Increasingly, one’s ability to succeed in life is directly proportionate to one’s ability to solve the problems encountered along life’s journeys. In order for us to help today’s youth develop their problem-solving abilities, it is important to help them develop skills to slow down and process the immediate responses they have learned through technology and social media and teach them how to question what they see, hear and read.
Teens must also learn to dig deeper and wider into issues and comprehend facts to their own satisfaction.
Former Congresswoman and Rhodes Scholar Heather Wilson captured these sentiments when she recently shared her concern that even “high-achieving students seem less able to grapple with issues that require them to think across disciplines or reflect on difficult questions.