Scott Adams 'Essay' How To Get A Real Education
In Scott Adams article “ How to get a Real Education” Adam speaks about the “B Student” and he states “Why do we make the B students take the same classes as an A student who take classes such as American study Physics, chemistry, calculus, and classic literature. That's like trying to train your cat to do your taxes- a waste of time” (98). Based on this statement this means that a B students is book smart and street smart as well. This is when Adam also states “ Wouldn't it make more sense to teach B students something useful like entrepreneurship?”(98). There is a difference between an A students and a B student which the A student is always on top of their classes and not settling for less and want better.
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Adam Scott mentioned in “ How to get a Real Education” that it is important to take risks and that people should take them and “ find yourself failing 90% of the time” he also says “ the trick is to get paid while you are doing the failing and to use the experience to gain skills that will be used later on in life “ (100) Which is very true 9/10 as human beings things are not going to turn out perfect that's why there's the saying “ learn from your mistakes” is basically what Adams is saying because from those mistakes and the failing it turns into lessons and experience that can definitely help in the future of know the basics to another career and put it to practice once again. Failing is not okay but it is also nothing wrong with it. It is nothing to worry about “ you would be surprised at how many of the skills I learned in those careers and can be applied to almost any field”. It is always important to learn new things and learn from the mistakes taken along to way just to better them. Sir Ken Robinson from the TED talk also states “ Children are being taught how not to be wrong.” and how the education system treats being wrong as the worst thing possible.” ( youtube TED Talks) Which is true but that is so that kid would not use that as an excuse everything they fail or else they would take advantage of saying it is okay “i'll apply it later
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Adam Scott mentioned in “ How to get a Real Education” that it is important to take risks and that people should take them and “ find yourself failing 90% of the time” he also says “ the trick is to get paid while you are doing the failing and to use the experience to gain skills that will be used later on in life “ (100) Which is very true 9/10 as human beings things are not going to turn out perfect that's why there's the saying “ learn from your mistakes” is basically what Adams is saying because from those mistakes and the failing it turns into lessons and experience that can definitely help in the future of know the basics to another career and put it to practice once again. Failing is not okay but it is also nothing wrong with it. It is nothing to worry about “ you would be surprised at how many of the skills I learned in those careers and can be applied to almost any field”. It is always important to learn new things and learn from the mistakes taken along to way just to better them. Sir Ken Robinson from the TED talk also states “ Children are being taught how not to be wrong.” and how the education system treats being wrong as the worst thing possible.” ( youtube TED Talks) Which is true but that is so that kid would not use that as an excuse everything they fail or else they would take advantage of saying it is okay “i'll apply it later