[Little Pig]

Whole word worked fine for me. I was reading by 3 using it.

[Uncle Miltie]

"Girls like guys with skills!"

[Talisker]

Okay, here's the last century of American education summed up in a sentence: the Education Establishment pretends to care about education, knowledge, basics, all that stuff, even as they undercut them at every opportunity. That's it. A century of disingenuousness. Every single pedagogy and method was a con.

Absoultely, positively bang-on bullseye.

[GenXteacher]

This “21st Century skills” detritus is part of the source of the changing of the Social Studies curriculum here in NC. The people at the NC Department of Education have bought into this mess hook, line, and sinker. The fact is that working hard, studying, and actually taking an interest in your studies are skills that work in any century. But in education, the latest fad (supported by “research”) takes hold of those who make policy, and they shuffle along with it, arms outstretched, making a few groans and perhaps a few oozing noises.

[SunkenCiv]

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	Gods Graves Glyphs	Thanks BruceDeitrickPrice. The big new gimmick is 21st Century Skills. The argument goes like this: our young people are all weighed down with knowledge. The burden is just too horrible....Yes, that's right, they're talking about American kids who can barely find the USA on a map!!! What these kids need instead is skills. Enough with the knowledge. Teach them vital skills, like how to prepare a portfolio, resume or slide show. This is going to be The Big (Phony) Battle in American education for the next few years. Get your program right here. Please see "21st Century Skills--Same Old, Lame Old." I'm sure this is of interest, but if not, I promise to write "I won't do this again" 1000 times on the blackboard. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
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[wintertime]

The big new gimmick is 21st Century Skills.
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If our Founding Fathers were resurrected, or woke up like Rip Van Winkle, how long would it take them to adapt to our 21st Century?

Hm? About a week? Two weeks?

How long would it take the typical youth of today to adapt to 18th century living? Hm? Years? Never?