Fischbowl Video

A movie I had the pleasure of watching was an educational one known as "The Fischbowl: Did You Know?" The movie is made up of about 8 minutes of numbers and statistics regarding our country and the advancements it has made over the years. The movie goes into great detail about how much people in our country use cell phones, Internet, laptops, etc. One idea this video conveys is the importance of learning amongst the world's youth and how other countries (non-developing countries) do not get the opportunities the kids in countries like the U.S receive.

A one point in the movie, it states that there are 2 billion children in developing countries and that 1 out of 3 never completes the 3rd grade. This is really disturbing to me as a student because in this day in age, we have so much knowledge and technology to send e-mails and text messages (as stated in the movie with surprisingly large numbers) and we can not provide books or other learning materials? The One Laptop Per Child Project" or OLPC looks to change that by giving kids in poor countries laptops. They said that "children who never held a book could now hold the entire world."

The whole premise of this film is really hard to understand while watching it. however, at around 6 minutes and 45 seconds into it, the film claims that its purpose is to show that we need to prepare ourselves for jobs that have not even been thought of yet so we can prepare ourselves for the problems of tomorrow. As the given Albert Einstein quote stated: "We Can't solve problems using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."

The end of the movie says that it is vital that we as a generation prepare ourselves for the challenges of tomorrow. Whether it asking your principals or teachers or whomever, it is important to prepare oneself and ones family for problems that will occur. It gives a link to the website for more information. Here's the link if you would like to view it: Shifthappens I myself enjoyed this movie and urge people to give it a try. Click the link here to view Video