NJ High School: What Life will be like PO

[Xenopus]

Not true that only the doomers get it. Here's what a high school teacher in NJ tells his kids:

http://campfire.theoildrum.com/node/5937#more

Take a look at his table. I can't turn it into an image to post here.

Most of the kids have a good laugh with the before/after comparison chart, and I laugh along with them.  The contrasts between the present and (likely) future presented in the chart are striking to the point of unbelievability to them, and their reactions are honest and humorous: “So, Dr. Allen, where can I buy this mule I’ll need?”

But I also laugh with some sadness and a touch of fear; sadness that prudent suggestions to prepare for a difficult future are still regarded as a joke; and fear for a possibly much darker future I don’t think they yet comprehend -- a fear that we might not be able to pull this off.

[ralfy]

Thanks for sharing this. Many of the points under the "Replaced With..." column take place in developing countries, but the overall situation is not that idyllic because there are problems like infant mortality rates, high crime rates, several illnesses that cannot be cured easily using herbs, lower life expectancy rates, and so on.

Finally, perhaps for older students, works like The Road may be read.

[ralfy]

I'm also reminded of

http://idler.co.uk/

[Xenopus]

I'm also reminded of

http://idler.co.uk/

I hadn't come across The Idler. Thanks for the link.

[TheDignityofStruggle]

My brother had to read The Road this summer, between his Junior and Senior year.  Very cool, I thought.