• tetris11@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    I’ve got 3 degrees and have a Gold Duke of Edinburgh award (if you do bronze, silver, and gold, you get to shake hands with a failed king)

    • Never went to any graduation ceremony
    • Never went to Buckingham Palace to shake hands with Prince Philip.

    I am right now, sitting at home in my jammies eating burritos. I regret nothing.

    • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      How do I become smart? All I do are online courses for tech and such. I have an established career. Good money, house family and shit…but I want the prestige of at least having a degree. But I’m functionally retarded with math.

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        How do I become smart? All I do are online courses for tech and such. I have an established career. Good money, house family and shit

        Congrats, you are smart.

        The challenge you have now is to acknowledge and feel it.

        but I want the prestige of at least having a degree

        So here’s the problem. you want the prestige, not the intelligence. You can get a degree in various ways if you want, and have the time. You can attend a university course part time, or through their online facilities. Choose a topic you’ve done a lot of online courses for and try for a degree.

        But I’m functionally retarded with math.

        There’s resources online to help with this, maybe the new methods will help you understand math concepts better. Common core, khan academy, and the sponsor of this lemmy post, skillshare