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@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Yes, because we have to draw a line.
As soon as we require paid resources in the main curriculum, we might as well tell people to pay half a million dollars to attend a university. As soon as we require paid resources in the main curriculum, we might as well tell people to pay half a million dollars to attend a university.
We are an Internet-based community of learners, not a business, so free is the most sensible price and ensures that the only price you need pay is the price of Internet access. We are an Internet-based community of learners, not a business, so free is the most sensible price and ensures that the only price you need pay is the price of Internet access.
At the same time, we recognize that education is scarce resource and therefore requires payment to instructors to make it sustainable in the long term. At the same time, we recognize that education is a scarce resource and therefore requires payment to instructors to make it sustainable in the long term.
Therefore, we respect the business model of websites like edX, which make their materials free but with some paid add-ons, like official certificates or extra interaction with course instructors. Therefore, we respect the business model of websites like edX, which make their materials free but with some paid add-ons, like official certificates or extra interaction with course instructors.
So we only require that the *learning materials* of a resource be free to access, not that every possible add-on be free. So we only require that the *learning materials* of a resource be free to access, not that every possible add-on be free.
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Without these assumptions, the curriculum would be out of control with trying to fill in your knowledge gaps. Without these assumptions, the curriculum would be out of control with trying to fill in your knowledge gaps.
But those who for whatever reason didn't get all the way through high school math and physics are in luck: you can find the content you need on [Khan Academy](https://www.khanacademy.org/). But those who for whatever reason didn't get all the way through high school math and physics are in luck: you can find the content you need on [Khan Academy](https://www.khanacademy.org/).
Of course, if you find that the curriculum is missing a pre-requisite for a course that isn't part of a normal high school curriculum, please let us know! Of course, if you find that the curriculum is missing a pre-requisite for a course that isn't part of a normal high school curriculum, please let us know!