Today’s Students – A Vision Of The Future
Today’s students don’t learn, act, or live the way students of the past did. They watch more TV, read fewer books, interact with people around the world on a daily basis, and come out of college with an average of $20,000 in debt.
Many believe that our education system is antiquated, and that the rapid growth of the Internet and social media sites like Facebook are finally making some educators realize just how much our education system needs a massive overhaul.
To get a better idea of what today’s students lives are like, watch the video below:
Some interesting statements from the video above:
- 18% of teachers know their students names.
- Only 26% of the reading students are given is relevant to their lives.
- Students buy hundreds of dollars worth of textbooks that they never open.
- Most students read 8 books, 2300 web pages, and 1281 Facebook profiles in a single year.
- Students spend approximately 3.5 hours online each day and 2 hours a day on their cell phones.
- They are multi-taskers, because they have to be in order to get everything done.
- When today’s college students graduate, they will probably be working in jobs that don’t exist today.
