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PHOTO: Mike believes that the internet can be used
as an entertaining educational tool.
which I spend most of my time on. Unexpectedly, it
works! 
It’s your choice to elect whether to wander around
aimlessly or to dig deep for whatever you have been
looking for. If you have no clue about where to start,
it’s not a big deal — here are some recommended
pages. Most of them are on YouTube and Facebook;
they're effortlessly accessible. If you are enjoying your
spare time but not willing to simply kill time, the
YouTube channel “LEMMiNO” is a good option. The
most popular series is called “10 Facts” which focuses
on different daily life topics and chooses ten pieces of
interesting information that we rarely know about it.
The topics vary, from comics to space, from love to
death. I don’t see any boundaries in its themes.
Undoubtedly, technology has contributed to our
education and the trend of advancement never seems
million light-years away from earth and the infinite
to cease. You have to be aware, however, to use the
possibility out there, everything you can imagine (and
internet wisely, and you have to ensure that you are
more that you cannot) is in the vast sea of the
not falling into the traps of false knowledge and
internet.
addiction. Despite this, the internet is a fantastic world
with pervasive and advantageous information that will
Using social media is a viable way of studying if you
surprise you. Best wishes on your new journey of
want to learn in your leisure time, as videos are
study. 
entertaining and conducive to building knowledge.
Even if you are a studious learner who is looking for
more academic training materials, the all-purpose
internet can fulfill your thirst for knowledge. In
addition to the countless online journals which could
possibly occupy you for an entire day of reading,
social media, out of the blue, might help you even
PHOTO: LEMMiNO, one of Mike's favorite Youtube
more than the teachers in your secondary school!
channels. | LINK: youtube.com/lemmino
Take learning English as an example: there are
thousands of pages focusing on various aspects of
English such as grammar and literature online. You
The incredible Mike is an
may ask, however, why don’t I just go to read a
Information & Communication
textbook instead? Wouldn’t it be more efficient?
Technology student with
According to my own experience and observation,
second major in English
most people who purportedly claimed to study
academic literature will ultimately turn out to
Language. He is brilliant,
be scrolling on Facebook. Thus, an idea came to my
handsome and tall.
mind—let’s try to merge learning with entertainment,
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