Shakira has been spending her quarantine time taking an ancient philosophy course

Sure, a lot of us feel pressure after a month of self-isolation and stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 global pandemic to do something useful with our extra time. Word on the street is that Shakespeare wrote ‘King Lear’ while under quarantine from the bubonic plague, but most of us can barely hold two thoughts in our head right now. Also, that was, like, 500 years ago, and the Bard didn’t have Tik Tok. So if you’re looking for a little isolation-inspiration, let singer Shakira be your guru. The Colombian beauty announced on Thursday that she managed to complete and graduate from her ancient philosophy course at the University of Pennsylvania. And she did all this during quarantine. So not only do her hips not lie, she can also explain the background philosophy pertaining to the truthfulness of hips. Plato would approve.Tweeting her announcement in both English and her native-tongue, Spanish, she took a selfie with her hard-earned certificate. According to her, she found the time to complete this personal goal after she put her kids to bed, and it was seemingly very time consuming.

I just graduated from my 4 week Ancient Philosophy course with the University of Pennsylvania (@Penn). I know... my hobbies are very impractical, but it took a lot of hours after the kids were asleep. Thank you Plato and predecessors for all the "fun" over the past month! pic.twitter.com/cFTCXDjliX

— Shakira (@shakira) April 23, 2020

“I know … my hobbies are very impractical,” she wrote, but Shakira, we will not allow any self-depreciating humour here. This is such a wonderful achievement, and we are delighted to learn that Shakira believes one should never stop growing and learning. Education doesn’t stop just because we’re not in school anymore, so let this be a great lesson to all of us. If you have a secret passion, follow it!But also, who knew the ‘She-Wolf’ songstress was interested in Plato and Socrates? We are just loving this revelation! Congrats are def in order, and the University of Pennsylvania was so proud, they naturally RT’d her accomplishment on their official social media feed.She topped off the announcement with some gratitude: “Thank you Plato and predecessors for all the ‘fun’ over the past month!” Considering that one of Plato’s greatest teachings was, “Never discourage anyone [...] who continually makes progress, no matter how slow,” we are certain he is giving her high fives and fist-bumps from the cosmos right now.Even though her kids, Milan (7) and Sasha (5), were asleep as she accomplished this goal, we’re sure her partner, Barcelona soccer star Gerard Piqué, was more than happy to use his down time from the soccer pitch to take the child-rearing reigns. Because let’s not forget, she spent the first few months of this year practising and brilliantly executing her Superbowl Halftime performance with JLo, so she has had a lot on her plate all year. And yet she makes it all looks so easy!Okay, BRB, we’re just signing up for all the online courses right now. Now, which universities offer a Cheese Appreciation course?[video_embed id='1891845']RELATED: JLo and Shakira put on a halftime show to remember[/video_embed]