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Did You Know?

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. Is greater than the total population of North America.

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Did You Know?

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  1. Did You Know?

  2. Sometimes size does matter?

  3. If you’re one in a million in China . . .

  4. There are 1,300 people just like you.

  5. In India, there are 1,100 people just like you.

  6. The 25% of the population in China with the highest IQ’s . . .

  7. Is greater than the total population of North America.

  8. In India, it’s the top 28%.

  9. The Facts:There are 10 times more honours students graduating highschool in China this year than Canada has kids.

  10. Did you know . . .

  11. China will soon become the number one English speaking country in the world?

  12. If one took every single job in North America and shipped it to China . . .

  13. China would still have a labour surplus, yet…

  14. By 2025, Canada will need 1.2 million skilled workers that we can’t even develop or immigrate in time.

  15. During the course of this 7 minute presentation . . .

  16. 5 babies will be born in Canada. • 60 babies will be born in the U.S. • 244 babies will be born in China. • 351 babies will be born in India.

  17. The U.S. Department of Labour estimates that today’s learner will have 10-14 jobs . . .

  18. By the age of 38.

  19. According to the U.S. Department of Labour . . .

  20. 1 out of 4 employees today is working for a company they have been employed by for less than one year.

  21. More than 1 out of 2 are working for a company they have been at for less than five years.

  22. Did you know . . .

  23. According to former U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley . . .

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

  25. We are currently preparing students for work that doesn’t yet exist . . .

  26. Using technologies that haven’t been invented . . .

  27. In order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.

  28. Feeling Overwhelmed?

  29. Who’s going to teach our kids to think and adapt?

  30. Name this country . . .

  31. Richest in the World • Largest Military • Centre of world business and finance • Strongest education system • World centre of innovation and invention • Currency the world standard of value • Highest standard of living

  32. England.

  33. In 1900.

  34. Did you know . . .

  35. In 2002 alone, Nintendo invested more than $140 million in research and development.

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

  37. Worldwide this year, citizens will spend $4 Billion on individualized cell phone ring tones.

  38. We are mortgaging our future for personalized cell phone ring tones?

  39. By the time today’s student graduates college…

  40. They will spend 5,000 hours reading books;

  41. And, 10,000 hours playing video games;

  42. And, 10,000 hours talking on a cell phone;

  43. And, 20,000 hours watching television;

  44. They will be bombarded with over 500,000 commercials;

  45. And, they will send over 200,000 instant messages or emails.

  46. 1 out of every 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met online.

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

  48. The average MySpace page is visited 30 times a day.

  49. Did you know . . .

  50. We are living in exponential times.

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