1Which skills do you think are important for children to learn at school? Why?你认为在学校学生学习哪些技能更重要？原因是什么？I suppose schools are expected to teach children the skills they need for life. Most people would say things like science, math, reading and writing and other academic skills, but it’s also important that schools teach other skills like critical thinking and analytical skills.（批判性思维以及分析能力，这两个能力国外学校会反复强调以及重点培养） One of the important things that schools must do is try and anticipate what skills children will need in the future; I mean the world is a very different place from when, for example, my parents went to school.There’s a lot more technology in everyday life and especially in work, and I think that schools need to make sure that children are technologically equipped to deal with modern work practices.
2Are there any skills which they don’t learn at the moment but you think they should learn? Which skills are they?有没有那种他们不需要学但是有必要去学的技能？那些技能是什么？I can’t really think of any specific skills at the moment. There are only a certain number of hours in the day when children are at school and there are a lot of things to learn. It’s important that all children receive a good academic education and if schools can incorporate other creative activities into the curriculum as well – then that’s great.Unless educators can invent a way for children to learn the basics like reading and writing and math quicker than they do now. I don’t see any way that they could include teaching any more skills in the same amount of time.
3What might be some other skills children will need to learn in the future?有哪些技能是学生未来需要学习的？I suppose, based on the current trend of globalization, you could anticipate that children in the future will need to have a greater awareness of other cultures, in some circumstances, and also possibly be proficient in more than just one language would also be helpful, although new translation apps might make that idea obsolete（adj.老套的）.As working practices become more dynamic and fluid（adj. 不固定的）, it might also be a good idea to learn how to manage your time and keep yourself motivated. More and more people are working over distances and although they might collaborate in a team – they often spend many hours working on their own.It’s important that they can solve their own problems and stay on track, so learning how to manage yourself efficiently might help. But that’s not something you might learn at school, I don’t think – maybe later on at college or university.
