Yes we Khan

12/06/2011 by Ann.

It’s amazing what gems you can find as you work your way through the Sunday Times!

Now, I don’t know about you, but back at school Maths was not my strong point (yes I am good at mental arithmetic and am so glad we had to learn our tables) and I don’t think I am alone. As my eldest brother was the maths genius and my other brother great at politics I stuck firmly to English. But I was, and still remain, frustrated at how hard I always found that subject and wondered if I was just rubbish or I was never engaged.

The thing is I am not alone. When I worked in the corporate world I was considered to be very numerate, which was pretty alarming I can tell you. I could never get excited about maths and wondered who could. A couple of years ago my brother was talking to me enthusiastically about how negative numbers were so much more interesting than positive numbers. I had to say that he was really animated on this subject and it rather demonstrated to me that perhaps I had missed out  by never having done maths beyond 16 years of age.

So imagine my delight to read about the success of www.khanacademy.org set up by a financial analyst with loads and loads of videos to watch on all kinds of subjects. Crikey even Bill Gates’ family has been using it!

So, if you or your kids need help (and apologies that this comes right at the end of the exam period) then go and take a look and give it a go.

Ann

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