1. Clash of expectations
When students get their first job, they have to be “trained” for some months,
because their employers don’t trust they have the preparation and capabilities
to have full responsibility on their new job, because they only have “theoretical
knowledge”.
This generates frustration due to the feeling “I studied hard, I had great notes,
and they don’t mean anything now, It is as if I lost several years of my life doing
nothing!”

2. Avoid the “training” period students have to have when
they get into the labor world, by giving them the tools to
reinforce the “practical” skills that are needed in real
working life situations
Our objective today:

3. Changes within current system (what
should be the minimum things universities
can do to solve this problem?)
Different ideas that can be also
done (from universities side)
First Ideas

4. What if enteprises have a more
active role in education?
What about using media and
technology?
What if’s

5. What if we do radical
changes?
In a formal way In crazy way
What if’s upgraded

6. So, let’s choose
1. The most practical idea (one that could be easily implemented)
In a country like Mexico, where social differences are
incredible big, and there is a lot of need for “help” in
all senses, Universities should include students
working in real cases as “pro bono”.
They would gain experience, helping others that will
not be as “hard” and that would appreciate the work.
This should be supervised by teachers in their
different classes, enriching what students learn today
in theory.

7. So, let’s choose
In Mexico, there is a very strong disconnection
between scholar system and labor world.
There is an opportunity in creating a new teaching
philosophy, that might only be possible by opening a
new university, which focus would be having students
working from day 1, being educated on the run, and
getting theoretical knowledge while living real
working life situations.
The university would be like a real big company, with
different areas and disciplines, just as it works
outside, and people would have real jobs from the
start.
In a formal way

8. So, let’s choose
When learning, students seem to face “linear” problem-
solution situations: “this is how it should be done”.
The truth, is outside, in the real world, people working
face multiple situations, some good, some bad, some
awful. From handling clients/ customers that can be nice
(but also can be aggressive), to be confronted to things
related to ethics, culture or education, to face someone
that does not want to pay!
Students don't think about that while they are doing
their degrees.
I thought, maybe, creating a book with the style of those
that existed some years ago (Choose your own
adventure), where a situation is presented, you take a
decision, and based on that the story continues, could
help students think on how would they react, and what
could happen next if they did it.