Glenn Ralston (gralston@in.net)
Thu, 13 May 1999 12:05:54 -0500
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 12:05:54 -0500 From: Glenn Ralston <gralston@in.net> Subject: Re: Another point: Dyslexia
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So, could we say colleges may be serving as anchors while our newest economic
engine requires sails?
What are the chances that IFETS participants average higher in left-handers? I
am not though my handwriting is terrible, and some assume my thinking is
bassackwards.
Glenn Ralston
Frank Fenby wrote:
> Glenn Ralston said,
> <<* Also, it seems that 5 or 6 of these most prominent young leaders in the
> industry [Gates, Jobs, Dell, Waite, Ellison, Wozniak] are college dropouts?
> * Does that tell us anything about a college's role with info tech today?>>
>
> Success in business, info tech or otherwise, requires, among other things, a
> strong orientation to immediate action, risk taking, and the ability to
> enjoy and thrive in an unstructured environment.
>
> In much of higher education, we praise the student for highly structured,
> orthographically precise, laboriously researched, deeply pondered,
> responses.
>
> A person does well survive the academic process with some entrepreneurial
> vigor left. Maybe this is good, for if we only turned out zealous,
> intuitive, fly-by-night entrepreneurs then who would implement their dreams.
>
> Prof. Frank Fenby
> Trinity College of Florida
> FFenby@xc.org
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