Steve Jobs (TED Talk 3)

As with the rest of the talks, Steve Jobs does incorporate humor, however, much less of it. I very much liked that he, at the very beginning, said that he would be sharing three stories. I knew exactly what to be listening for after he said that. During the rest of his talk, he remained calm, spoke very clearly, and enunciated his words. This is something that I tend to struggle with on big speaking projects like the one I am faced with, so I will definitely be practicing to talk like him. Due to his presentation style, I feel that each of his stories was meant to convey a separate point. His first story, about how his parents were not college or even high school graduates, was meant to show us that everything happens for a reason and everything will work out in the end. His second story, about how he was fired from the company that he himself started, was meant to show us that anything that happens has two sides. The first is the initial reaction to what has happened, which is generally exaggerated. The second is the good that comes from the event, in his case, it was getting married and founding another big and successful company, next. His final story, about his cancer diagnosis, was to show that you never know when life will end, so you should make every moment count and be the best that it can. For education, I think that this has no major significance, other than showing teachers that they need to make the best use of every class period, because the year is short and they have a lot to get through.