In chapter 6 of Curriculum 21 A Classroom as wide as the world, global trends are discussed, along as the importance of keeping up with them and the importance of it. I believe that it is true that we are raising children/students to compete in a completely different era, with different expectations and needs. According to Jacobs "Our national goal should e that al students must graduate from high-school college ready and globally competent, prepared to compete, connect and cooperate with their peers around the world." (p.101).
I will use the word compete, for lack of better words. I believe that we need to be preparing our students to not only be competing with their peers, but to be prepared to compete with other nations. Thinking of learning on a global level will help prepare students to be prepared to go in the "global world" that we now live in. In order for students/children/adults to be able to compete, relate and work with people form other areas, we need to be educated about them. We should know, and be teaching about world (as a whole), how to communicate with it, and how to respect it.
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