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