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1、Unit 5 Ways to SuccessPassage A My Advice to Students: Education CountsHundreds of students send me e-mail each year asking for advice about education.Tliey want to know what to study, or whether its okay to drop out of college since thats what I did.A smaller number of parents send messages, seekin
2、g guidance for their son or daughter. How can we steer our child toward success? they ask.My basic advice is simple and heartfelt: Get the best education you can. Take advantage of high school and college. Learn how to learn.It s true that I dropped out of college to start Microsoft, but I was at Ha
3、rvard for tliree years before dropping out-and Id love to have the time to go back. As Ive said before, nobody should drop out of college unless they believe they face the opportunity of a lifetime. And even then they should reconsider.Kathy Cridland, a sixth-grade teacher in Ohio, wrote to say, Sev
4、eral of my students claim that you never finished high school. Since you are a success, my students perceive 椁瑜愠?敲猬潟渠郝碟?惯敲洋撰?抽唆?敢毂潼?漕挚捱畤惯桶潟松I finished high school!The computer industry has lots of people who didnt finish college, but Im not aware of any success stories that began with somebody dropp
5、ing out of high school. I actually dont know any high school dropouts, let alone any successful ones.In my company s early years we had a bright part-time programmer who threatened to drop out of high school to work full-time. We told him no.Quite a few of our people didnt finish college, but we dis
6、courage dropping out.Having a diploma certainly helps somebody who is looking to us for a job.College isnt the only place where information exists. You can learn in a library. But somebody handing you a book doesnt automatically foster learning. You want to learn with other people, ask questions, tr
7、y out ideas and have a way to test your ability. It usually takes more than just a book.Education should be broad, although it s fine to have deep interests, too.In high school tliere were periods when I was highly focused on writing software, but for most of my high school years I had wide-ranging
8、academic interests. My parents encouraged this, and Im grateful that they did.Althougli I attended a lot of different kinds of classes in college, I signed up for only one computer class the whole time. I read about all kinds of tilings.tlieof hole the in himself lost son 15-year-old her tliat me wr
9、ote parent One computer. He got an A in website design, but other grades were sinking, she said.This boy is making a mistake. High school and college offer you tlie best chance to leani broadly - math, history, various sciences - and to do projects with other kids that teach you first-hand about gro
10、up dynamics. Its fine to take a deep interest in computers, dance, language or any otlier discipline, but not if it jeopardizes breadth.If you fall into an obsessive pattern in high school, youve got two problems. One is tliat youre unlikely to change when you go to college. The other is that if you
11、 dont get reasonably good grades, its hard to go to a college that has the highly motivated, capable students who can really help you learn about the world.In college its appropriate to think about specialization. Getting real expertise in an area of interest can lead to success - miless the special
12、ty ends up being a dead end or youre not good at. Graduate school is one way to get specialized knowledge, although extended college education isnt always a good investment from a purely economic standpoint.PA奉告学子：教育是关键比尔盖茨每年都有数以百计的学生给我发电/邮件，要我就接受教育给他们提建议。他们想知道该学些 什么，或者可不可以从大学辍学，因为我就没有读完大学。也有不少家长给我写
13、信，为子女寻求指导。他们问：“我们怎样才能把孩子引向成功之路？ ” 我的基本忠告很简单，而且是发自内心的：全力获得最佳教育，充分利用高中和大学，学会如 何学习。不错，为创建微软，我未完成大学学业，不过辍学之前我已经在哈佛呆了三年，而且我真心希 望有天能重返校园。以前我也说过，谁也不应该辍学，除非他坚信自己正面临着个生仅有 一次的机会，但就算在那个时候也还是应该深思热虑。在俄亥俄州教六年级的老师凯西克里德兰写道，“我的好几个学生声称你根本没有读完高中。 因为你成功了，我的学生就觉得他们也可以不必要接受良好的教育。”我高中毕业了的！计算机行业中确实有很多人没有读完大学，但是我从来没有见过有谁高中没
14、读完就成功创业的。 确切地说，我认识的人当中根本没有高中辍学的，更没有高中辍学后事业成功的。我的公司创立早期，有个相当出色的兼职程序员，声称要从高中辍学来做全职。我们 叫他 不要这么做。.我们公司里确实有好些人没有读完大学，但我们不希望人们辍学。谁要想在我们公司谋职，有 毕业证书肯定会优先考虑。不定只有在大学才能获取信息，在图书馆也可以学习。但人家递给你本书并不能自动地让 你学到东西。你需要向别人学习，提问题，将设想付诸实施，设法验证自己的能力。这切，往 往不是读一-两本书就可以做得到的。接受的教育应该是广泛的，虽然对某些领域情有独钟也不失为件好事。读高中时，我有段时间醉心于软件编写，但大部分
15、时间里，我的学习兴趣相当广泛。我父母 鼓励我这么做，对此我感激不尽。大学期间，我修了很多不同的课程，但我从头至尾只选修了 门计算机课。我读书涉猎很广。有位家长写信说，她15岁的儿上“钻进计算机无底洞里了“。他的网站设计课得了 “A”，但 别的科目分数都在下降，她写道。这个孩子犯了 一个错误。高中和大学给你提供了最佳机会，你可以广泛学习数学，历史， 各种学科一一有机会跟着别的孩子起做项目，亲身感受到群体的动力。你对计算机、舞蹈、语 言或其他任何的科目有深入的兴趣也无可厚非，但太偏执而舍弃学习广度就不是件好事了。如果高中阶段兴趣过于集中，你会面临两个问题。第个就是进了大学以后你很可能没法改变。 另
16、个问题就是如果分数不够高，你就很难考入大学，而无法向那些积极性很高，很有才能的学 生起学习，他们可以真正帮助你了解这个世界。大学期间可以适当考虑专业的问题。深入掌握自己感兴趣的领域的专业知识，能够引导你走向 成功，除非这个专业没有发展前途，或者你并不很擅长这个方面。读研究生是获取专业知识的 个途径，虽然从纯经济角度来看，大学毕业后再接受教育不定算是明智的投资。Passage B Christopher Reeve-A Real SupermanHe wasaster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. He was the worlds greatest superh
