Tu\u1ea7n tr\u01b0\u1edbc, Ryan Taylor, m\u1ed9t c\u1ef1u sinh vi\u00ean \u0111\u00e3 t\u1ed1t nghi\u1ec7p nhi\u1ec1u n\u0103m tr\u01b0\u1edbc t\u1edbi g\u1eb7p t\u00f4i. Anh \u1ea5y n\u00f3i: “Em mu\u1ed1n th\u1ea7y bi\u1ebft r\u1eb1ng em \u0111\u00e3 d\u00f9ng t\u00e0i li\u1ec7u l\u1edbp h\u1ecdc c\u1ee7a th\u1ea7y \u0111\u1ec3 d\u1ea1y cho h\u1ecdc sinh trung h\u1ecdc v\u1ec1 kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p.” Anh \u1ea5y th\u1ea5y s\u1ef1 ng\u1ea1c nhi\u00ean c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i v\u00e0 gi\u1ea3i th\u00edch: “Sau khi t\u1ed1t nghi\u1ec7p, em l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c cho m\u1ed9t c\u00f4ng ti ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m, v\u00e0 trong th\u1eddi gian r\u1ea3nh r\u1ed7i, em t\u00ecnh nguy\u1ec7n l\u00e0m th\u1ea7y d\u1ea1y k\u00e8m cho h\u1ecdc sinh trung h\u1ecdc v\u1ec1 to\u00e1n. \u0110\u00e2y l\u00e0 nh\u1eefng h\u1ecdc sinh c\u00f3 v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 trong tr\u01b0\u1eddng, v\u00e0 m\u1ed9t s\u1ed1 ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1ecb d\u00e1n nh\u00e3n “l\u01b0\u1eddi bi\u1ebfng hay ng\u01b0\u1eddi h\u1ecdc ch\u1eadm hi\u1ec3u.” \u0110\u1ec3 khuy\u1ebfn kh\u00edch h\u1ecd h\u1ecdc, em n\u00f3i cho h\u1ecd v\u1ec1 nh\u1eefng kh\u1ea3 n\u0103ng b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u c\u00f4ng ti.” V\u00ec \u0111\u00f3 l\u00e0 c\u00e2u chuy\u1ec7n ho\u00e0n to\u00e0n kh\u00f4ng ng\u1edd t\u1edbi, t\u00f4i \u0111\u1ec1 ngh\u1ecb anh \u1ea5y gi\u1ea3i th\u00edch th\u00eam.<\/p>\n
Ryan n\u00f3i: “Sau khi t\u1ed1t nghi\u1ec7p, t\u1ea5t c\u1ea3 ch\u00fang em \u0111\u1ec1u l\u00e0m \u0103n t\u1ed1t trong ngh\u1ec1 nghi\u1ec7p c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh, cho n\u00ean em mu\u1ed1n \u0111\u1ec1n \u0111\u00e1p l\u1ea1i cho x\u00e3 h\u1ed9i b\u1eb1ng vi\u1ec7c l\u00e0 ng\u01b0\u1eddi t\u00ecnh nguy\u1ec7n l\u00e0m th\u1ea7y k\u00e8m cho h\u1ecdc sinh trung h\u1ecdc. Sau nhi\u1ec1u tu\u1ea7n d\u1ea1y to\u00e1n cho h\u1ecdc sinh nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1ecb t\u1ee5t l\u1ea1i sau l\u1edbp, em th\u1ea5y r\u1eb1ng h\u1ecd kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 \u0111\u1ed9ng c\u01a1 \u0111\u1ec3 h\u1ecdc ch\u00fat n\u00e0o. M\u1ed9t h\u00f4m m\u1ed9t h\u1ecdc sinh n\u00f3i: “Em s\u1ebd l\u00e0m g\u00ec v\u1edbi to\u00e1n h\u1ecdc n\u00e0y? Nh\u1eefng con s\u1ed1 v\u00e0 ph\u01b0\u01a1ng tr\u00ecnh n\u00e0y ch\u1eb3ng c\u00f3 ngh\u0129a v\u1edbi em. T\u1ea1i sao em ph\u1ea3i h\u1ecdc to\u00e1n?” \u0110i\u1ec1u \u0111\u00f3 l\u00e0m cho em ngh\u0129 s\u00e2u h\u01a1n v\u1ec1 c\u00e1ch h\u1ecd h\u1ecdc to\u00e1n \u1edf tr\u01b0\u1eddng trung h\u1ecdc. H\u1ecdc sinh ph\u1ea3i bi\u1ebft nhi\u1ec1u c\u00f4ng th\u1ee9c v\u00e0 ph\u01b0\u01a1ng tr\u00ecnh \u0111\u1ec3 gi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1. Nhi\u1ec1u b\u00e0i to\u00e1n \u0111\u00e3 r\u1ea5t kh\u00f3 m\u00e0 y\u00eau c\u1ea7u nhi\u1ec1u th\u1eddi gian gi\u1ea3i. \u0110i\u1ec1u \u0111\u00f3 l\u00e0m cho m\u1ed9t s\u1ed1 h\u1ecdc sinh gh\u00e9t to\u00e1n hay th\u1eadm ch\u00ed s\u1ee3 to\u00e1n. Em ngh\u0129 v\u1ec1 c\u00e1ch th\u1ea7y \u0111\u00e3 d\u1ea1y cho ch\u00fang em v\u1ec1 k\u0129 ngh\u1ec7 ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m v\u00e0 kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p, \u1edf \u0111\u00f3 th\u1ea7y \u0111\u00e3 m\u00f4 t\u1ea3 c\u00e1c m\u1ee5c \u0111\u00edch v\u00e0 c\u00e1c \u1ee9ng d\u1ee5ng v\u1edbi nhi\u1ec1u v\u00ed d\u1ee5. D\u00f9ng c\u00e1ch ti\u1ebfp c\u1eadn d\u1ea1y c\u1ee7a th\u1ea7y, em b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u n\u00f3i cho h\u1ecd v\u1ec1 h\u1ecd c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 l\u00e0m \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c g\u00ec v\u1edbi to\u00e1n h\u1ecdc. Khi ch\u00fang ta ch\u0103m nom v\u00e0 c\u00f3 t\u1eeb bi v\u1edbi ai \u0111\u00f3, ch\u00fang ta nh\u1eadn ra gi\u1eadn d\u1eef v\u00e0 th\u1ea5t v\u1ecdng c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd. Kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 h\u00e0nh \u0111\u1ed9ng \u0111\u00fang, nh\u1eefng h\u1ecdc sinh n\u00e0y s\u1ebd b\u1ecb b\u1ecf l\u1ea1i \u0111\u1eb1ng sau; nhi\u1ec1u ng\u01b0\u1eddi s\u1ebd b\u1ecf tr\u01b0\u1eddng, tr\u1edf th\u00e0nh th\u1ea5t nghi\u1ec7p m\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 hi v\u1ecdng n\u00e0o v\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 t\u01b0\u01a1ng lai n\u00e0o.”<\/p>\n
T\u00f4i h\u1ecfi: “Nh\u01b0ng t\u1ea1i sao l\u1ea1i l\u00e0 kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p? Nh\u1eefng c\u00e1i n\u00e0y ch\u1ec9 l\u00e0 cho h\u1ecdc sinh tr\u01b0\u1eddng trung h\u1ecdc ch\u1ee9.”<\/p>\n
Ryan gi\u1ea3i th\u00edch: “Em \u0111\u00e3 y\u00eau c\u1ea7u th\u1ea7y hi\u1ec7u tr\u01b0\u1edfng cho ph\u00e9p em d\u1ea1y m\u1ed9t l\u1edbp v\u1ec1 kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p cho nh\u1eefng h\u1ecdc sinh n\u00e0y \u0111\u1ec3 \u0111\u1ed9ng vi\u00ean h\u1ecd h\u1ecdc to\u00e1n. Em d\u00f9ng c\u00e1c t\u00e0i li\u1ec7u c\u1ee7a th\u1ea7y v\u00e0 s\u1eeda ch\u00fang cho kh\u1edbp v\u1edbi h\u1ecdc sinh trung h\u1ecdc. L\u00fac ban \u0111\u1ea7u, h\u1ecdc sinh ph\u1ea3i \u0111i t\u1edbi m\u1ed9t \u00fd t\u01b0\u1edfng \u0111\u1ec3 b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u m\u1ed9t doanh nghi\u1ec7p, nh\u01b0ng h\u1ecd ph\u1ea3i t\u00ednh to\u00e1n nhu c\u1ea7u th\u1ecb tr\u01b0\u1eddng, h\u1ecd c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 l\u00e0m ra \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c bao nhi\u00eau, chi ph\u00ed v\u00e0 l\u1ee3i nhu\u1eadn \u0111\u1ec3 v\u1eadn h\u00e0nh c\u00f4ng ti. H\u1ecd ph\u1ea3i h\u1ecdc v\u1eadn h\u00e0nh doanh nghi\u1ec7p c\u01a1 b\u1ea3n, hay n\u00f3i c\u00e1ch kh\u00e1c, h\u1ecd ph\u1ea3i h\u1ecdc to\u00e1n. Sau n\u0103m t\u1edbi b\u1ea9y tu\u1ea7n, h\u1ecd ph\u1ea3i tr\u00ecnh b\u00e0y b\u1ea3n k\u1ebf ho\u1ea1ch doanh nghi\u1ec7p cho m\u1ed9t nh\u00f3m c\u00e1c th\u1ea7y gi\u00e1o to\u00e1n nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi s\u1ebd \u0111\u00e1nh gi\u00e1 h\u1ecd v\u1ec1 doanh nghi\u1ec7p c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd v\u00e0 b\u1ecf phi\u1ebfu cho t\u1ed5 gi\u1ecfi nh\u1ea5t. Th\u1ea7y kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 h\u00ecnh dung \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c c\u00e1c h\u1ecdc sinh n\u00e0y nhi\u1ec7t t\u00ecnh th\u1ebf n\u00e0o khi h\u1ecd bi\u1ebft v\u1ec1 \u00e1p d\u1ee5ng c\u1ee7a to\u00e1n h\u1ecdc. B\u00e2y gi\u1edd h\u1ecd c\u00f3 l\u00ed do \u0111\u1ec3 th\u00edch to\u00e1n v\u00ec h\u1ecd th\u1ea5y \u0111i\u1ec1u h\u1ecd c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 l\u00e0m v\u1edbi n\u00f3. Em \u0111\u00e3 d\u1ea1y h\u1ecd th\u1ed1ng k\u00ea v\u00e0 c\u00e1ch d\u1ef1 b\u00e1o xu h\u01b0\u1edbng th\u1ecb tr\u01b0\u1eddng, \u0111i\u1ec1u kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i l\u00e0 c\u00e1i g\u00ec \u0111\u00f3 m\u00e0 h\u1ecdc sinh h\u1ecdc \u1edf tr\u01b0\u1eddng trung h\u1ecdc, nh\u01b0ng h\u1ecd th\u00edch \u0111i\u1ec1u \u0111\u00f3.\u00a0 T\u1ea5t c\u1ea3 h\u1ecd \u0111\u1ec1u l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c ch\u0103m ch\u1ec9 v\u00ec h\u1ecd tin m\u1ed9t ng\u00e0y n\u00e0o \u0111\u00f3 h\u1ecd c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 l\u00e0 ng\u01b0\u1eddi ch\u1ee7 c\u1ee7a m\u1ed9t c\u00f4ng ti.”<\/p>\n
T\u00f4i ng\u1ea1c nhi\u00ean: “V\u1eady th\u00ec c\u00e1i g\u00ec \u0111\u00e3 x\u1ea3y ra? H\u1ecd h\u1ecdc b\u00e2y gi\u1edd th\u1ebf n\u00e0o?”<\/p>\n
Ryan ti\u1ebfp t\u1ee5c: “C\u00e1c tr\u01b0\u1eddng kh\u00e1c nghe n\u00f3i v\u1ec1 ch\u01b0\u01a1ng tr\u00ecnh n\u00e0y v\u00e0 mu\u1ed1n bi\u1ebft nhi\u1ec1u h\u01a1n. Em gi\u1edbi thi\u1ec7u cho h\u1ecd \u00fd t\u01b0\u1edfng c\u1ee7a em v\u1ec1 d\u1ea1y c\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p nh\u01b0 m\u1ed9t c\u00e1ch m\u1edbi \u0111\u1ec3 l\u00e0m cho h\u1ecdc sinh h\u1ecdc to\u00e1n, v\u00e0 nhi\u1ec1u hi\u1ec7u tr\u01b0\u1edfng th\u00edch \u0111i\u1ec1u \u0111\u00f3. Trong m\u1ecdi tr\u01b0\u1eddng trung h\u1ecdc, c\u00f3 nh\u1eefng h\u1ecdc sinh \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c d\u00e1n nh\u00e3n “L\u01b0\u1eddi bi\u1ebfng, kh\u00f4ng \u0111\u1ed9ng c\u01a1, kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 h\u1ecdc \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c, v\u00e0 tr\u01b0\u1ee3t, v.v.” Cho n\u00ean c\u00e1c tr\u01b0\u1eddng n\u00e0y \u0111\u00e3 g\u1eedi h\u1ecdc sinh c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd t\u1edbi l\u1edbp c\u1ee7a em n\u01a1i em d\u1ea1y h\u1ecd sau gi\u1edd h\u1ecdc \u1edf tr\u01b0\u1eddng v\u00e0o bu\u1ed5i t\u1ed1i. Em nh\u1edd v\u00e0i ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1ea1n l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c trong c\u00f4ng ti ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m c\u1ee7a em d\u1ea1y h\u1ecd l\u1eadp tr\u00ecnh, ch\u1ee7 y\u1ebfu l\u00e0 Swift, Java v\u00e0 IOS \u0111\u1ec3 ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n app di \u0111\u1ed9ng. Cu\u1ed1i c\u00f9ng, ch\u00fang em \u0111\u00e3 t\u1ea1o ra m\u1ed9t “ch\u01b0\u01a1ng tr\u00ecnh kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p” m\u1edbi trong tr\u01b0\u1eddng trung h\u1ecdc v\u1edbi tr\u00ean s\u00e1u m\u01b0\u01a1i h\u1ecdc sinh. Nh\u1eefng h\u1ecdc sinh n\u00e0y ph\u1ea3i x\u00e2y d\u1ef1ng c\u00e1c app di \u0111\u1ed9ng d\u1ef1a tr\u00ean \u00fd t\u01b0\u1edfng c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd. H\u1ecd ph\u1ea3i t\u00ednh th\u1eddi gian c\u1ea7n \u0111\u1ec3 ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m, chi ph\u00ed n\u1ebfu h\u1ecd l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c to\u00e0n th\u1eddi, chi ph\u00ed v\u1eadn h\u00e0nh c\u00f4ng ti, v\u00e0 h\u1ecd c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 l\u00e0m ra \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c bao nhi\u00eau thu nh\u1eadp, v.v. Ch\u00fang em tin \u0111i\u1ec1u n\u00e0y s\u1ebd gi\u00fap cho h\u1ecd h\u1ecdc nhi\u1ec1u h\u01a1n v\u1ec1 to\u00e1n h\u1ecdc d\u1ef1a tr\u00ean “k\u1ecbch b\u1ea3n m\u00f4 ph\u1ecfng.” C\u1ee9 n\u0103m hay b\u1ea9y tu\u1ea7n, h\u1ecd ph\u1ea3i tr\u00ecnh b\u00e0y k\u1ebf ho\u1ea1ch c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd cho nh\u00f3m c\u00e1c th\u1ea7y gi\u00e1o to\u00e1n, ng\u01b0\u1eddi s\u1ebd b\u1ecf phi\u1ebfu b\u00ecnh t\u1ed5 gi\u1ecfi nh\u1ea5t. Nh\u01b0ng v\u1edbi ng\u1ea1c nhi\u00ean c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang em, m\u1ed9t s\u1ed1 “nh\u00e0 \u0111\u1ea7u t\u01b0 xu\u1ea5t v\u1ed1n” xu\u1ea5t hi\u1ec7n trong bu\u1ed5i tr\u00ecnh b\u00e0y c\u1ee7a tr\u01b0\u1eddng. M\u1ed9t s\u1ed1 ng\u01b0\u1eddi th\u1eadm ch\u00ed \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u1ea7u t\u01b0 v\u00e0i ngh\u00ecn \u0111\u00f4 la cho “c\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p” c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd ch\u1ec9 \u0111\u1ec3 khuy\u1ebfn kh\u00edch h\u1ecd, m\u1eb7c d\u1ea7u em bi\u1ebft h\u1ecd \u0111\u00e3 kh\u00f4ng mong \u0111\u1ee3i g\u00ec m\u1ea5y \u1edf c\u00e1c h\u1ecdc sinh trung h\u1ecdc. Ng\u00e0y nay nhi\u1ec1u app di \u0111\u1ed9ng c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c b\u00e1n trong c\u1eeda h\u00e0ng Apple v\u00e0 h\u1ecdc sinh \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c \u0111\u1ed9ng vi\u00ean nhi\u1ec1u \u0111\u1ec3 h\u1ecdc nhi\u1ec1u h\u01a1n.”<\/p>\n
Ryan c\u01b0\u1eddi: “Kh\u00f4ng ai tr\u1edf th\u00e0nh tri\u1ec7u ph\u00fa hay th\u1eadm ch\u00ed l\u00e0m ra v\u00e0i ngh\u00ecn \u0111\u00f4 la, nh\u01b0ng n\u00f3 v\u1eabn l\u00e0 ph\u1ea7n th\u01b0\u1edfng l\u1edbn khi th\u1ea5y nh\u1eefng h\u1ecdc sinh n\u00e0y h\u1ecdc l\u1eadp tr\u00ecnh, to\u00e1n h\u1ecdc, thu nh\u1eadn kh\u00e1ch h\u00e0ng, th\u1ecb tr\u01b0\u1eddng m\u1ee5c ti\u00eau, ph\u01b0\u01a1ng ph\u00e1p ti\u1ec1n t\u1ec7 ho\u00e1, v\u00e0 m\u00f4 h\u00ecnh doanh nghi\u1ec7p. B\u00e2y gi\u1edd ch\u00fang em c\u00f3 nhi\u1ec1u h\u1ecdc sinh trung h\u1ecdc mu\u1ed1n h\u1ecdc l\u1eadp tr\u00ecnh v\u00e0 kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p. N\u0103m ngo\u00e1i, l\u1edbp c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang em bao g\u1ed3m c\u00e1c “h\u1ecdc sinh kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 \u0111\u1ed9ng c\u01a1” nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1ecb b\u1ecf l\u1ea1i sau trong l\u1edbp, nh\u01b0ng b\u00e2y gi\u1edd nhi\u1ec1u h\u1ecdc sinh mu\u1ed1n h\u1ecdc to\u00e1n h\u1ecdc \u1ee9ng d\u1ee5ng, th\u1ed1ng k\u1ebf, v\u00e0 nh\u00e0 doanh nghi\u1ec7p. L\u1edbp kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p n\u00e0y l\u1ea5p \u0111\u1ea7y k\u1ebd h\u1edf cho h\u1ecdc sinh v\u00e0 cho h\u1ecd c\u01a1 h\u1ed9i \u0111\u1ec3 h\u1ecdc v\u1ec1 c\u00e1c kh\u00e1i ni\u1ec7m doanh nghi\u1ec7p theo c\u00e1ch th\u00fa v\u1ecb. Ch\u00fang em \u0111\u00e3 gi\u00fap cho c\u00e1c h\u1ecdc sinh b\u1ecb d\u00e1n nh\u00e3n “L\u01b0\u1eddi bi\u1ebfng, kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 \u0111\u1ed9ng c\u01a1” c\u00f3 c\u01a1 h\u1ed9i \u0111\u1ec3 ngh\u0129 v\u1ec1 \u0111i\u1ec1u h\u1ecd c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 h\u1ecdc v\u00ec t\u01b0\u01a1ng lai c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd. Cho h\u1ecd l\u00ed do v\u1eefng ch\u1eafc \u0111\u1ec3 h\u1ecdc, v\u00e0 h\u1ecd s\u1ebd th\u1ea5y ra c\u00e1c kh\u1ea3 n\u0103ng.”<\/p>\n
Ryan x\u00fac \u0111\u1ed9ng khi anh \u1ea5y n\u00f3i: “D\u1ea1y h\u1ecd l\u1eadp tr\u00ecnh theo c\u00e1ch l\u00e0m cho \u00fd t\u01b0\u1edfng c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd tr\u1edf th\u00e0nh th\u1ef1c t\u1ea1i l\u00e0 c\u00e1ch th\u1ee9c tuy\u1ec7t v\u1eddi \u0111\u1ec3 \u0111\u1ed9ng vi\u00ean h\u1ecd KH\u00d4NG s\u1ee3 l\u1eadp tr\u00ecnh.\u00a0 Nh\u1eefng h\u1ecdc sinh n\u00e0y c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 th\u1ea5y \u0111i\u1ec1u h\u1ecd c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 l\u00e0m v\u1edbi l\u1eadp tr\u00ecnh thay v\u00ec ch\u1ec9 l\u00e0 “nh\u1eefng d\u00f2ng m\u00e3 v\u00f4 ngh\u0129a” n\u00e0o \u0111\u00f3 m\u00e0 h\u1ecd l\u00e0m b\u00e0i t\u1eadp v\u1ec1 nh\u00e0 c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd. Ch\u00fang em d\u1ea1y cho h\u1ecd \u0111i t\u1edbi \u00fd t\u01b0\u1edfng s\u00e1ng t\u1ea1o c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd v\u00e0 th\u1ef1c hi\u1ec7n n\u00f3 trong s\u1ea3n ph\u1ea9m th\u1ef1c.\u00a0 Ch\u00fang em d\u1ea1y cho h\u1ecd c\u00e1ch l\u00e0m ra li\u00ean h\u1ec7 v\u1edbi kh\u00e1ch h\u00e0ng. M\u1ed9t s\u1ed1 ng\u01b0\u1eddi l\u00e0 b\u1ea1n c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd, ng\u01b0\u1eddi s\u1ebd mua s\u1ea3n ph\u1ea9m c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd. Ch\u00fang em d\u1ea1y h\u1ecd c\u00e1ch v\u1eadn h\u00e0nh c\u00f4ng ti c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd. Th\u1ea7y c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 th\u1ea5y bi\u1ebfn \u0111\u1ed5i r\u00f5 r\u00e0ng t\u1eeb ng\u01b0\u1eddi “L\u01b0\u1eddi bi\u1ebfng, v\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng \u0111\u1ed9ng c\u01a1” th\u00e0nh ai \u0111\u00f3 “Nhi\u1ec7t t\u00ecnh, c\u00f3 \u0111\u1ed9ng c\u01a1.” Ngay c\u1ea3 m\u1ed9t s\u1ed1 th\u1ea7y d\u1ea1y to\u00e1n c\u0169ng ng\u1ea1c nhi\u00ean, h\u1ecd n\u00f3i v\u1edbi ch\u00fang em, h\u1ecd ch\u01b0a bao gi\u1edd th\u1ea5y c\u00e1i g\u00ec \u0111\u00f3 nh\u01b0 \u0111i\u1ec1u n\u00e0y – H\u1ecdc sinh “Cu\u1ed1i l\u1edbp” b\u00e2y gi\u1edd \u0111\u1ed7 nhi\u1ec1u b\u00e0i ki\u1ec3m tra. B\u1ed1 m\u1eb9 h\u1ecd c\u0169ng ng\u1ea1c nhi\u00ean khi th\u1ea5y c\u00e1ch con c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd thay \u0111\u1ed5i trong th\u1eddi gian ng\u1eafn.”<\/p>\n
Ryan k\u1ebft lu\u1eadn: “Ch\u00fang em ch\u1ec9 mu\u1ed1n cho nh\u1eefng h\u1ecdc sinh n\u00e0y l\u00ed do \u0111\u1ec3 h\u1ecdc, \u0111\u1ed9ng c\u01a1 \u0111\u1ec3 th\u00e0nh c\u00f4ng, v\u00e0 c\u01a1 h\u1ed9i \u0111\u1ec3 ki\u1ec3m so\u00e1t t\u01b0\u01a1ng lai c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd. Ch\u00fang em mu\u1ed1n c\u00e1ch ti\u1ebfp c\u1eadn m\u1edbi n\u00e0y \u0111\u1ec3 tr\u1edf th\u00e0nh m\u1ed9t ch\u01b0\u01a1ng tr\u00ecnh lan r\u1ed9ng cho nhi\u1ec1u tr\u01b0\u1eddng h\u1ecdc. Ch\u00fang em tin ch\u00fang em c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 ti\u1ebfp t\u1ee5c m\u1edf r\u1ed9ng c\u00e1ch ti\u1ebfp c\u1eadn c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang em \u0111\u1ec3 gi\u00fap h\u1ecdc sinh. Ch\u00fang em b\u00e2y gi\u1edd c\u00f3 nhi\u1ec1u ng\u01b0\u1eddi h\u01a1n t\u00ecnh nguy\u1ec7n gi\u00fap h\u1ecdc sinh tr\u01b0\u1eddng trung h\u1ecdc \u1edf l\u1edbp c\u1ee7a em. S\u1ef1 ki\u1ec7n l\u00e0 c\u00f3 nhi\u1ec1u “h\u1ecdc sinh c\u00f3 t\u00e0i” ng\u01b0\u1eddi ch\u1ec9 c\u1ea7n ai \u0111\u00f3 tin v\u00e0o h\u1ecd v\u00e0 gi\u00fap h\u1ecd \u0111\u1ea1t t\u1edbi ti\u1ec1m n\u0103ng c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd. \u0110i\u1ec1u \u0111\u00e1ng bu\u1ed3n l\u00e0 h\u1ec7 th\u1ed1ng gi\u00e1o d\u1ee5c c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang ta th\u01b0\u1eddng d\u00e1n nh\u00e3n h\u1ecd d\u1ef1a tr\u00ean “\u0111\u1ed7” v\u00e0 “tr\u01b0\u1ee3t” qua k\u00ec thi, v\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng g\u00ec kh\u00e1c. Nh\u01b0ng nhi\u1ec1u ng\u01b0\u1eddi trong s\u1ed1 nh\u1eefng “h\u1ecdc sinh tr\u01b0\u1ee3t” n\u00e0y v\u1eabn c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 th\u00e0nh c\u00f4ng n\u1ebfu ch\u00fang ta c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 gi\u00fap h\u1ecdc h\u1ecdc v\u00e0 l\u00e0m cho h\u1ecd tr\u1edf l\u1ea1i th\u00e0nh ng\u01b0\u1eddi h\u1eefu \u00edch. Ch\u00fang ta ph\u1ea3i thay \u0111\u1ed5i c\u00e1ch ch\u00fang ta \u0111\u1ed9ng vi\u00ean h\u1ecdc sinh, kh\u00f4ng b\u1eb1ng \u0111e do\u1ea1 h\u1ecd m\u00e0 b\u1eb1ng \u0111\u1ed9ng vi\u00ean h\u1ecd; kh\u00f4ng b\u1eb1ng d\u00e1n nh\u00e3n h\u1ecd m\u00e0 b\u1eb1ng vi\u1ec7c cho h\u1ecd hi v\u1ecdng. L\u00ed do em quay l\u1ea1i g\u1eb7p th\u1ea7y l\u00e0 \u0111\u1ec3 th\u1ea7y bi\u1ebft r\u1eb1ng th\u1ea7y \u0111\u00e3 cho ch\u00fang em \u00fd ngh\u0129a v\u00e0 \u0111\u1ed9ng c\u01a1 trong vi\u1ec7c d\u1ea1y c\u1ee7a th\u1ea7y v\u00ec th\u1ea7y bao gi\u1edd c\u0169ng ch\u0103m nom ch\u00fang em. B\u00e2y gi\u1edd ch\u00fang em mu\u1ed1n th\u1ea7y bi\u1ebft r\u1eb1ng ch\u00fang em \u0111ang theo c\u00e1ch ti\u1ebfp c\u1eadn c\u1ee7a th\u1ea7y b\u1eb1ng vi\u1ec7c gi\u00fap ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c. L\u00e0 gi\u00e1o s\u01b0, th\u1ea7y \u0111\u00e3 t\u1ea1o ra m\u00f4i tr\u01b0\u1eddng h\u1ecdc t\u1eadp khi ch\u00fang em c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 h\u1ecfi c\u00e1c c\u00e2u h\u1ecfi, th\u1ea3o lu\u1eadn c\u00e1c c\u00e1ch nh\u00ecn kh\u00e1c nhau, v\u00e0 c\u1ea3m th\u1ea5y tho\u1ea3i m\u00e1i chia s\u1ebb nhi\u1ec1u th\u1ee9. Ch\u00fang em \u0111ang l\u00e0m c\u00f9ng nh\u1eefng \u0111i\u1ec1u n\u00e0y v\u1edbi c\u00e1c h\u1ecdc sinh trung h\u1ecdc n\u00e0y, v\u00e0 ch\u00fang em l\u00e0m t\u1ed1t v\u00ec \u0111i\u1ec1u ch\u00fang em \u0111\u00e3 h\u1ecdc trong l\u1edbp c\u1ee7a th\u1ea7y.”<\/p>\n
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Ryan’s story<\/p>\n
Last week, Ryan Taylor, a former student who graduate several years ago came to see me. He said: “I want you to know that I have used your class material to teach high school students about entrepreneurship.” He saw my surprise and explained: “After graduate, I worked for a software company, and in my spare time, I volunteered to mentor high school students in mathematics. These were students that had problems in school, and some were labeled “Lazy or slow learners.” To encourage them to study, I told them about the possibilities of starting a company.” As it was a quite unexpected story, I asked him to explain more.<\/p>\n
Ryan said: “After graduate, we all do well in our career, so I want to give back to the society by a volunteer to mentor high school students. After several weeks of teaching math to the students who were behind in class, I found that they were not motivated to study at all. One day a student said: “What am I going to do with this mathematics? These numbers and equations have no meaning to me. Why do I have to learn math?” That made me think deeply about the way they learn mathematics in high school. Students must know a lot of formulas and equations to solve problems. Many problems were very hard which required a lot of time to solve. That caused some students to hate math or even afraid of math. I thought of the way you taught us about software engineering and entrepreneurship, where you described the purposes and the applications with a lot of examples. Using your teaching approach, I began to talk to them about what they could do with math. When you cared and had compassion for someone, you recognized their anger and frustration. Without proper action, these students will be left behind; many will quit school, become unemployed with no hope and no future.”<\/p>\n
I asked: “But why entrepreneur? These are just high school students.”<\/p>\n
Ryan explained: “I asked the school principal to allow me to teach a class in entrepreneurship to these students to motivate them to learn math. I used your materials and modified them to fit high school students. In the beginning, students must come up with an idea to start a business, but they must calculate the market needs, how much they could make, the cost and the profits to operate a company. They must learn basic business operation, or in another word, they must learn math. After five to seven weeks, they had to present their business plan to a group of math teachers who will judge them on their business and vote for the best team. You could not imagine how enthusiastic these students were as they learned about the application of math. Now they had a reason to like math because they saw what they could do with it. I taught them statistics and how to predict the market trends, which was not something students would learn in high school, but they loved it.\u00a0 All of them were working hard because they believed someday they could be the owner of a company.”<\/p>\n
I was surprised: “Then what happened? How are they doing now?”<\/p>\n
Ryan continued: “Other schools heard about the program and wanted to know more. I presented to them my idea of teaching startups as a new way of getting students to learn math, and many principals like it. In every high school, there were students who are labeled “Lazy, no motivation, cannot learn, and failure, etc.” So these schools sent these students to my class where I taught them after school in the evening. I asked several friends who work in my software company to teach them programming, mostly Swift, Java and IOS to develop mobile apps. Eventually, we created a new “Entrepreneurship program” in high school with over sixty students. These students must build mobile apps based on their idea. They had to calculate the time it took to develop the software, the cost if they were working full-time, the cost of running a company, and how much revenue they could make, etc. We believed this would help them to learn more math based on a “simulated scenario.” Every five or seven weeks, they must present their plan to a group of math teachers who will vote for the best team. But to our surprise, some “Angel investors” showed up in the school’s presentation. Some even invested few thousand dollars to their “startups” just to encourage them, although I knew they did not expect much from high school students. Today many of their mobile apps are sold on Apple store and students are very motivated to learn more.”<\/p>\n
Ryan laughed: “No one became a millionaire or even make several thousand dollars yet, but it is still a great reward to see these students learn programming, math, customer acquisition, target markets, monetization methods, and business models. Now we have more high school students want to learn programming and entrepreneurship. Last year, our class consisted of “Unmotivated students” who were left behind in class, but now more students want to learn applied math, statistics, and entrepreneurs. This entrepreneurship class fills a gap for students and gives them an opportunity to learn about business concepts in an interesting way. We helped students who were labeled “Lazy, and unmotivated” to have the opportunity to think about what they can learn for their future. Giving them a good reason to learn, and they will see the possibilities.”<\/p>\n
Ryan was emotional when he said: “Teaching them to program as the way to make their idea become a reality is a wonderful way to motivate them NOT to afraid of programming.\u00a0 These students can see what they can do with programming rather just some “meaningless lines of code” that they do their homework. We teach them to come up with their creative idea and implement it into a real product.\u00a0 We teach them how to make contacts with customers. Some are their friends who will buy their product. We teach them how to operate their company. You can see a clear transformation from the “Lazy, and unmotivated” to someone who is “Enthusiastic, motivated.” Even some math teachers were surprised, they told us, they never see something like this – “Bottom of the class” students now passes many tests to be better in math. Their parents were also surprised to see how their children changed in a short time.”<\/p>\n
Ryan concluded: “We just want to give these students the reason to learn, the motivation to be successful, and the opportunity to control their future. We want this new approach to become a national program that spread to many schools. We believe we can continue to expand our approach to help students. We are now getting more people to volunteer to help high school students in my class. The fact is there are many “Talented students” who only need someone to believe them and help them to achieve their potential. It is sad that our education system often labeled them based on “Pass” and “Fail” by exams, and nothing else. But many of these “failing students” can still be successful if we can help them to learn and get them back to be productive people. We must change the way we motivate students, not by threatening them but by motivating them; not by labeling them but by giving them hope. The reason I came back to see you is to let you know that you gave us the meaning and motivation in your teaching as you always care for us. Now we want you to know that we are following your approach by helping others. As a professor, you have created a learning environment when we can ask questions, discuss different views, and feel comfortable to share many things. We are doing the same with these high school students, and we do well because of what we have learned in your class.”<\/p>\n
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