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Changing Education Paradigms

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    Every country on earth at the moment is reforming public education. There are two reasons for it. The first one is economic - people trying to work out how we educate our children to take their place in economies the 21 st century. Given that we can’t anticipate what economy will look like at the end of next week. The second is cultural. Every country on earth on earth is trying to figure out how we educate our children so that they have a sense of cultural identity and so that we can pass on the cultural genes of communities while being part of the process of globalization. The problem is they’re trying to meet the future by doing what they did in the past and on the way that alienating millions of kids who don't see any purpose in going to school. When we went to school, there was a story which is a child has worked hard and did well got a college degree. Many nowadays won’t agree to it.  You’re better having a degree than not but it’s not a guarantee anymore that you