Although I'm no longer in school and I actually find this simultaneously liberating and depressing, I'm trying to ensure that I am continuing along the path of learning. Teaching myself new things. French, which I've already touched on, is something that I not only would like to do, but it is basically essential to my succeeding in Quebec.
Something I haven't mentioned here is CodeAcademy, a free online resource full of classes and projects to teach you HTML, Javascript, CSS...I've been working on it for a little over three weeks and have gotten hooked. I like that I'm learning something slightly technical, really relevant, and fun, all at the same time. I've had an interest in web design for a long time, back when livejournal was king and I would experiment with the open HTML parts of the site, seeing what changing different sections of code did, finding code online to copy, paste, and examine. I didn't know what any of it meant, but I thought it was interesting.
I still have only a rudimentary understanding of what the internet really is (don't laugh!) and how it works. I wish it was something I could wrap my brain around. Really, when you think about it, it's incredible that it exists, and incredible that I'm typing on a laptop smaller than my coffee table book and broadcasting my thoughts to the world at large. Weird.
BUT. Now that I've been using CodeAcademy, I have at least a basic understanding of what all of the code means. I could go into the HTML version of blogger and post that way - I do feel that I've got that much under my belt. I've completed many lessons and several units, and I feel really proud and happy when I do.
I think that if I keep this up, I will be able to do some basic website building for myself and some of the freelance clients that I pick up here and there. That would be fun!
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!
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