第42章 教育当然重要
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。
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