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【演講】The Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs in Stanford

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The Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs in Stanford 趁著剛考完段考的空檔, 讓孩子們觀賞賈伯斯這場在史丹佛大學畢業典禮上,非常發人深省的演講。 最近班上有不少同學也正在因『未來』而煩惱, 不知道自己的興趣是什麼? 不知道該念高中還是高職? 不知道該念哪一個科系? 不知道『未來』在哪裡? 希望這場演講能給他們一點鼓勵與方向。   (英文演講稿的資料來源: Stanford University ) I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.   The first story is about connecting the dots.   I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?   It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was a...