Introduction
The four of us have bumped into each other on the subject of doing awesome courses at some point of time or the other. It's all a simple matter of doing courses and having fun!
But then, education is also about the future. So what if most of us don't think about the future to knowingly avoid the painful reality? It's not just us, it's also our friends who will benefit from School of Four.
And we'll be more responsible when it comes to execution
Welcome
Who you see on the side is Dhara! (say Hello!)
Jinish and I know her because Daman's such a small place that you know everybody else! When we got to know that she'll be preparing for college entrances for a whole year from Home, well, I thought she could benefit from the work here, without having the hassles of doing all the uncertain experiments and performing them on us. (Note: Insert link to experiments when I put them up!)
It started with a Private Trello Board for her, but then we revamped School of Four's Trello and I made her Trello board a part of our "organization". (That's the way Trello puts it.)
What's the plan?
So, here are the facts. Her goal is to prepare for the NEET exam to get into an MBBS (Medical) course in India. But since she's already done a year of medicine in China (and also the fact that despite her wishful thinking, she's already in her 20s), she also wants to do a few medicine courses by the side.
As you can see from the picture, it's clear that she likes to have fun. Sincerity without serious, droopy mouths. That also tells you that courses are not boring, doing them in college makes them boring.
She'll be doing her studies, we'll help her manage stuff, so her job's to do things and leave the thinking and careful planning to the four Devil's Advocates!
And driving. And Salsa. Because Life's what happens while you're busy making other plans. (Although the alternative is to say that life's what happens while you're busy making your excuses!).
This will be interesting. EVERYONE thinks Salsa is glamorous, and fun, and romantic. It's only the people who actually try it out who know that it is everything you think it to be, but before that it is a painful, discipline demanding exercise!
Current Status
It's NOT complicated.
She's doing whatever she finds interesting at the moment. There are a few online courses suitable for her, from Benchprep and Grockit. We haven't yet talked about OCW and Coursera, but those should be doable!
Installation of software - from Mindjet to Flashcards - all of that is remaining! We shall be done with it soon, though.
How it'll help us ourselves
Introducing her to Mindjet and Mindmapping will require some effort on our part too! And we can't talk off the top of our head kind of advice! It has to be workable, usable information that gets results for her. I am getting a feeling that the small tutorials we create will end up being useful for everyone who visits the School of Four Blog in the times to come.
The four of us have bumped into each other on the subject of doing awesome courses at some point of time or the other. It's all a simple matter of doing courses and having fun!
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| "Nice to meet you", she says |
And we'll be more responsible when it comes to execution
Welcome
Who you see on the side is Dhara! (say Hello!)
Jinish and I know her because Daman's such a small place that you know everybody else! When we got to know that she'll be preparing for college entrances for a whole year from Home, well, I thought she could benefit from the work here, without having the hassles of doing all the uncertain experiments and performing them on us. (Note: Insert link to experiments when I put them up!)
It started with a Private Trello Board for her, but then we revamped School of Four's Trello and I made her Trello board a part of our "organization". (That's the way Trello puts it.)
What's the plan?
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| First year in medicine, proud Doctor! |
As you can see from the picture, it's clear that she likes to have fun. Sincerity without serious, droopy mouths. That also tells you that courses are not boring, doing them in college makes them boring.
She'll be doing her studies, we'll help her manage stuff, so her job's to do things and leave the thinking and careful planning to the four Devil's Advocates!
 |
| "Salsa can make you look good in your jeans. Don't forget, correlation does not imply causation! |
This will be interesting. EVERYONE thinks Salsa is glamorous, and fun, and romantic. It's only the people who actually try it out who know that it is everything you think it to be, but before that it is a painful, discipline demanding exercise!
Current Status
It's NOT complicated.
She's doing whatever she finds interesting at the moment. There are a few online courses suitable for her, from Benchprep and Grockit. We haven't yet talked about OCW and Coursera, but those should be doable!
Installation of software - from Mindjet to Flashcards - all of that is remaining! We shall be done with it soon, though.
How it'll help us ourselves
Introducing her to Mindjet and Mindmapping will require some effort on our part too! And we can't talk off the top of our head kind of advice! It has to be workable, usable information that gets results for her. I am getting a feeling that the small tutorials we create will end up being useful for everyone who visits the School of Four Blog in the times to come.
