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- Hi, I'm Sal Kahn, the founder
and CEO of Khan Academy.

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- And I'm Jeffrey Rosen, the president

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and CEO of the National
Constitution Center.

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- So Jeff, I'm super excited about this

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Constitution 101 course.

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Why should students be as excited as I am?

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- There's nothing more
exciting than learning

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about the Constitution.

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It is the mission statement of America.

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It's what unites us.

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It is the ideals that allow us

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to have a productive democracy.

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Sal, I'm so excited to work
with you, to bring the essence

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of Constitution 101 to
students across America.

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What excites you about it?

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- That we're able to do this course

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with the National Constitution Center.

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There is no organization on the planet

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that understands the Constitution better

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and understands how it
affects our everyday life.

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They really are the world leader here

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and but to be really making
it a rich living course

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that have real world
participants in our democracy,

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talking about these very important ideals

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and ideas as they go into practice.

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But for it to not just be a
passive class where you listen

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to a politician or you listen to a judge,

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or you listen to an academic go deep,

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but you also as a student have the chance

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to participate in it, answer questions,

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make sure that you get
mastery on the subject matter.

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- We've brought together a group

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of the leading thinkers in America

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of diverse perspectives
from the left, the right,

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and the middle to explore what they agree

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and disagree about the Constitution.

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We asked them why should students

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learn about the Constitution?

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And everyone had different
answers, but it was so inspiring.

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Some people talked about it
being a land of opportunity,

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extending the blessings of liberty to all,

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reminding us how far we have to come,

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and how we've fallen short in the past

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and can learn from our mistakes.

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And they're really reminding
us what unites us as Americans.

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We're divided about politics
as a polarized time,

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but we're all united about the centrality

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and importance of our
constitutional values.

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- I couldn't agree more.

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There's so much cynicism right now,

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especially about political discourse,

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and I think everyone
watching is going to see

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that this is a place
where people can disagree,

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but they can disagree in respectful ways,

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and we actually all benefit
from that disagreement.

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So I think you're probably
as excited as I am

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now to jump into this course.

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So let's get started.

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Jump in, start watching some videos,

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start reading some articles.

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Start taking some of those exercises,

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those unit tests, those course challenges.

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And hopefully you're
gonna get just as excited

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about our Constitution and our democracy

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as myself and Jeff are.