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Hundreds of students send me e-mail each year asking for advice about education. They want to know what to study, or whether it’
Hundreds of students send me e-mail each year asking for advice about education. They want to know what to study, or whether it’
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2008-12-13
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Hundreds of students send me e-mail each year asking for advice about education. They want to know what to study, or whether it’s OK to drop out of college since that’s what I did.
My basic advice is simple and heartfelt. "Get the best education you can. Take advantage of high school and college. Learn how to learn."
It’s true that I dropped out of college to start Microsoft, but I was at Harvard for three years before dropping out -- and I’d love to have the time to go back. As I’ve said before, nobody should drop out of college unless they believe they face the opportunity of a lifetime. And even then they should reconsider.
The computer industry has lots of people who didn’t finish college, but I’m not aware of any success stories that began with somebody dropping out of high school. I actually don’t know any high school dropouts, let alone any successful ones.
In my company’s early years we had a bright part-time programmer who threatened to drop out of high school to work full-time. We told him no.
Quite a few of our people didn’t finish college, but we discourage dropping out.
College isn’t the only place where information exists. You can learn in a library. But somebody handing you a book doesn’t automatically foster learning. You want to learn with other people, ask questions, try out ideas and have a way to test your ability. It usually takes more than just a book.
Education should be broad, although it’s fine to have deep interests, too.
In high school there were periods when I was highly focused on writing software, but for most of my high school years I had wide-ranging academic interests. My parents encouraged this, and I’m grateful that they did.
One parent wrote me that her 15-year old son "lost himself in the hole of the computer". He got an A in Web site design, but other grades were sinking, she said.
This boy is making a mistake. High school and college offer you the best chance to learn broadly -- math, history, various sciences -- and to do projects with other kids that teach you first-hand about group dynamics. It’s fine to take a deep interest in computers, dance, language or any other discipline, but not if it jeopardizes breadth.
In college it’s appropriate to think about specialization. Getting real expertise in an area of interest can lead to success. Graduate school is one way to get specialized knowledge. Choosing a specialty isn’t something high school students should worry about. They should worry about geting a strong academic start.
There’s not a perfect correlation between attitudes in high school and success in later life, of course. But it’s a real mistake not to take the opportunity to learn a huge range of subjects, to learn to work with people in high school, and to get the grades that will help you get into a good college.
选项
A、a person’s opportunity of a lifetime.
B、the success of the computer industry.
C、the importance of education.
D、high school education in the US.
答案
C
解析
此题为快速浏览题。据第1段及第2段(尤其是其第2句)以及最后1段可推知。了解此类文章的写作结构对解此类题目十分有益。
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