Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Steve Jobs told students: ‘Stay hungry. Stay foolish.’ - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Steve Jobs told students: ‘Stay hungry. Stay foolish.’ - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

Steve Jobs told students: ‘Stay hungry. Stay foolish.’

Steve Jobs, the late Apple co-founder being called the Thomas Edison of his time, revealed in a commencement speech at Stanford University in 2005 why he dropped out of college — and why he thought it was one of the best things he ever did. Yet he had other advice for the students.

Jobs, whose death at the age of 56 was announced Wednesday night, started that speech by telling about being adopted as a baby, and why, 17 years later, he attended Reed College in Oregon for only six months before dropping out. He said:

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