“Technology and computers are very much at the core of our economy going forward. To be prepared for the demands of the 21st century-and to take advantage of its opportunities-it is essential that more of our students today learn basic computer programming skills, no matter what field of work they want to pursue.” WantMatterTodayOpportunityTechnologyEconomyCenturyFieldsStudentsSkillsDemandEssentialsComputerAdvantageNo Matter WhatPreparedCorePursueProgrammingBe Prepared21st CenturyComputer ProgrammingStudents Today Author:Todd Park
“Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation and asking new questions are at its core.” ImaginationCreationSkillsAskingCoreNew Skills Author:Sugata Mitra
“Women attribute their success to working hard, luck, and help from other people. Men will attribute that - whatever success they have, that same success - to their own core skills.” PeopleMenHardHelpingSkillsLuckCoreAttributes Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“I could name you a dozen superheroes whose powers I'd like to have. But if I could have any power in the world, it would be the power to read or watch a creative work and absorb the technical skill of the people who made it. Because then I could have even more fun writing. That's my core identity.” PeopleIfsWorldWritingMadeWould BeNamesFunWatchesCreativeIdentitySkillsCoreMade ItIf I CouldDozenSuperheroCreative WorkTechnical Skills Author:Kurt Busiek
“At the core, our motives are always self-serving, Kate. Altruism is a fog created by sly minds seeking to benefit from the energy and skill of others. Nothing more.” MindSelfEnergySkillsBenefitsSeekingCoreMotiveServingAltruismFogKateSlySelf Serving Book:Magic Strikes Source: Magic Strikes
“Yes...how else could Demandred explain the skill of the enemy general? Only a man with the experience of an ancient was so masterly at the dance of battlefields. At their core, many battle tactics were simple. Avoid being flanked, meet heavy force with pikes, infantry with a well-trained line, channelers with other channelers. And yet, the finesse of it...the little details...these took centuries to master. No man from this Age had lived long enough to learn the details with such care.” MenWellsLittlesLongEnoughCareAgeForceLinesSimpleEnemyCenturyMastersBattleSkillsAncientDetailsHeavyCoreTacticsBattlefieldsInfantryFinesse Author:Robert Jordan