Comments by "Alan Friesen" (@alanfriesen9837) on "Let's teach for mastery -- not test scores | Sal Khan" video.

Okay, I really like the idea behind this, and I've suggested it myself. But how do we keep those who need a lot more time to master a subject (or several subjects) able to complete their secondary education before they reach adulthood? How do we keep colleges from discriminating against the students who finish their math requirements at age twenty-one, versus those who got it taken care of by age seventeen? Are we as a society going to fund someone who spends seven years in high school? Are we going to provide childcare while they finish mastering their English requirements or their Biology requisites? Do these students get to continue with advanced courses if it took them three years to master the basic ones? I know that our current system has similar, and in some cases worse, failings. I'm not suggesting that this isn't a better approach. I actually think it is. But in order to put it into effect, we're going to require a system overhaul and a radical adjustment in our expectations. Are we prepared to do that?
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@danielrodrigues4903 We're probably going to have to enhance our own intelligence by merging with AI. The age of cyborgs will soon be upon us. Otherwise we risk becoming irrelevant.
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