Godin Sees It Too: “Recession Skills 101″?

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It’s in the air — and in this economy, it’s no surprise.

I felt it here, noticed Paul Krugman touching it here, and now Seth Godin here:

[W]hen we ask you to look people in the eye, be creative, brainstorm, be generous, find a way to satisfy an angry customer, work with a bully, learn a new skill or bring joy to work, suddenly the excuses pile up. Is this a different sort of work? Is raising your hand in class too much to ask of you?

The jobs most of us would like to have are jobs like this. And yet we put up a fight when given the chance to do them well. [whole post here]

I started to bold print certain phrases, but really the whole thing deserves emphasis.

The people who haven’t caught wind of it? In my experience this year in the classroom: students.

It needs a name — maybe even a whole class. How about “Recession Skills 101“?

1. Videos: Mental Poverty, Collaboration, “Recession Skills 101″
2. Yet Another Student Voice on Wiki-Learning: "It helped a lot to improve my writing skills…."
3. 21st Century College Work in the Cutting-Edge Humanities
4. Add Your Classes and Favorite Tools to the Wiki (update)

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