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geonz··on Open letter to Sal Khan
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.

geonz··on Open letter to Sal Khan
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 + 2 wrong.

geonz··on Open letter to Sal Khan
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 keeps basing all its exercises on these flawed materials?

geonz··on Open letter to Sal Khan
Where is the politics?

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

geonz··on Open letter to Sal Khan
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 Academy.

It's questioning its quality. Since you obviously can't address the well-grounded claim that it is very poor quality, you have to find something else to bring up.

It's 'way easier to say "you're a poor loser' than to address the actual claims, isn't it? Much harder stunt.