Twenty-First Century Schools Committee

My 10th grade students researched future predictions up to 2088.  Of the many types of predited events, the following are the ones that my 10th graders thought were the most possible:

Future Possibilities ·       Develop an earthquake warning system·       Three damaging earthquakes·       Earth will get hotter·       Virtual reality·       Lifespan will be 90 years·       Decreasing natural resources·       Painless surgery·       Food and water become more valuable and costly·       More addiction to drugs, alcohol, and food in children·       A plague will kill may people·       People have three or more marriages; divorce rate will increase·       Land will be reserved for forest farming·       Food scarce because population too big·       Medication to prevent obesity·       Earlier high school graduation·       Digital equipment will get smaller and faster·       Individualized advertising·       Colonize Mars·       Create and clone Martians·       Produce effective vaccines more quickly·       E-delivery of newspapers·       New highway system·       Flying cars·       Houses built stronger with new materials·       More natural disasters·       More immigrants to U.S.·       Digital books and libraries·       Robots do everything·       Cures for HIV, cancer, and diabetes·       Men are no longer the “bread winner” of the family·       Society is still as plagued by liars as it is today·       Earth becomes one big urban community

Debora Orrick