英语翻译
The death of Steve Jobs provides a chance to take some lessons from his amazing life.Steve Jobs had a passion (激情) for education.He may be gone,but we still have a chance to learn from his courage and innovation (革新).
Making Mistakes
I think that the main reason why we can’t find proper ways to improve the education system that no longer serves us well is simply fear.Fear of failure.Fear of getting it wrong.Teachers fear that innovation could endanger their jobs.Steve had the attitude we need in education right now.“Sometimes when you create something,you make mistakes.It is best to admit (承认) them and get on with improving your other innovations.” That’s the kind of spirit that we need to have.
Motivation (动机) Matters
We’ve concentrated (专注于) so much on results that we don’t always reward good motivations.But these things are very imp ortant.In our schools,we’ve cared so much about test results that we’ve lost creativity.We don’t reward students for their hard work,and we punish failure.As a result,we lost imagination and found no motivation to try something that has a chance of ending in failure.
What Defines (定义) Failure?
The company that Steve Jobs started in 1985 after being forced out of Apple shows us how technology could influence educational innovation.In 1985 he started NeXT.The company was providing computers for educational purposes.NeXT wasn’t really financially (经济上) successful.But it may have been ahead of its time.Today,we see what the technology brings into the classroom.
Changing Our Model
The company sold around 50,000 computers.But that would be missing the point.It was a NeXTcube workstation that encouraged the first web server.It helped in the development of early Internet technology.Truly,Steve Jobs has taught us that results are not the most important things in life.