John Taylor Gatto: The Curriculum of Necessity or What Must An Educated Person Know?
(From http://www.primenet.com/~afthe/gatto4.htm)
A few years back one of the schools at Harvard, perhaps the School of Government, issued some advice to its students on planning a career in the new international economy it believed was arriving. It warned sharply that academic classes and professional credentials would count for less and less when measured against real world training. Ten qualities were offered as essential to successfully adapting to the rapidly changing world of work. See how many of those you think are regularly taught in the schools of your city or state: