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Are Schools Preparing Students for Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet?

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Last week, during a classroom discussion, I asked students a simple question: What do you want to become in the future?” Hands went up quickly. Doctor. Engineer. Pilot. Teacher.

Then one student paused and asked something unexpected: Sir, what jobs will exist when we grow up?” That question stayed with me.

Because the reality is uncomfortable but clear: many jobs today didn’t exist ten years ago. And many careers our children will eventually pursue probably don’t exist yet.

Yet in most classrooms, we are still preparing students for predictable careers and predictable exams. And that gap is growing.

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