Chapter one: Global Achievement Gap

I really enjoyed my first chapter of The Global Achievement Gap. As a student that will be heading into the world of work it was very helpful to read about what employers these days look for. In this chapter they talked about how there is a loss for critical thinking expression in schools. I would agree with this and say that there hasn't been room for students to think critically and be expressive for a while. I know that thinking critically about situations and finding more than one answer is something I struggle with. Putting kids through days of MCA testing is ridiculous. That is so much work and way to much to put young kids through. One quote that I found interesting was "yesterdays solution doesn't solve tomorrows problem." (p22) We need to find new solutions and look at education in a whole new way. The Seven Survival skills are very cleaver and helpful as well.