PLN 9

In Tony Wager’s “Rigor Redefined” he brings a very interesting point up and I think that he is completely right, that schools are not preparing kids for work. The fact that business leaders are saying that students are unprepared is scary. We go to school for the first 20 to 28 years of our life but we are still unprepared. If I graduated college and then a prospective employer told me I was unprepared I would feel ripped off. Now I feel that schools are moving towards what he is saying. I feel this way because some of my teachers are making classes more interactive and uses the latest software for example my English class. But it only seems to be happening in the advanced classes.  Now they do deserve better but if regular kids are not even being taught what is needed then only kids in the advanced classes will succeed. This is just like “A vision from a student today” about education falling behind. This is important to education because it needs to adapt to the situation. This definitely affects the world because business will collapse if the employs are not prepared for it. This affects me because I realize that advanced classes aren’t just harder and good looking on college applications but they are better for your learning too. So in my opinion Tony Wager brings forward a very pressing issue and is being a philanthropist.