【正文】 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my workingclass parents39。但是，我的生母后來發(fā)現我的養(yǎng)母不是大學畢業(yè)生，我的養(yǎng)父甚至連中學都沒有畢業(yè)，所以她拒絕在最后的收養(yǎng)文件上簽字。沒想到我落地的霎那間，那對夫婦卻決定收養(yǎng)一名女孩。我的生母是一名年輕的未婚在校研究生，她決定將我送給別人收養(yǎng)。那么，我為什么退學呢？It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: We have an unexpected baby boy。The first story is about connecting the dots.I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a dropin for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?第一個故事講的是點與點之間的關系。我大學沒畢業(yè)，說實話，這是我第一次離大學畢業(yè)典禮這么近。ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That39。ve got to find what you love,39。喬布斯（Steve Jobs）39。史蒂夫喬布斯在斯坦福大學的演講稿我堅信讓我一往無前的唯一力量就是我熱愛我所做的一切史蒂夫amp。S226。You39。 Jobs saysThis is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.I am honored to be with you today at your mencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I39。s it. No big deal. Just three stories.很榮幸和大家一道參加這所世界上最好的一座大學的畢業(yè)典禮。今天我想給大家講三個我自己的故事，不講別的，也不講大道理，就講三個故事。我在里德學院（Reed College）只讀了六個月就退學了，此后便在學校里旁聽，又過了大約一年半，我徹底離開。 do you want him? They said: Of course. My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.這得從我出生前講起。她非常希望收養(yǎng)我的是有大學學歷的人，所以把一切都安排好了，我一出生就交給一對律師夫婦收養(yǎng)。就這樣，我的養(yǎng)父母─當時他們還在登記冊上排隊等著呢─半夜三更接到一個電話: “我們這兒有一個沒人要的男嬰，你們要么？”“當然要”他們回答。不過，沒過幾個月她就心軟了，因為我的養(yǎng)父母許諾日后一定送我上大學。 savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn39。t interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.17 年后，我真的進了大學。讀了六個月后，我卻看不出上學有什么意義。這時，我就要花光父母一輩子節(jié)省下來的錢了。當年做出這個決定時心里直打鼓，但現在回想起來，這還真是我有生以來做出的最好的決定之一。It wasn39。t have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends39。 deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:那些日子一點兒都不浪漫。我去退還可樂瓶，用那五分錢的押金來買吃的。我喜歡這樣。我給大家舉個例子:Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn39。t capture, and I found it fascinating.當時，里德學院的書法課大概是全國最好的。當時我已經退學，不用正常上課，所以我決定選一門書法課，學學怎么寫好字。這門課太棒了，既有歷史價值，又有藝術造詣，這一點科學就做不到，而我覺得它妙不可言。但是，十年之后，