Lies in the hands of the teachers

Looking into peoples eyes, asking questions what really helps you get the job. When I was reading “Rigor Redefined” by Tony Wagner in this article there are three parts to in it, the first part is called “The Schooling Students Need” it said students need seven skills to axel in the 21st century. The seven skills are; first, critical thinking and problem solving, this means you are able to make decisions on your own. Second, collaboration and leadership you are able to take charge if something goes wrong. Third, agility and adaptability you must be able to change your positions such as working on something else with out getting made. Forth, interactive and entrepreneurialism as long as you try you are a good worker if you don’t do any thing right then you might not be what you’re looking for. Fifth, effective oral and written communication, you have to be able to talk with other people and write with other people such as an email. Sixth, accessing and analyzing information, you need to be able to look for curtain information and know what you’re looking at. Seventh, curiosity and imagination, able to be nice to someone and manners, imagination is when you can think of ideas and make it bigger. After reading this I was thinking how much of this do I already know how to do and how often do I do these things?
The second part of this article is called “The Schooling Students Get” in this part it did a study of observing classrooms for more than 20 years. They only observed AP classes as I read this it was very awkward to read because nobody talked in the classes they would just listen to the teachers and take notes. The kids in the class seemed as if they didn’t have very good communication skills. In all of my classes almost every one talks and adds comments to what we are talking about. If there are people that don’t talk the teachers try to bring the kids into the conversation. I like that kind of environment because I feel more open in this type of classroom.
In the last article “Rigor for the 21st Century.” In this paragraph they talked about how people are just taught to pass tests not to know what to do with the information. If the teachers work with the students so then they can get better at interacting with people. They also say that the online schools only help you with four of the seven skills which you need all of the skills to excel in your job life. In the big picture most of these point lies in the hands of the teachers.