adrienne
@adrienne
I think a lot about how to prepare my kids for the future. My generation grew up believing the key to success was getting good grades so you could get into a good college so you could get a good job and then you would climb the career ladder and be set for life. About a decade ago I realized this is no longer how the world works and I started to believe the key to success was to focus on skills over credentials. It didn’t matter any more what college your degree is from, it matters whether you have the skills that are in demand. As a parent I wanted my kids to learn practical skills for the future. I pushed STEM because I believed they are hard, practical skills and there will always be jobs for scientists and engineers. But there’s another big shift underway and focusing on skills is no longer enough.
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adrienne
@adrienne
The half life of skills keeps shrinking. The half life is how long it takes for a skill to become obsolete. Skills you learn today will not be the same skills you need in a few years. For example, I learned to code in Visual Basic and could get high paying jobs easily in the early 2000s but by 2005 I couldn’t find a job unless I learned a new language. How do you raise kids in a world when you don’t know what skills they’ll need? The skills of the future are meta skills and have more of an EQ slant, considering we can have our AIs handle the IQ. Here are the things I want for my children: - a love of learning and natural curiosity - self confidence and agency that they can learn anything and do anything if they choose to - a business sense, understanding of markets - positive sum mindset, build something new - and most importantly do not resist change! try new things, don’t get attached to the past
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adrienne
@adrienne
I live in suburb of NYC and my kids attend a public school where most of the kids are high achieving. Kids are straight A students, getting high SAT scores, and getting into top 20 universities. They also have private tutors and private college counselors. There is such a focus on achievement as measured by grades and the ranking of what college you get into. And there are high levels of anxiety. In both the kids and the parents. I think academic rigor is important for my kids but I’m much more focused on having them develop these meta skills I listed above than getting straight As. I don’t know for sure whether I’m preparing them the right way for our unknown future, only time will tell, but I am listening to my gut on this one and choosing to not follow the herd.
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Jack Erith 🎸🎶
@thebluerush
Totally agree! Distilled, being comfortable with change in one’s life is an indispensable mindset that can prepare someone for all that life has to offer. Change is constant. All there is, is now, and there is so much power in that. To be curious, to be interested. Is the secret to life to pay attention? I believe so
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typeof.eth 🔵
@typeof.eth
Love the list, and would add empathy. I used to think it was innate, but I think it’s a skill that has to be learned
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frdysk.framedl.eth
@frdysk
Beautifully said, you speak my mind, i wanna teach my kid to embrace change and curiosity, empathy is important, and managing assets
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Only1Gkash
@gkash
Unfortunately A lot of people are still living in the 1900s And if they don't leave that old cycle They will likely pass the ideology to their kids.
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Ben
@benersing
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Alex Bruno
@alex
Good advice we can all use
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