the career book
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DID YOU KNOW?
Did You Know? Originally started out as a PowerPoint presentation for a staff
meeting in August 2006 at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado, United
States. The presentation "went viral" on the Web in February 2007 and, as of June
2007, had been seen by at least 5 million online viewers. Today the old and new
versions of the online presentation have been seen by at least 20 million people, not
including the countless others who have seen it at conferences, workshops, training
institutes, and other venues, including previous Sony conferences in Singapore.
Watch the video. Answer the following questions relating to some main points:
1. Who will soon be the number one English speaking country in the world?
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2. Which country has 25% of its population with the highest IQ?
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3. When did the top 10 jobs in 2010 not exist?
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4. Why do you think this is so?
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5. What does the video suggest we are “currently preparing students for”?
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6. How long have current employees been with their current employers?
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7. If it were a country, which would be the third largest country in the world?
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8. What is suggested is doubling every 2 years?
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9. What is the result of students staring 4 year technical degrees by their third year?
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10. So what does it all mean? Write you interpretation of this video
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