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I read the article "Chairman Calls US-Japan relationship vital" by Jim Garamone. What matters is Japan's relationship with the US is stronger than ever before. The Japanese are helping US in Afghanistan by helping the Army and police keep peace. I think that this is very good for us because it is helping prevent a war in Afghanistan and helping their population. They hope to achieve the level of peace in their cities as the US has and try to end poverty. They don't want to fight so that is why they are accepting the help from Japan and the US. We are currently bombing in Afghanistan but it is to help stop terrorism in Afghanistan. If we stop bombing it may lead to retaliation from terrorists because we have confirmed kills of terrorists and Afghanistan is very happy. Japan is happy as well because it is making their job there easier.

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I read "Iraq Drawdown on Track" by Army Sgt 1st class Michael J. Carden, whats important is that the withdraw from Iraq is going according to plan. Since January, the U.S. military footprint in Iraq has decreased from more than 143,000 troops to about 120,000. I think that this is a very good thing because it means that there is less fighting going on in Iraq and there will be less and less deaths. By June 30 the Department of Defense (DOD) hopes to send an assistance and advisory force for the Iraqis to help rehabilitate them and help them create a stable government. This is good for us and Iraq because there will be no more war and we can get oil from them again hopefully.

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In "Major in Learning" by Google they give advice to students to help them succeed. What companies are looking for in people to hire is analytical reasoning, communication skills, a willingness to experiment, team players, passion and leadership. Today good jobs are only looking for the best of the best of people. To get a good job you have to really work hard and get good grades. People that fail will not get good jobs, they would get jobs that don't require higher education. I have all of these aspects but I am trying to improve them because some are just borderline and not thoroughly proven aspects of me. For me to acquire a good job I have to grasp all of these aspects and more.

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In the article "Rigor Redefined" by Tony Wagner, talks about the schooling students need for the 21st century careers. What skills students need to have to succeed in the 21st century are critical thinking and problem solving, collaboration and leadership, agility and adaptability, initiative and entrepreneurialism, effective oral and written communication, accessing and analyzing information and curiosity and imagination. Students do need these things to succeed in the 21st century because jobs are becoming more complex because if technology such as the Air Force. For example they need to know math and science very well because the AF is swithching from manned aircraft to unmanned aircraft such as Reapers. They need to know the wind speed and how fast the craft is traveling to effectivly seek out a target and hit it dead on because wind speed and the speed of the craft can change the flight path of your bullets so they need to know how to find the precise time to fire.

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In this post by the National School Board Association my opinion is that I write better when I use a pen and paper but when I use a computer it helps me with punctuation spelling and format. When I write I take more time but when I use a computer I don’t take a lot of time but I prefer the computer over pen and paper. I like it better because I have Word to help me when I don’t know how to spell a word or when I miss punctuation or my formatting is wrong. Also I can go to the internet for information when I need help or I can call my teacher or email her using Skype or an email server. I think overall the computer is better than pen and paper because it is what we know how to use. The old ways won’t serve us with today’s technology after we have already been taught how to use today’s technology.

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I read "Footprints in the Digital Age" by Will Richardson. What matters is that people are afraid that their kids won't be googlable in the future so they won't get into a good collage or a good job. Schools are trying to get kids to use the Internet more for school work such as using blogs and google reader. I think that this is a good thing for students and that it will help our future. Schools are helping students grasp better futures for the students sake. If the students aren't googlable in the future it is not the schools fault but the students fault. Its up to the students whether or not they help their future by doing their online homework and classwork.

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I watched "Did you know 4.0" by Karl Fisch. In this video what matters is he predicts what technologies will become available in the future and what will happen to the older technologies today. Today the use of the TV and the internet are making the purpose of a newspaper obsolete. 95% of the adults in the US have cell phones and some people get the news from their phones. Nokia makes 13 cell phones every second. I think that it is nuts that Nokia can make 13 cell phones every second. He predicted that in 25 years a computer will be the size of a blood cell. While that will be possible i think that it would have no use unless somehow it could link with your brain and you could tell it what to do. Then if that worked you would never have to take time to sit and search the internet of type something you could do it all in you head while your doing something else.