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            In “Rigor Redefined,” Tony Wagner talks about big business’s requirements for jobs today, this matters to education, the world, and myself. First this matters to myself because in the article Wagner talks to many presidents of top companies about what they want to see in young recruits. The main thing that Clay Parker, President of the Chemical Management Division of BOC Edwards said, was that he mainly wants someone who can ask good questions. This matters to me because I don’t ask that many questions and didn’t realize that asking questions was this important. Second, this is important to the education because Wagner goes on to say that he sat in on many classrooms, and found shocking results. One experience of his was sitting in on an AP Chemistry class, after a group of three students mixed chemicals together, theirs started to smoke unlike the rest of the class. Once asked about their ideas for why it was smoking, they shrugged and went to the teacher for help, this is not asking good question or good way to look at things from a business standpoint. Third the article the talks about it’s expectation for a 21^st century classroom, he says that the education system should be preparing kids for the real world. This is important to the world because in the competition of a global economy, we need students to be prepared to compete at the very best. In conclusion, Rigor Redefined is important to education, the world, and myself.