1. The world has changed

2. DID YOU KNOW

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. DID YOU KNOW

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

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

9. In India, it’s the top 28%.

10. Translation for teachers: They have more honors kids than we have kids.

11. DID YOU KNOW

12. The number of college graduates in other countries is now well surpassing the United States, especially in the sciences.

13. Translation for students?

14. EDUCATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER

15. DID YOU KNOW

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

17. When China becomes the largest English speaking country in the world…

18. The English speaking candidate market will increase by over 300 Million people…

19. …meaning organisations will have access to the largest English speaking Talent Pool ever available

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

21. China would still have a labor surplus (unemployment).

22. DID YOU KNOW

23. India’s major export is no longer Gems and Jewelry

24. It’s now Human Capital

25. DID YOU KNOW

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

27. That means that you are currently being prepared for jobs that don’t yet exist...

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

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

30. DID YOU KNOW

31. Human communication has evolved from Snail Mail…

32. …to Email

33. If you are sending 1 email

34. It is just 1 of the 165 billion sent every day

35. 1 in 4 employees prefer to communicate via email rather than face to face

36. In 2020, that figure will be 3 in 4

37. DID YOU KNOW

38. We are living in exponential times.

39. The number of text messages sent and received every day exceeds the population of the planet.

40. There are over 2.7 billion searches performed on Google each month.

41. To whom were these questions addressed B.G.?

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

43. DID YOU KNOW

44. More than 3,000 new books are published...

45. Daily.

46. It’s estimated that a week’s worth of New York Times...

47. Contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century.

48. DID YOU KNOW

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

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

51. If Facebook was a country… …it would be DOUBLE the size of Japan

52. Internet communities are becoming larger than some of the most powerful countries in the world

53. Forget "Pen-Pals"

54. And welcome...

55. -Blogging Buddies

56. And welcome... -Blogging Buddies -Facebook Friends

57. And welcome... -Blogging Buddies -Facebook Friends -Keyboard Komrades

58. DID YOU KNOW

59. Access to the internet increases everyday

60. Access to the internet increases in every country

61. Access to the internet increases in every culture

62. WHAT does it all MEAN? "So what?" you say...

63. As compared to 10-15 years ago, it will be much harder getting a job after high school and/or college. However, times are a changin' as there are MORE... - English speakers all over the world - College graduates around the globe - Jobs outsourced overseas - Immigrants in the U.S. taking domestic jobs - GLOBAL COMPETITION across the board

64. As compared to 10-15 years ago, it will be much harder getting a job after high school and/or college. However, times are a changin' as there are MORE... - English speakers all over the world - College graduates around the globe - Jobs outsourced overseas - Immigrants in the U.S. taking domestic jobs - GLOBAL COMPETITION across the board

65. As compared to 10-15 years ago, it will be much harder getting a job after high school and/or college. However, times are a changin' as there are MORE... - English speakers all over the world - College graduates around the globe - Jobs outsourced overseas to foreign countries - Immigrants in the U.S. taking domestic jobs - GLOBAL COMPETITION across the board

66. As compared to 10-15 years ago, it will be much harder getting a job after high school and/or college. However, times are a changin' as there are MORE... - English speakers all over the world - College graduates around the globe - Jobs outsourced overseas to foreign countries - Immigrants in the U.S. taking domestic jobs - GLOBAL COMPETITION across the board

67. As compared to 10-15 years ago, it will be much harder getting a job after high school and/or college. However, times are a changin' as there are MORE... - English speakers all over the world - College graduates around the globe - Jobs outsourced overseas to foreign countries - Immigrants in the U.S. taking domestic jobs - GLOBAL COMPETITION across the board

68. What can I do to compete with a global workforce? to

69. * Work hard in high school...study, study, study! * Continue to Higher Education * Become more Marketable - Educate YOURSELF!!! - learn a language, a skill, another math or science * And most of all, DO NOT SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRITY

73. Don’t be left behind