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The Personal Syllabus

A university course syllabus for the one thing you keep meaning to learn — except you're the instructor, the registrar, and the only student. A proper course header (code, title, term, instructor; prerequisites: none — wanting to is the whole entrance exam), a course description, required reading that can be anything you'll actually consume, and a six-week schedule where every topic gets a DONE box and a "what actually happened" write-in line. A deadpan grading policy is fixed in ink: pass / fail, you pass by showing up, and incompletes roll over to next term — they always do. Close with a final exam you design yourself and posted office hours, because a course without a time slot is a wish.

Best for: Turning "I keep meaning to learn that" into a six-week course with a schedule, a reading list, and posted office hours.
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A course syllabus where you're the instructor and the only student.

A proper university syllabus for the one thing you keep meaning to learn. Course header with a code and a term, required reading, a six-week schedule with a "what actually happened" line under every topic, a deadpan grading policy (pass / fail — you pass by showing up), a final exam you set yourself, and posted office hours.

How it works

One topic per line, up to six weeks. Make week one embarrassingly easy — you want to pass week one. Required reading can be anything you'll actually consume: a book, a show with the subtitles off, a group chat you reply to in the target language.

The final exam isn't a test, it's a scene: describe the moment that proves you learned it.

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