"I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for making all of this amazing material available. I work at a factory at a dead end job. I've always had a voracious appetite for knowledge. I have a electronics lab setup in my kitchen, and plan on setting up an organic chemistry lab in a spare room. My knowledge has always come either as a product of my own inquiries, or in a catch as catch can manor from the internet and books.
I discovered this site recently and I am dumbfounded at the amount of knowledge you are making available to the public. If only everyone in the world looked at knowledge as a treasure, not as one to be horded, but one to be invested in, and added to.... It seems like many of the people I encounter in my area believe that if you didn't go to college, the pursuit of knowledge is pointless. But every book I read, every new bit of mathematics or science I learn changes the way I look at everything around me.
My family has never been well off, and I could never have afforded a degree at your school, but by having made all of these resources available to me free of charge you have opened a door for my mind. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
If only more institutions and individuals shared this commitment to the betterment of minds, and people learned to pursue knowledge not for grades or degrees, but the improvement of themselves.... It's staggering to think what the world would be like. So thank you again." - Daniel, Independent Learner
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