Abraham Lincoln’s letter to his son’s Teacher

Dear Teacher, will you please take him by his hand and teach him things he will have to know, teaching him - but gently, if you can.

Teach him that for every enemy, there is a friend. 

He will have to know that all men are not just, that all men are not true.

But teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero, that for every crooked politician, there is a dedicated leader. 

Teach him if you can that 10 cents earned is of far more value than a dollar found.

In school, teach him, it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat. 


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Amazing, How Google Hires Its Employees!

Was reading this news in Times of India...A top guy from Google on how they hire, what are the qualities they seek in their prospective employees... and was surprised to know what they said...   "GPAs are worthless as a criteria for hiring, and test scores are worthless. ... We found that they don't predict anything"


Am giving some of the excerpts of this interview here. Read the whole of it on the ToI website!

This interview opened my mind on several fronts... it brought a change in me, gave me several new points to think about and incorporate in my life. Gem it is!


-Gaurav.


Excerpts:


1. "GPAs are worthless as a criteria for hiring, and test scores are worthless. ... We found that they don't predict anything."

2. "proportion of people without any college education at Google has increased over time" — now as high as 14% on some teams. At a time when many people are asking, "How's my kid gonna get a job?" I thought it would be useful to visit Google and hear how Bock would answer.

3. For every job, though, the No. 1 thing we look for is general cognitive ability, and it's not IQ. It's learning ability.

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