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I feel that this video clarifies the fact that Americans need to focus their efforts on ensuring that our children are rising to the same or reaching higher standards than those of other countries. Instead we lower our current standards so that we look better by comparison than we actually are. If our children's IQ's and abilities are lower ranking than those of children in other countries then who is going to create the jobs and perform better at them?

I read some comments on the video of other YouTube users and some asked the question about how are we training students for jobs that have not invented yet. To say that we are training for jobs that have not been invented yet and to problems that do not yet exist is not as far fetched as it initially seems. People invent things every day. Think back to the days of Edison and you may understand that some things he invented did not exist twenty, ten, or even five years before he created them. We are constantly teaching young minds and they will constantly think of ways to improve upon an invention or invent something entirely new and that may open up new jobs in the future.

Technology advances further with each generation so it is of no surprise to me that its able to quickly reach larger audiences each time. What I did not realize is how much I have been taking these technological advances for granted. We are able to reach people on a different continent on the opposite side of the world just by clicking a button. Of course I was aware that we are able to do that, but it was an action that I did not feel had any significant impact on me until recently. It certainly makes the world seem smaller.