Have private schools helped teen app makers to thrive?

Rich kids finding it easier to start of companies and some of them find success. That's shocking news that is. ;)
 
It's not what you know, it's who you know.

Fair play to Nick for making millions, but not sure how much he actually contributed...
 
How about what do you think?

But yes private schooling at the good ones, opens lots of opportunities and exposes the pupils to a broader and more cultured education increasing their potential and creativity.

Nothing wrong with success breeding success along with good genetics and higher IQs passed down from parents.
 
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GSWAudio said:
I think it shows probably how good private schools are.
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This and they are better in so so many ways.
Generally parents are better and thus less disruption in class.
Less pupils per teacher and better equipment
Massive focus on extra circulum activities.

They have the funding and inspiration to do what they want and help the kids in areas they excel in.

I don't find this surprising or wrong at all.
 
Scrutinize said:
Well successful parents who can afford the top schools for their kids, are more likely to have been high achievers themselves and from the backgrounds which will cultivate future successes.
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I don't disagree with the silver spoon effect... IQ is pushing it a bit.
 
Don't know, maybe but my old private school didn't offer computing or A levels.
Certainly didn't encourage technology subjects either.
On my technology orientated course. most of the students I have spoken to either went to college or a grammar school.
 
Yeah cos like their parents just do the secret handshake and pay the monies to all the exam boards and unis and careers and the kids just get delivered there... :rolleyes: So many people love to take a pop at the private schools, but the kids still have to work hard and achieve the grades.

Hats off to hardworking, intelligent people like Nick. I hope small minded journalists will stop having to announce that they were privately schooled. The kids should be praised for their achievements alone. Where they were schooled is irrelevant.
 
Nitefly said:
I don't disagree with the silver spoon effect... IQ is pushing it a bit.
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Not all, but a lot will. They won't all be mensa level but on average a good few points higher than the local comp.

But more than that, the kids want to learn and develop because they come from a background that supports it. The schools also culture it.

You can achieve and do well with an average to lower IQ, the deciding factor is whether you want / are driven to and are supported to do so.
 
RomanNose said:
Don't know, maybe but my old private school didn't offer computing or A levels.
Certainly didn't encourage technology subjects either.
On my technology orientated course. most of the students I have spoken to either went to college or a grammar school.
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this kid probably couldn't understand

10 print "i'm rich"
20 goto 10

he licensed some software that trivially summarises some text and as part of that deal he had to hire a mobile company to make a UI. He's a teenager, well spoken and doesn't look ugly so could pimp his stuff to the news papers.

Yahoo has a marketing department that desperately want to look hip and get media coverage.
 
Private schools help all their students to thrive. They are good schools, thats what happens when kids go to good schools..they thrive.
 
Didn't it turn out that he(summly guy) contracted a company called somo to develop the app, and the summary technology came from company a called SRI.

So actually he didn't develop any of the app?


Sounds like he had advantages in money and connections then any merits in intelligence or knowledge that came from private school.

Oh and yahoo only brought summly because of the special exclusive deal they had with sri, not because of the app.

The reason you don't hear about this in the media is because he has a very expensive PR agency plastering him everywhere in the news describing him as a tech genius(Even though he didn't make it).
 
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