Jim Rogers feel that it is no longer enough to raise children who are brave, curious, hardworking, and compassionate nor is it sufficient to steer them toward the right sports, the right tutors, the right internships, and thus engineer their admittance to their dream college. He is trying to prepare his children for the future, for the 21st century and he sees the future in Asia. He wants his children to master both languages, English & Chinese so that in future, they are able to achieve a comfort level with foreign people, foreign languages, and foreign lands, this argument goes, America’s competitive position in the world will continue to erode, and their future livelihood and that of subsequent generations will be in jeopardy. Jim Rogers sees an America in decline, and his solution has been to immerse himself in the countries and cultures that are ascendant.
I agree with Jim Roger's point of view. In the past, people always harbour a very narrow mindset. They insist that their children must do well in their studies, if not when they grow up, they will be useless. They wont be able to find a good job with a reasonable income to support their family. Parents nowadays manage to realise that holistic development is very important for their children too. They force their children to enroll in music, dance, sport courses so as to equip them with a skill which could be a bonus point when they wish to get into their dream school. However, these type of thinking are too shortsighted. The ability to LOOK FAR, thats what people are lacking of today and thats what Jim Roger is doing. He forsee that Asia will be the emerging power in the world economics in the future. He feels that in order for his children to remain competitive, they have to be billingual. Therefore, he sends his children to Singapore for them to undergo billingual education, to learn CHINESE so that they are able to communicate with Asians. Sending children abroad to study will give them skills that can never be taught. It touches them in places that being in a familiar place doesn’t. It requires versatility, flexibility. It’s a different culture and it’s pressing on kids in different ways. Even though global kids are important, but we dont raise our kids so that they can be global kids. I mean is best if they can become global kids, however, if they aren't suitable to be, then so be it. It's ok. Life can still go on, just maybe not in your favour most of the times. Hence, I still feel that parents should raise their kids as global kids so that they can have a better and more comfortable life in the future.
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