Reflection on Video of Steve Jobs' Speech

[Angeline]

Reflection points from Steve Jobs' speech

1. Success and education are two delinked concepts. One does not need
to graduate from college to achieve success in life.

2. Mindset that parents' education level indirectly influences the
level of education their children eventually achieve. Another fallacy.

3. "The value in going to school". Having a system of fixed modules
and lectures to attend may run counter productive as students may not
have an interest in them. e.g. What use does learning about
differentiation/integration have in most people's day-to-day life?

4. That being said, some things learned in school will never realise
their usefulness or application till years later. How can one then
identify these "high potential" classes at an early stage? The
Singapore government has harped about building creativity and
innovation as key cornerstones, but without allowing students to start
exploring their whims and curiosity at an early age, how realistic
would it be to expect them to exhibit those traits in adulthood.

5. As Steve Jobs pointed out, following one's own curiosity and
intuition translates into priceless lessons that have a big impact on
one's life in future. But to do that, one needs the confidence and
trust that things will work out. To be able to step away from the well-
worn path and pursue something different.

6. In today's economic and competitive climate, how are Singaporeans
able to find that confidence and trust required. Especially so when
the mindset perpetrated over generations placed great emphasis on
schooling and graduating from university. "Whatever you study is not
important, so long you graduate from university".

7. The saying of "stay hungry, stay foolish" while meant to be read as
being hungry for knowledge, but be foolish enough to indulge in
pursuing dreams can be read another way in Singapore's context. Stay
foolish (not going to school), stay hungry (not achieving monetary
success) :p