*New sessions added on request* Welcome to School and Schoolhouse.world, a Q&A on the art of learning I've been running for almost a year now! All you need is a Schoolhouse account. Don't have one? Sign Up for free: https://schoolhouse.world/api/auth/signup?ref=u-3rvjjcld4t This series began with study skills: Is notetaking useless? How should you study for exams? Can you ever truly focus on your work? Does listening to music while working help? And can you find time to do things that matter? But it has evolved into an Ask (Almost) Anything on self-directed learning, graduate school applications, studying various humanities disciplines, etc. In some ways, it mirrors my own journey as an autodidact in college and now graduate school. Most sessions are short enough to fit into your daily schedule, and I'll ensure that each of you gets to ask at least one question, and clarify your concerns about studying. So get your questions ready: Ask yourself what you want to ask! It's your questions that drive each session, so please participate either via the mic or chat box. I'm super-excited to help you learn better inside or outside the classroom. See you in a session! :)

Did you know you could teach yourself using Khan Academy®'s Teacher Tools? Or that there's more to Duolingo than the streaks? What if I told you there's an Economics ebook that's *better* than expensive alternatives—and 100% FREE for students and teachers? In each session, I'll reflect on/review a learning tool that either I use or have seen autodidacts use, discussing various ways you can employ it in your studies. The ultimate goal, though, isn't to recommend any specific tool. Rather, it is to get you up to speed on a resource to decide if it's the right one for you. But this series has a parallel narrative brewing below—in the public discussion. I invite all of y'all to guess the resource I'll be covering in each session, using the fun riddle-like session descriptions. Just make sure to mention the session number in your response! However, I'm afraid this is a mini-series, focusing on small-group tutoring. So if spots are full, and if you want the same tutoring under a different title, join my main series: https://schoolhouse.world/series/655?ref=u-3rvjjcld4t In fact, I'm beta-testing these deep dives to see if I can integrate them with my main series going forward. I'll do these deep dives there too, but interspersed with "Ask Tarun Anythings"! :) *** Shoutout to Karinna and Hafsah, for inspiring this series by co-leading Autodidacticism tutoring on Schoolhouse.world. Their profiles are linked below, and be sure to check out their sessions too: Karinna's profile: https://schoolhouse.world/u/58763?ref=u-ddhuuirelz Hafsah's profile: https://schoolhouse.world/u/49793?celebrate Shoutouts also to Study Hall, for this series is deeply influenced by their Fast Guides to College Majors and Degrees: https://gostudyhall.com/ So if you're overwhelmed by the sheer number of learning resources online, and want some handy tips for deciding which ones are best for you, what are you waiting for? Join us! Don't have a Schoolhouse.world account? Sign Up here: https://schoolhouse.world/api/auth/signup?ref=u-3rvjjcld4t And here's my main series again: https://schoolhouse.world/series/655?ref=u-3rvjjcld4t

Exam tips Q&A to gauge demand for an upcoming series. If you're not on Schoolhouse yet, sign up for a free account at https://schoolhouse.world/u/2405?ref=u-3rvjjcld4t&celebrate

Are you a student of math or science, especially physics, chemistry, economics, or programming? Do you test yourself with practice problems? What if I told you that there are some important problems that most math students (myself included) usually don't work through? No, not the problems we skip. These are a special class of questions. They are what computer scientist Cal Newport calls 'technical explanation questions.' These are questions in everyday language that build your understanding of the underlying meanings of the math concepts and tools you use in your problems. These are not a substitute to problem sets. But they're a helpful complement, especially when you want to know why things work the way they do in math (or any math-heavy course, for that matter). So, if this piques your curiosity, and you're ready to add a simple but highly effective study habit to your learning toolkit, join this series! There are only two sessions, and you can attend the one you're most comfortable with. Also, since this topic doesn't require much time, the session is only 20 minutes long—short enough to fit into your schedules, I hope. Finally, bear in mind that I'll be using examples from arithmetic and pre-algebra to illustrate the art of writing technical explanation questions. This is because I'm still learning math, and haven't started calculus and statistics yet. But you can always translate the underlying method to any branch of math or science.