School of Everything
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
I met up with my lovely friend Aneeta last night and she told me about the most brilliant website called the School of Everything. This is such a fabulous idea that I just had to blog about it. It is so on-trend for how people are working and living these days — I just hope the guys who set this up all become richer than the folks at Google. It is such a simple and fabulous idea…
The premise is that if you want to learn something — or teach something — you sign up on this website which will match learners to teachers so they can attend classes, arrange lessons in a time and place that is convenient to both of them. I love it.
Why do I love it so much? My job as a qualitative researcher means that I’ve frequently had to skip taking classes or drop out of classes because my job is so unpredictable. It is literally impossible for me to take an Anthropology class every Monday night for 6 weeks because undoubtedly a few of those Mondays I will have to work. This idea is so great for me. I can continue my education and hopefully find a bit of flexibility that is essential for my job.
Living and freelancing in East London, I see loads of other people who are just like me — no longer working normal 9 to 5 jobs in an office. This kind of service will be ideal for us and can only inspire and make us better at our jobs.
Gotta go find myself a driving instructor so I can get to all these classes!