Thank you all for choosing such a touching speech by an unusual individual who happens to be so influencial nowadays. This speech has become an assignment for my business English group class.They are "ordered" to watch it at home or read it before or after class.We'll discuss its impact on them tomorrow!;)
Cheers, Pln On Apr 20, 7:02 am, Dipodidae <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure, but I wish you invent something that prevent death of > our planet. I love it! > > And to all,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc > there you'll find video of that speech. > > On 17 апр, 19:28, Олесь Семенюк <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have gone to drop out my iniversity=))) maybe in a ten years I'll invent > > some interesting)) > > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 6:10 PM, mohammad zulfikarsiddiqui < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > * > > > Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish* > > > > * This 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 commencement from > > > one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from > > > college. > > > Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college > > > graduation. > > > Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big > > > deal. > > > Just three stories. > > > > *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 drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really > > > quit. > > > So why did I drop out? > > > > 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; > > > 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. > > > > And 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 working-class parents' > > > savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I > > > couldn't > > > see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no > > > idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was > > > spending > > > all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to > > > drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at > > > the > > > time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The > > > minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't > > > interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting. > > > > It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor > > > in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ 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: > > > > 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 > > > didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy > > > class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif > > > typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter > > > combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, > > > historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I > > > found it fascinating. > > > > None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But > > > ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it > > > all > > > came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first > > > computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that > > > single > > > course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or > > > proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, its > > > likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped > > > out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal > > > computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course > > > it > > > was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. > > > But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later. > > > > Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect > > > them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow > > > connect in your future. You have to trust in something -- your gut, > > > destiny, > > > life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has > > > made > > > all the difference in my life. > > > (.... to be continued)- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "English Learner's Cafe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/english_learners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
