Abraham Lincoln was largely self taught. What kind of things have you learned outside of school and how/where did you learn them?

[Kate, Young Adult Librarian]

HTML and web design. I did a lot of it in high school and never took a class until college. I use it today, and really appreciate knowing the language. I learned it mostly through websites like www.w3schools.com.

[Anna]

How to solve a rubik's cube.

[Regina]

Same! You can go to websites like http://www.ryanheise.com/cube/ that give you step-by-step instructions and tricks that help you remember them easily :)

[Austin]

Hmm... well I'm homeschooled so I cook a lot. My mom and dad taught me to cook a bunch of different stuff.

[Clara]

I learned about constellations from my grandma and about Mars/space exploration from some amazing, wonderful scientists and engineers at NASA. I learn a TON of stuff from the library. I love just going to the Non-Fiction section of the Lackman library and browsing for hours and hours. I usually find a lot of interesting books there.. science, physics, history... there's just so much, which is why I love going to the library, because I love learning new things just as much as I love reading stories.

[Sydney]

I learned right from wrong and life lessons, I know that that sounds cheesy but it's true. So many of my moral values I've learned from experience. Not from teachers telling me that I shouldn't do "bad things".

[Anna]

Regina wrote: "Same! You can go to websites like http://www.ryanheise.com/cube/ that give you step-by-step instructions and tricks that help you remember them easily :)"

I learned from Dan Brown's youtube videos :)

[Jenny]

I learned how to swim and play the flute and piano.

[Taggerung]

I learned how to train my dog, and raise goats and poultry through 4-H.

[Princess Katie, the Random Hot Pink Minotaur]

I'm homeschooled, but outside of my normal studies I've learned to cook pretty well and I have recently gotten into learning about hair. I can do a whole bunch of different braids now :)
I go through different phases and learn as much as I can about one thing as I can and then a month or so later I switch to something else.

[Taggerung]

Awesome! I'm part of the homeschool graduating class of 2012! Seems like all of us homeschoolers learned how to cook. My favorite to make is soup.

[Princess Katie, the Random Hot Pink Minotaur]

It does seem like us homeschoolers know how to cook :) I looove soup, but my favorite is making desserts or pastries (I can make a killer cake).

[Taggerung]

I love making desserts too, especially cherry pie and lemon coconut bars.

[Kate, Young Adult Librarian]

Feel free to bring those by the library any time! Also, don't forget the library has lots of awesome cookbooks you can check out!

[Princess Katie, the Random Hot Pink Minotaur]

Oooh that would be fun! Maybe I'll bring a loaf or two of zucchini bread around later in the year (When we actually have zucchinis growing)!