I agree. I regularly flag links to slide share. Life is too short for clicking 190 times to get through at most a page of text and a bunch of pictures.
I also upvote any and all comments within such posts that supply the content in a more readable format.
I actually presented all 193 slides in less than 15 minutes. The format was a huge hit with the audience.
Re:Not Everyone has to go to College
by sebkomianos on Sunday May 01, 2011 @07:16PM
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I liked every single of my clicks.
Re:Not Everyone has to go to College
by powertower on Sunday May 01, 2011 @01:43PM
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3 minutes have 180 seconds in them.
The point is it goes kind of fast.
I went through the slides and every one had content worth reading. The flow of it was good too.
Not only that but the parts about Skillshare itself are so disguised that I still don't have a firm grasp of why should I go there and what can I do there besides "learn" (I can just google a cupcake recipe, why should I learn through you?).
Now about the content itself - as someone from outside of the US, I'm amazed and frightened at this phenomenon. There were similar threads on reddit with people with over 200,000$ of debt. This is irrational and borderline irresponsible to owe someone so much money. I think education should be reconsidered and a better method tried. With the internet and the wealth of information on it, I find it hard to believe we can't optimize and improve upon the current education structures.
Edit: After exploring the site, I think I really like it. I'd probably like it more if I lived in NY, where most of the classes take place :) I think this idea is great and worth expanding,
I think, since your site is fairly young, it will benefit a user voice page, since I can think of tonnes of things I'd like to see there.