The Overlooked Skill That No One Is Talking About in Education

Tim Cavey
Teachers on Fire Magazine
5 min readJan 10, 2022

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Without this tool firmly in the tool belt, many adults struggle to participate in today’s economy.

Think for a moment.

What if there was a physical skill that could actively determine an adult’s willingness to write virtually anything of length for any reason?

What if this single skill determined whether basic academic tasks required minutes or hours?

And what if proficiency in this same skill dramatically limited or expanded the number of academic options available to students outside of high school?

Wow. That’s huge, right?

If such a skill existed, you would think it would get a LOT of attention in our K-12 education systems.

I believe such a skill does exist.

But it hardly receives a mention.

We’ve seen a massive shift in attention to soft skills

Education has been all about the soft skills for some time now, and rightly so. We’re talking here about the transferable skills that will take our learners forward and allow them to flourish in many industries.

Source: https://www.wikijob.co.uk/content/interview-advice/competencies/soft-skills

I’m a big fan of these skills. These core competencies are far more likely to determine student…

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Tim Cavey
Teachers on Fire Magazine

Elementary Vice Principal and Teacher. Education YouTuber at Teachers on Fire. Big believer in Growth Mindset. EdTech should promote the 5 Cs. MEdL.