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I love duolingo! I do have one question though: what's your policy on it being used for a class?

I am in a Spanish class with a younger professor from Spain and showed him duolingo one day after class. He loved it more than our textbook software (ilrn-heinle) and wanted to find a way to incorporate it into his classes. I was just curious if you would allow this sort of thing or if you guys were looking to change the program to be an out-of-class aid for instructors in schools/universities?

More specifically, I would like to imagine duolingo having an option for instructors for them to find all their students and having it as a dropdown box on the side that's separate from their facebook or google+ firends. They can see their tokens and proficiencies in different areas and can then address this in class. Do you think this is in the future of duolingo?

Thank you for doing the AMA! I love your website and reccomend it to everyone I can!

I'm not defending him, but here's a point of clarification.

It is completely and utterly possible to eat 5,000 calories a day. I'm planning a six month bike tour around the US and I'm going to have to average 6,000 calories a day to maintain my weight (I'm 6'1" and weigh 180#). I've heard of people traveling along the spine of the Rocky Mountains eating up to 7,500 calories. I think what you're forgetting is that lifting everyday, while exhausting, only takes an hour or two (maybe three) of your time. Walking/cycling/swimming consistently for 6-12 hours a day burns a tremendous amount of calories. There's also the factors of things like the sun which is extremely draining on the body causing an increase in water, salt, potassium, and other nutrients be taken in; wind, which seems minor but can be an utter pain (I'm looking at you Nebraska and Iowa); elevation; and etc.

There is a very good chance he ate that much everyday.