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One of the things I appreciated, only after graduating college
graduation, was that my school employed professors, who had � real
world� experience. I cannot tell you how many times we heard a
professor say, � Okay, that� s what the textbook tells you. Now, let me
tell you how it works in the real world.�
Textbooks only give students a foundation on which to build later in a
real job. Often times, the real world does not follow the procedures set
forth in or look/act anythi...
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One of the things I appreciated, only after graduating college graduation, was that my
school employed professors, who had � real world� experience. I cannot tell you how
many times we heard a professor say, � Okay, that� s what the textbook tells you.
Now, let me tell you how it works in the real world.�
Textbooks only give students a foundation on which to build later in a real job. Often
times, the real world does not follow the procedures set forth in or look/act anything
like those models in the textbooks, making it difficult to adjust. You expect one thing
in a new job but discover another, feeling lost as to how to proceed.
The Florida Schools in partnership with the National Foundation for Teaching
Entrepreneurship (NFTE) are introducing some of the � real world� into the Florida
schools. Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, high school students in the Florida
schools will be able to sign up for a major course in entrepreneurship at participating
schools.
In June 2006, then governor Jeb Bush signed the A++ Education Act, which offers 442
additional major coursework in the Florida schools. The entrepreneurship course is one
of these offerings.
The importance of teaching such a course to secondary Florida schools� students is
not lost on businesses that complain across the nation that high school graduates are
not prepared to enter today� s workforce upon graduation. The Florida schools�
entrepreneurship course will teach students vital busine