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communicate what they have learned their creativity and robs them of As we look ahead to tomorrow’s
further enhances the experience. experiencing the true joy of learning workforce, we need to acknowledge
In addition to aforementioned skills, I and doing.” (http://www.educationworld. that as a society, our economy is
feel that there is one other area in which com/a_admin/tomorrows-workforce- linked to the strength and skills of
our students must have experience — what-students-need.shtml) It is imper- our current and future workers. As
and that is failure. It is the norm in ative for our students to know that the administrators, it is our responsibility
society today that everyone succeeds. road to success is littered with failures. to ensure that our students are well
Students need to learn that from We have to ingrain in our classroom educated and ready to assume a
failure comes success. An education experiences that failure does not mean successful role in a global economy.
consultant, Karen Collias, states “Kids you quit, it means that you have the
today are afraid to fail. This fear saps opportunity to try again.

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New Jersey Student Learning Standards. Standard 9. 21st Century Life and Careers. http://www.nj.gov/education/aps/
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About the Author
Rosanne Moran is a proud graduate of the NJEXCEL and the NJ Leader-to-Leader Programs. She
currently serves as Director of Technology for Old Bridge Township Public Schools, Old Bridge, NJ.
Her work history straddles both education and the business environment, and states that her experiences
in business enhance her abilities as a district administrator. She is the proud mother of two children and
the doting grandmother to three adorable grandchildren, Josephine, Juliette and John Joseph. “What we
learn with pleasure, we never forget.”

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