| A recent poll suggests that Schools are failing in their goal of preparing students for the work force. According to the latest findings of a research project tracking the lives of 500 Wellington children, about a third of 14-year-olds say they are bored at school. “Forty percent is far lower than the 80 percent of adults bored stupid in the workplace,” said the President of the Employers and Manufactures Association Nigel Jones. “The figure suggests Schools need to buck up their ideas if they are to prepare today's children for the never-ending lifetime of monotony offered by daily employment.” The study has followed the children since 1993 as they moved through the education system and is based on interviews with the children, their parents and teachers. It looks not only at literacy, mathematics and problem-solving skills, but also at student’s enjoyment of sports, music lessons, computer classes and other extra curricular activities. “This study highlights the need for Schools to move away from programs offering variety and interesting subjects towards the teaching of repetitive mundane tasks,” continued Mr Jones. “We need schools to prepare Children for a lifetime of boredom, a lifetime of picking things up, perhaps screwing caps on things, maybe typing endless emails to customers who are too stupid to operate devices.” “Tomorrows workers need to know how to listen to their boss’ boring waterskiing stories and how to sit through mindless Powerpoint presentations, concluded Jones. “The last thing they need to be shown is the finer point of life. How is that going to help them defrag a harddrive?” |
| Poll suggests schools not producing enough bored students for workplace |
Monday, 03 October 2005 14:26
