Modern Education

I recently stumbled upon this life saver while studying for the Math&Science subtest for the CSET (California Subject Examinations for Teachers). I struggled with math and science while in school so to look back upon material I haven't seen in over ten years (and barely understood back then) was incredibly overwhelming to say the least.  A friend suggested I try to find youtube videos explaining concepts I was struggling with. I stumbled upon the Khan Academy youtube channel. It saved me! It's a wonderful youtube channel with a plethora of videos teaching math and science concepts. It's great because it ranges from super easy math (1+1) to super hard college level I don't even know what. Khan Academy was started by Salman Khan, who holds 3 degrees from MIT and an MBA from Harvard. I trust him. His niece was struggling in math and so he began tutoring her from across the country. To do this, he uploaded videos on youtube for her to watch. Random people began commenting on the videos and requesting more and eventually the popularity was so overwhelming that he quit his job in finance to focus on this endeavor full time. Now, Khan Academy is a legit non-profit doing wonders for modern education by providing hundreds of math and science lessons on everyone's favorite video website. Khan's mission statement is to provide people all over the world with free education.  So far, so good. 

Definitely check out Khan Academy for yourself or maybe for your kids eventually! Sofia should be doing a little addition and subtraction soon right? I'll definitely be using this as a teacher because there are quite a few concepts and modules that I could use a refresher course on. Check it out!

www.khanacademy.org

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52ZlXsFJULI