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geonz

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    Comment #6164293

    lOVE THE lip service. It's extremely consistent with the KA view of "school" -- get the assignment done, collect the cheque. I'm sorry, but "quality" is not the lesson described in…

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    Comment #6157815

    You're making "more interesting" exercises, but... ... the videos that they're based on are consistently and frequently flawed. Those flaws aren't being addressed. Why not?

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    Comment #6157811

    Believe me, constructive criticism has been tried. I just keep wondering why people keep saying "it's not good criticism" ... and never, ever addressing the points brought up in th…

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    Comment #6156625

    How are studnets "interacting" with his videos? It's a hard pill to swallow that maybe he's not on to something; that THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES.

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    Comment #6156621

    Could you find some things that he got right? Oh. I didn't think so. He also says in his movies that "two plus itself times one" is what "two times one" is. That's right, he gets 2…

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    Comment #6156614

    The point that there are gaps that hvae not been addressed? All of them. Do you have any other suggestions as to how the pedagogical flaws could be addressed, since Khan Academy ke…

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    Comment #6156609

    Where is the politics? Maybe you can find some between the discussion of the pedagogy, because you obviously aren't comfortable with that.

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    Comment #6156605

    Khan Academy is putting out really flawed videos and spending millions and millions on 'em. Think VHS / Beta... Guess what -- this is not a letter to you -- it's to the Khan Academ…