I do not think that there could be a more concise way of driving Friedman’s points home. Not only did express urgency but at the same time I found myself mentally referencing the career route of Monica Loughry as the quintessential adaptor. Burrowing deep and moving horizontally to gain specialized skills that would make her more and more desirable.
The idea of teaching that skill that would make future students "untouchable," initially seemed like quite a task. Knowing that "25% of the population in China with the highest IQ's is greater that the total population of North America," it is definatly needed.
After thinking about it for a while. I realized that had fallen victim to time dependant thinking, assessing the future with a current mind set that can not envision change. If the ELA skills that are being integrated into classrooms are increasing multiple forms of literacy then, a teachers depiction of the job world to students would cause also cause students to view acquiring necessary skills in a light we can not imagine. Friedman spells these skills for us "non-natives" in his “want ad” headlines, but there is strong potential that these skills will already be understood by our future students. (is that circular reasoning"?)
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I have a little trouble reading this post Jo. I do understand generally what you are talking about. You can reference the video more specifically.
What is "time dependent thinking?"
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