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= = =Becoming Citizens of the World= Pages 225-229

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What type of persuasive information would you include in a letter to policymakers to help them see what skills high school students need to have in order to live and succeed in a globalized society and why it is so important? As a group add at least one persuasive paragraph that could be used in such a letter.

To Whom It May Concern:

The high school students of today need to be more prepared for the global age by raising their levels of educational attainment; emphasize international knowledge, skills, language acquisition, and fostering respect for other countries.

To Whom It May Concern: Students need to be able to be globally competent by being able to communicate in languages other than English and be informed and active citizens. Technology plays a large roll in their future careers as well so they need to be technologically savvy. Schools are preparing them for jobs that have not even been created yet. They need to have an international studies requirement for all graduates, a creative elementary school immersion program, develop international schools-within-schools, crucial language skills, urban schools with an international focus. All of this is important because students need to have critical thinking skills, problem solving and team building skills.

To Whom It May Concern:

Today our students are falling behind on an international level. We need to provide a better system to show them the importantance of global communication. High Schools students today do not see the need for learning a foreign language. Different things we could provide for our students could be more knowledge about different cultures and skills. We need to present science technology and success on an international level. So students can see where we stand on an international level. By teaching intuitive thinking skills we can prepare our student for the increasing demands of the every changing world.