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。s not that they lack for motivation or IQ. It39。t know who was president of the United States in 1956. And he didn39。re nothing like her. And since you39。她開始工作前剛完成了一個長達數周的訓練項目,在這個項目里她甚至連睡覺的時候都得穿著防彈背心。在過去幾年中,你們中的大多數努力地在各種并不實用的課程中為了一個看得過去的成績而徘徊奮斗。re the ones who spent a fortune on your education only to get you back— returntosender, forwarding address unknown. 請允許我成為第一個不對你說“恭喜”的人。幾年前我曾經招了一個來自西點軍校的實習生。 Unfortunately, dear graduates, chances are you39。 A few months ago, I interviewed a young man with an astonishingly high GPA from an Ivy League university and aspirations to write about Middle East politics. We got on the subject of the Suez Crisis of 1956. He was vaguely familiar with it. But he didn39。t to stuff your head with facts but to teach you how to think. Wrong. I routinely interview college students, mostly from top schools, and I notice that their brains are like old maps, with lots of blank spaces for the uncharted terrain. It39。 Now to Fact Two: Your petition is global. Shape up. Don39。s a good thing they39。 When did puffery bee the American way? Probably around the time Norman Mailer came out with Advertisements for Myself. But at least that was in the service of provoking an establishment that liked to cultivate an ideal of emotional restraint and public reserve. 從什么時候起連美國人也開始靠吹牛而活了?也許是始于諾曼 ?梅勒的 《 給自己的廣告 》 。 But the best of you don39。 In other words, you39。這是我與我西點軍校的實習生聊到她帶領規(guī)定練習的經驗時所學到的。加油吧!