No Parent Left Behind

Did you know, “The 25% of India’s population with the highest IQ’s… is GREATER than the total population of the United States.”

Did you know, “1 out of 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met online.”

Did you know, “There are 200 million registered users on MySpace… If MySpace was a country it would be the 5th-largest in the world.”

Did you know?

Well, I didn’t. That’s for sure until my teaching colleauge sent me the link to this video called ”

2008 Latest Edition – Did You Know 3.0 – From Meeting in Rome this Year” I put embedded the video for you here on nplb.net, just click on the video tab or check it out here. You can also find it on YouTube, but there are a lot of different versions.

So

My teaching buddy just showed me this video amazing with some of the stats from above. Really makes you think about the whole World is Flat thing. Who are our kids competing with for jobs in the future? What jobs will there even be in the future? And how are we suppose to most effectively educated them for jobs that aren’t even around yet?

Crazy stuff but great to think about! Let us know what you think. Post a comment and lets start a conversation!