ThedeathofSteveJobsprovidesachancetotakesomelessonsfromhisamazinglife.SteveJobshadapassion(激情)foreducation.Hemaybegonebutwestillhaveachancetolearnfromhiscourageandinnovation(革新).
ThedeathofSteveJobsprovidesachancetotakesomelessonsfromhisamazinglife.SteveJobshadapassion(激情)foreducation.Hemaybegonebutwestillhaveachancetolearnfromhiscourageandinnovation(革新).
MakingMistakes
Ithinkthatthemainreasonwhywecan’tfindproperwaystoimprovetheeducationsystemthatnolongerservesuswellissimplyfear.Fearoffailure.Fearofgettingitwrong.Teachersfearthatinnovationcouldendangertheirjobs.Stevehadtheattitudeweneedineducationrightnow.“Sometimeswhenyoucreatesomethingyoumakemistakes.Itisbesttoadmit(承认)themandgetonwithimprovingyourotherinnovations.”That’sthekindofspiritthatweneedtohave.
Motivation(动机)Matters
We’veconcentrated(专注于)somuchonresultsthatwedon’talwaysrewardgoodmotivations.Butthesethingsareveryimportant.Inourschoolswe’vecaredsomuchabouttestresultsthatwe’velostcreativity.Wedon’trewardstudentsfortheirhardworkandwepunishfailure.Asaresultwelostimaginationandfoundnomotivationtotrysomethingthathasachanceofendinginfailure.
WhatDefines(定义)Failure?
ThecompanythatSteveJobsstartedin1985afterbeingforcedoutofAppleshowsushowtechnologycouldinfluenceeducationalinnovation.In1985hestartedNeXT.Thecompanywasprovidingcomputersforeducationalpurposes.NeXTwasn’treallyfinancially(经济上)successful.Butitmayhavebeenaheadofitstime.Todayweseewhatthetechnologybringsintotheclassroom.
ChangingOurModel
Thecompanysoldaround50000computers.Butthatwouldbemissingthepoint.ItwasaNeXTcubeworkstationthatencouragedthefirstwebserver.IthelpedinthedevelopmentofearlyInternettechnology.TrulySteveJobshastaughtusthatresultsarenotthemostimportantthingsinlife.
54.Thearticletellsusmakingmistakes .
A.isalwayssomethingverybad
B.willhelpusbecomebetterpeople
C.isapartofmakingsomethingnew
D.willkeepusfromreachingourdreams
55.Wemayloseourcreativityandimaginationifwe .
A.makealotofmistakes
B.failtohavearightmodel
C.can’tbefinanciallysuccessful
D