{"id":17437,"date":"2011-04-05T10:07:24","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T14:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=17437"},"modified":"2011-04-05T10:09:25","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T14:09:25","slug":"a-excerpt-on-preparing-students-for-the-real-world-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2011\/04\/05\/a-excerpt-on-preparing-students-for-the-real-world-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"A excerpt on preparing students for the real world [Martin]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Except from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michelemmartin.com\/thebambooprojectblog\/2011\/01\/how-school-screws-things-up-for-real-life.html\" target=\"_blank\">How School Screws Things Up For &#8220;Real Life&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michelemmartin.com\/thebambooprojectblog\/2011\/01\/how-school-screws-things-up-for-real-life.html\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>&#8212; from Michelle Martin <em>(emphasis DSC)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What we really need to be teaching young people, if we truly want to prepare them for the &#8220;real world,&#8221; is that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Work and its problems are really ill-defined. Rarely are there  &#8220;right&#8221; answers. <\/strong>More often than not we are having to make trade-offs  that force us to choose between &#8220;bad&#8221; and &#8220;worse&#8221; or at least between  &#8220;OK&#8221; and &#8220;less OK.&#8221; There are always going to be extenuating factors and  issues that impede our ability to achieve the ideal, even in those  situations that seem the most clear-cut.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sometimes hard work is rewarded. Sometimes it is not. Sometimes  following the rules is rewarded. Sometimes it is not.<\/strong> The challenge is  learning when to stop beating our heads against a particular brick wall  where our hard work and rule-following is not working. When do we need  to break the rules? When do we need to work hard at something else or  somewhere else?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related to this, working harder isn&#8217;t always the answer. <\/strong>Sometimes  we are in situations where problems go unsolved and issues are  unresolved because of things that are entirely outside of our control.  Sometimes there is no answer and we have to learn the lessons of  patience and of moving to a new situation, rather than just buckling  down and trying to make the best of what we have.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>There is no &#8220;light at the end of the tunnel.&#8221; There is just more  tunnel. <\/strong>Some parts of the tunnel are darker and some have more light  flickering in.<em> But there is always tunnel and we are never sure what  lies at the other end. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">I don&#8217;t post this to hammer teachers. Everyday when I drop off my daughter to her school early (so she can feed the animals there), I thank the LORD for the teachers at that school and everywhere! Teachers are awesome! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">I post this because it resonates w\/ my experiences. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Except from How School Screws Things Up For &#8220;Real Life&#8221; &#8212; from Michelle Martin (emphasis DSC) What we really need to be teaching young people, if we truly want to prepare them for the &#8220;real world,&#8221; is that: Work and its problems are really ill-defined. Rarely are there &#8220;right&#8221; answers. 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