*One of the many consequences of this lockdown is the abomination known as "online learning,"* *which, I'm here to tell you, tends to be a miserable experience, for the students and the teachers* *(like myself). *
*But it's a very good thing for the now-booming industry of virtual education, one of whose* *biggest investors is—of course—Bill Gates, who seems to have devoted his whole life to making* *all our lives unpleasant. (Scroll down in this piece to see that the Gates Foundation funds the* *Khan Academy.)* *Some day this psychopathic Croesus, who has his fingers in so many evil pies, will be perceived * *by everyone for what he really is.* *MCM* CLOSING BELL <https://www.cnbc.com/closing-bell/> Khan Academy founder: Balance between in-person, online learning could be ‘silver lining’ of crisis PUBLISHED THU, APR 16 20206:51 PM EDTUPDATED THU, APR 16 20207:13 PM EDT https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/16/khan-academy-founder-online-learning-could-be-silver-lining-of-crisis.html Jesse Pound <https://www.cnbc.com/jesse-pound/>@JESSERPOUND <https://twitter.com/@jesserpound> KEY POINTS - Traffic has increased significantly to the Khan Academy websites, and new registration by parents is 20 times higher - than normal, Salman Khan said. - Roughly 1.4 billion children have seen their schools closed around the world due to the pandemic, according to the - World Health Organization. - A growing list of U.S. cities and states have announced that students will not return to physical classrooms for the - rest of the academic year. - *Click on the link for the rest* - -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "News From Underground" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/newsfromunderground/CAGxB6W_9zQPYjJrQPoVgxq79MQpfBCO%3Ddkyp_sXE103X_CwQkQ%40mail.gmail.com.
