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Public Screening of Two Million Minutes: A Global Examination

04/03/2008 - 4:00pm
04/03/2008 - 6:00pm
Etc/GMT-5

Location(s)

UMASS Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd. McCormack Hall-3rd floor room 201
Boston, MA
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Two Million Minutes is a compelling new documentary film comparing the high school education experience in India, China and the United States . Created by entrepreneur & VC Bob Compton, the film takes the viewer into the homes, classrooms and hangouts of high school students in these three very different cultures. As we follow these high school seniors - a boy and a girl - from each of these countries,a snapshot of global education begins to materialize, from the viewpoint of kids preparing for their futures.

One of the few constants we have in education is time – and approximately 2,000,000 minutes is how long each student has during high school. What the film shows is that students in India , China and the U.S. allocate those precious high school minutes quite differently. Not only does that allocation have implications for the individual's long term career prospects, it has profound implications for the U.S. economy over the next 30 years.

High School students encouraged strongly to attend.