By Alejandra Matos, Boston Globe
Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, told MIT graduates Friday that even though they are graduating from a leading science and engineering institution, they still face a world filled with cynicism and pessimism, and challenged them to resist those attitudes. “That cynicism will eat at your energy and potential, and to fight it, you should smile with every atom in your body,” Khan said. Khan, who spoke to just under 2,500 graduates gathered near the Charles on Killian Court, is a 1998 MIT alumnus whose non-profit academy provides free online video tutorials on such subjects as calculus and history. He started the company after working for six years with a hedge fund, and commended MIT for partnering with Harvard recently to offer free online courses through edX.
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