Salman Khan

The general argument made by Salman Khan in his work, The Learning Myth: Why I’ll Never Say my Son is Smart, is that the brain grows through effort, struggle, and failure. Dr. Carol Dweck has studied brain development for several years and believes that most people either have a growth or fixed mindset. Khan writes, “Even small changes in communication or seemingly innocuous comments can have fairly-long lasting implications for a person’s mindset” (2). In this statement, the author is suggesting that even the smallest comments can mean the entire world to someone else, which can effect one’s brain development. In conclusion, Salman Khan’s belief is that each member of society should attempt to improve their brain growth by actively performing…

In November of 2015 Salman Khan delivered a speech at TED Talks Live in New York, New York. He presented his thoughts on the most effective way to help students master their subject matter to an auditorium full of educators. Salman Khan is a Business graduate of MIT and Harvard who first gained recognition on YouTube where he posted Math tutorials for his cousins. What started with his YouTube channel led him to found Khan Academy, a free online education service that has helped over 10 million…

Presentations have never been my strong suit, whether it is talking about myself in front of a group of people to presenting a complex situation to a class. By taking this course I am hoping that I’ll be able to boost my confidence when it comes to public speaking. I have had to complete many presentation in the past but I have yet to master the ability to present well in front of large groups. The first project that we were assigned in my communication class was to get to know our classmate…

In “What College Could Be Like” published in New York Magazine on January 2013, author Salman Khan points out that there is a basic divide between student’s expectations for college, a good intellectual experiences and what universities believe their value is. either intellectual and social experiences. To support his position first, Khan comments higher education is under increasing scrutiny, in parts. Next, he states that students have begun to recognize something very counterintuitive.…

teacher.” That is how Salman Khan starts his book The One Room Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined. One student and one teacher. Khan himself, of course, is the teacher. The student is his cousin Nadia, a bright, motivated twelve-year-old. Nadia believed that she was bad at math, for the simple reason that she had received a lower-than-normal score on the math portion of one of her tests. Khan offered to tutor her to help bring up her scores, and thus the idea of the Khan Academy was born. It…

Bhabani Bhattacharya was born in the same decade of the 20th century in which famous Indian Novelists Mulk Raj Anand, R. K. Narayan and Raja Rao were born. He is strongly called as one of the four wheels of the Indian English novelist. The other three are Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan and Raja Rao. Bhabani Bhattacharya is one of the most famous amid the older generation of Indian English novelists. He was born on the 10th of November, 1906 in Bhagalpur (Bihar). Bhabani Bhattacharya belonged to…

Sometimes in order to find what you are looking for, you need to make change. Arnold is a character from the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Jamal is a character from the movie Finding Forrester. Although these characters are from different worlds, they have many similarities. The main similarity they have, change. Jamal and Arnold both made major changes, especially with education, friendship, and culture. Since both boys are people of color, it is sadly expected that…

Mahasweta Devi, a proficient Bengali writer and activist who puts a question mark on the democratic and civilized nation, India. It is imperative to have a clear understanding of “marginalised “in order to understand and appreciate the writings of Mahasweta. According to the Oxford Dictionary, the concept “marginalize” means “to make somebody feel as if they are not important and cannot influence decisions or events; or to put somebody in a powerless position”. Mahasweta empathetically restates…

fear in the hearts of those who hear it and the power to foster hope and happiness within the listeners. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, the villain strikes such fear in the hearts of the citizens that they refuse to give him a name. He goes by “He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named” in order to strip him of the power a name holds. The exact opposite happens with the hero of the series, Harry Potter. From the moment he defeats “You-Know-Who,” Harry’s name becomes a source of hope…

After strict moral standards established many years ago appeared to have failed, and science had proven that it could not prove the origin of the universe, a new philosophical and artistic expression moved in to fill the void of the Modernist Movement. The Postmodern Movement was born out of a lack of faith in society and the established way of life as a whole, and embraced the philosophy of meaninglessness and a rejection of the transcendental meta-narrative. This move has been fully expressed…