Preparing Youth in a Rapidly Changing world
education, career change
A Master’s Degree student in one of my classes posted this comment: [Considering the contents of this video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
It states that today’s learner will have 10 – 14 jobs by the age of 38. There’s also some other “WoW” stuff shown in this video. With that knowledge, how do we efficiently prepare these young people for a “career?”
Marie L. Woolley
So do not fear, for I am with you…..
Isaiah 41:10
I posted this response:
The Bible seems like a good start! The basic issues and answers to life are there. (I had to try transcendental meditation, Buddhism, Unitarianism, hypnosis, humanism, etc. before I came to that conclusion.)
Naturally the critical thinking and problem solving skills come to mind, along with the ability to find and critique information which is useful. I would say also that young people need to learn how to meditate, stop and enjoy the benefits of silence. There is so much stimulation that one gets used to automatically skimming the surface of life…must have noisy distraction bypassing my thought life…need it, need it…massaging my feelings…love it…love it…
We self-distract because the media has shortened our attention span. Reading, on the other hand, lengthens the attention span.
When did speed and noise become essential to deep thought? Never, of course…but this nation pursues both in some sort of irrational adrenalin addiction…see books by Dr. Archibald Hart. One which comes to mind is Healing Life’s Hidden Addictions.
Harmonizing right and left brain thinking comes to mind also. I once read a piece about the fact that the only time the EEGs (Electroencephalograms) of the right and left brain hemispheres are in unity are during prayer and meditation. Harmony of thought and feeling, in my opinion, is just as necessary as the usual life skills which we teach. How, exactly, does one deal with fear or anger or depression if not via that harmony?
If I am angry, I have to do a thought-check just prior to my feelings going amuck. It turns out that greed, selfishness or simple misguided thinking (misinformation, spiritual lies or warped priorities) are the root cause of much of my personal stress.
When I was confined with undiagnosed Lyme disease for 6 years, how did I avoid the suicidal depression which overcomes so many in that disabled position? It was via spiritual search and rescue operations prompted by radio and online sermons…a union of right and left brain processing.
I suggest that excesses of either thought along or feelings alone cause dysfunction.
I submit that we need to stand guard at the door of our thought, rejecting wrong ideas which may be a short-term comfort but are in fact long term disasters.
