Comments on: From the ground up http://futura.edublogs.org/2008/01/07/from-the-ground-up/ technology, libraries, and schools Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:49:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Evan http://futura.edublogs.org/2008/01/07/from-the-ground-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1595 Evan Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:32:11 +0000 http://futura.edublogs.org/2008/01/07/from-the-ground-up/#comment-1595 Toffler wants to hear something new; so do I - this stuff has been said repeatedly for at least 20 years. The question is how to bring change. Cliches like 'integrated into the community' don't cut it. When people are so mobile? When young people have to leave the small towns to get work? I think we need lots of small experiments. The one I'd try is letting people after year 6 or 7 drift around and try out different kinds of work. Then train in what they enjoy. Toffler wants to hear something new; so do I – this stuff has been said repeatedly for at least 20 years.

The question is how to bring change.

Cliches like ‘integrated into the community’ don’t cut it. When people are so mobile? When young people have to leave the small towns to get work?

I think we need lots of small experiments. The one I’d try is letting people after year 6 or 7 drift around and try out different kinds of work. Then train in what they enjoy.

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