#project-based self-directed learning

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My math teachers lied to me

I DO have a calculator in my pocket.

All my math teachers told me growing up that I had to learn arithmetic, algebra, geometry, all these formulas… but for what?  Their sole argument when I pressed them with “why?” Because I wouldn’t always have a calculator in my pocket. Well, the joke’s on them. Not only do I ALWAYS have a calculator on hand (sometimes literally in the case of my smart watch), but it can do a lot more than basic…

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[natecoumbe31]

What's the project?

To learn, you have to do.

Go ahead: read the books, watch the videos, and take the courses.  But at the end of all that, you need to take action. And the best way to do so is to have a project.  I don’t mean a 3-panel trifold board school project that you dread so much you put it off until the night before it’s due.  I mean a project that puts into action the stuff you’ve just learned. Something that fires you up. And…

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