【正文】 ty for setting high standards, and supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren39。re going to need a good education for every single one of those cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good 39。re not just quitting on yourself, you39。t have a lot of they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this of you might not have those you don39。ll end one39。s Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods in the city, she managed to get a job at a local health care center, start a program to keep young people out of gangs, and she39。ll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to along those lines, by the way, I hope all of you are washing your hands a lot, and that you stay home from school when you don39。swho wrote Harry Potterher first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally Jordan was cut from his high school basketball lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his he once said, ”I have failed over and over and over again in my that39。re not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new don39。t know something, and that then allows you to learn something find an adult that you trusta parent, a grandparent or teacher, a coach or a counselorand ask them to help you stay on track to meet your even when you39。s your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a President who es here in 20 or 50 or 100 years say about what all of you did for this country?Now, your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these 39。一些反對者指責稱，奧巴馬試圖通過演講向?qū)W生灌輸政治理念。）你好，馬斯特曼。backstage muff ，將事情弄糟 thrilled We’ve got a couple introductions I want to of all, you’ve got the outstanding governor of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell, in the house.(Applause.)The mayor of Philadelphia, Michael Nutter, is here.(Applause.)Congressman Chaka Fattah is here.(Applause.)Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz is here.(Applause.)Your own principal, Marge Neff, is here.(Applause.)The school superintendent, Arlene Ackerman, is here and doing a great job.(Applause.)And the Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, is here.(Applause.)我想介紹幾個人。還有教育部秘書長Arne Duncan。就在上周，由于你們的卓越貢獻，被授為國家藍絲帶勛章。成長為一個更優(yōu)秀的學生和個人，不僅僅讓你的家人自豪，同樣讓你們自己也很有成就感。你們讀過有關阿富汗戰(zhàn)爭的信息，聽說過我們經(jīng)歷過的經(jīng)濟不景氣。我想這句話你們的校長、院長、父母以及老師都曾告訴過你們，那就是，沒有人，只有你才能書寫你自己的命運。你們現(xiàn)在要做的事情無比重要。同時國家也向你們承擔責任和義務，那就是為你們提供最好的教育，為此我們要努力，共同奮斗。奧巴馬2009年的演講招來了許多批評和抵制。不過，我想無論你有多大、在讀哪個年級，許多人都打心底里希望現(xiàn)在還在放暑假，以及今天不用那么早起床。我談到過家長們有責任看管你們認真學習、完成作業(yè)，不要成天只會看電視或打游戲機?；蛟S你能寫出優(yōu)美的文字——甚至有一天能讓那些文字出現(xiàn)在書籍和報刊上——但假如不在英語課上經(jīng)常練習寫作，你不會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己有這樣的天賦；或許你能成為一個發(fā)明家、創(chuàng)造家——甚至設計出像今天的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課程上做上幾次實驗，你不會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生會或參加幾次辯論賽，你也不會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才能。當然，我明白，讀好書并不總是件容易的事。奧巴馬了——也有著相似的人生故事，她的父母都沒讀過大學，也沒有什么財產(chǎn)，但他們和她都辛勤工作，好讓她[本_文_來_源_于_我_的_學_習_網(wǎng) for me either, buster.“(Laughter.)So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at I39。ve talked about your parents39。re good single one of you has something to you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that 39。ll need the knowledge and problemsolving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our 39。t always able to give us the things that other kids were times when I missed having a father in my were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn39。t at the end of the day, the circumstances of your lifewhat you look like, where you e from, how much money you have, what you39。m thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who39。s why today I39。t click with every teacher that you every homework assignment will seem pletely relevant to your life right at this you won39。s of the most successful people in the world are the ones who39。ll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your you39。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。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。t always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I39。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 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 spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the 39。m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what39。我知道你們的感受?！阆氘斆t(yī)生、當名教師或當名警官？你想成為護士、成為建筑設計師、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、訓練與學習。但哪怕這一切都達到最好，哪怕我們有最盡職的教師、最好的家長、和最優(yōu)秀的學校，假如你們不去履行自己的責任的話，那么這一切努力都會白費。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。部分媒體還批評奧巴馬試圖建立個人崇拜。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。More and more, the kinds of opportunities that are open to you are going to be determined by how far you go in farther you go in school, the farther you’re going to go in at a time when other countries are peting with us like never before, when students around the world in Beijing, China, or Bangalore, India, are working harder than ever, and doing better than ever, your success in school is not just going to determine your success, it’s going to determine