Education and the Future

In the article Rigor redefined by Tony Wagner, Tony observes classrooms around the entire nation to see how teachers are preparing, if they are, students to be 21st-century learners; also to observe if two learning goals are in conflict.
I think teachers in schools need to be more interactive with students. They also need to let the kids learn for themselves. In some of the classroom environments that Wagner observed, it was interesting to hear about some of the things teachers do. It almost seems like they give up and don’t let the students have a chance at answering a question, they just give them the answer. What will happen to these students when they are out in the working field and have to answer a question, the teacher won’t be there to give them the answer. This is why I think that some teachers need to change their teaching style.
Some of the criteria that teachers are teaching kids is not what they will need in the future. So why don’t they change it. Like in the article when Wagner asked the head of a technical business (Clay Parker) what he looks for when he hires young people; he responded with someone who asks good questions and knows how to think for themselves. If this is what people are looking for in the people they hire, then why are we not teaching kids in school how to think for themselves?
“We need to use academic content to teach the seven survival skills every day, at ever grade level, and in every class. Our students’ futures are at stake.” We need teachers in every school to know how to teach these seven survival skills that students will need in the future. For if they do not, what will happen to the 21st-century learners when it’s their time to be in the business field, or start their careers?

Rescue for Animals in Need!

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/rescue-ink-unleashed/4395/Overview#tab-Overview
Just recently I read on National Geographic’s Rescue Ink Unleashed, “Desperate Dogs”. Before I get in to what the article says I’ll give you some background knowledge. Rescue Ink is a television show where these men called “tough guys” are on a mission to save and protect animals in danger.
In the article it tells how Rescue Ink goes to a home where a man has his puppy living in the basement in bad conditions. The team takes the dog to an organization where he can be helped. It tells another story about two dogs that are chained up and neglected most of the time.
This angers me when people don’t treat their dogs (in this case) or animal’s right! They do have feelings too. When an animal is neglected it can suffer from various things, depending on what kind of neglect the animal gets from the owner. When I see the shows on TV where it shows the animal living in the backyard with no food or water, and may be starving to death…It makes me so sad to think that we have people in this world that would do that. It makes me think about how many people actually care for their pets? And how might this affect our society if people don’t take care of them?
If animals are living in poor conditions in our country, what are the conditions like for animals in other countries that are neglected or abused? What will happen to them if they don’t get the care and love they need? Or the country doesn’t have that good of Veterinarians or clinics for the animals to go?
I challenge you readers to think about how well you take care of your pet, and do you give your pet the love that it needs?