me a lot: http://brianknapp.me/best-kept-secrets-of-great-programmers/
There might be some free course online, if you have access to a computer. There are MOOCs also - often free online course open to everyone from major universities. https://www.mooc-list.com
Yes, I had some mindless pressing on... I had to choose a minor, and the fewest hours for me toward that end was math. I mindlessly waded through calculus 3, discrete math 2 and statistics 2 to finish the minor requirement. Rarely use any of that.
There are tons of places where you learn for free online. Look into MOOCs. Harvard has some, so does MIT.
See a bunch of free courses here: https://www.mooc-list.com/
Courses like these will give you a certification upon completion.
Add it to your LinkedIn profile. (If you don't have LinkedIn - GET ONE. Google "Why I need to be on LinkedIn" and tons of results will appear.)
You don't need to pay for education. The internet has it all. All you need to do is then show employers that you actually have these skills.
Good luck!
khan academy, reddit u, harvard and MIT have free online coursewhere. last time i posted this info somebody followed up with links, but i've misplaced them - may edit later. edit: here's a good link.
specific vocational classes, i dunno. i took a real estate sales class at the university of colorado once that really helped later when i went to law school, but i never sold much real estate. i got a $4000 hat from a trucking school once - all I got out of it was the hat, although I did work as a teamster for 2 years. I found a phlebotomist course for $1000 in my county, I just have to find a month free to go take it. That would get my foot in the door at the kind of clinics i work in. The red cross has a CNA, nursing assistant, class I could take but it's a bit beneath my level while nursing school at my local community college might be more than i want right now. I'm thinking I might take some short cheap classes to get some certs so I could get an entry level medical type job,and then see how I can build on that. I have law degrees but I found that too stressful of an occupation for me to be good at.
If you are concerned about youre marketability, don't be. Even without the practical experience using software (with the exception of the basic Microsoft Office suite, especially Word and Excel), I doubt that many employers would not be willing to train you if your resume and interview was strong otherwise. Regardless, you will still want to express your familiarity with various other software packages of which have some training on within your resume despite the fact that you haven't actually worked with that software at another job. Training often trumps experience, particularly with newer or specialty software. For finance, there are several places you can lean the various statistics packages for free online. Coursera, for example, has free short courses that you can enroll in and even get a certificate upon completion. While these certificates hold little to no real weight just yet (industries are still warming up to MOOCs ), it will make your resume come across the desk of more recruiters seeking those skills (if for no other reason than their keyword search filter hasn't rejected your resume lol).
Also, you may have to consider relocating. Let's face it, NY and NJ is a relatively saturated market for lawyers. Even if you went to a top 10 law school, its no secret that competition is fierce in those states for those jobs. You seem fairly young. If you're relatively "unattached" in terms of relationships or family, launching a nationwide job search vastly increases your chances. If you must stay, try to build some relationships within your area. Reach out to old classmates and the university...oh and feel free to exercise that nepotism muscle if necessary lol.
If all else fails, you may have to come in slightly under market for your salary requirements, however, I would strongly advise you not to do this unless you absolutely must. Good luck.
If only there were a way to learn things on your own using this crazy thing called the internet...
https://www.mooc-list.com/university-entity/berklee-college-music?static=true
https://online.berklee.edu/courses/interest/music-production
http://www.lynda.com/Music-Production-training-tutorials/23-0.html
For learning either of these, This is a great resource. I would suggest not going for simplified classes because I find it really hard to retain the knowledge from material that just skims the surface.
In a nutshell, C# is a compiled language and Javascript is an interpreted language in their respective common uses. Javascript is a higher-leveled language most commonly used as a web language and a scripting language, while C# is lower leveled and used for more back-end work.
Of course there are circumstances that would flip these definitions around, but it's a decent overview of what the languages could do in the context of gamedev.
Improve your skillset:
First place to go: lynda.com and hover over "Library" in the top navigation bar. Then hover over something that interests you. The great thing about this is that it shows all the various skillsets that are out there. It gives a person a great sense of what marketable skills are out there.
Check out what is offered here:
Lynda.com
TeamTreehouse.com
Coursera.com
Udemy.com
Lists of MOOCs:
> An educational/knowledge revolution has happened , and it's far easier than before to improve you knowledge/skills. Isn't that something that most could use in some capacity?
The recent rise of MOOC sites like Coursera and Khan Academy is certainly a Good Thing™; it allows a computer-literate person (who has the spare time and knowledge of English) to educate themselves for free, and that's certainly empowering.
However, I do wish there was more to it. For example, to get some blue-collar jobs like plumber, mechanic, or electrician, you have to do vocational training and get some hands-on experience, which is quite hard to do online. To get a white-collar job like lawyer, accountant, or engineer, on the other hand, you'll need to graduate a regular university and get accredited; it's just what most employers ask for. I think we'll need to wait a while before public opinion starts attributing online certificates the same value as traditional diplomas.
I agree with your other points. Globalization, online commerce, and sites like Amazon and AliExpress have made our lives a lot better.
Pick a specific IT career path (Maintenance/Computer Networks/SW Development/DBs/...).
Then try to convince your employer to pay for professional training. Budapest has all the professional training centres you may need to do that (MS, Oracle, SAP, etc.)
You could also go for the autodidactic route and try to search for a MOOC, there are quite a lot of them. If you feel overwhelmed look around at Codeacademy first. If you have problems with basic (elementary school level) things look it up at Khan Academy
Statistics. Research. Community Health Nursing. Nursing Theory. Health Assessment. Healthcare Policy. Leadership and Management.
I believe many or all these are required by most or all programs.
You might look at the particular schools you are interested in attending and at their required course catalog(s).
I like OpenYale and HarvardX (I highly recommend "Justice" with Michael Sandel). I believe MIT just opened some free online stuff and here is a MOOC list: https://www.mooc-list.com/initiatives-and-categories
BTW: https://www.mooc-list.com/?static=true e em portugues: https://www.mooc-list.com/multiple-criteria?field_language_tid[]=328&field_peer_assessments_value=All&field_team_projects_value=All&field_audio_lectures_value=All&field_video_lectures_value=All&field_start_date_value_op=%3C&...
It's an excellent resource, and has helped me through numerous courses.
Make sure to look for other open courseware, too.
Also, maybe check these resources: https://www.mooc-list.com/ http://www.oeconsortium.org/
Have fun!
I haven't, but it was an option that was not present the last time I took a kick at Mandarin. 1-on-1 tutoring, online or otherwise, is a path I have never really tried for languages - I tend to do introductory lessons for getting pronunciations and reading close enough to be non-annoying to natural speakers then go onto cultural immersion. I have polyglots in the family that follow this approach, but it tends to work best if the new language is from the same language school as another one you already know - tonal Asian languages continue to be a hard nut to crack for me. Doesn't help that Mandarin is a tonal spoken language, then has ideograms for written, with Pinyin sprinkled in for teaching pronunciation and computers.
Looking further into the HSK, I think if you took all the courses from Mt. Royal and studied thoroughly you could get a Level 2, probably not much higher.
A number of the online 1-on-1 places have a free first session, so you might be able to get a feel for them before putting money down. Another option would be study-in-trade - volunteer at something like the Centre for Newcomers and see if there are any people willing to tutor you in return for your tutoring.
I guess it really comes down to your studying style and goals for learning. If you are looking for something rigorously academic and are worried about wasting money you might be better served finding an EdX/MOOC course based around a Foreign Service Institute course (like this).
OK. The tricky part is that neither the client nor the web agency I advice are very familiar with Agile. As for me, I read and discussed a lot about Agile but I a not certified or specifically trained. I am currently catching up through a MOOC called Agile in 100 minutes to get my facts straight.
But when you put everybody around the table, we are all pretty convinced that it's the way we will get things done, and that it can really make a difference. And that's not common in my field, at least in France. So I do not want to miss this opportunity.
I guess what we need is more experienced agilist to help us at least in the early stages of the process, I have some names in mind.
https://www.mooc-list.com/tags/programming
safaribooksonline.com
It's all out there man, here is a small example of some of the great resources on the web. You can get started with the computer you have now.