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Overheard in passing... March 25, 2015 6:07 am hank

This morning, on the “Morning Joe” show, the gang was discussing the explosion in data and the demand for more information management expertise, and how in order for business to meet the challenge, we would have to restructure our education of young people.

One guest, some sort of economist/pundit/analyst/consultant, made the following observation (from memory, I paraphrase, of course)

“We have to rethink our entire educational program, all the way to high school–we have to modernize the curriculum–no more trigonometry, we have to concentrate on coding.”

We’re in deep shit, folks.

  • Lotsa things can be overheard in passing. by bowser 2015-03-30 10:14:16
    • Data Science by mcfly 2015-03-29 15:39:57
      • Execubabble. by ER 2015-03-29 16:38:03
        • Greek, Latin and the Classics by bowser 2015-03-30 10:20:22
          • They know the price of everything, and the value of nothing. by ER 2015-03-30 12:30:57
      • Seriously, when's the last time you used trig? by bowser 2015-03-26 11:13:02
        • The last time I used trig was about ten years ago. by ER 2015-03-26 13:37:59
        • I heard the same thing a few days ago. by RobVG 2015-03-26 07:30:59
          • The world they envision is one of corporate requirements. by hank 2015-03-26 10:24:47

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