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You want Statistics?. Did you know. Sometimes. size does matter. If you’re one in a million in China. ...there are 1,300 people just like you. In India, there are 1,100 people just like you. The 25% of the population in China with the highest IQ’s.

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  1. You want Statistics? Did you know...

  2. Sometimes size does matter.

  3. If you’re one in a million in China... ...there are 1,300 people just like you.

  4. In India, there are 1,100 peoplejust like you.

  5. The 25% of thepopulation in Chinawith the highest IQ’s...

  6. ...is greater than the total population of North America.

  7. ...In India,it’s the top 28%.

  8. Did you know...

  9. In 10 years it is predicted that the number one English speaking country in the world will be . . .

  10. China.

  11. If you took every single job in the U.S. today and shipped it to China ...

  12. ...China would still have a labor surplus.

  13. During the course of thispresentation...

  14. 60 babies will be born in the U.S. • 244 babies will be born in China. • 351 babies will be born in India.

  15. What will the world be like for them??

  16. 2006 college graduates • U. S. – 1.3 million • India – 3.1 million • China – 3.3 million

  17. How many 2006 college graduates in India speak English?

  18. 100%

  19. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that today’s learner{that’s YOU}will have 10-14 jobs...

  20. ...By the age of 38.

  21. According to the U.S. Department of Labor . . .

  22. ...1out of4 workers today is working for a company they have beenemployed byforless than one year.

  23. More than 1out of 2 are working for a company they have worked forfor less than five years.

  24. According to former Secretary of Education Richard Riley . . .

  25. ...The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 didn’t exist in 2004.

  26. Many of today’s college majors didn’t exist 10 years ago.

  27. > New media> Organic agriculture> e-business> Nanotechnology> Homeland security

  28. What will they study 10 years from now??

  29. We teachers are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist...

  30. ...that use technologies thathaven’t been invented...

  31. ...in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.

  32. Did you know...

  33. The U.S. is 20th in the world in broadband Internet capabilities.(Luxembourg just passed us.)

  34. Number of internet devices in 1984: 1000

  35. Number of internet devices in 1992: 1,000,000

  36. Number of internet devices in 2006:

  37. wait for it …

  38. 600,000,000

  39. In 2002 alone Nintendo invested more than$140 millionin research and development.

  40. The U.S. Federal Government spent less than half as much on Research and Innovation in Education.

  41. 1out of every8 couples married in the U.S. last year met online.

  42. More than 50% of US 21-year-olds have created content on the web.

  43. More than 70% of US 4-year-olds have used a computer.

  44. There are over 100 million registered users of MySpace.(August 2006)

  45. The average MySpace page is visited30 times a day.

  46. Revenue for eBay in 2006: • $6 billion • Ebay was founded in 1996.

  47. Did you know...

  48. We are living in exponential times.

  49. There are over 2.7 billion searches performed on Google each month.2,700,000,000

  50. To whom were these questions addressed B.G.?(Before Google)

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