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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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