I love learning for learning's sake. I think I always have. Considering I have tried 4 different majors and a minor throughout college, I obviously didn't want to just graduate and get out of school. :) I started with architecture, then moved to sociology, added a psychology minor, then added management before graduation. I then returned to school for engineering. While I liked my major classes, I really loved my elective classes. I enjoyed being able to pick and choose my random classes to learn new things.
I once heard of a bus driver on the University of Iowa campus that took just enough classes each semester to keep the "student" job as a bus driver. Talk about always learning! If I had unlimited resources, I would always be taking at least one new class each semester. There are so many certificates and minors and majors that I would love to earn and learn more about.
With the ever expanding online learning opportunities, I've loved learning for free! I regularly go online and try to take (and complete) a course on various topics.
Here's a few of the Coursera classes I've completed in the past:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
I'm currently working on these courses:
University of Rochester
Johns Hopkins University
I also regularly go on Khan Academy and slowly work to complete 100% of all the topics they offer. This is a constantly ongoing process as they continue adding more and more topics! Just when I think I'm done with a topic, I find that they've added more information to it. I love trying to complete 100%. I also find it interesting that I have so many issues with the math section, since I've taken so much of it. I get stuck on basic topics that they have listed in elementary or middle school! It's crazy!
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