Video Response

I thought the video was... interesting. It actually scared me a little bit. There was so much emphasis on technology that it seemed like subjects that weren't particularly helpful to a career in technology weren't given their due. The schools these kids went to (especially the one with the RIDICULOUS amount of computers) reminded me of vocational schools. That's fine, but I think that in high school subjects like English, History, Math, Science, etc. can't be forgotten. And the fact that there were very few extracurriculars. Part of being in high school is being a kid, you should be able to have fun and goof around. A computer screws up and you can't show your final project so it's possible you won't graduate? That's way too much pressure. It seems like the computer school (I totally can't remember what it's called) was just churning out little techie drones, and, hey, it's a booming market, but can they hold a reasonably intelligent conversation about literature or history? Are they aware of the all the implications of the education they have chosen for themselves? You don't need to know how to use a computer to be intelligent... and you don't necessarily need to be intelligent to use a computer.

As for their individual stories: kinda blew my mind. I knew the girl who use to be in a gang wasn't going to get the job she wanted. She was working at Long John Silver's too much and she was on a time crunch. But now what's going to happen to her? She let her grades slide at school because she was so focused on this elusive chance that kids all over the states are going for the same thing and she failed. Now what? Is she going to work at Long John Silver's for the rest of her life? Now Kep restored my faith in humanity a little bit. His family immigrated and so they probably weren't very well off and he gets some fancy job straight out of high school. Cool. He was a smart guy and this'll work for him. But his friend with the bad haircut is screwed, even though he did manage to graduate. He was mediocre, even if he does really like computers, he doesn't have that great of skill and he doesn't have the work ethic. So, this, conjoined with the fact that nearly EVERYBODY in America wants to do something with computers means he's not going to be all the successful. The one girl that lived in silicon valley... well she's already well off and she's going to a good school... no surprises there.

So, Kep and the silicon girl had all 4 c's, I believe, Louisa barely had context and had to work really hard for it, she didn't have much connectivity unless I miss my guess, she didn't really have the capability (she didn't get the job,) and the content is probably somewhat relative to her so she would've made use of the internet. The dude with the bad haircut had at least 3 c's but personally, I think capability was a little sketch.