Connection: David Sarnoff and School

Connection: David Sarnoff and School

Last week during our English class, our class came across a rewarding article called "The Televisionary by Malcolm Cladwell."  To give you a little insight, it was the story about the several brilliant guys that were actually involved in developing the first television which included Philo Farnsworth, David Sarnoff, and etc. When I was reading the article I was surprised by how Farnsworth's approach and David Sarnoff's approach was completely different in a way that one became successful but the other has almost been forgotten, even though he played a major role in developing the technologies for making the first television.  To be more specific, Farnsworth believed that forming a trust between the inventors were not the answer and only believed in having the title of invention just for himself.  On the other hand, Sarnoff believed in forming a trust and providing the researchers with a space and environment for them to come up with even better results.  By doing that, he was able to earn the position where he was known to the world that he was the inventor of televison.  I believe that this story has a lot of lesson behind it.
 
However, the details above is not the main point that I want to talk about today.  What I really want to talk about is the connection that I felt was in place between David Sarnoff's view toward the world and the school that we attend everyday as a student.  When I was reading  the article I felt that the way David Sarnoff provided the brilliant researcher's to actually use their creative knowledges into creating something greater than they ever imagined is closely related to teacher's in school teaching us a valuble lesson and ability to apply creativity in our regular life and in creating our own future.  Also, depending on how we apply that knowledge in reality might grant us something truly valuable that we will be known for or lead us to nowhere even with the great effort that has been put in place.

When I was thinking about the connections that I thought of in the above paragraph, it taught me a useful lesson; that even if I have a great creativity living in my head, as long as I don't apply it into the real life situation it is useless.  In addition, It is important to realized the right thing to do at the right time.  What I mean by this is that what I have right now as a resource and the time for learning will not be available in the near future due to the competition of the competitive world and to live among it.  After all, I found a great connection between David Sarnoff and School; and by thinking more deeply into it, I was able to learn the true lesson that hid behind that curtain.