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Your Future
Can you see it?
What does it look like?
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Foreign Languages
Offering LCISD
Students More
Choices
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The Future is BrightThe Opportunity is Awesome
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A R E Y O U R E A D Y?
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Opportunity is There
• ½ of American Engineers & Scientists are 40+ years old.
• How is this an opportunity?
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Opportunity is There
• 2/3 of Math & Science teachers will retire by 2010.
• How is this an opportunity?
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% of all Bachelor Degree’s Now Earned in Engineering & Science
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
China Taiwan SouthKorea
USA
China
Taiwan
South Korea
USA
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Engineering only degrees:
China - 46%
Russia - 25%
USA - 5%
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“56% of Engineering Ph.D.’s awarded in
the U.S.A. go to foreign born students.”
U.S. News & World Report3-27-06
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Advice to our kids from U.S. corporate executives
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• “There are huge populations out there who are motivated beyond your imagination. That’s what you’re going to contend with. They didn’t grow up with what you had, but they want it. And you can’t believe how much studying goes on in those families.
• David Calhoun• Vice Chairman, General Electric
U.S. News & World Report Job Hunt 2000
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“Figure out something that you really like. Because you’ll be competing against students in Russia, China, India and the Czech Republic.”
Craig BarrettChairman, Intel
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“Make sure you are really good, because you are competing against people who are very, very good. Instead of going to
Disney World, spend 3 or 4 weeks living with a family in a poorer
country.”
Roy Singham
CEO, ThoughtWorks
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“The attitudes I see in Estonia, Mexico, Brazil, China, Latvia – they’re hungrier than we are.”
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“Europe to Eastern Asia
are on a fast track to pass the United States in scientific excellence and technological innovation”
-Task Force on the Future of American Innovation
American Institute of Physics
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To Compete…You need
to be better
prepared than the
other guy.
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Your biggest competition will come from…
WORKERS IN
Southeast Asia
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C H I N AJust How Big?
1,240,000,000
1.2 Billion Chinese
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More People Read Chinese
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Chinese market is
EXPLODING
The Chinese people have more disposable income than ever before.
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U.S. Companies are Investing Billions of
Dollars in China
These companies
need people that can read and speak in
Chinese.
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60% of the products produced in China and exported from
China are from businesses from other
countries.
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China has forced U.S.
businesses into increased
competition.
U.S. businesses need people who
can read and speak Chinese
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So why learn Chinese?
Chinese is the
language of nearly 25%
of the world’s
population
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Just how many people is that?
1,660,582,962 People
And Counting
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Learning Chinese seen as future tool. The Houston Chronicle, August 27, 2006
• “In January 2006, President Bush unveiled a $114 million initiative aimed at increasing the number of so-called critical languages, such as Chinese and Arabic…”
• “This is the largest initiative of its kind
focused on language in half a century.”
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Learning Chinese seen as future tool. The Houston Chronicle, August 27, 2006
• “…the scramble to recruit (from China) and train these teachers for the start of this school year underscores the urgency the Bush administration is placing on establishing Chinese programs in U.S. classrooms.”
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Learning Chinese seen as future tool. The Houston Chronicle, August 27, 2006
• “People are finally beginning to pay attention to Mandarin as a major cultural and economic prospect for students.”
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China currently boasts the fastest growing
economy in the world
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Proficient speakers of Mandarin Chinese will find jobs in various fields
Business, Engineering, Technology, Government,
Education
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Of All Foreign Languages offered at American
Universities
Chinese has the fastest increase in enrollment
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So is Chinese in Your Future?
Can you see how learning Chinese can benefit your long
term goals?
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Lamar CISD is offering a
Chinese Language Summer Academy
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We want you in the Academy
Your teachers and counselors have information about the academy.
Don’t wait to register.
You May be Left Behind
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June 7-July1, 2010George JH8:30-12:00
All incoming 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students NOT enrolled in summer
school can register.
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How Much Does Something Like This Cost?
FREE
Funding is provided by federal grants.
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How Do I Register?
Social Studies teachers have information flyers on how to
register online or see the district’s web site for a live link. Parents will
need to complete the form.
http://www.lcisd.org/Departments/Academics/Curriculum/ChineseLanguageSummerAcademy/
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Your Future is BrightTake advantage of the
opportunities today
Thanks for your time!!