In this thread: a menagerie of horrors from Tony Wagner & Ted Dintersmith’s “Most Likely to Succeed” — starting w/ a UCLA grad who moved to Nicaragua so he could afford to pay off his U.S. student debtpic.twitter.com/0DNUT898ol
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Some employers continue to turn down highly qualified & experienced candidates on the basis of SAT scores earned decades prior — scores that are very effectively gamed with extended-time exemptions & test-prep tutors that only affluent families can affordpic.twitter.com/dPVi8KMAbX
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“You did this to Bill Gates, then you did this to Mark Zuckerberg. You have done this to every creative entrepreneur here. All we do is drop out with a bitter taste in our mouth.”pic.twitter.com/1YDp5ovpLw
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From the book:https://www.amazon.com/Most-Likely-Succeed-Preparing-Innovation/dp/1501104322/ref=nodl_ …
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Also strongly recommend the documentary based on the book, available on iTunes:https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4267108/ …
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Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg weren’t pushed out of Harvard out of frustration, though. They simply succeeeded early. And neither of them studied “leadership and organizations.” Those are all “practical” topics that don’t belong in a traditional college undergrad curriculum
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...why don't "practical" topics belong in an undergrad curriculum??
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