Sal Khan: ‘I love learning’
“If there was a PhD in learning everything, I would do that,” the always-enthusiastic Sal Khan ’98, MEng ’98 said in a talk Wednesday at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium. In fact, he added, in creating the popular Khan Academy website for online learning, “Now, I feel like I found that job!” MIT President L. Rafael Reif, left, and Khan Academy's Sal Khan spoke during Wednesday's event.Photos: M. Scott Brauer The site began almost by accident, as a way for Khan to help his younger cousin in Louisiana with her math classes. He said that Khan Academy’s humble origins may have been a key to its success, encouraging a simple and conversational approach that is part of his lessons’ appeal.“I actually think I would have messed up if I thought I was doing this for Bill Gates,” Khan said — although the Microsoft founder did become an early Khan Academy fan, and later...