Re:Khan Academy requests for donations as their servers are ...
by arzel on Sunday March 29, 2020 @06:27AM
(#22717796)
Ahh.. Khan Academy.. the usefulness this site provided throughout my middle and high school education. Quite frankly, it literally saved my ass. I've gone ahead and donated $1K.
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Re:Khan Academy requests for donations as their servers are ...
by malux85 on Sunday March 29, 2020 @07:26AM
(#22718101)
Couldn't do 1k but I can do 200 right now, anything for these guys, they are doing amazing work, everyone give what you can!
Re:Khan Academy requests for donations as their servers are ...
by dangoor on Sunday March 29, 2020 @11:39AM
(#22719842)
Thanks! That's a generous donation
Re:Khan Academy requests for donations as their servers are ...
by 0_gravitas on Sunday March 29, 2020 @04:32PM
(#22722449)
> the usefulness this site provided throughout my middle and high school education
I'm a deal past these periods in my life, and I did quite well via just arbitrary memorization, at the cost of never really developing an intuitive understanding, and therefore a true appreciation, for subjects like math. I've only recently started going through KA's courses, starting all the way back in Algebra.
Re:Khan Academy requests for donations as their servers are ...
by make3 on Monday March 30, 2020 @10:32AM
(#22728309)
as someone who only does intuitive learning and who is garbage at memorization, the idea that people like this exist is so foreign to me
Re:Khan Academy requests for donations as their servers are ...
by 0_gravitas on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:51PM
(#22731619)
It was not done gladly or well, my memorization was of a term only long enough to get me through the tests for that unit. I did not hit perfect scores most of the time but I was a solid A- student (unless the class cared about homework, then I would drop to B/C, but thats besides the point). As a result of this at-the-time convenient ability I gleaned nothing from my schooling career besides how to hack tests, which is a dreadful and personally useless ability to have.
Re:Khan Academy requests for donations as their servers are ...
by garraeth on Sunday March 29, 2020 @10:26AM
(#22719219)
Just donated. This is one of the good sites on the web. Please lets keep this one going.
Re:Khan Academy requests for donations as their servers are ...
by dangoor on Sunday March 29, 2020 @11:39AM
(#22719843)
Thank you!
Re:Khan Academy requests for donations as their servers are ...
by dangoor on Sunday March 29, 2020 @11:38AM
(#22719840)
Thank you so much!
Re:Khan Academy requests for donations as their servers are ...
by notduncansmith on Sunday March 29, 2020 @07:42PM
(#22723781)
Thanks for setting a positive example. I’ve set up a monthly donation, so I’ll match yours today over the next 4+ years :)
Re:Khan Academy requests for donations as their servers are ...
by cerberusss on Sunday March 29, 2020 @06:38AM
(#22717841)
Wow, that's very, very generous of you!
Re:Khan Academy requests for donations as their servers are ...
by inimino on Sunday March 29, 2020 @06:51AM
(#22717916)
Kudos!
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Re:Khan Academy requests for donations as their servers are ...
by xnyan on Sunday March 29, 2020 @08:20AM
(#22718372)
Just so you know, I donated some money because they did it fist. Humans work like that, it’s how we think. So now they are responsible for $1000 plus a bit more of server time.
Re:Khan Academy requests for donations as their servers are ...
by maps7 on Sunday March 29, 2020 @10:45AM
(#22719404)
Are you implying I'm not human in some twisted way? Either way enough people disagree with me so my comment is dead and likely any more conversation from me will be down voted so I won't continue this. Stay safe.