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I completely agree with you on the kids who get B's but could get A's. I feel I was in some classes one of those kids.Originally Posted by DJprestige21
Originally Posted by Severn
Right here is the reason this does not work with most people.Originally Posted by dmxgod
I'm a teacher and I do not want to sit and watch 20 minutes of a video..cliff notes please and then we can have a discussion
As a teacher I can tell you the true problem in education is motivation. Most people just don't care, don't have parents who care or don't have friends who care enough to make them get into their learning. This really only works with motivated students, as do MOST forms of education. Why? Because they want to learn in the first place and will do so even if they have the worst teachers.
Great idea, as are most educational ones, but the problem then becomes that when unsupervised people tend to do what they like and want to, not what they should.
Perhaps this is the extra push that kids on the verge of proper academic performance need?
Its tough to say but many of the kids you describe are already a sinking ship, of course there is no need to rub this in their faces even if it is frustrating. We can only think positive that these kids will turn out with some type of success.
Despite that, even if Khan academy only helps the kids who are born to be successful it is still worth every cent for every B+ student it has helped have them gain an A.
It's not those kids that I worry about though, it's the kids who get c-'s c+'s or fail and think this is the way out. Or kids who take this as a way to improve their marks because everyone says it's the new thing.
Many of those kids will buy into the new fad, but do worse and that scares me because I really care about how these kids do in school and where they end up.
I wish people would spend more time and money helping the kids who NEED the help to simply pass the courses and do the work instead of the ones getting B's instead of A's as the kid who fails is more likely to have a negative impact on my community and the future of the education system than the kid who does okay.
Education is just like Society, every day there becomes a further and further gap between the successful and unsuccessful. The rich and poor.