How can I be an excellent medical transcriptionist, yet my secretarial skills are just so-so?

Do you think your school should focus more on teaching 21st-century skills?

• Explain your answer. Supporters of 21st-century skills argue that too many teachers force students to simply memorize facts. Supporters of teaching "21st-century skills" say: U.S. students must learn particular skills if they hope to compete in the 21st-century job market; the U.S. lags behind other countries in teaching 21st-century skills. Merely teaching facts in the conventional manner does not adequately prepare students for the future, when employers will require skills such as critical thinking and information literacy. Opponents of teaching "21st-century skills" say: Learning facts is as important as learning skills. Curricula that emphasize skills over facts will produce students with a flimsy grasp of history, science and literature. Objectively evaluating how well students learn 21st-century skills will be extremely difficult, if not impossible

• Answer:

  I agree, too many students come out with an expensive college education not able to be qualified for gainful employment that is commensurate with the amount of time and money put into schooling./