What are you learning/teaching yourself?

MadsL

It's that evening classes time of the year, so what are you learning or teaching yourself at the moment.

I've just taken my first horseriding lesson since I was 16.
I start Sevillanas lessons - a type of traditional Spanish dance tonight, and just in case that puts me in danger of having my man card revoked I plan on getting to the range more to improve my Glock 9mm groupings.

What are you learning or teaching yourself?

Singing, german, ca1 http://www.actuaries.org.uk/research-and-resources/documents/subject-ca1-actuarial-risk-management-syllabus-2013-exams
pilates

If I had time I'd love to do swing dancing

Bipolar Joe

Pure Data. It's hard as Hell.

Screw the man card bull, I want to learn how to do all those fancy ballroom dances and swing dance.

Canard

I'm studying French & Spanish in college, but I'm pretty much teaching myself German. I didn't pick it as a third subject because people said it was impossible, raging I listened to them! It's lovely and it's not too bad.

girl2

I'm doing sports massage therapy as a follow on to other stuff I've done lately.

Fart

French in my own time with a book.

Baftycrastard

Finance on khanacademy, the man's a wizard

galwayrush

Accountancy, i can't afford one so now i can do my own books.

MadsL

Baftycrastard wrote: »

Finance on khanacademy, the man's a wizard

http://www.khanacademy.org/

Very cool indeed.

I study Capoeira and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu once a week, twice time allowing.

One of the GFs is a linguist so she has been teaching us German.

I have been studying and practicing cooking on an ongoing hobby basis and getting quite good at it. The benefits of that show in both my health and my pocket and my mood.

I also practice vipassana meditation and give a free "class" (if you could call it that) to some local students and other folk.

BraziliaNZ

Drinking mostly. Hobbies are for f*ggots.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

I study Capoeira and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu once a week, twice time allowing.

One of the GFs is a linguist so she has been teaching us German.

I have been studying and practicing cooking on an ongoing hobby basis and getting quite good at it. The benefits of that show in both my health and my pocket and my mood.

I also practice vipassana meditation and give a free "class" (if you could call it that) to some local students and other folk.

Jiu jitsu is awesome, I did it for a while in college. Would love to have time again

Conall Cernach

Guitar through books, DVDs and Youtube. I am still appallingly bad.

pconn062

Deutsch.

Real Life

pconn062 wrote: »

Deutsch.

this

OldGoat

Photography, archery and guitar. I intend to combine all three disciplines into an awesome crime-fighting superpower.
I shall be G-stringTwangyLensMan.

I've ordered the costume.

Gummy Panda

girl2 wrote: »

I'm doing sports massage therapy as a follow on to other stuff I've done lately.

Sports massage is painful massage. I remember the massage I had to get because I half assed foam rolling and my quads were so tight that they were causing knee pain when I squatted.

Hurt so much

WoollyRedHat

Pagan rituals and the best way to sacrifice a sheep

MadsL

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Pagan rituals and the best way to sacrifice a sheep

Goat, its a an old goat. Have you met by the way?

Where To

Humility.

I already know everything else.

Canard

It's cool to see how many people happen to be teaching themselves German! :P

MadsL

Patchy~ wrote: »

It's cool to see how many people happen to be teaching themselves German! :P

Welcoming new overlords no doubt.

Celly Smunt

Swedish.

Stupid considering most swedes speak English almost fluently,but i'm 3 years in now so there's no point stopping.

chopperbyrne

How to play Tekken Tag Tournament 2 mostly.

Shenshen

Pottery, and driving.

Before anyone asks, I'm learning both, not teaching.

1ZRed

French. I want to increase my fluency further and then piss around France for a few months next year, hopefully.

I always thought to learn sign language would be pretty cool and I've kind of being looking into it.

And I've also wanted into get into some MMA training.

Quite the combo I've got planned

kfallon

If only I could learn to keep my big fat gob shut

Flynn

been teaching myself spanish on and off for about 2 or 3 years now... mostly by pen-pal / audio courses etc. Can actually hold a conversation if i meet spanish speaking people out which is quite rewarding. Hope to be fluent one day!

NegativeCreep

Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Physics, Computers and Safety + Health
I love college
I'm learning all the things I want to learn and still having the craic. I don't think I'll ever leave college

IrishExpat

I've set aside some time to upskill - starting in Sept. up to Christmas. I was lucky enough to receive a social welfare payment; and using the time productively.

Official study:

FETAC Train the Trainer (10 week)
TEFL Certification (online and weekend course)
ECDL Core (online, self-study)
Finally learning to drive - now on learner permit and ready to book the test.
Safe Pass (just to have it, and received the card yesterday)
Adobe Expert Cert (in Photoshop & Dreamweaver)
Preparing for my Spanish Dilpoma (DELE)

Non-official:

Re-learning HTML (now HTML5)
Courses with local enterprise board of Starting-up Your Own Business etc
Starting to get back into German study (Post LC, 5 yers ago)

I hate being un-productive.

xzanti

Meditation

Princess Peach

Outside of my college courses I am learning knitting a crochet its a really great therapy for me

dakan

にほんご - Japanese.
Been to Japan before but would love to go rambling around the more rural North West where you need to speak the lingo.

MadsL

Princess Peach wrote: »

Outside of my college courses I am learning knitting a crochet its a really great therapy for me

Reminds me of one of my favourite jokes.

My mother made me a homosexual.
If I gave her the wool would she make me one?

duchalla

Youtube is teaching me the ukulele at the moment.

WoollyRedHat

MadsL wrote: »

Goat, its a an old goat. Have you met by the way?

Oh woops, seems like I have much to learn. I presume yoy mean we? If so, probably not, I've been at the wrong Pagan rituals obviously, probably one for the slow

I shall soon love to ride a broom. The only reason no one can fly one is no one has actually tried to do it. Mind you, I won't be trying to fly off any cliffs or anything, not until I get my full flying colours.

MadsL

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Oh woops, seems like I have much to learn. I presume yoy mean we? If so, probably not, I've been at the wrong Pagan rituals obviously, probably one for the slow

No - I meant Old Goat

Mugatuu

Photography! saved up for a dslr camera! I absolutely love it! Learning through YouTube tutorials and all the books I can read!

Rigol

MadsL wrote: »

Reminds me of one of my favourite jokes.

My mother made me a homosexual.
If I gave her the wool would she make me one?

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lujd79nCBz1qbykh3o1_500.gif

MadsL

Piereno wrote: »

SPAM DO NOT CLICK LINK

Fake link

MadsL

Rigol wrote: »

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lujd79nCBz1qbykh3o1_500.gif

My mother made (turned) me (into) a homosexual
If I gave her the wool (could she knit one for me)

Play on the old chestnut about freudian psychology....never mind...

could have sworn I left me coat here somewhere...

NegativeCreep

MadsL wrote: »

My mother made (turned) me (into) a homosexual
If I gave her the wool (could she knit one for me)

Play on the old chestnut about freudian psychology....never mind...

could have sworn I left me coat here somewhere...

*tumbleweed*

girl2

xzanti wrote: »

Meditation

I have some super resources if you want, gimme a shout.

girl2

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Sports massage is painful massage. I remember the massage I had to get because I half assed foam rolling and my quads were so tight that they were causing knee pain when I squatted.

Hurt so much

Yea - you're so right......I did Swedish Massage last year, which was relaxing and enjoyable. So this is really different, in that we have to use our knuckles and elbows on people, when it's needed. And it is so so sore on people - at the minute we're practising on each other and I have come away some weeks in complete agony.

Though I was with a physio yesterday who done some work on the right side of my back - up the right side of my spine and into my glutes - I never felt pain like it in my life - and her answer to me when I let a yelp out of me was "healthy tissue doesnt cause any pain". So that was me put in my box.

But it's good to get a regular enough sports massage done, if you can, it will keep the muscles nice and lengthened (or do some good yoga stretching).

OldGoat

MadsL wrote: »

No - I meant Old Goat

They only sacrifice virgin goats.
/Smug

population

French for work, but not really getting into it. Every time I start a conversation with a French person I tend to switch to Italian without even realising which leaves them looking a bit confused and me feeling embarrased. And Arabic for me as I have always had a fascination with the language. I am at a point where I can order in my local Arabic restaurant and exchange greetings and goodbyes and talk about the weather etc. I am pretty terrible still, but I absolutely love it!

Chorcai

Studying fine art (3rd yr !) I like the history and theory also. Having to stand up in front of people and explain your work has given me a huge amount of confidence in public speaking and in general my over all self worth has gone up by 100%

Toto Wolfcastle

I've been doing a floristry course for a couple of weeks. Haven't really had a hobby that gets me out of the house in the evenings for a few years and it's amazing how nice it is to be finally doing something.