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At just 22, architectural engineering student Abdulla Al Khalsan may not be as experienced as some of the architects behind Dubai's Expo 2020, but he's not letting that stop him.
"I've come here today so I can put my stamp on the Expo. I propose we extend the Red Metro line to integrate it with Expo city. Adding to that I suggest we lay down a pathway for a tram too," he told Khaleej Times at YouthConnect 2016.
This dropout proves it's not all about grades For those of you still doubting just how powerful youth can be, look no further than 19-year-old Jihad Kawas. A college drop out at 17, he is now the founder and CEO of Saily Inc, one of the top shopping apps in the US. Learning to code at the age of 13, Kawas went on to build websites and apps throughout high school years until making the decision to drop out of education to build his own company. As a young innovator, he told Khaleej Times it is all about taking decisions on the things you like. "I am a real advocate of doing the things you love, not the things that are supposed to be done. You have to be bold and you have to ask for things in life." Now one of the main players in Silicon Valley, Kawas told getting heard as a young entrepreneur is not as hard as everyone thinks. "When I dropped out of school people thought it was the worst decision I could have made because no one would listen to a young dropout." But that was quite the contrary, he said. "Great companies are always looking for something different. It's not all about what grades you have. If you have a great idea, these forward thinking companies will listen." And he said if you're young, it's a bonus because that means you are "scalable". Someone who is passionate about reforms in education, Kawas said there remains a lot of flaws in the educational system today. "I think we need to focus on teaching skills rather than just teaching information, especially with the information revolution that is the Internet." He said house skills are "more valuable than information" nowadays, so this should change accordingly when it comes to the way education is being taught. |
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