Those 5 second techniques sound cool, but they also sound like the sort of thing you could read about. Maybe study for a week and practice.
And what is your probability estimate that you will ever do it? Because there are many things that could be done in a week, but for most people and most things the week never happens, even when the people are in general interested about the thing.
For example, in a week you could learn basics of a foreign language using Duolingo or some similar online service. Just assume that you are serious about it, take a week of vacation, and spend every day like this: 1 hour study, 1 hour break (food or sport or taking a walk), 1 hour study, 1 hour break, etc. until the evening. If you already know programming, in a week you could learn another programming language, using similar schedule. In a week you could learn playing a new musical instrument. In a week you could significantly reorganize the place where you live. Etc.
Well, maybe this is the issue… so many things that could be learned during one week, but not enough weeks, especially not free weeks. Also, it is difficult to put away everything else during the whole week.
Okay, my point is that saying “this could be done in a week” doesn’t mean anything, unless you really plan such week in your schedule… and most people won’t, even for things they care about. If you can do it, great, you can save a lot of money here. But it’s harder than it seems.
I have prior experience with taking weeks off to learn skills; this is what I did in order to learn for theoretical drivers test.
That said… I didn’t mean to do that in this case, as this is material that needs to be tested on individual basis. Focusing on it for a week hard wouldn’t be very effective for determining whether it works or not, it would be better to focus on it in order to firmly engrain it in my thinking once I’ve managed to get it to work sometimes.
As for the whole point “I don’t need to spend cash; I can learn this from home”, that’s probably flawed; what I’m wondering is whether the difference between learning @ home and learning @ workshop is worth the money.
And what is your probability estimate that you will ever do it? Because there are many things that could be done in a week, but for most people and most things the week never happens, even when the people are in general interested about the thing.
For example, in a week you could learn basics of a foreign language using Duolingo or some similar online service. Just assume that you are serious about it, take a week of vacation, and spend every day like this: 1 hour study, 1 hour break (food or sport or taking a walk), 1 hour study, 1 hour break, etc. until the evening. If you already know programming, in a week you could learn another programming language, using similar schedule. In a week you could learn playing a new musical instrument. In a week you could significantly reorganize the place where you live. Etc.
Well, maybe this is the issue… so many things that could be learned during one week, but not enough weeks, especially not free weeks. Also, it is difficult to put away everything else during the whole week.
Okay, my point is that saying “this could be done in a week” doesn’t mean anything, unless you really plan such week in your schedule… and most people won’t, even for things they care about. If you can do it, great, you can save a lot of money here. But it’s harder than it seems.
I have prior experience with taking weeks off to learn skills; this is what I did in order to learn for theoretical drivers test.
That said… I didn’t mean to do that in this case, as this is material that needs to be tested on individual basis. Focusing on it for a week hard wouldn’t be very effective for determining whether it works or not, it would be better to focus on it in order to firmly engrain it in my thinking once I’ve managed to get it to work sometimes.
As for the whole point “I don’t need to spend cash; I can learn this from home”, that’s probably flawed; what I’m wondering is whether the difference between learning @ home and learning @ workshop is worth the money.