When I moved to Colorado, I was not immediately able to attend a college or University. Before all of this madness, however, I took the SAT and a few months later, received results in the mail that confirmed my suspicions. After a few weeks of extended stays in a hotel, Emily had me sign up for an "online school" called Khan Academy. Despite the title of this article, this online program has nothing to do with Star Trek 2 or its titular villain. Instead, it's a "self-paced" (when compared with Sinclair, there really isn't a time limit!) online school that provides exercises in areas of remedial math and other subjects, up through at least the high school level.
Initially, I was resistant to the concept, because prior to moving, I had enrolled in an online class through my community college back home. However, when compared with an online course from an actual college, there were no grades or transcripts, so there was also less pressure. I also struggled with it initially, because I thought that the videos were optional. However, I soon found out later that not only were they helpful, but most of them earned me additional points in the programs I was studying. As of writing this post, I have been able to achieve over half of the goals set in three of the five assigned math programs I have enrolled in, and I have felt better about the program as a whole.
In short, if you need it, sign up. Most of my regret with my enrollment is gone and I'm starting to feel better as a whole.
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| A general view of Khan Academy's main menu. It vaguely resembles Facebook, which helps with its ease of use. There are also examples of different programs to study that I am enrolled in. Some of them spawn off of others. For example: the 4th Grade-level math also managed to spin-off the subjects of Pre-Algebra and Basic Geometry. |
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