Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Education and Flat World

In this chapter the author Friedman talked about how individual worker is going to become moreand more responsible for managing his or her own career, and he thinks that the job of
government and business is to help workers build the necessary power to do that. He also stated that,as American society produced more higher-skilled people by making high school mandatory, it will empowered more people to get education seriously because it is becoming more critical in the Flatter World to survive without education. And because technology will be overcoming old jobs and spawning new, more complex ones, much faster than during the transition from the agricultural economy to the industrial one. Every time you as a consumer make a decision, you are supporting a whole set of values.Friedman thinks that people voting about the barriers and friction you want to preserve or eliminate when it comes to politics.
In the nest chapter" The virgin Guadalupe" Friedman said that "The idea of reform retail is to enablethe greatest number of your people to have the best legal and institutional framework within which toinnovate, start companies, and become attractive partners for those who want to collaborate with them from elsewhere in the globe.

4 comments:

PaigeBreaux said...

I believe that one of our downfalls is our education systems. Granted we have many successful people out there with great educations, there are so many others that make it through with little or no education. Over the last few years, we have seen more companies require or promote people with the college degrees and it has become harder for the people without them. So we have to find a way to help more people get their education and more importantly have the desire to want to succeed in this ever changing world.

Ginny_Brock said...

I definitely think that we need a much stronger education system. There are way too many people that are just getting by and those people are going to suffer when that education is needed.

Cheryl said...

Our Education system has room for alot of improvement. Where you live determines what type of education you receive. School districts with lots of money can afford all the latest technology while the schools in the poorer districts are left behind. Until our education system changes many people will be left behind in the technology areas.

KJ said...

Good work on this blog. Full credit. I agree whole heartedly with the need for better technology & communication driven education.- KJ