I’ve been reading this book by Salman Khan, the person who established Khan Academy. If you haven’t watched this TED talk, I highly recommend watching it first. カーン・アカデミーの創始者、サルマン・カーンの本を今読んでいます。すごく面白い!まだ本もこのTEDでのレクチャーも見たことがない人がいたら、まずはこちらをお勧めします。日本語版はこちら。 The book has more detailed background about educational systems in the modern world, and how Khan approach has revolutionalized it. I felt pretty indignant while reading the book, that all those “must do-s” in schools are baseless, or worse, there have been plenty of arguments that they should be changed. Because I always had hard time adjusting to what are required in schools, the book made me think that I shouldn’t have gone to the public school at all. What were all those years taking very boring lessons from uninspiring teachers, while I felt I had…
