But much more importantly, in the American college system, the freshman and junior years are really there only to improve skills like critical thinking, complex reasoning and writing.

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Today, apart from a few core skills like reading, writing, math, thinking, imagining and creating, we cannot know what knowledge or skills will be needed when young Freddie or tiny Janet grows up.

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These are life skills, not just academic skills, and it is the quality of writing and thinking that separates employees with identical technical skill sets.

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