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It often seems that the soft skills can be the mos...

2009-01-10T17:51:00.000-05:00

It often seems that the soft skills can be the most important to any employer and I'm all in favor of developing those. I just get a little worried about the intentions of business when they mingle with schools. The results are not often that great. I thin they could be.....

I like this topic I really do but sometimes I thin...

2009-01-10T17:25:00.000-05:00

I like this topic I really do but sometimes I think we miss the boat all together. Do companies really care? What is our goal? I doubt when Ford looks at where to put the next factory they really care what the local public school system is like? Is that why we send job over seas? Is the Chinese public education system that much better?

We need to decide what the purpose of school is. Do we exist to churn out workers? citizens of a global world? or young men and women who can think critically, live humanely, and lead effectively? I'm not sure our role is to play the corporate trainer.

Isn't our goal, as teachers, to prepare our studen...

2009-01-10T11:50:00.000-05:00

Isn't our goal, as teachers, to prepare our students for productive and successful participation in our society?

If we are not giving them the skills needed to reach that goal, what exactly are we doing?

An example of what I mean: If I am trying to prepare a student to live in France, why would I focus my preparation on Spanish? To successfully navigate his way around France, I should focus on French, right?

Well, if today's job market requires certain skills sets, why would we NOT alight our instruction/standards with those skills and knowledge expectations?

I guess the trick is "teaching the standards" in new and different ways. Give the kids the best of both worlds... prepare them for the "oh-so-important test" and the real world (which has absolutely NOTHING to do with the tests they have taken!) at the same time.

Geez... why hasn't anyone thought of this before?! :)

I think this illustrates (once more) a fundamental...

2009-01-10T07:24:00.000-05:00

I think this illustrates (once more) a fundamental disconnect between the business world and the education world. It also helps explain why so many companies need to maintain their own training and orientation programs for new employees to ensure the new hire understands and behaves in a manner consistent with the corporate philosophy.