乔布斯斯坦福大学演讲.docx

Stanford Report, June 14, 2005 ‘ You ’ ve got to find what you love, ’ Jobs says This is the text of mencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of puter and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005. I am honored to be with you today at mencement 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 toa 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 asa 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 bya 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 ona 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