Steve jobs: student, teacher and leader in revolutionizing education and technology

Teni Sow | October 9, 2011 | 0 Comments

In a time of educational debate and shuffling nationwide, a college dropout, businessman and paragon of technological innovation emerged as an inadvertent, but forceful, momentum for an educational revolution around the world.

Steve Jobs wasn’t the best student in the traditional sense, as he dropped out of college within six months of enrolling. But in the years following, the world watched as he built Apple and as he taught himself through numerous failures and subsequent successes. His career became an education for himself, his employees and his customers.

By way of educational ideology, Jobs was a believer in equal opportunity, according to a 1995 interview with Daniel Morrow, executive director of the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program.

“I don’t believe in equal outcome because unfortunately life’s not like that,” Jobs told Morrow. “It would be a pretty boring place if it was.”

Following the news of Jobs’ death Wednesday night, thousands of tributes poured in, honoring the tech pioneer’s life, career and pervasive contribution to the operations, capabilities and outlook of innumerable industries. Among those messages was this tribute from the parent of an autistic child.

“Steve Jobs Saved My Son,” the CNN iReport post is titled.

“Thank you Steve Jobs for helping my son,” the mother writes. “You have given us hope we thought we would never have.”

Join the forum discussion on this post

Make Current

RedditStumbleUponDeliciousTumblrDiggBlogger PostMister-WongLinkedInShare

Related posts:

  1. Steve jobs: an educator and his education
  2. Steve Jobs: Designer First, CEO Second
  3. Breaking News: Steve Jobs Has Died
  4. Here’s Jon Stewart’s Touching Tribute To Steve Jobs
  5. Steve jobs: what students can learn from him

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Category: Education

Comments (0)

Trackback URL | Comments RSS Feed

There are no comments yet. Why not be the first to speak your mind.

Leave a Reply

«
»
Increase your website traffic with Attracta.com