1. Louise 6/10/11
STEVE JOBS
Look and listen to the video of Steve Jobs. He tells an audience of college students his life story in a very
inspiring and dramatic way.
Answer the questions:
1. Did Steve Jobs graduate from college?
2. How many stories does he tell the undergraduates?
3. What title does he give to the first story?
4. Can you explain what these words mean from the video – adopted / biological mother / relented
/working class / savings / college tuition / figure out / drop out / get fired ?
5. Did Steve Jobs know what he wanted to be/do when he was at college?
6. Was dropping out of college a good idea? Why/why not?
7. Where did he sleep when he dropped out of college?
8. What was one of the first things he did?
9. What did he have to do to eat?
10. Which classes did he attend after he dropped out?
11. How was this class useful to him ten years later?
12. What does he suggest you have to trust?
13. What is the title of his second story?
14. Where did Apple start?
15. How long did it take to grow into a two billion dollar company?
16. What happened after the Macintosh was released?
17. Why did Jobs get fired?
18. What did he realize or what “dawned on him” after he got fired?
19. Why does he talk about “heaviness” and “lightness”? What do those words mean in this context?
20. Which two companies did he found?
21. Why is Pixar famous?
22. How did he return to Apple?
23. What does “don’t lose faith” mean?
24. He says “you’ve got to find what you love” –what does that mean?
25. What does “don’t settle” mean?