I am a regular reader of the Seth Godin blog. This is a blogger with very thought-provoking ideas and questions. Makes rethink any of the topics he chooses to handle. and example is the following on the use of High Schools and what is supposed to be taught therein:
What's high school for?
Perhaps we could endeavour to teach our future the following:
- How to focus intently on a problem until it's solved.
- The benefit of postponing short-term satisfaction in exchange for long-term success.
- How to read critically.
- The power of being able to lead groups of peers without receiving clear delegated authority.
- An understanding of the extraordinary power of the scientific method, in just about any situation or endeavour.
- How to persuasively present ideas in multiple forms, especially in writing and before a group.
- Project management. Self-management and the management of ideas, projects and people.
- Personal finance. Understanding the truth about money and debt and leverage.
- An insatiable desire (and the ability) to learn more. Forever.
- Most of all, the self-reliance that comes from understanding that relentless hard work can be applied to solve problems worth solving.
Sourced from Seth Godin Blog
