Increasing Competition

Well, if Chapters five and six in Friedman's text didn't make us aware of how much competition we are in, then maybe this article will.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0327/p03s03-legn.html

When I first realized I wanted to be a teacher, I was frightened by of all the mandatory tests that I would have to pass, surviving graduate school, and dealing with a fair amount of competition. Never would I have realized that I was in competition globally. I find it interesting that so many schools want to learn the Chinese language but the only way that is going to happen is if new educators come into the U.S. and basically take our jobs.

I am a little suprised at myself that I did not assume this would happen sooner or later, but as the world becomes flatter, this is something that we should all expect. Being that our future students will be preparing for jobs that don't yet exist, will be using technology that is not yet invented, and will be in the same competition tange as we are when it is their time to shine, the only real thing I can do it welcome all of the new educators. There is no way I could ever teach chinese or anything other than spanish for that matter, so we have to accept people coming into America if we want what is best for our future students.

Seems like we need to learn other languages as well as technology if we want a job anywhere now a days.