In this rapidly industrializing world, our education system must endure persistent modification to remain relevant to the occupational society that is being created. Realizing that youth are instrumental in understanding what kind of world is being shaped and what skills they will need in the future, The Learning Partnership organized the “It’s My Future!” forum in which we as CSSAC members got the opportunity to participate in.

  One focus question we delved into was how is education preparing you for the future?

I perceive this question as regarding how the education I am currently receiving will prepare me to be independent upon the reaching of adulthood. There are two direct answers that I feel most accurately resolve this question. The first obviously involves the provision of knowledge that will allow me to pursue a career, whether in science, humanities, etc. The other involves the teaching of competence in skills that are not fact-based, such as adaptability, work ethic, responsibility, etc.

Definitely, I must possess the foundations for simply regurgitating information that will acquire me some sort of degree. The courses I take now in school – chemistry, biology, European history, and so forth – will be relevant to the type of educational path I am, in the future, able to pursue.