American - Educator | October 11, 1976 -
It's definitely important to have a vision, to have kind of a sense of what might be possible, but not to be dogmatic about your beliefs about the way something has to be done.
Sal Khan
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I always wanted to start a school. I talked about it in college - but I didn't do anything about it.
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Teachers' unions don't act in the interest of most teachers.
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Many of the best teachers I know are being laid off because their unions value seniority over intellect, passion, creativity, and drive.
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Our goal is for Khan Academy's software and content to be the best possible learning experience and for it to be for everyone, for free, forever. This is why we are a non-profit, and it's also what drives our small team and supporters.
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Education should be a fundamental human right.
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I've been surprised at how motivated a lot of people are that you wouldn't traditionally think would be that kind of a motivated student.
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I'd like to see a reality where, if someone wants to work when they turn 18 to help support their family, and they learn at their own pace on something like the Khan Academy or other things, that they can just, on their own, get a bunch of the credits they need just by testing out of things.
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Education has helped me a lot.
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My father's side of the family was very active in education.
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My parents separated when I was two, and then my father passed away, so I never really knew that side of the family.
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I went to a fairly normal, middle-of-the-road public school in a suburb of New Orleans, but it gave me huge opportunities.
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