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=__Week 1 Reflections --__= This has been an interesting week in a class that I was very much looking forward to. I found the readings to be informative and to some degree provocative. I have long been concerned about the direction that public education in the United States is taking and whether our educational system can remain relevant in the 21st century and beyond.

I cited an observation made by Eric Hoffer in my discussion posting that I have had posted by my desk for several years now. =" In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists." = I find it extremely odd that in 2009 people still have the belief that all someone has to do is graduate from college and their future is secure. It is quite clear that nothing is farther from the truth. It is the life long learner who will have the advantage in the race to the future whether they be an Constructivist, a Connectivist, or a Cyborgist.