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Yes! Deeply admire what Sal Khan set out to do. One of the original pioneers of how technology could transform education. What we learnt from it: a chatbot is
by catalinvoss 3mo ago
Yes! Deeply admire what Sal Khan set out to do. One of the original pioneers of how technology could transform education.
What we learnt from it: a chatbot is not enough to teach a child though. We need more to fully engage them and have the tools and context to truly teach them.
We describe this in the blog post, curious what you think.
- JimsonYang 3mo agoBeing frank I think its not enough to have a good looking app and have some llm calls Think about your competition for your market. When I want my child to really excel in learning, I would force them into kumon - so they can skip a grade. If your a student who wants to learn you have khan academy. And im just not seeing anything that screams-this is better than khan academy and kumon All i see is an education app with good design Sorry if it sounds harsh P.s. if youre on the mission of educating people from developing countries-different story and different problems. Ignore what i put here then
- codeduck 3mo ago> When I want my child to really excel in learning, I would force them into kumon - so they can skip a grade Great - so now they're a year younger than all their peers in terms of emotional resilience. I've seen this play out time and time again, and it is disastrous for them and their ability to build relationships. Pushing children ripe is never a good idea. If they're ahead of their peers, find other outlets for their intelligence. Teach them new skills, involve them in new hobbies. They need time to grow; education is a journey, not a race.
- JimsonYang 3mo agoI should make this clear-forcing your kids into kumon so they can skip a grade is really shitty I know its happens, but optimizing for education goals in American is usuabbly a faux pax