Google CEO Sundar Pichai is inspired by a woman who scored a 0 in her physics exam – Times of India

Its rather unfortunate that the education system not just in India but across the world ends up laying too much emphasis on securing good marks or landing good grades. However, its not always about the grades as a A tweet from a PhD student from University of California, Berkeley highlighted. The tweet received a surprising mention from none other than Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Saraphina Nance, who is an astrophysics student, two days back tweeted about an incident on how she scored 0 on a quantum physics exam. She tweeted, 4 years ago I got a 0 on a quantum physics exam. i met with my professor fearing i needed to change my major & quit physics. today, im in a top tier astrophysics Ph.D program & published 2 papers. STEM is hard for everyonegrades dont mean youre not good enough to do it.'; var randomNumber = Math.random(); var isIndia = (window.geoinfo && window.geoinfo.CountryCode === 'IN') && (window.location.href.indexOf('outsideindia') === -1 ); console.log(isIndia && randomNumber The tweet caught the attention of Sundar Pichai, who replied to her tweet and said, well said, and so inspiring. Last year Pichai had shared his views on education in an article for NBC News. We should make sure that the next generation of jobs are good jobs, in every sense, Pichai wrote. Rather than thinking of education as the opening act, we need to make sure it's a constant, natural and simple act across life -- with lightweight, flexible courses, skills and programs available to everyone.He also said that with the advent of technology, it was vital to make education a continuous process. Pichai wrote, In the past, people were educated, and learned job skills, and that was enough for a lifetime. Now, with technology changing rapidly and new job areas emerging and transforming constantly, thats no longer the case. We need to focus on making lightweight, continuous education widely available. This is just as crucial to making sure that everyone can find opportunities in the future workplace.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai is inspired by a woman who scored a 0 in her physics exam - Times of India