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-精选财经经济类资料- -最新财经经济资料-感谢阅读- 1 奥巴马开学演讲:为你自己的教育负 责 此文选自奥巴马于 2009 年 9 月 8 日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿县韦克菲尔 德高中(Wakefield High School)发表 的开学演讲,语言平实自然、干练清晰。 这位口才出众的美国前总统并未谈及高 深的道理,而是将“ 用心读书 ”置于一切 之首,因为对一个人来说,不管他将来 想做什么或成为怎样的人,相应的教育 都是必不可少的。 中国论文网 /9/view-13012220.htm Hello, everybody! I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And no -精选财经经济类资料- -最新财经经济资料-感谢阅读- 2 matter what grade youre in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you couldve stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning. I know that feeling. When I was young, I lived in Indonesia for a few years. And my mother, she didnt have the money to send me where all the American kids went to school. So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself, Monday through Friday. But because she had to go to work, the only time she could do it was at 4:30 in the morning. And a lot of times, Id fall asleep right there at the kitchen table. But whenever Id complain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and shed say, “This is no picnic for me either, buster.1” So I know that some of you are still -精选财经经济类资料- -最新财经经济资料-感谢阅读- 3 adjusting to being back at school. But Im here today because I have something important to discuss with you. Now, Ive given a lot of speeches about education. We can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the worldand none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless you pay attention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adults and put in the hard work it takes to succeed. Thats what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education. I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. Every single one of you has something that -精选财经经济类资料- -最新财经经济资料-感谢阅读- 4 youre good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. Thats the opportunity an education can provide. Now, I know its not always easy to do well in school. I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork. I know what its like. My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mom. There were times when I missed having a father in my life. There were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didnt fit in. But I was lucky. I got a lot of second chances, and I had the opportunity to go to college and follow my dreams. My wife, our First Lady Michelle Obama, she has a similar story. -精选财经经济类资料- -最新财经经济资料-感谢阅读- 5 Neither of her parents had gone to college, and they didnt have a lot of money. But they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this country. Some of you might not have those advantages. Maybe you dont have adults in your life who give you the support that you need. Maybe someone in your family has lost their job and theres not enough money to go around2. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you dont feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know arent right. But at the end of the day3, the circumstances of your lifewhat you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what youve got going on at homenone of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or -精选财经经济类资料- -最新财经经济资料-感谢阅读- 6 having a bad attitude in school. There is no excuse for not trying. No ones written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future. Thats what young people like you are doing every day, all across America. Im thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, whos fought brain cancer since he was three. Hes had to endure all sorts of treatments and surgeries4, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longerhundreds of extra hoursto do his schoolwork. But he never fell behind. Hes headed to college this fall. And then theres Shantell Steve, from my hometown of -精选财经经济类资料- -最新财经经济资料-感谢阅读- 7 Chicago, Illinois. Even when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods in the city,5 she managed to get a job at a local health care center, start a program to keep young people out of gangs, and shes on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college. They face challenges in their lives just like you do. They refused to give up. They chose to take responsibility for their lives. Thats why today Im calling on each of you to set your own goals for your educationand do everything you can to meet them. I know that sometimes you get that sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard workthat your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star. Chances are youre not going to be any -精选财经经济类资料- -最新财经经济资料-感谢阅读- 8 of those things. The truth is, being successful is hard. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones whove had the most failures. J. K. Rowlingswho wrote Harry Potterher first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, “I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And thats why I succeed.” These people succeeded because they understood that you cant let your failures define youyou have to let your failures teach you.6 The story of America isnt about people who quit when things got tough. -精选财经经济类资料- -最新财经经济资料-感谢阅读- 9 Its about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best. So today, I want to ask all of you, whats your contribution going to be? Now, your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make s

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