Ask HN: What's the hardest thing about personal learning?

1 points by alfonsodev ↗ HN
What do you think are the barriers, impediments, problems when trying to learn new things that you are intersted in, out of formal coursers or schools ?

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Time and commitment... for me at least...
Validation. It’s difficult to recognize where your comprehension of a subject is limited when the most common performance measurable is question/answer testing.

How many great answers are discarded as they lack conformity? How do we change formal education to encourage more creation instead of mostly repetition?