find out what you want and go get it

maddy, sophomore

[chaoticum]

I believe in free education, one that’s available to everyone; no matter their race, gender, age, wealth, etc… This masterpost was created for every knowledge hungry individual out there. I hope it will serve you well. Enjoy!

FREE ONLINE COURSES (here are listed websites that provide huge variety of courses)

Alison 

Coursera

FutureLearn

open2study

Khan Academy

edX

P2P U

Academic Earth

iversity

Stanford Online

MIT Open Courseware

Open Yale Courses

BBC Learning

OpenLearn

Carnegie Mellon University OLI

University of Reddit

Saylor

IDEAS, INSPIRATION & NEWS (websites which deliver educational content meant to entertain you and stimulate your brain)

TED

FORA

Big Think 

99u

BBC Future

Seriously Amazing

How Stuff Works

Discovery News

National Geographic

Science News

Popular Science

IFLScience

YouTube Edu

NewScientist

DIY & HOW-TO’S (Don’t know how to do that? Want to learn how to do it yourself? Here are some great websites.)

wikiHow

Wonder How To

instructables

eHow

Howcast

MAKE

Do it yourself

FREE TEXTBOOKS & E-BOOKS

OpenStax CNX

Open Textbooks

Bookboon

Textbook Revolution

E-books Directory

FullBooks

Books Should Be Free

Classic Reader

Read Print

Project Gutenberg

AudioBooks For Free

LibriVox

Poem Hunter

Bartleby

MIT Classics

Many Books

Open Textbooks BCcampus

Open Textbook Library

WikiBooks

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES & JOURNALS

Directory of Open Access Journals

Scitable

PLOS

Wiley Open Access

Springer Open

Oxford Open

Elsevier Open Access

ArXiv

Open Access Library

LEARN:

1. LANGUAGES

Duolingo

BBC Languages

Learn A Language

101languages

Memrise

Livemocha

Foreign Services Institute

My Languages

Surface Languages

Lingualia

OmniGlot

OpenCulture’s Language links

2. COMPUTER SCIENCE & PROGRAMMING

Codecademy

Programmr

GA Dash

CodeHS

w3schools

Code Avengers

Codelearn

The Code Player

Code School

Code.org

Programming Motherf*?$%#

Bento

Bucky’s room

WiBit

Learn Code the Hard Way

Mozilla Developer Network

Microsoft Virtual Academy

3. YOGA & MEDITATION

Learning Yoga

Learn Meditation

Yome

Free Meditation

Online Meditation

Do Yoga With Me

Yoga Learning Center

4. PHOTOGRAPHY & FILMMAKING

Exposure Guide

The Bastards Book of Photography

Cambridge in Color

Best Photo Lessons

Photography Course

Production Now

nyvs

Learn About Film

Film School Online

5. DRAWING & PAINTING

Enliighten

Ctrl+Paint

ArtGraphica

Google Cultural Institute

Drawspace

DragoArt

WetCanvas

6. INSTRUMENTS & MUSIC THEORY

Music Theory

Teoria

Music Theory Videos

Furmanczyk Academy of Music

Dave Conservatoire

Petrucci Music Library

Justin Guitar

Guitar Lessons

Piano Lessons

Zebra Keys

Play Bass Now

7. OTHER UNCATEGORIZED SKILLS

Investopedia

The Chess Website

Chesscademy

Chess.com

Spreeder

ReadSpeeder

First Aid for Free

First Aid Web

NHS Choices

Wolfram Demonstrations Project

Please feel free to add more learning focused websites. 

*There are a lot more learning websites out there, but I picked the ones that are, as far as I’m aware, completely free and in my opinion the best/ most useful.

[ghostlywriterr]

The Hague, Netherlands

by Alex

[advenare]

delete selfies you don’t like. listen to music that makes you happy. look at art that makes you think. eat healthy, but if you want that chocolate, go for it. hang out with people that make you laugh. get up early and watch the sunrise. if you can’t sleep, grab a notebook and write down the first things that come to your mind. sing as loud as you can. never pass up a chance to walk barefoot. make memories. treat yourself the way you would treat a loved one.

[parisgellerstudy]

i’m taking ap english language and composition this year (school starts in t h r e e days ahh!!!), so i figured i’d make a masterpost of resources and tips for my own reference + to help u guys out!

01 // advice people have given me:

take really good notes!!! you’re going to need them

read all required reading. do NOT use sparknotes or anything like that because you will miss all of the little details that are essential.

buy the barron’s prep book (it’s the best one)

learn to annotate properly because it’s another skill necessary for this class

take notes in a dialectical journal format like this one here 

02 // reading list for my school + online pdf of each book

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

03 // links from authorities on the subject

Collegeboard ap english language and composition home pagge

Collegeboard exam practice

Ultimate list of tips

Guide to the exam

Free diagnostic tests

Synthesis essay rubric

Test score calculator

Another essay rubric

Quizlet flashcards

More flashcards

Exam prep

04 // apeng specific studyblr posts

Exam tips by @memorisu

A bunch of tips by @studics

A masterpost I made a while ago with a bunch of links

Some more links by @nothingadventured-nothinggained

Rhetorical analysis: strong and weak verbs by @gryfhindor

How to write a rhetorical analysis essay by @scissorstudy​

A few more links by @chemlstry

Ap lang vs ap lit + exam tips by @novanovelist

More tips by @sabitcher

Review posts by @scholasticwhimsy

Practice materials by @thegrapesofangst

How to study for the exam by @byologee

Writing the essays by @byologee

Exam packets and resources by @apbymichelle

How to study by @darthmvthensis

Exam format by @carmiestudies

Exam study resources by @darkmvthensis

ap rhetorical devices part 1 by @carmiestudies

More misc links by @studaeing

05 // my favorite english/writing posts

Websites for writing essays by @intellectys

Tips for time essays by @fuckstudy

How to annotate a novel by @englitstudent

How to write conclusions by @rewritign

Using the p-e-e-l method for essays by @iverdiatur

Annotating + taking notes from literature by @noteology

Annotating effectively by @hideandstudy

Academic writing masterpost by @thescholarlysquad

Academic writing resources by @nimblesnotebook

How to write an essay by @captainnaustralia

Literary analysis by @antigonick

and that’s all I have for you! thank you for reading, and good luck to everyone taking this class 💖💖💖

[thestudyingformula]

good luck to everyone heading back to school tomorrow! you’ll do great <3 

[studysection]

Hey guys! I made another quotes list for the philosophers, since I left some out and there were quotes that deserved their own post. Once again, I hope you like these quotes and think they are inspirational!

Thales

“The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.”

“Intellect is the swiftest of things, for it runs through everything.”

“Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.”

“Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.”

Jean de la Bruyere

“Out of difficulties grow miracles.”

Francis Bacon

“In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.”

“Knowledge is power.”

“The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.”

“Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.”

“The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.”

Michel de Montaigne

“Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.”

“A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.”

Bertrand Russell

“Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.”

“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”

“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”

“The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”

“To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.”

“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.”

Alan Watts

“You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.”

“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”

“I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.”

“You don’t look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.”

“Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.”

“To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.”

“No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.”

George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

“Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.”

Jean-Paul Sartre

“It is only in our decisions that we are important.”

“Life begins on the other side of despair.”

“The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.”

“Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is.”

“We must act out passion before we can feel it.”

“Everything has been figured out, except how to live.”

“If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.”

“There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.”

“Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.”

Diogenes

“He has the most who is most content with the least.”

Philo

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”

Blaise Pascal

“Vanity is but the surface.”

“Man’s greatness lies in his power of thought.”

“The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.”

Bernard Williams

“Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.”

“There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.”

“Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.”

“We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.”

“Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons.”

[studyplants]

ok i love ur quotes series so much

[not-now-im-studying-deactivated]

Gain more knowledge. Grow your mental ability. Read, read, read. Don’t just watch TV and movies. Virtually all highly successful people do some form of daily educational reading. Regardless of what they read, they make sure it contains useful and meaningful information from which they can benefit from in the long run. Statistics show that the average person reads less than 1 book per year. If you could read 1 book per week, that would mean about 52 books per year. Now imagine what an advantage that will give you over everyone else. 

[bunchalosers]

If You're a Student, Please Utilize:

quizlet.com if you need a study tool. It’s very efficient in it’s use of flash cards and quizzes/tests and is helpful if you want to remember key things about certain topics.

mendeley.com for research papers. It’s extremely helpful if you want more organized papers and an easier way to write down your ideas and even share ideas with other students if you choose to.

sleepyti.me if you need to calculate when you should fall asleep/when you should wake up.

hemingwayapp.com to break down your essays and give you tips on proper word usage, sentence structure, etc.

duolingo.com to help you learn the basics of a foreign language.

slader.com to view the solutions to your textbook questions for free.

*Some of these sites are apps

[academla]

I LOVE MENDELEY

[studyplants]

^^^ I SECOND THAT MENDELEY IS A LIFESAVER

[tess-studies]

[✨] first bujo spread in the new moleskine! not the fanciest spread i’ve ever done but i like how it turned out! // posted from my studygram!

[studylustre]

just peachy 🍑✨ ig: studylustre

[thestudyingformula]

Me : yeah I can finish my homework in 5 minutes

Lemony Snicket : Many things can be done in five minutes including enjoyable events such as confessing your love, opening a gift, or eating a delicious meal, as well as miserable events like death, a violent crime, or a severe anxiety attack... one thing that cannot be done in under five minutes is a ten page essay, a word which here means "a student's worst nightmare", and while I can assure you, dear viewers, that the boy would achieve one of these feats within five minutes, I am sorry to say it was not the essay, but rather the anxiety attack.

[sprouht-studies]

fill your life with colors of the world!! 💫

[studykouffee]

31/1/17

body negativity got real that week ;-; anyways, if you ever go through some serious conflicts about how you view your body, i just want to say that i think self love takes time  ♡  

so dont be hasty, breathe, and do something nice to get your mind off it. love ya

[aheadfullofbooks]

[studywithinspo]

hi guys i think i owe you an explanation/update on my hiatus. If you haven’t noticed i haven’t been posting alot on tumblr, it’s weird because I almost post daily on Instagram. i will always cherish tumblr for all of its aesthetic, indie and hipster art but i haven’t been using it that often. maybe when it’s summer again I’ll start posting regularly but for now I’m on a break. See you soon (and thanks for 45k)

🌻 [instagram: studywithinspo ]🌻

[mintgal]

what’s in my bag: kanken classic !!

(1. laptop) (2. textbook & notebook) (3. pencil case) (4. portable charger & phone) (5. sketchbook) (6. makeup pouch) (7. wallet) (8. water bottle)

[apricot-studies]

i LOVe this i wish i could draw like this

[librarystudies]

this is for the girls who fight their anxiety to get their dream grades

this is for the girls with depression but are still determinated to kick ass

this is for the girls who feel lonely staying home studying on a friday night

i love you and i am rooting for you