Comments on: Reinvent Education

By: Dany

Dany — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:20:49 +0000

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By: Iola Weinzierl

Iola Weinzierl — Wed, 25 May 2011 10:36:10 +0000

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By: Daniel Benami

Daniel Benami — Sat, 21 May 2011 23:31:31 +0000

Thank you for your kind words,
I’m glad you liked it :)

By: mikerosss

mikerosss — Sat, 21 May 2011 19:11:18 +0000

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By: Daniel Benami

Daniel Benami — Sun, 01 May 2011 09:23:30 +0000

I partially agree. With the increasing level of competitiveness and willingness to succeed at work which result in spending more time at work and less time at home, parents nowadays are playing a dangerous game of leaving basic education to the environment of the child, so the real educator of the child becomes the nanny, kindergarten friends and of course the TV set. That being said, education is indeed a chain of “gems” where each is important, Khan University takes care, and actually improves the quality of one “gem”. For the education at home part, it’s a difficult question indeed.

By: EMB

EMB — Sun, 01 May 2011 08:19:55 +0000

In my opinion, it’s all good in theory but the problem does not dwell on actual institutional education along. There is a trend, of somewhat leniency or degradation of education that starts at home. I heard a story once, and as much I did not want to believe it, it was nevertheless true. In a nutshell, an exchange student from Sweden stays with a family in the United States of America. A rather civilised family, one would only expect a certain degree of intellect. One of the family members asked the exchange student “so, how did you come to the US? Did you use the bridge?”, the surprised exchange student asked “What bridge?”, and as a reply she was “informed” – “the bridge between the US and Sweden of course”. Yes, that is only one isolated example, and true, it may or may not reflect the vast population in the world. However, one cannot simply argue that the problem dwells only within the education institutions, but must take into consideration many other traits, such as the cultural environment, personal aspirations, etc. In my personal opinion, the problem starts from home – and that is where a change is truly needed. For if there will be no change, we will end up with a world society of morons.