An Interest In:
Web News this Week
- March 28, 2024
- March 27, 2024
- March 26, 2024
- March 25, 2024
- March 24, 2024
- March 23, 2024
- March 22, 2024
Some of Our Sources
- Technology Review
- Simplebits
- Smashing Apps
- Vandelay Design
- Web Designer Depot
- Noupe
- Crazy Leaf Design
- Wal You
- Spyre Studios
- Willems Lab
Help Webnuz
Referal links:
April 12, 2011 09:41 pm GMT
My friends, my followers on Twitter, and people who've read my previous posts know that I have a very strong opinion about education: that it is absolutely necessary in order for you to build a foundation for success. Despite having appointments at five elite universities, I am not a proponent of elite education. Rather, my research led me to conclude that ivy-leaguers may be able to get their buddies from Sequoia and Kleiner to return emails, but aren't going to be any more successful at building companies; that what matters is gaining a basic education and completing what you started"not the ranking of the school you graduate from.I am one of the people who Sarah Lacy predicted would be "pissed" when they read her post quoting Peter Thiel as saying "we're in a bubble and it's not the Internet. It's higher education". Peter Thiel may have made the right calls with Paypal; he certainly made a smart decision by investing in Mark Zuckerberg. But he is no expert on education.The message Thiel is sending to the world with his fellowship, which rewards students for dropping out of school, is wrong. The best path to success is not to drop out of college; it is to complete it. Yes, I know that Thiel is targeting exceptional students and is rallying against elite, expensive education. But as the title of Sarah Lacy's piece shows, as does the controversy it has generated, the message that is getting out is that all "higher education" isn't cost justified"for any student.
Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/DN1HRduTHhc/
Friends Don't Let Friends Take Education Advice From Peter Thiel
My friends, my followers on Twitter, and people who've read my previous posts know that I have a very strong opinion about education: that it is absolutely necessary in order for you to build a foundation for success. Despite having appointments at five elite universities, I am not a proponent of elite education. Rather, my research led me to conclude that ivy-leaguers may be able to get their buddies from Sequoia and Kleiner to return emails, but aren't going to be any more successful at building companies; that what matters is gaining a basic education and completing what you started"not the ranking of the school you graduate from.I am one of the people who Sarah Lacy predicted would be "pissed" when they read her post quoting Peter Thiel as saying "we're in a bubble and it's not the Internet. It's higher education". Peter Thiel may have made the right calls with Paypal; he certainly made a smart decision by investing in Mark Zuckerberg. But he is no expert on education.The message Thiel is sending to the world with his fellowship, which rewards students for dropping out of school, is wrong. The best path to success is not to drop out of college; it is to complete it. Yes, I know that Thiel is targeting exceptional students and is rallying against elite, expensive education. But as the title of Sarah Lacy's piece shows, as does the controversy it has generated, the message that is getting out is that all "higher education" isn't cost justified"for any student.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/DN1HRduTHhc/
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article
Techcrunch
TechCrunch is a leading technology blog, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news.More About this Source Visit Techcrunch