Tuesday, February 8, 2011

How Can a College Dropout Prevent Dropouts?

Former Microsoft Chairman and now Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Billy dropped out his second year at Harvard University to pursue his dream and completely revolutionalize the word by creating software that runs on virtually every single computer in the world. He dropped out. He stopped going to college. Why is he so intent on promoting a formalized, standards-driven, merit-pay, school system that forces marginalized youth into the same system that he rejected? Bill, you rose to prominesce because you were allowed to be creative, to dream, to invent, to work with others who shared in your dream and made you one of the most powerful and richest persons in the so-called free world. So, Bill the next time you start talking about what you know about education be sure to mention that you know that school ain't for everybody, especially those who wanna' make a bunch a money and live a life of power.

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