A Whole New Education

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A Whole New Education

• Dr. Roger Tomhave
• Fine Arts Coordinator
• Fairfax County Public Schools
• Roger.Tomhave_at_fcps.edu

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ABUNDANCE
As houses have grown, family size has gotten
smaller.
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ABUNDANCE
When our houses wont fit our stuff.
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ABUNDANCE
We have more cars in the US than we have
licensed drivers.
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ABUNDANCE
The US spends more annually on trash bags than 90
other countries spend on everything.
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Michael Graves Designs for Target
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ASIA
Outsourcing
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AUTOMATION
Two humans in losing battles against the machine
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Left-brain Skills are Necessary but No Longer
Sufficient

• Can someone overseas do it cheaper?
• Can a computer do it faster?
• Am I meeting a need of the new age of abundance?

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THE MFA IS THE NEW MBA
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DESIGN
Not simply function
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DESIGN
Fundamental Business Literacy
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STORY
Not just argument
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STORY
Humans are not ideally set up to understand
logic they are ideally set up to understand
stories. Roger C. Schank cognitive scientist
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SYMPHONY
Not focus or specialization. Not analysis alone,
but synthesis.
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SYMPHONY
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EMPATHY
Emotional Intelligence
I will walk a mile In your shoes. I will walk a
mile with you.
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EMPATHY
Leadership is about empathy. It is about having
the ability to relate and to connect with people
for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their
lives. Oprah Winfrey
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PLAY
Dont take yourself so seriously
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PLAY
The opposite of play is not work. It is
depression.
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MEANING
Not just accumulation
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More
Abundance
Happiness
Less
Time
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MEANING
Do all you can with what you have, in the time
you have, in the place you are.