{"id":1354,"date":"2014-09-02T02:33:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T02:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solveeczema.org\/eczemablog\/?p=1354"},"modified":"2022-08-10T07:06:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T07:06:05","slug":"off-topic-salman-khan-khan-academy-education-reimagined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solveeczema.org\/eczemablog\/?p=1354","title":{"rendered":"Off Topic:  Salman Khan &#8211; Khan Academy: Education Reimagined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"515\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tZWjIGbZAQ8?list=UUggQcRNVNRaH3uEb4nqf0zg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nSalman Khan &#8211; Khan Academy: Education Reimagined<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t forgotten loose ends I haven&#8217;t had time to tie: \u00a0inserting the citations into <a title=\"Letter to a Medical Student \u2014 What % of Cases Are From Detergent? \u2014 Part 1\" href=\"http:\/\/solveeczema.org\/eczemablog\/?p=1326\">Letter to a Medical Student<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Letter to a Medical Student \u2014 What % of Cases Are From Detergent? \u2014 Part 1\" href=\"http:\/\/solveeczema.org\/eczemablog\/?p=1326\">[part 1]<\/a><a title=\"Letter to a Medical Student \u2014 What % of Cases are From Detergent \u2014 Part 2\" href=\"http:\/\/solveeczema.org\/eczemablog\/?p=1328\">[part 2]<\/a><a title=\"Letter to a Medical Student \u2014 What % of Cases are From Detergent? \u2014 Part 3\" href=\"http:\/\/solveeczema.org\/eczemablog\/?p=1336\">[part 3]<\/a><a title=\"Letter to a Medical Student \u2014 What % of Cases are From Detergent? \u2014 Part 4\" href=\"http:\/\/solveeczema.org\/eczemablog\/?p=1345\">[part4]<\/a>, and posting the last installment of <a title=\"Off Topic:  How to Get Rid of Ants for Good, Part 1 of 3\" href=\"http:\/\/solveeczema.org\/eczemablog\/?p=47\">How to Get Rid of Ants for Good<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Off Topic:  How to Get Rid of Ants for Good, Part 1 of 3\" href=\"http:\/\/solveeczema.org\/eczemablog\/?p=47\">[part 1]<\/a><a title=\"Off Topic:  How to Get Rid of Ants For Good, Part 2 of 3\" href=\"http:\/\/solveeczema.org\/eczemablog\/?p=50\">[part 2]<\/a>. \u00a0The information in\u00a0the first two\u00a0parts is no longer enough for people to\u00a0solve the problem without the 3rd installment. \u00a0I&#8217;ve drafted it, I just haven&#8217;t been able to finish!<\/p>\n<p>I posted that ant series with an agenda: \u00a0I have been following the work of microbiologist Bonnie Bassler on\u00a0bacterial communications, and wonder if\u00a0there may be an equivalent biological means\u00a0of thwarting bacteria by manipulating their communications. (Manipulating rather than trying to kill them, which may not even be in our best interests as collateral damage to good bacteria causes other problems.)<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t want to post anything new until I got around to finishing at least those two things, but I couldn&#8217;t help posting this amazing talk by Salman Khan of Khan Academy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wow. \u00a0Anyone who homeschools should see this. \u00a0Anyone who <em>schools<\/em> should see this.<\/strong> \u00a0I love his analogy of education being like building a house. \u00a0What&#8217;s the purpose of having some kids finish 60% of the foundation and 50% of the framing, and then moving on to something else just because everyone else does? \u00a0I went to a public school in a small town in South Dakota when I was a girl and it was a work-at-your-own-pace place, with so much enrichment. \u00a0I have since met SO many creative and accomplished people who came out of that one small program.<\/p>\n<p>For <a title=\"Solve Eczema link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.solveeczema.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SolveEczema.org<\/a> users in particular: \u00a0 After the talk, my son and I lined up with everyone else to shake Khan&#8217;s hand, say Thank You, and to take photos. \u00a0In the first part of his lecture, he was so candid about his journey in a way I wish I could be. \u00a0What he said rang so, so many bells. \u00a0When we got through the line, I said, &#8220;If you ever want to mentor someone, I think I&#8217;m you, only with medicine, and 7 years ago \u2014 at least I hope so.&#8221; \u00a0(10 years ago?)\u00a0 I gave him my card, and he said, &#8220;That&#8217;s interesting, because I have eczema.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I keep hoping he&#8217;ll try the site strategies, because I&#8217;m beginning to think this has to be experienced, even by those who don&#8217;t have eczema (especially by those who don&#8217;t have eczema) for anyone else\u00a0to understand the broader medical and environmental implications. \u00a0To get researchers to understand why\u00a0there&#8217;s almost no way the underlying environmental issues involved as described on <a title=\"Solve Eczema site link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.solveeczema.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SolveEczema<\/a>\u00a0<em>aren&#8217;t<\/em>\u00a0a factor in bat white nose syndrome\/bat fungal susceptibility \u2014 they almost have to experience the process and transformation\u00a0themselves, again, even if they don&#8217;t have eczema.<\/p>\n<p>Great talk for anyone who cares about education.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/tZWjIGbZAQ8?list=UUggQcRNVNRaH3uEb4nqf0zg\">Salman Khan &#8211; 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