Tuesday, September 18, 2007

This I Believe Assignment

1) A link to the essay:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4853839

2) Author:
Bill Gates

3) Title:
Unleashing the Power of Creativity

4) One sentence of what the belief is:
He believes that computers are the most incredible tool we can use to feed our curiosity and inventiveness -- to help us solve problems that even the smartest people couldn’t solve on their own.

5) 2 examples from the story that showed their belief:
~for all the cool things that a person can do with a PC, there are lots of other ways we can put our creativity and intelligence to work to improve our world.
~through our natural inventiveness, creativity and willingness to solve tough problems, we're going to make some amazing achievements for medicine, education and, of course, for technology in my lifetime.

6) 1 favorite passage:
I feel particularly lucky to do something everyday that I love to do, he calls it: "tap dancing to work."

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