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第42章 教育当然重要（第1页）
ducationDoesCount
比尔·盖茨
BillGates
Hundredsofstudentssendmee-maileachyearaskingforadviceabouteducation。Theywanttoknowwhattostudy，orwhetherit’sOKtodrooutofcollegesincethat’swhatIdid。
Asmallernumberofarentssendmessages，oftenoignant，seekingguidancefortheirsonordaughter。“Howcanwesteerourchildtowardsuccess？”theyask。
Mybasicadviceissimleandheartfelt。“Getthebesteducationyoucan。Takeadvantageofhighschoolandcollege。Learnhowtolearn。”
It’struethatIdroedoutofcollegetostartMicrosoft，butIwasatHarvardforthreeyearsbeforedroingout—andI’dlovetohavethetimetogoback。AsI’vesaidbefore，nobodyshoulddrooutofcollegeunlesstheybelievetheyfacetheoortunityofalifetime。Andeventhentheyshouldreconsider。
KathyCridland，asixthgradeteacherinOhio，wrotetosay，“Severalofmystudentsclaimthatyouneverfinishedhighschool。Sinceyouareasuccess，mystudentserceivethatasareasonnottocaremuchaboutgettingagoodeducation。”
Ifinishedhighschool！
Thecomuterindustryhaslotsofeolewhodidn’tfinishcollege，butImnotawareofanysuccessstoriesthatbeganwithsomebodydroingoutofhighschool。Iactuallydontknowanyhighschooldroouts，letaloneanysuccessfulones。
Inmycomany’searlyyears，wehadabrightart-timerogrammerwhothreatenedtodrooutofhighschooltoworkfull-time。Wetoldhimno。
Quiteafewofoureoledidn’tfinishcollege，butwediscouragedroingout。Havingadilomacertainlyhelssomebodywhoislookingtousforajob。
Collegeisn’ttheonlylacewhereinformationexists。Youcanlearninalibrary。Butsomebodyhandingyouabookdoesn’tautomaticallyfosterlearning。Youwanttolearnwithothereole，askquestions，tryoutideasandhaveawaytotestyourability。Itusuallytakesmorethanjustabook。
Educationshouldbebroad，althoughit’sfinetohavedeeinterests，too。
InhighschooltherewereeriodswhenIwashighlyfocusedonwritingsoftware，butformostofmyhighschoolyearsIhadwide-rangingacademicinterests。Myarentsencouragedthis，andI’mgratefulthattheydid。
AlthoughIattendedalotofdifferentkindsofclassesincollege，Isigneduforonlyonecomuterclassthewholetime。Ireadaboutallkindsofthings。
Onearentwrotemethather15-year-oldson“losthimselfintheholeofthecomuter”。HegotanAinwebsitedesign，butothergradesweresinking，shesaid。Thisboyismakingamistake。Highschoolandcollegeofferyouthebestchancetolearnbroadly—math，history，varioussciences—andtodorojectswithotherkidsthatteachyoufirst-handaboutgroudynamics。It’sfinetotakeadeeinterestincomuters，dance，languageoranyotherdiscilines，butnotifitjeoardizesbreadth。
Incollegeit’saroriatetothinkaboutsecialization。Gettingrealexertiseinanareaofinterestcanleadtosuccess—unlessthesecialtyendsubeingadeadendoryou’renotgoodatit。Graduateschoolisonewaytogetsecializedknowledge，althoughextendedcollegeeducationisn’talwaysagoodinvestmentfromaurelyeconomicstandoint。
Choosingasecialtyisn’tsomethingthathighschoolstudentsshouldworryabout。Theyshouldworryaboutgettingastrongacademicstart。
There’snotaerfectcorrelationbetweenattitudesinhighschoolandsuccessinlaterlife，ofcourse。
Butit’sarealmistakenottotaketheoortunitytolearnahugerangeofsubjects，tolearntoworkwitheoleinhighschool，andtogetthegradesthatwillhelyougetintoagoodcollege。
每年给我发邮件的学生都有数百位，他们请求我就教育问题提出一些建议。他们想知道学什么，或者是否可以像我一样放弃大学学业。
也有一些家长给我发来令我头疼的邮件，要寻求指导孩子的方法。他们问：“我们怎样才能指导孩子走向成功呢？”
我真诚而简单地给出了我的主要建议：“接受你能得到的最好教育。利用高中和大学的优势，学会如何学习。”
的确，我辍学创办了微软公司。但是在退学前，我已在哈佛大学上了三年学，而且我希望有机会还能重回哈佛。正如我之前所说的一样，没有人应该放弃大学学业，除非他们相信正面临着影响一生的机遇。但即使如此，他们仍然需要慎重考虑。
俄亥俄州一位六年级的教师凯茜？克里德兰德给我写信说：“我的一些学生声称，你连高中都没有读完。因为你的成功，他们便觉得这是不用必须接受良好教育的借口。”
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