Khan Academy

[Paracelsus]

Racking up 50k+ in student debt isn't necessary with these tools at your disposal.

That's nice, but like Cardguy said, it's all about getting that piece of paper at the end.

Job interviews typically don't go like this:

Interviwer: "Oh it says here you graduated from Khan Academy, where is that located?"

Me: "It's an online learning tool"

Interviewer: "Welcome aboard"

Not knocking on Khan Academy, just pointing out the obvious.

...at the moment, anyway. Similar things were said about Uber initially when it came to taxis: it's illegal, it won't be reliable, etc., etc. Ten years from now, who knows.

 

[RatInTheWoods]

What this guy has set up for himself, through his business and on YouTube, is incredible. Whenever I had a teacher unable to educate me or in a time of need, I watched Khan Academy videos; the KA was my home for biology and physics courses. I'll second Donnie's claim that this is an undeniably helpful resource when it comes to both practical and more school-related education.

-R

Thanks for the site mate, that's an incredible resource.

 

[captain_shane]

Racking up 50k+ in student debt isn't necessary with these tools at your disposal.

That's nice, but like Cardguy said, it's all about getting that piece of paper at the end.

Job interviews typically don't go like this:

Interviwer: "Oh it says here you graduated from Khan Academy, where is that located?"

Me: "It's an online learning tool"

Interviewer: "Welcome aboard"

Not knocking on Khan Academy, just pointing out the obvious.

I think you misunderstood what I was getting at. I didn't say to not get a degree, I said to combine khan and clep to offset the costs of the degree. Clep alone will save someone thousands of dollars and numerous hours of time in a classroom. Their tests are accredited for most schools in the country.

Why go to math classes or micro/macro economics and pay 1k+ per class when you can learn the subject matter on Khan for free and take a clep test for 80 bucks?