【正文】 出像今天的iPhone一樣流行的產(chǎn)品，或研制出新的藥物與疫苗——但假如不在自然科學(xué)課程上做上幾次實(shí)驗(yàn)，你不會(huì)知道自己有這樣的天賦；或許你能成為一名議員或最高法院法官，但假如你不去加入什么學(xué)生會(huì)或參加幾次辯論賽，你也不會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才能。re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.不僅僅對(duì)于你們個(gè)人的未來有重要意義，你們的教育如何也會(huì)對(duì)這個(gè)國家、乃至世界的未來產(chǎn)生重要影響。re not just quitting on yourself, you39。t always able to give us the things that other kids had. There were times when I missed having a father in my life. There were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn39。我在許多事上都得到了重來的機(jī)會(huì)，我得到了去大學(xué)讀法學(xué)院、實(shí)現(xiàn)自己夢(mèng)想的機(jī)會(huì)。ve got going on at home none of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school. That39。s what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.而在這片土地上的每個(gè)地方，千千萬萬和你一樣的年輕人正是這樣在書寫著自己的命運(yùn)。s headed to college this fall.我還想起了加利福尼亞州洛斯拉圖斯市的安多尼?舒爾茲（Andoni Schultz），他從三歲起就開始與腦癌病魔做斗爭(zhēng)，他熬過了一次次治療與手術(shù)——其中一次影響了他的記憶，因此他得花出比常人多幾百個(gè)小時(shí)的時(shí)間來完成學(xué)業(yè)，但他從不曾落下自己的功課。和你們一樣，他們也在生活中遭遇各種各樣的困難與問題，但他們拒絕放棄，他們選擇為自己的教育擔(dān)起責(zé)任、給自己定下奮斗的目標(biāo)。t feel well, so we can keep people from getting the flu this fall and winter.因此，在今天，我號(hào)召你們每一個(gè)人都為自己的教育定下一個(gè)目標(biāo)——并在之后，盡自己的一切努力去實(shí)現(xiàn)它。t click with every teacher that you have. Not every homework assignment will seem pletely relevant to your life right at this minute. And you won39。s why I succeed.但那沒有關(guān)系。re a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act right. If you get a bad grade, that doesn39。ve got to practice. The same principle applies to your schoolwork. You might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it right. You might have to read something a few times before you understand it. You definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it39。t a sign of weakness, it39。re struggling, even when you39。s the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and they founded this nation. Young people. Students who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war。t let yourself down. Make us all proud.你們的家長、你們的老師和我，每一個(gè)人都在盡最大的努力，確保你們都能得到應(yīng)有的教育來回答這些問題。2. 若不是心寬似海，哪有人生風(fēng)平浪靜。你必須努力，當(dāng)有一天驀然回首時(shí)，你的回憶里才會(huì)多一些色彩斑斕，少一些蒼白無力。既糾結(jié)了自己，又打擾了別人。請(qǐng)不要讓我們失望——不要讓你的家人、你的國家和你自己失望。m working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books and the equipment and the puters you need to learn. But you39。The story of America isn39?！颐刻於荚谶@么做。這都是很正常的。No one39。喬丹上高中時(shí)被學(xué)校的籃球隊(duì)刷了下來，在他的職業(yè)生涯里，他輸了幾百場(chǎng)比賽、投失過幾千次射籃，知道他是怎么說的嗎？“我一生不停地失敗、失敗再失敗，這就是我現(xiàn)在成功的原因。That39。I know that sometimes you get that sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star. Chances are you39。m calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education and do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending some time each day reading a book. Maybe you39。s on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college.又比如在我的家鄉(xiāng)，伊利諾斯州芝加哥市，身為孤兒的香特爾?史蒂夫（Shantell Steve）換過多次收養(yǎng)家庭，從小在治安很差的地區(qū)長大，但她努力爭(zhēng)取到了在當(dāng)?shù)乇＝≌竟ぷ鞯臋C(jī)會(huì)、發(fā)起了一個(gè)讓青少年遠(yuǎn)離犯罪團(tuán)伙的項(xiàng)目，很快，她也將以優(yōu)異的成績從中學(xué)畢業(yè)，去大學(xué)深造。I39。ll end up. No one39。s not enough money to go around. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don39。t always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I39。s 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.當(dāng)然，我明白，讀好書并不總是件容易的事。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 free. You39。ve got to train for it and work for it and learn for it.而且，我可以向你保證，不管你將來想要做什么，你都需要相應(yīng)的教育。re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that i