Professional careers as an extension of school

As a result of reading chapter 10 by Jim Burke of the book, Adolescent Literacy Turning Promise into Practice, edited by Kylene Beers, Robert Probst and Linda Rief; I was able to think back to what I thought about life after school.
I thought that after college I would be done with school, learning and writing. This was quickly dispelled. The same habits that make a good student also make a good professional. These habits need to be polished, but more than likely, a student is laying the foundation for their professional career when they are in elementary school. Learning does not end with formal schooling. This chapter served as a reminder that one cannot rest on their laurels of having attained a place at the front of the classroom with the textbook that has all the answers in the back. This is place to delve more deeply into content with students and show, that like them, you too are learning. This type of deep thinking/learning is difficult to do by oneself and is augmented by the research and input from others. This makes the idea of group projects much more important as a tool for preparing for the future. As students learn how to work with different people, they are gaining valuable experience for future use. Although students may no longer be studying for a test at the end of the month; they will be studying for a much greater purpose, job security. Those employees that are most like students in their consumption of information and research of ideas are those that are going to have the greatest value to their organization.