將基礎(chǔ)教育聚焦于與工作相關(guān)的具體技能是不對的专缠，因?yàn)椴粩嘧兓氖澜缈赡茉趲啄陜?nèi)讓這些技能變得多余供搀。目標(biāo)應(yīng)該是讓學(xué)生們在一個我們無法預(yù)測或預(yù)作準(zhǔn)備的未來環(huán)境從事富于回報(bào)的職業(yè)，有一個充實(shí)的人生。20年后，我們或許不會再使用布萊克-斯科爾斯模型（the Black Scholes model）权薯。但批判性思考、數(shù)字演算睡扬、撰寫文章和細(xì)心觀察的能力——也就是教育能夠（而且應(yīng)該）開發(fā)的能力——在未來將同今天一樣有用盟蚣。
It's a mistake to focus fundamental education on working-related techniques, because the changing world may render those techniques rendundant.The objective should be to equip students to have rewarding jobs and fulfilled lives in an unpredictable and unprepared world in the future.20 years later, we may not use the Black Scholes model any more, but the abilities to think critically, to reason with data, to write and to observe carefully, cf. the capabilities that education can or should develop, will be as useful then as it's today.
