Oh yes, his name is Khan and he is a very dangerous person. He is hell bent on spreading a virus that infects human brains. He has been working insidiously. It gives me a chill to think about a world full of infected people. This pied piper has been luring away our kids into the cult of math and science.
I watched a few of his videos and then had to stop to save myself from getting infected. Knowledge is a very dangerous affliction. Even God had not wanted his creatures to have knowledge. Khan's videos affect the brains in such a way that they start working like oiled machines. For decades educationists have been successfully dumbing down the young minds. Khan wants to reverse the trend. If you listen to his lectures and speeches you will be shocked by his alarming ideology. He believes that all human beings including the poor and the underprivileged should have access to quality education so that they can improve their destiny and live with dignity. I still fail to understand why the poor people need education, or what's its use for the rich kids.
We should not let the virus of knowledge mitigate our tradition of keeping the populace ignorant, docile and manipulable. Imagine a world where people are more interested in knowledge, technology, and its use in eliminating hatred and hunger -- a world where the rich, the powerful, and political and religious leaders will find it difficult to recruit illiterate or semiliterate followers to fulfill their agendas.
And the reason why I call Salman Khan an extremist is because he is extremely intelligent, and receives extreme adulation from one and all. Even though he started Khan Academy as a non-profit organization, many crazy folks have been donating millions of dollars for his evil designs. In a place like YouTube, where nasty comments are thrown in as if it were a garbage dump, this guy receives only bouquets of fresh flowers. Looks like he has a power to cast spells on one and all. His name is Khan and besides being extremely intelligent, he is also extremely funny, and humble, and charming. Did I say all that? I am a goner.
He has even infected Bill Gates' brain. Watch this video to learn about his modus operandi:
And here he talks about his magic and wizardry:
Rethinking Education- this will scare you:
We should not let the virus of knowledge mitigate our tradition of keeping the populace ignorant, docile and manipulable. Imagine a world where people are more interested in knowledge, technology, and its use in eliminating hatred and hunger -- a world where the rich, the powerful, and political and religious leaders will find it difficult to recruit illiterate or semiliterate followers to fulfill their agendas.
And the reason why I call Salman Khan an extremist is because he is extremely intelligent, and receives extreme adulation from one and all. Even though he started Khan Academy as a non-profit organization, many crazy folks have been donating millions of dollars for his evil designs. In a place like YouTube, where nasty comments are thrown in as if it were a garbage dump, this guy receives only bouquets of fresh flowers. Looks like he has a power to cast spells on one and all. His name is Khan and besides being extremely intelligent, he is also extremely funny, and humble, and charming. Did I say all that? I am a goner.
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He has even infected Bill Gates' brain. Watch this video to learn about his modus operandi:
And here he talks about his magic and wizardry:
Rethinking Education- this will scare you:
And here are the websites he has been using to spread the dreaded virus:
And he has now officially entered somewhere near the top of my list of crushes!!
ReplyDeleteYou are a goner too : P
DeleteAww! Shit! And THAT spells doom for this nice obituary I was writing for education :)
ReplyDeletePlease do write the obit! We need to keep fighting :-|
DeleteIts simply crazy
ReplyDeleteIt sure is :-)
DeleteIn addition to helping kids with their homeworks, I shamelessly ask Mr. Khan to also take over my cooking, cleaning, baby sitting, and dish washing chores. He is my super-hero.
ReplyDeleteLet us hope some of his students become great innovators and invent more gadgets, especially for Indian households, to make our lives easier :-)
DeleteI found out about Khan Academy recently. Bravo to such people who have a great plan to change the face of education in this world.
ReplyDeleteLoved your style of introducing him to those who don't know of his work yet!
Thanks! :-)
DeleteYeah, I want to introduce Khan Academy to many more people, but the problem is folks don't read my blog :P