【正文】 er than ever, your success in school is not just going to determine your success, it’s going to determine America’s success in the 21st ，越來越取決于你們在學(xué)校的努力。你們在學(xué)校的成功并不只決定了自己一人的成功，還決定了美國在21世界是否能夠成功。這就需要我們有一個杰出的校長，像校長Neff，和優(yōu)秀的老師，正如你們的馬斯特曼的老師們。未來在你自己手中，生活由自己締造。部分媒體還批評奧巴馬試圖建立個人崇拜。我知道，對你們中的許多人來說，今天是開學(xué)的第一天，你們中的有一些剛剛進(jìn)入幼兒園或升上初高中，對你們來說，這是在新學(xué)校的第一天，因此，假如你們感到有些緊張，那也是很正常的。小時候，我們家在印度尼西亞住過幾年，而我媽媽沒錢送我去其他美國孩子們上學(xué)的地方去讀書，因此她決定自己給我上課——時間是每周一到周五的凌晨4點半。我做過許多關(guān)于教育的講話，也常常用到“責(zé)任”這個詞。但哪怕這一切都達(dá)到最好，哪怕我們有最盡職的教師、最好的家長、和最優(yōu)秀的學(xué)校，假如你們不去履行自己的責(zé)任的話，那么這一切努力都會白費。你們中的每一個人都會有自己擅長的東西，每一個人都是有用之材，而發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才能是什么，就是你們要對自己擔(dān)起的責(zé)任?！阆氘?dāng)名醫(yī)生、當(dāng)名教師或當(dāng)名警官？你想成為護(hù)士、成為建筑設(shè)計師、律師或軍人？無論你選擇哪一種職業(yè)，良好的教育都必不可少，這世上不存在不把書念完就能拿到好工作的美夢，任何工作，都需要你的汗水、訓(xùn)練與學(xué)習(xí)。我們需要你們中的每一個人都培養(yǎng)和發(fā)展自己的天賦、技能和才智，來解決我們所面對的最困難的問題。我知道你們的感受。我在許多事上都得到了重來的機會，我得到了去大學(xué)讀法學(xué)院、實現(xiàn)自己夢想的機會。m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what39。ve talked about teachers39。t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the 39。t getting the opportunities that they at the end of the day, 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 39。s assigned to you could be an innovator or an inventormaybe even good enough to e up with the next iPhone or the new medicine or vaccinebut you might not know it until you do your project for your science you could be a mayor or a senator or a Supreme Court justicebut you might not know that until you join student government or the debate no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that you39。t just important for your own life and your own you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this future of America depends on you39。ll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new panies that will create new jobs and boost our need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult you don39。s not always easy to do well in know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your get know what it39。t always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I39。s not enough money to go you live in a neighborhood where you don39。s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of is no excuse for not you are right now doesn39。s what young people like you are doing every day, all across people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, didn39。s had to endure all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longerhundreds of extra hoursto do his he never fell 39。t any different from any of face challenges in their lives just like you some cases they39。ll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your you39。re not going to be any of those truth is, being successful is won39。s of the most successful people in the world are the ones who39。t let your failures define youyou have to let your failures teach have to let them show you what to do differently the next if you get into trouble, that doesn39。re stupid, it just means you need to spend more time one39。ve got to same principle applies to your might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it might have to read something a few times before you understand definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it39。t a sign of weakness, it39。re discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you, don39。s the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and they founded this who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war。ve got to do your part, I expect all of you to get serious this expect you to put your best effort into everything you expect great things from each of don39。m here today because I have something important to discuss with 39。ve talked about responsibility a 39。 responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework done, and don39。t working, where students aren39。s the opportunity an education can you could be a great writermaybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaperbut you might not know it until you write that English paperthat English class paper that39。ve got to train for it and work for it and learn for this isn39。ll need the insights and criticalthinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more 39。re quitting on your , I know it39。t fit I wasn39。t have adults in your life who give you the support that you someone in your family has lost their job and there39。ve got going on at homenone of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in 39。s written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own make your own 39。s fought brain cancer since he was 39。s on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell aren39。m calling on each of you to set your own goals for your educationand do everything you can to meet goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending some time each day reading a you39。t feel well, so we can keep people from getting the flu this fall and whatever you resolve to do, I want you to mit to want you to really work at 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 are you39。t necessarily succeed at everything the first time you 3