Regardless of zip code, talent and IQ are evenly distributed, so we need to make sure that opportunity is evenly distributed, too.
Interpretation
Talent and intelligence are found across all demographics, but access to opportunities is not equally available.
Laurene Powell Jobs emphasizes the importance of providing equal opportunities to individuals regardless of their socio-economic background. She suggests that talent and intelligence are not confined to specific areas or groups, and thus it is crucial to ensure that everyone has a fair chance to succeed, which in turn can lead to a more equitable society.
In practice
Using this quote in a speech about educational reform.
It's not that our high school system was not designed well, but that it was designed in 1906 when the country was just out of the industrial era. There hasn't been a substantial systemic change the way we do high school since then.
As a parent, you have to be good coach and bad coach, and I think in the college-application process, I didn't want to be bad coach. 'This is amazing! I'm so proud of you!' That's the role I wanted with my kids.
There is a huge gap between what students want for their future and what their schools are offering.
Teachers have told us across the country that what's severely outdated is the teacher at the front of the classroom as the font of knowledge, because as we know, access to knowledge and information is now ubiquitous. So instead, teachers want to help students learn how to think so that they can be lifelong learners.
Network television has been attempting to lure viewers for years with its low-interest programming only to have those viewers discover later that their brains are bankrupt.
The imagination is an innate gift, but it needs refinement and cultivation; this is what the humanities provide.
The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society.
If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.
As parents, we teach our kids about things we feel competent in. That's why so many parents don't teach their kids about money.
I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.
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