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? asked in Science & MathematicsPhysics · 3 weeks ago

Is it possible to learn math and physics with out going to school or having a teacher?

And if so how high of grade can you get to with out going to school.

One of the things I learned really fast with math and physics that makes it hard for me is it is not memorizing facts it is deep understand of concepts. It is not a question of reading textbooks or stack of many textbooks it is deep understanding.  So I’m not sure if youtube videos and textbooks can explain concepts good enough for me to understand.

I was wondering if others hear learned a lot about math and physics with out going to school?

Update:

You can look at the course outline want they teach in school by grade level and look up videos on math on youtube and you can buy textbooks at every grade from 1 to 12 grade. Well college or university textbooks may be called some thing else.

Not sure what are some of the good youtube videos on physics or math. But I'm not sure if the textbooks and videos can do good enough job explaining it. 

Update 2:

Well vimeo or udemy courses may have a much larger selection of videos than youtube as they are more for learning.

Not sure if anyone here know of any good video channels on math and physics.

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  • ?
    3 weeks ago

    Yes it is possible. I did it. I got my igcse with really good grades w/o going to school, Completely self-taught !

  • Anonymous
    3 weeks ago

    You haven't given your age, general level of education, general ability, maths skills, etc.  So you have made a good answer impossible.

    It should be possible but requires a lot more work compared to having really good teachers you can interact with.  Wikipedia is OK but usually the starting-level is too high.  Youtube is has a mixture of good and bad - you have to watch quite a few videos on the same topic and builid-up a general understanding by piecing together the different views.

     

    You get a deep understanding of new concepts only by applying them. That means to develop a deep understanding of concepts requires a lot of problem-solving. You can think you understand something but when you need to use it, you find that you don't know how.    Textbooks with problems + solutions are best for this.

    I'd say with a mixture of good textbooks (at progressive levels) and the interne,t it is possible.

  • billrussell42
    Lv 7
    3 weeks ago

    possible but difficult. I'd stay away from youtube and use wikipedia and similar.

    Grade? there are no grades without formal schooling.

    edit: I meant grade as in score or mark, not year.

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