I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else
In 12th, I scored around 97% in Science and Math. I was sure I would study medicine It seemed possible going by the previous year’s cut-off scores. So my parents and I went to the Common Entrance Cell hoping to score a ‘free’ General Merit seat within the city. Why not outside? Because my parents …
Wake up 5AM vs at 9AM Gold medalist vs ‘Academics doesn’t matter’ Reading 52 books vs Learn from doing than reading Planning each day vs I like to wing it Can’t finish 100 years of solitude vs I love Gabriel García Márquez I constantly see such opposing views on my feed. One usually dissing the …
I finally got my act together to write about the most popular MooC of all time yesterday – ‘Learning how to Learn‘ – Powerful mental tools to master tough subjects. It is created by Barbara Oakley (University of Oakland) and Terry Sejnowski (the Salk Institute) and it focuses on how we can use neuroscience to fine-tune our abilities to …
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