Ask HN:The actual benefit of Open Courses?
mahmud: I knew about MIT OpenCourseWare but knew that wouldn't help in the least bit for two reasons, one it is made to be taught at MIT so sometimes it may go above my head,So? If something goes over your head it's just a sign that you need to learn prerequisite concepts. Click pause and read a more introductory text, even wikipedia helps to clarify things. Then go back to following the lecture and it shouldn't be too difficult anymore.Not wanting to take difficult courses is a sign of laziness, and unwillingness to push yourself to keep pace.second...umm...because it is made to be taught at MIT...so it would not match the curriculum taught at my college.Who cares? You would be a dysfunctional human being if you only learned what it's prescribed in school curricula. In fact, the school syllabus is an invisible fence that could hold a mind captive; smart students learn to rush it, jump over, and run free in the vast open fields of knowledge.Get over your obsession with school brands, btw. You need to lose that respect you have for "esteemed" institutions, specially the ones in India, like IIT, which are intellectual concentration camps. The students there are miserable, what not with all the pressure from parents and society.