【正文】 。d plain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and she39。 responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to 39。s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your want to start with the responsibility you have to single one of you has something that you39。re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the 39。s father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mom who had to work and who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn39。t feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren39。t speak English when she first started of her parents had gone to she worked hard, earned good grades, and got a scholarship to Brown Universityis now in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to being 39。ve got it a lot worse off than many of they refused to give chose to take responsibility for their lives, for their education, and set goals for I expect all of you to do the 39。t love every subject that you won39。t mean you39。s good enough to hand 39。t ever give up on yourself, because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your story of America isn39。t let us 39。m really looking forward to doing is taking questions, not only from students who are in the audience, but also we39。s ties to this cityand to this countrystretch back further, to the earliest days of America39。ve seen a 50 percent increase in the study of Chinese among our own are nearly 200 “friendship cities” drawing our munities and Chinese scientists cooperate on new research and of cours。s distant and the next day I hope to have a chance when I39。t know what he said, but I hope it was good.(Laughter.)What I39。m working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books and the equipment and the puters you need to you39。re struggling, even when you39。t hit every note the first time you sing a 39。s why I succeed.”These people succeeded because they understood that you can39。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。s on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell aren39。s written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own make your own 39。t have adults in your life who give you the support that you someone in your family has lost their job and there39。re quitting on your , I know it39。ve got to train for it and work for it and learn for this isn39。t working, where students aren39。ve talked about responsibility a 39。t too happy about getting up that a lot of times, I39。參見第二篇：奧巴馬開學(xué)演講稿奧巴馬開學(xué)演講稿Wakefield High School Arlington, VirginiaTHE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody!Thank you, right, everybody go ahead and have a is everybody doing today?(Applause.)How about Tim Spicer?(Applause.)I am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, we39。一個(gè)讓他們實(shí)現(xiàn)天賦的機(jī)會(huì)。I agree with is how the world should , we need to work , we need to take responsibility for our own , we need to take responsibility for our own what makes us who we are is that here, in this country, we not only reach for our own dreams, we help others do the is a country that gives all its daughters and all its sons a fair chance to make the most of their chance to fulfill their Godgiven 。s the things that make us different that make us who we the strength and character of this country have always e from our ability to recognize ourselves in one another, no matter who we are, or where we e from, what we look like, or what abilities or disabilities we ，我今天想告訴你們——我想讓你們所有人從我的演講中明白——生命寶貴，它的一部分美麗根植于多樣性。And I know that figuring all that out can be even more difficult when you39。s a time when we39。我將用在你們的畢業(yè)典禮上發(fā)表演講來(lái)向你們表明我個(gè)人的祝賀！But the truth is, an education is about more than getting into a good college or getting a good job when you 39。m announcing our second Commencement your school is the winner。如果某件事情沒(méi)有成功，不要灰心或放棄——再來(lái)！從你的錯(cuò)誤中學(xué)習(xí)。t feel discouraged or give up if you don39。即便是你不認(rèn)為你是一個(gè)精于數(shù)學(xué)或精于科學(xué)（物理、化學(xué)一類的學(xué)科）的人，你依然能在那些課程上十分出色，只有你肯努力。t mean you can39。她盯著我補(bǔ)充道：―別忘了這是什么，努力！‖It was pretty jolting, hearing my mother say eventually, her words had their intended got serious about my made an I began to see my grades – and my prospects – I know that if hard work could make the difference for me, it can make the difference for you, 。And my attitude was what I imagine every teenager39。I made my share of fact, I can still remember a conversation I had with my mother in high school, when I was about the age of some of you here was about how my grades were slipping, how I hadn39。s our here39。而且用我們的齊心協(xié)力確保你們將得到的教育。when students around the world are working harder than ever, and doing better than ever。m sure there will be times in the months ahead when you39。re willing to dream long as you39。s a lot to handle。你們讀到阿富汗戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，你們聽到我們正在經(jīng)歷的經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退。也許你進(jìn)入一所新學(xué)校，并且不確定你是否會(huì)喜歡那里。re making the jump from elementary to middle school, or from middle to high school, and worried about what that39。這是一個(gè)優(yōu)秀的典范，我希望全美每個(gè)社區(qū)向之學(xué)習(xí)（此處翻譯可能有爭(zhēng)議）。t think of a better place to do it than 39。s students back to school – and I can39。這對(duì)在這里的每一個(gè)人都是證明——學(xué)生和家長(zhǎng)，教師和學(xué)校領(lǐng)導(dǎo)。But I know some of you may also be nervous about starting a new school you39。也許你們剛剛從小學(xué)升入中學(xué)，從初中升入高中，擔(dān)心著那里會(huì)怎么樣呀。你們知道新聞里發(fā)生的事情和你們家庭生活的事情。It39。But here is what I came to Masterman to tell you: nobody gets to write your destiny but future is in your life is what you make of nothing – absolutely nothing – is beyond your long as you39。That last part is absolutely essential – because an education has never been more 39。ll go in at a time when other countries are peting with us like never before。re getting the best education making sure you get that kind of education is going to t