Lifelong Learning

How can Michigan best assure affordable access to lifelong learning? How do our state, its residents, and its employers assure that both young people and mid-career workers adjust to and remain competitive in the rapidly changing global economy?

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  1. Dale Westrick
    Posted February 1, 2009 at 7:39 pm | Permalink

    I had an idea that could be used to connect the citizens of our country so as to move our country forward by reducing the learning curve for everyone. The young middle aged and older Americans have a wealth of knowledge and should be sharing it with each other. I retired 4 years ago from every day work life and now enjoy connecting with mostly older citizens. I realized how much I was missing over the years because we was busy raising our family.I started meeting with citizens in our community that I didn’t even know before my retirement. The knowledge I have gained by listening and communicating with them has been invaluable. The idea I had was something that would benefit all of us. It would be called pass it up pass it down and then pass in on. It would consist of small groups of citizens the young the middle aged and the old. They would share knowledge and pass it on to others. This would be informal discussion groups of all ages and would help the different ages connect and share knowledge.