#self teach

[adamavshamayim]

Anyone have ideas of resources and/or practice problems to teach yourself ap level or gen chem level chemistry, without being in a class (I might take it in a future year but for now I want to understand at least the basics)? Books, websites, anything....

In high school my chem teacher was a retired bio teacher who failed to teach us the last eight or so chapters that everyone else was learning - and that was over five years ago and at an easier level than where I want to be

[ejtee]

What am I doing?

I’m at the moment where I don’t know where I am going. I feel like these so-called pathways in my life has gone on several directions, and I don’t know where to go.

I aspire to become a health professional. But my pathway towards it has been rough. I feel like I have no where/no one I could ask an advice for. I feel like every decision I will make is being watched. Maybe I’m just too anxious. Too scared to make a move and not make a risk.

I have already jumped a few steps ahead of the career I wanted and failed. I followed my peer’s career pathways and forgot to realize that I must make my own way to be successful. I thought of finishing the faster way, and that lead me to take more steps back. Now I am taking a few steps back, and working on things MY WAY. It’s a difficult path so far. NO ONE ever understands what I have in mind. I’m being discouraged almost every single day, because my plans will never work.

To be honest, I don’t know either. I’m keeping track of whatever I do now; that’s more important.

I’m starting here… Khan Academy.

I’m tracking all lists of systems I can learn and understand; then quiz myself. The more I understand this videos and reads, the more I learn about the body and how it works.

So far I’m watching/reading half of the contents of the circulatory system, and it has been great. I’ll see how the rest will go.

[soyouwanttolearnfs]

I'm getting my first figure skates this winter, and I'm really excited, but my problem is, I only have a rink that is open for month and a half each year. And I've been wondering how much can I learn (by myself bc there is no coach or skating school here) in that time? I was hoping to try and learn some simple jumps but I don't want to injure myself. Should I even attempt it, and if yes, do you have any suggestions? (great blog btw! i love you guys!)

There’s a lot of danger in learning jumps with out a coach and I couldn’t say for sure if you would be fine with the simple hops/basic jumps because it’s never a certain thing and even with a coach injuries can still happen. The reason I advise against learning to jump without a coach is because there is a big chance you’ll teach yourself wrong and form a bad habit which later on could result in a possibly serious injury. 

I’d say your safest option is to work through the basic levels, videos of which can be found all over YouTube and then see if you can get advice from someone who knows what they’re doing in person, so they can correct your technique.

I’m not going to definitively say yes you can attempt jumps or no you can’t, that is up to you, just be aware of the risks involved.

Good luck!

[therealblankkandy]

I’m going to be documenting my journey into becoming a Front-end Developer in 7 months

Heya guys! I thought I might share my journey into Web Design with you. I’m extremely interested in this career path. Also there is a personal project I would like to work on, so having these skills under my belt will help me immensely.

Im doing this because I want to hold myself accountable. I’m taking college courses now, but let’s be completely honest here, I’m not so great at my studies. Well... in particular doing college essays. I freeze up on them all the time. So, I decided to self teach myself these things! 🤗 What I’m going for doesn’t really need a degree. I’ll just build up my portfolio.

[pwushii]

I’m going to try and self-teach myself Japanese again! But this time I’m going to try going to the library to find some textbooks to help me. :3 Hopefully I can stay motivated! がんばろう！

[miloarty]

日本語

So I'm learning Japanese primarily through Genki, JapanesePod101, and WaniKani.

I've also really been into DAOKO's music. Are there any recommendations for Japanese music with a sort of hip hop vibe to them?

I think music will help me more than watching anime or shows as it's easily repeatible and might be more natural speech.

ありがとう

[shesalwaysinrepair]

Practice makes perfect

I've been working on teaching myself piano. And when I get bored with the basics, I've been teaching myself my #1 goal song to learn to play, Beethoven's Für Elise. It's coming along pretty nicely. I'm almost comfortable with the first short section & am working on the next part now. 🖤🎹🎹🎹🎹🖤