“to set your own goals for your education 。”
“These people succeeded because they understood that you can’t let your failures define you — you have to let your failures teach you. ”
第一句话对我启发最大，是的，设立 自己的教育目标，要清楚的知道自己，为自己制定目标、计划，外界的教育只提供了一个客观环境，这的确对我们起到影响作用，但最终要的是，我们自己要知道自 己将来要成为什么样的人，要如何生活，因此就要时刻思考自己该怎么做，下一个目标是什么。
第二句话也很好，我觉得读研以来对我影响最大的 恰恰是那几次碰壁。成功不是目的，只是一个目标，目的是自己的成长！多么有哲理的话啊，哈哈，竟从我嘴巴说出，记得于丹曾经说过类似的话，大概是经历了一 些事以后，我们可以不成功，但是不能不成长。恩，还是于丹厉害，我是抄袭她。
“Maybe you could be a great writer — maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper — but you might not know it until you write that English paper — that English class paper that’s assigned to you.
Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor — maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or the new medicine or vaccine –but you might not know it until you do your project for your science class. Maybe you could be a mayor or a senator or a Supreme Court justice — but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.
你或许 能成为一名出色的作家——甚至可能写书或在报纸上发表文章——但你可能要在完成那篇英 文课的作文后才会发现自己的才华。你或许能成为一名创新者或发明家——甚至可能设计出新一代 或研制出新型药物或疫苗——但你可能要在完成科学课的实验后才会发现自己的才华。你或许能 成为一名市长或参议员或最高法院的大法官——但你可能要在参加学生会的工作或辩论队后才会发现自己的才华。
And no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that you’ll need an education to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You’re going to need a good education for every single one of those careers. You cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You’ve got to train for it and work for it and learn for it.
不论你的生活志向是什么，我敢肯定你必须上学读书才能实现它。你想当医生、教师或警官吗？你想当护 士、建筑师、律师或军人吗？你必须接受良好的教育，才能从事上述任何一种职业。你不能指望辍学后能碰上个好工作。你必须接受培训，为之努力，为之学习。”
原 文及翻译引自：http://corner.youth.cn/fun/yj/200909/t20090911_1021341.htm
