Journal: Notes from the Beyond 8 tribe
We write for families and educators who are thinking carefully about what school can be after Grade 8. Here you’ll find clear viewpoints, lived stories, and practical lenses on learning, adolescence, and choice, written by our founders, mentors, and occasionally, our learners.
Do you need a four-year degree to grab your dream job?
In Latin, “bachelor” is baccalaureus. In English it originally meant a knight who followed another knight’s banner, or a young man who hoped to become a knight. It later addressed a junior member of a '*guild*' - an association of people for the pursuit of a common goal. Its sense of “unmarried person” came from the notion that a bachelor was young and inexperienced, just starting out and not yet established, and therefore not apt to be married. And we are only referring to a certain gender so far.
Nandini Ramesh
23 October 2019
Learn from the professionals that learners aspire to be
Recent reports tell us that more and more people are getting educated these days, giving rise to an increase in enrollment rates, especially in India. It is becoming common for people to pursue further studies even after they finish an undergraduate degree. On the flip side, however, not all of those who graduate land a job.
Nanditha Ravindar
17 October 2019
The next big thing in career readiness
The average years of schooling in the developing world has more than tripled from 1950 to 2010, but despite “finishing schooling”, children have not acquired key 21-st century skills or the right attitude required to thrive in this world.
Raaji Naveen
11 October 2019
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