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YSK We will be more strongly enforcing Rule 2
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Up until now we have been pretty lenient in regards to Rule 2, which states that post must describe why the YSK is useful. We have approved posts that didn’t state why the knowledge is useful under the guise that its usefulness was implied. However, due to an increasing number of these types of posts, we feel it needs to be addressed. Therefore, starting now we will be enforcing Rule 2 more heavily. All posts must include (in the text body) an explicit statement of why the post is useful. Even if you think the reasoning is obvious, you still must explicitly state it. This should be done by having a simple “Why YSK:” in the text body. (Just for those who might not know, the text body is the area where you can put additional text after the title text when creating a post.) Please note that it should go in the text body -- not the title or the comments.

Remember that this sub is focused on self-improvement on how to do things, improve on activities, skills, and other tasks.

BASICALLY:

  • All posts must include a "Why YSK:" (typed just like that) section in the text body.

[[Additionally, we want to take this time to remind everyone that r/YouShouldKnow is not a place to share personal stories or anecdotes. If you feel your post needs to include one, a brief anecdote is fine. The entire (nor the majority of the) post should not be about your own personal experience, however. We will be removing posts that are just personal anecdotes.]]

Why YSK: We (the YouShouldKnow moderators) hope it will improve readers' abilities to better understand the purpose of the sub, mentioned above and in the expanded Rule 1. For thread creators, it will help in their ability to explain how the reader can improve upon a certain skill, task, or ability. It will also help the creator improve upon the skill of not having their post deleted due to not including "Why YSK" in the text body of their post.

NOTES:

  • Bolding the words Why YSK: will make it a lot easier for people to find it.

  • Again, please put Why YSK in bold letters. It's easier to find in a sea of text.

  • Why YSK must be followed by an actual explanation as to how it helps someone improve upon a skill, task, or activity. Following it with a massive personal anecdote is not the point -- neither is following it with "I think this is important" or something similar.

YSK that there is a free beginner guitar course (among other courses, see below) offered online through the University System of Georgia, and registration is open until June 30th with the courses beginning on June 3rd.
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YSK that there is a free beginner guitar course (among other courses, see below) offered online through the University System of Georgia, and registration is open until June 30th with the courses beginning on June 3rd.
Education

Why YSK: Courses being offered online free could help you improve skills and knowledge, and it could also help you get back in the student mindset after a long absence from college. (Or start learning to play that guitar that's gathering dust in the corner that you keep saying you'll get around to practicing with.)

I am returning to college this fall after 15 years of being mostly a stay-at-home mother. While exploring my student portal and all the associated pages I will need to habitually check, I stumbled upon the FreeCampus page. You can find it by using a search term such as "Goview Free Courses FreeCampus," or some combination thereof.

I think it's pretty common knowledge at this point that many schools offer online courses for free with no college credit, but I wanted to share my state university system's specific courses:

Library Instruction: Information Literacy, College Foundations for English Composition, Macroeconomics, Introductory Business Law, College Math Foundations, Elementary Spanish I Refresher Course, Introduction to Marketing, Guitar for Beginners, Introduction to Financial Technology, Elementary French I Refresher Course, Essential Study Skills for College Success, Anatomy and Physiology Prep, Fundamentals of Pathophysiology, Medical Terminology, Medical Mathematics

I wanted to share, because there may be someone out there thinking of going back to college. Maybe they see this and decide to take one of the courses. My hope is that it could help them feel more comfortable with the process and maybe give this hypothetical person a boost in confidence to enroll in college again.

I hope this helps someone.

Edited to add: You can get a certificate of completion by passing a test at the end with 75% or above.