ARWA_EAP1-B_RRJ#2

Reference
CNN. (2006, Dec 18). How to bring schools into 21st century. CNN.com. Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/10/time.cover.tm/index.html


Summary

In the first article the author talked about children and how they spend their
time in reading old books and listening to the instructions from their teachers. He told us that this method is an unsuccessful method and it will make the student fail in the global economy. We must create schools that are able to graduate students abreast of the economy. The writer mentioned that the competence in reading, mathematics and scientific and technical skills is not enough. He said the economy today required more competencies and skills. We should find out more knowledge with kids because they are the future they need to have a familiarity with the other world and learn their language and culture. Make the kids think deeply and accurately in all majors. The children must learn everything new to know what is happening around them and how they can use new technologies. The author sees we must develop good people skills, especially communication skills, because the projects and technologies today are among people from different countries and cultures. The writer question’s whether it is possible to make our schools do these competencies! The writer mentioned that there are places that will spend money and expertise to find success.


Reaction

This article talks about staying updated with developments, and it is something important. Accurately this article is not related to my major, but from my major I learned that we must keep pace with developments. I see people have to think internationally, they need to get new information from new sources, and they must communicate with other cultures to know what is happening with them. To this keep pace happening, I see building schools to teach students in all theoretical and scientific majors and teach them the culture of other societies. Schools in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have not applied this system yet. Schools in Saudi Arabia apply the regular education system, which teaches students without deepening them. If I get a chance I will give a suggestion to create a higher quality of schools. I liked this article and the content of the proposals. At the same time I think it's difficult to do these proposals and that will take a long time. It is possible to start to do this development on the part of schools, then expand to the rest of the schools.