We need to engage ourselves in our own lives

Article Summary

John S Veitch
The Network Ambassador

Tom Norton on Education
"There are no local standards, in a modern world, we need to understand that standards have a world scale. We need to dream about the things that the world needs.
We need to look to the countries we are moving toward, to the Pacific rim and Asia to discover the standards we need to adopt.
We have a rich multi-ethnic base, and we should use it to discover the way of the future.
Education cannot be the front end package that ensures future employment. Nor can we hope to look for somebody else to set future directions for us.
We need to look to other people for ideas that we then use to discover our own answers.
We need to engage ourselves in our own lives. That's our challenge. We need both formal and informal learning structures.
We need to discover our own ways to adapt to the future.
We should try to help people to learn the skills they need before they lose their jobs and before they lose confidence.
Everyone has a vested interest in creating the future."

Key Ideas above
Seek to adopt global standards.
Look to the cultures of the future, rather than the past.
Education cannot be the front end package that ensures our future.
We need to engage ourselves in our own lives.
We need to discover our own ways to adapt to the future.

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