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Sorry can someone explain to me why the teachers are needed at all in these subjects given the Khan Academy? A few years ago I saw Salman Khan give a talk about

• johnnyanmac 2y ago
  People these days have seem to forgotten the human element in, well, everything these days. I think it's easier to ask the collorary: do you trust your kid(s) to self learn K-12 material on their own time instead of going to school? Why or why not?
  • EGreg 2y ago
    Yes, living in NYC with a my mother working as a schoool teacher for decades, I have come to realize that much of public school is just a glorified daycare center to keep children occupied while their parents work: pg likens it to a prison: https://paulgraham.com/nerds.html https://paulgraham.com/nerds.html Some schools are awful: https://nypost.com/2014/01/12/no-space-no-books-no-leader-no-clue-at-citys-worst-elementary/ https://nypost.com/2014/01/12/no-space-no-books-no-leader-no... Newark: Zuck's $100,000,000 barely made a dent in math https://www.chalkbeat.org/2017/10/16/21103581/the-100-million-question-did-newark-s-school-reforms-work-new-study-finds-big-declines-then-progress/ https://www.chalkbeat.org/2017/10/16/21103581/the-100-millio... On the other hand, I knew since 2011 that this was possible instead: https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/18/a-better-way-to-teach-math/ https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/20... I have proposed specific ways to reform education 10 years ago: https://magarshak.com/blog/?p=158 https://magarshak.com/blog/?p=158