[Discussion] How can I become a Scholar?

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I can study a lot, but I cannot afford to go to college or graduate school, only community college. Is there another way to become a scholar?

I am currently at a community college, finishing my Business AAS and some other certifications. I plan to work and also study and specialize in one subject. I want to become a scholar! I have reached this moment of enlightenment. I realized why I am obsessed with buying books and reading them all. I want to have lifelong learning. I want to become a Scholar.
 

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Assuming this isn't a troll, then the irony of you asking this on the internet is apparently lost on you lmao. Just about anything you want to learn you can learn online these days. So there you go, there's your answer: the internet. Now go hop on Reddit/Tumbler, you little scholar!
 

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I can study a lot, but I cannot afford to go to college or graduate school, only community college. Is there another way to become a scholar?

I am currently at a community college, finishing my Business AAS and some other certifications. I plan to work and also study and specialize in one subject. I want to become a scholar! I have reached this moment of enlightenment. I realized why I am obsessed with buying books and reading them all. I want to have lifelong learning. I want to become a Scholar.

In the same place as you buddy, my Film Theory course has really spoken to me. Even as a graduate, it's tough to know what to do next or how to get started.
 

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Assuming this isn't a troll, then the irony of you asking this on the internet is apparently lost on you lmao. Just about anything you want to learn you can learn online these days. So there you go, there's your answer: the internet. Now go hop on Reddit/Tumbler, you little scholar!

This is either a troll or he really cant decide what to do for 2 years now. Check his latest threads
 

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scholar? you just need someone to sponsor you.

there are monsignors that would do that.
 

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Move to NY. State colleges are free here now!
 

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First, he wants to die. Then, he wants to join military. Now he wants to become a scholar. Next, how to become a Pirate Hokage Super King Saiyan.
 

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In the same place as you buddy, my Film Theory course has really spoken to me. Even as a graduate, it's tough to know what to do next or how to get started.

You study films? So your not sure what path you want to take yet. Do you have idea of type of stories you want to tell.
 

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You study films? So your not sure what path you want to take yet. Do you have idea of type of stories you want to tell.

Not production, studying film :) Like english literature but for classical and contemporary film instead.
 

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Write papers, articles and books. Or teach at a scholarly level. The course also had production but i've learned it doesn't interest me as much.

What advice would you give in writing successful stories
 

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What advice would you give in writing successful stories

Don't write self-inserts or power fantasies. Clarity should come before style or sophisticated 'showing off'. Your premise is nothing if you don't adhere to correct structure and have good pacing. Damn i'd be a good lecturer.

If you learn anything about publishing let me know though, i'm not exactly practically minded.
 

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Don't write self-inserts or power fantasies. Clarity should come before style or sophisticated 'showing off'. Your premise is nothing if you don't adhere to correct structure and have good pacing. Damn i'd be a good lecturer.

If you learn anything about publishing let me know though, i'm not exactly practically minded.

You don't think the best stories shouldn't have a part of you in it?
 

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You don't think the best stories shouldn't have a part of you in it?

Literally putting yourself in the story creates undeveloped and boring characters. You can have an avatar character where the character is bland enough of an everyman to allow the audience to project themselves onto them. But only you know yourself, so it's all too easy to just assume everybody knows you inside and out.

Also self-inserts/power fantasies are usually one and the same. And a reader can allllllways tell when you have one. It's why Itachi and Bella from Twilight annoy me so.
 

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Lol OP is either the most lowkey troll or the most indecisive man I've ever seen
 
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