You really need to develop other skills, |
[After graduation, he encourages students to pursue their interests, despite external temptations.] Find what you really love, ... Don't go just for the social prestige or the money. Not that money isn't important, but the people who are doing things they really love are much happier. |
[Intimidated, Sternberg took his professor's advice and enrolled in an introductory applied mathematics class, yet that too proved difficult.] I failed the midterm and the professor recommended that I drop the class, ... So I did. |
[Sternberg returned to his original goal of majoring in psychology, and turned out to be very competent in the higher-level courses.] I'm more of a creative learner, ... I do very well in projects, but I was not good at memorizing all of that material in the introductory courses. |
[The new dean urges students not to sacrifice friends for studies.] There's a tendency for students to say, 'Right now I need to pay attention to my work,' and so they blow off building personal relationships, ... Don't do that - finding the time will never get any easier, and that is a really important part of life. |