Re: An educational site written in Python (from YCombinator's RFS)

2016-05-13 Thread Ned Batchelder
On Friday, May 13, 2016 at 2:16:37 PM UTC-4, Cai Gengyang wrote: > Ned, > > At the risk of sounding like a naggy grandmother, I am not trying to argue > with you (since it is pointless arguing over the internet with a stranger > whom i don't know and I hate arguing) but It is important to note

Re: An educational site written in Python (from YCombinator's RFS)

2016-05-13 Thread Cai Gengyang
Ned, At the risk of sounding like a naggy grandmother, I am not trying to argue with you (since it is pointless arguing over the internet with a stranger whom i don't know and I hate arguing) but It is important to note that whether there is a need/demand for a competitor or clone is not up to

Re: An educational site written in Python (from YCombinator's RFS)

2016-05-13 Thread Ned Batchelder
On Friday, May 13, 2016 at 12:05:33 PM UTC-4, Cai Gengyang wrote: > edx.org is a great example , perhaps a competitor / clone with different > functionalities and better design , more videos, graphics , more interactive As I mentioned in a previous reply, edx.org runs on Open edX, which is open

Re: An educational site written in Python (from YCombinator's RFS)

2016-05-13 Thread Cai Gengyang
My "vision" if you will for this site is one which should have these basic functionalities : 1) A forum for students , educators, parents and lawyers to post and discuss issues about education, fees, admissions process , visa issues. 2) A search engine for users to well (search for stuff lol)

Re: An educational site written in Python (from YCombinator's RFS)

2016-05-10 Thread DFS
On 5/10/2016 2:13 AM, Cai Gengyang wrote: Ok, so after reading YCombinator's RFS, I have decided that I want to work on this : --- EDUCATION If we can fix education, we can eventua

Re: An educational site written in Python (from YCombinator's RFS)

2016-05-10 Thread Ned Batchelder
On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 2:13:42 AM UTC-4, Cai Gengyang wrote: > > EDUCATION > > If we can fix education, we can eventually do everything else on this list. > The first attempts to use technology to fix education have focused on using > the Internet to distribute traditional content to a wide

Re: An educational site written in Python (from YCombinator's RFS)

2016-05-10 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 2:13 AM, Cai Gengyang wrote: > Ok, so after reading YCombinator's RFS, I have decided that I want to work on > this : > > > --- > > EDUCATION > > If we can fix e

An educational site written in Python (from YCombinator's RFS)

2016-05-09 Thread Cai Gengyang
Ok, so after reading YCombinator's RFS, I have decided that I want to work on this : --- EDUCATION If we can fix education, we can eventually do everything else on this list. The fir