My Philosophy on Education

By Jack "John" Yeager, Jr

What I see as a critical step missing in our students education.

What I will attempt to do (remembering that the board of education is run by majority rule), is adjust the traditional view to include more information to students and parents about relevant business trends and strategies. I will crusade for the inclusion of entrepreneurial skills at the lowest grades. (College is getting out of reach for the average and above average students; why not teach them the skills to create their own businesses?) Remember "student loans" cannot be canceled and must be paid back.

Offer after school clubs that feature activities that are age appropriate to raise awareness of business skills, how money works, and opportunities.

Reasons to justify a shift in the evolution of education:
1. All students born around 1995 have grown up since pre-school with computers. According to market analysis there will be an explosion in internet businesses in 2013.
2. "Silver Bullets and Out of Box Thinking" are only a band aid to the real problems we face.
3. All the industries that wanted workers have moved off shore for cheaper labor, leaving a large unemployed pool of people that need to be reeducated, costing time and money no one has.
4. Should the vision of what our children will become, be that of someone's employee?