A 12-year-old Mexican student who has excelled for her great scientific and technological abilities, is considered by Wired magazine to be "the next Steve Jobs".
According to information shared by website 24 Horas Paola Noyola Bueno, who is studying in the José Urbina López elementary school in the city of Matamoros in the state of Tamaulipas, won first place in math within the "Enlace" national test, and she is also an example of the new model of the Mexican education system.
The girl, who was born to a low-income family, was sought by the magazine to make a special report on her achievements and what motivates her to study. Informative website Vanguardia shares details of the article published by Wired in its November edition, where they also point out the serious security and drug trafficking problems along the Mexican border.
The elementary school is located near a dump and considered by many to be a "place of punishment" but in it are many students that stood out for their high scores in the national Enlance test in math and Spanish.
In 2012, results from the test showed that the same school showed that 45 percent of students failed math and nearly 31 percent failed Spanish, but thanks to the high results obtained by Paloma in math, the Ministry of Public Education of Mexico became interested in supporting the small school.
Professor Sergio Juárez Correa also had something to do with the success of the young student because he carried out alternative teaching practices to get better results from his students.
Vanguardia explains that the professor though that the traditional Mexican teaching system was a waste of time, which is why he became interested and researched the teaching methods of education technologies Professor Sugata Mitra, of the University of Newcastle in England.
Professor Juárez' efforts paid off despite the school not having many correct or current technologies like computers or the Internet.