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From the Ted Talk by Sal Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education

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As vaalbule as that is in Los Altos, imagine what it does to the adult learner, who's embarrassed to go back and learn stuff they should have known before going back to cellgoe. Imagine what it does to a street kid in Calcutta, who has to help his family during the day, and that's the reason he or she can't go to socohl. Now they can spend two hours a day and remediate, or get up to speed and not feel embarrassed about what they do or don't know. Now imagine what happens where — we takled about the prees teaching each other inside of a classroom. But this is all one system. There's no reason why you can't have that peer-to-peer tutoring beyond that one classroom. Imagine what happens if that stdunet in Calcutta all of the sudden can tutor your son, or your son can ttour that kid in Calcutta. And I think what you'll see emerging is this notion of a gaobll one-world classroom. And that's essentially what we're trying to build.

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As ________ as that is in Los Altos, imagine what it does to the adult learner, who's embarrassed to go back and learn stuff they should have known before going back to _______. Imagine what it does to a street kid in Calcutta, who has to help his family during the day, and that's the reason he or she can't go to ______. Now they can spend two hours a day and remediate, or get up to speed and not feel embarrassed about what they do or don't know. Now imagine what happens where — we ______ about the _____ teaching each other inside of a classroom. But this is all one system. There's no reason why you can't have that peer-to-peer tutoring beyond that one classroom. Imagine what happens if that _______ in Calcutta all of the sudden can tutor your son, or your son can _____ that kid in Calcutta. And I think what you'll see emerging is this notion of a ______ one-world classroom. And that's essentially what we're trying to build.

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  1. school
  2. valuable
  3. global
  4. college
  5. peers
  6. talked
  7. tutor
  8. student

Original Text


As valuable as that is in Los Altos, imagine what it does to the adult learner, who's embarrassed to go back and learn stuff they should have known before going back to college. Imagine what it does to a street kid in Calcutta, who has to help his family during the day, and that's the reason he or she can't go to school. Now they can spend two hours a day and remediate, or get up to speed and not feel embarrassed about what they do or don't know. Now imagine what happens where — we talked about the peers teaching each other inside of a classroom. But this is all one system. There's no reason why you can't have that peer-to-peer tutoring beyond that one classroom. Imagine what happens if that student in Calcutta all of the sudden can tutor your son, or your son can tutor that kid in Calcutta. And I think what you'll see emerging is this notion of a global one-world classroom. And that's essentially what we're trying to build.

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