Youtube Clip

Wow....I must say that after viewing that video on youtube, I'm a little shocked. The information that was incorporated into that clip was extremely intense and it dealt with issues that I have never really given much thought to. I was definitely impressed with the presentation and it really kept me focused and ready for more. It's funny to see a segment as simple as that one have such a huge impact on society. I saw that nearly 115,000 people viewed that particular clip and I cannot say that I'm surprised. It is almost scary to know that within our lifetime we will see these new superior technological advances come about. This has truly made stop and wonder....am I ready for this?This video and Friedman's book have really made me re-evaluate my future teaching strategy. I honestly don't know if I'm ready to take on this huge, new role called "English Teacher." It's definitely time for me to step up my game and really begin to pay attention and follow these new and upcoming teaching trends. One of Friedman's statements really intrigued me a great deal, as I feel as though it directly related to the youtube video. "We cannot hope to fight jobs lost to international competition without a well-trained and educated work-force" (269). In relation to the video, foreign countries like China are far surpassing us in education as well as in the work place. They are more advanced that us, and therefore will be the first to be introduced to this new material.One of the most intriguing facts that was given in my opinion was the fact that 25% of the population in China with the highest IQ's, is greater than the entire population of people in North America. Also, the fact that if you took every single job in the US today and shipped it to China. it would still have a labor surplus. That is incredible! The statment that Li makes on page 268, "There is a deep and widely shared view that China was once great, that it succeeded in the past but now is far behind and must catch up again. If our lab can do as well as the Redmond lab, that could really be exciting" (268). Then Friedman states, "that sort of inspired leadership in science and engineering education is now totally missing in the United States" (268).
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