1.) To you what is the core conflict between the educators world compared to the business world? And do you think that children should be taught to be innovation ready or college ready?
To me the core conflict between the educator’s world and the business world is the fact that even though you get a degree in something doesn’t mean you have what it takes to make the field of work you are trying to get. If you think about it there are many students who graduate from college but still can’t get and maintain a job. The reason for that is because employers who are in charge aren’t looking for a person who just knows the knowledge of the job but a person who can perform all aspects of the job. Education is the key yes but in the eyes of experience and innovation it kneels, in other words you can have the knowledge of many things in life which can allow you to make ideas and help advance the minds of others you meet but without the experience to perform you will only be all talk. Anthony Grafton spoke of the abilities that innovation provides, he said “College is to nourish a world of intellectual culture; that is, a world of ideas, dedicated to what we can know scientifically, understand humanistically, or express artistically.” He was trying to explain that college isn’t a bad place to learn but it should allow us to express the talents we possess but use it to succeed in our careers. Sometimes actions speak louder than words, which sparks the next question. Do you think that children should be taught to be innovation ready or college ready?
In schools we are trying to get ready for the real world and all the baggage it holds. In order to do that, we must have as many skills and experiences as we can get, so we can accomplish that goal. To me schools should teach both aspects. Teach kids to be innovative but also knowledgeable. That way a child can learn to be knowledgeable and wise at the same time.
The reason why most employers believe that kids should be taught the aspects needed to do business is because sometimes having brains can slow you down, especially since that’s all you tried to develop. It’s one thing to be book smart buts an entirely different thing to be streets smart. For example: I have a girlfriend that I have been with since middle school. Her whole entire life being in school she has gotten straight A’s in her classes but she never truly learned how to be street smart as well as social smart. A majority of our relationship was one big lesson for her. Now it’s been five years and she trying to find who she is and what she wants to do. She had all the knowledge she needs but she didn’t know how to live. So it made it harder for her to do things on her own.
Sometimes it’s harder to be wise then to be knowledgeable. I say this because knowledge was introduced to us since we became one, so knowledge is all we know. It became a part of us and made us want to develop it but in some cases for certain people they weren’t allowed to experience the real world all in itself. That being said they don’t know how to act socially or perform at a business type of setting, but if you teach them to be wise and knowledgeable, in other words innovative and smart they will have all the skills needed to go far beyond what is expected of them.
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