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Sir Ken Robinson’s “Changing Education Paradigms” matters to me, education, and the world because it talks about how the education system was set up and some of the flaws in it. It matters to me because it talked about who college degrees used to guaranteed you a job and now they don’t which is causing this generation of learners to not work hard to get a degree which to me is stupid because if you have put so much time into getting into high school why would you not want to go to college and get a better life. It matters to education because it talks about some major flaws in it like how it was set up in a different age and people are educated in batches by age and some people are smarter than other at the same age, but how would we do it differently? You can’t start them earlier because when kids start out their for the most part at the same learning level, so how do we not educate by age? It matters to the world because it talks about us being educated for the economy when we can’t predict what it will be like at the end of the week, which is interesting because it true. How do we educate kids for jobs that don’t exist right now? This video taught me a lot about how education is different now than in the past.

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Carl Fisch’s “A Quarter is more Than Just a Fraction” matters to me, education, and the world because it talks about giving your spare change or whatever you chose to Mr.Fisch and he will donate it to Kiva. It matters to me because if I was trying to start a business in a third world country I would really appreciate it if someone gave me money so that I could start a business. It matters to education because most of the Kiva kids getting the money are also students, which has to be very hard on them. It matters to the world because in every country there are always people that are trying to start business and all of them could use a little help. I think that Kiva is a great organization and we need more like it.

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George Will’s “Lost in Electronica” affects me, education, and the world because its main focus is on boys and boredom. This affects me because it talks about how boys my age can sometimes get lost in electronics which hurts their ability to stay focused and how they read and write which i can see happening every day because girls more than boys, are obsessed with their cell phones, which really does not help them because their minds start thinking in texting mode (like lol and jk). It affects education because if we keep on acting like this than the human race will not be able to write and read as well as we have in the past, for example in the 1700's our writing was much more pure and used better word choice than it ever will in the future. It affects the world because if people can’t do things like they did in the past without electronics than how will their brains function differently in the future with electronics? I think that if electronics where taked away at this day in age, almost everyone would go crazy.

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David Warlick’s “Is the New Information Landscape Changing Our Shopping Practices?” matters to me education and the world because it talks about the worlds rescission. I thought this article really connected to Carl Fisch’s “2020 Vision” because they both stated what they think the future will be like in one way or another. It effects me because later on in life when I am getting a job, if we are still in a recession than it might make it very difficult to get one, and in this article he talks about the signs that we are gradually moving out of our recession. It effects education because if we can get out of this recession than schools would get more money to create a better learning environment. It affects the world because all over the world people are struggling to provide for themselves and their families, and if the USA can get out of our recession than trading with other countries might help them. I found David Warlick’s article very interesting and I think it has a lot of facts that people don’t know.

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Carl Fisch’s “What If" education and the world Matters to me because it talks about the advances we have made in education and how we thought we would never use them. It matters to me because I saw it and thought two things, one that it was a lot like “2020 vision” by Carl Fisch. Two that every time it said we weren’t going to use it like computers, I thought wow what would it be like without them. It matters to education because if any of these things hadn’t been invented, or used, how would we learn? It matters to the world because education takes place everywhere, and they learn different than us, would taking a look into their future would be looking us? This video really showed our advancement in education over the years and how fast we adapted to it.

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Anne Smiths “Why do I have to study [Fill in the Blank]?” matters to me, education, and the world because it talks about kids thinking that classes are un-necessary to take. It matters to me because if I was taking a class that I didn’t think was necessary than it would be my last priority so I probably wouldn’t learn the material that I may or may no need in life. It matters to education because if students don’t feel a class is necessary or that isn’t preparing them for life, they will not try and they will not learn the material and when they need it they will not know it. It matters in the world because if kids just don’t try in courses they don’t think are necessary than they will not know it and something vital to how we live might be forgotten because its not “necessary”. If we forget math all to-gether, what will are life be like?

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Tim Hoover’s “Ritter unveils $19.1 billion Colorado budget for 2011-2012 fiscal year” matters to me, education, and the world because it will give our school system a lot of money to spend on useful things. It matters to me because I currently attend a school that will get some of that money and I think that our school will spend it wisely so that our learning environments can be improved if needed and so we can buy new equipment. It matters to education because I think that all schools could use some money right now to buy new equipment and fix there school up if it needs it. It matters to the world because to create a smarter world we need better schools and giving money to schools help them dramatically. If all states gave more money to their school systems we would be a smarter country.