Hw- 44 Expectations

Unlike the movies that dealt with the savages (teens) of High School (Blackboard Jungle, Dangerous Minds and Freedom Writers), they handled the students by explaining to them why education is key and never really explaining why it was so important to them. In Obama's speech he did the exact opposite by sharing his struggle for a good education in his youthful days. By doing that, he made it worth knowing that we are young adults who may have it easy to get a good education and a tribute to those who don't, all the while to make us feel appreciative that we have an education.

None the less, even though we should feel appreciative to have an education, it is our own responsibility to make sure we are selves learn something. During Obama's speech, he targets all the students by making them feel good to know that we have the ability to become someone important, such as the person who will cure cancer and aids and even becoming the most significant person in the United States, The President! "But it is all up to YOU, and how you YOU will handle your responsibilities. "

It was interesting to read the Liberal Artcs article, because most of the questions it answered relates to me for example; "How will studying Shakespeare or cell biology or modern art help me get a job?" And then being told how to see the corralations between math and business companies, the type of homework we get to improve our problem solving skills and the analysis of a certain subject. All of this is great, but it gets boring. From my own experience, it feels like "Deja Vu." We learn most of the same thing over and over again only to be explained to us that we are deepning our understanding of the topic. But it's not, it's actually unmotivating me because it something I know too well.

Hw 42- Significance

Why is it that having the highest education status is ranked so high in the workforce when social incompetence is a threat to a social interacted workforce?

School has brought us up to realize that education is a #1 priority, and indeed it is. But is challenged by social skills which is separated in school environments. Communication is also a priority which I believe should be ranked #1 because if we lack in the region of social interaction, how will we be able to initiate, maintain and end whole conversations that most of our lives depend on. From my own experience, being social wasn't a problem for me. I got along with other kids in my school, I did not have an issue starting and ending conversations. The only issue I had was getting in trouble with teachers in my early age in school. The teachers would either tell me "Be quiet while other people are working", or "take a time out" etc. All factors for eliminating social skills and making the future generation working drones.

Being able to socialize makes us Human. Our capability to talk, understand and think for ourselves makes it possible for us to adapt to our surrounding. Communication with other people furthers our ability to learn new things and having this given skill, taken from us, we suffer in the future lacking in a region that is most needed in daily life.