拉里埃里森在耶鲁大学2000届毕业典礼上的惊人演讲(中英文)
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Tel:86-10-51627791Fax: 86-10-51627792第二章大学教育：毕业与退学之间Tel:86-10-51627791 Fax: 86-10-51627792Tel:86-10-51627791 Fax: 86-10-51627792Tel:86-10-51627791Fax: 86-10-51627792拉里·艾里森（Larry Ellison）●他生性张扬，目中无人，喜欢与人争斗。
2003年6月，他宣布向他的竞争对手仁科进行敌意收购。
没有人知道他在想什么，尽管仁科管理层使用了各种手段来阻止这次收购，但到最后也不得不让步，2004年12月12日晚，仁科公司被他的公司以103亿美元收购。
●他曾想花2000万美元购买一架俄罗斯米格战斗机，令美国海关手足无措●他曾开着一架意大利产战斗机在太平洋上空和别人进行模拟空战●他还因冒险玩命多次住进医院，上大学踢球时弄断过鼻梁骨●在夏威夷冲浪时扭伤过颈骨，在快艇比赛中遭遇风暴险些丧命他，就是甲骨文老板拉里·艾里森（Larry Ellison）。
1962年艾里森高中毕业，进入伊利诺斯大学就读，二年级时离开学校。
《商业周刊》报道他离开的原因是因为平均成绩不及格，艾里森不置可否。
过了一个夏天他又进入芝加哥大学，同时还在西北大学学习。
在这三个大学里，艾里森没得到任何毕业文凭。
1966年艾里森离开家乡，来到加州的伯克莱（UC Berkeley），准备就读研究生，同时开始工作。
他学习了电脑编程，为IBM开发大型电脑。
他并非想投身高科技，只不过想赚点生活费。
32岁以前，他换了十几家公司，却一事无成。
Tel:86-10-51627791Fax: 86-10-516277921977年6月，艾里森与人合伙出资1200美元成立了软件开发研究公司，他拥有60％的股份。
―当我创立甲骨文时，我想建立一个让我喜爱的工作环境，这是最主要的目的。
……甲骨文招聘有一个原则：如果这个人你不喜欢一周有三次和他一起午餐，就不要让他加入。
Larry Ellison的演讲
Graduates of Yale University, I apologize if you have endured this type of prologue before, but I want you to do something for me. Please, take a ood look around you. Look at the classmate on your left. Look at the classmate on your right. Now, consider this: five years from now, 10 years from now, even 30 years from now, odds are the person on your left is going to be a loser. The person on your right, meanwhile, will also be a loser. And you, in the middle? What can you expect? Loser. Loserhood. Loser Cum Laude."In fact, as I look out before me today, I don\'t see a thousand hopes for a bright tomorrow. I don\'t see a thousand future leaders in a thousand industries. I see a thousand losers."You\'re upset. That\'s understandable. After all, how can I, Lawrence \'Larry\' Ellison, college dropout, have the audacity to spout such heresy to the graduating class of one of the nation\'s most prestigious institutions? I\'ll tell you why. Because I, Lawrence "Larry" Ellison, second richest man on the planet, am a college dropout, and you are not."Because Bill Gates, richest man on the planet -- for now, anyway -- is a college dropout, and you are not."Because Paul Allen, the third richest man on the planet, dropped out of college, and you did not."And for good measure, because Michael Dell, No. 9 on the list and moving up fast, is a college dropout, and you, yet again, are not."Hmm . . . you\'re very upset. That\'s understandable. So let me stroke your egos for a moment by pointing out, quite sincerely, that your diplomas were not attained in vain. Most of you, I imagine, have spent four to five years here, and in many ways what you\'ve learned and endured will serve you well in the years ahead. You\'ve established good work habits. You\'ve established a network of people that will help you down the road. And you\'ve established what will be lifelong relationships with the word \'therapy.\' All that of is good. For in truth, you will need that network. You will need those strong work habits. You will needthat therapy."You will need them because you didn\'t drop out, and so you will never be among the richest people in the world. Oh sure, you may, perhaps, work your way up to No. 10 or No. 11, like Steve Ballmer. But then, I don\'t have to tell you who he really works for, do I? Andfor the record, he dropped out of grad school. Bit of a late bloomer."Finally, I realize that many of you, and hopefully by now most of you, are wondering, \'Is there anything I can do? Is there any hope for me at all?\' Actually, no. It\'s too late. You\'ve absorbed too much, think you know too much. You\'re not 19 anymore. You have a built-in cap, and I\'m not referring to the mortar boards on your heads."Hmm... you\'re really very upset. That\'s understandable. So perhaps this would be a good time to bring up the silver lining. Not for you, Class of \'00. You are a write-off, so I\'ll let you slink off to your pathetic $200,000-a-year jobs, where your checks will be signed by former classmates who dropped out two years ago."Instead, I want to give hope to any underclassmen here today. I say to you, and I can\'t stress this enough: leave. Pack your things and your ideas and don\'t come back. Drop out. Start up."For I can tell you that a cap and gown will keep you down just as surely as these security guards dragging me off this stage are keeping me down . . ."(At this point The Oracle CEO was ushered off stage.耶鲁的毕业生们，我很抱歉---如果你们不喜欢这样的开场。
布什总统在耶鲁大学毕业典礼上的演讲
THE PRESIDENT: President Levin, thank you very much. Dean Brodhead, fellows of the Yale Corporation, fellow Yale parents, families, and graduates: It's a special privilege to receive this honorary degree. I was proud 33 years ago to receive my first Yale degree. I'm even prouder that in your eyes I've earned this one.I congratulate my fellow honorees. I'm pleased to share this honor with such a distinguished group. I'm particularly pleased to be here with my friend, the former of Mexico. Senor Presidente, usted es un verdadero lider, y un gran amigo. (Applause.)I congratulate all the parents who are here. It's a glorious day when your child graduates from college. It's a great day for you; it's a great day for your wallet. (Laughter.)Most important, congratulations to the class of 2001. (Applause.) To those of you who received honors, awards, and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students -- (applause) -- I say, you, too, can be President of the United States. (Laughter and applause.) A Yale degree is worth a lot, as I often remind Dick Cheney -- (laughter) -- who studied here, but left a little early. So now we know -- if you graduate from Yale, you become President. If you drop out, you get to be Vice President. (Laughter.)I appreciate so very much the chance to say a few words on this occasion. I know Yale has a tradition of having no commencement speaker. I also know that you've carved out a single exception. Most people think that to speak at Yale's commencement, you have to be President. But over the years, the specifications have become far more demanding. Now you have to be a Yale graduate, you have to be President, and you have had to have lost the Yale vote to Ralph Nader. (Applause.)This is my first time back here in quite a while. I'm sure that each of you will make your own journey back at least a few times in your life. If you're like me, you won't remember everything you did here. (Laughter.) That can be a good thing. (Laughter.) But there will be some people, and some moments, you will never forget.Take, for example, my old classmate, Dick Brodhead, the accomplished dean of this great university. (Applause.) I remember him as a young scholar, a bright lad -- (laughter) -- a hard worker. We both put a lot of time in at the Sterling Library, in the reading room, where they have those big leather couches. (Laughter.) We had a mutual understanding -- Dick wouldn't read aloud, and I wouldn't snore. (Laughter.) Our course selections were different, as we followed our own path to academic discovery. Dick was an English major, and loved the classics. I loved history, and pursued a diversified course of study. I like to think of it as the academic road less traveled. (Laughter.)For example, I took a class that studied Japanese Haiku. Haiku, for the uninitiated, is a 15th century form of poetry, each poem having 17 syllables. Haiku is fully understood only by the Zen masters. As I recall, one of my academic advisers was worried about my selection of such a specialized course. He said I should focus on English. (Laughter.) I still hear that quite often. (Laughter.) But my critics don't realize I don't make verbal gaffes. I'm speaking in the perfect forms and rhythms of ancient Haiku. (Applause.)I did take English here, and I took a class called "The History and Practice of American Oratory," taught by Rollin G. Osterweis. (Applause.) And, President Levin,I want to give credit where credit is due. I want the entire world to know this -- everything I know about the spoken word, I learned right here at Yale. (Laughter.)As a student, I tried to keep a low profile. It worked. Last year the New York Times interviewed John Morton Blum because the record showed I had taken one of his courses. Casting his mind's eye over the parade of young faces down through the years, Professor Blum said, and I quote, "I don't have the foggiest recollection of him." (Laughter.)But I remember Professor Blum. And I still recall his dedication and high standards of learning. In my time there were many great professors at Yale. And there still are. They're the ones who keep Yale going after the commencements, after we have all gone our separate ways. I'm not sure I remembered to thank them the last time I was here, but now that I have a second chance, I thank the professors of Yale University. (Applause.)That's how I've come to feel about the Yale experience -- grateful. I studied hard, I played hard, and I made a lot of lifelong friends. What stays with you from college is the part of your education you hardly ever notice at the time. It's the expectations and examples around you, the ideals you believe in, and the friends you make.In my time, they spoke of the "Yale man." I was really never sure what that was. But I do think that I'm a better man because of Yale. All universities, at their best, teach that degrees and honors are far from the full measure of life. Nor is that measure taken in wealth or in titles. What matters most are the standards you live by, the consideration you show others, and the way you use the gifts you are given.Now you leave Yale behind, carrying the written proof of your success here, at a college older than America. When I left here, I didn't have much in the way of a life plan. I knew some people who thought they did. But it turned out that we were all in for ups and downs, most of them unexpected. Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story. And along the way, we start to realize we are not the author.We begin to understand that life is ours to live, but not to waste, and that the greatest rewards are found in the commitments we make with our whole hearts -- to the people we love and to the causes that earn our sacrifice. I hope that each of you will know these rewards. I hope you will find them in your own way and your own time.For some, that might mean some time in public service. And if you hear that calling, I hope you answer. Each of you has unique gifts and you were given them for a reason. Use them and share them. Public service is one way -- an honorable way -- to mark your life with meaning.Today I visit not only my alma mater, but the city of my birth. My life began just a few blocks from here, but I was raised in West Texas. From there, Yale always seemed a world away, maybe a part of my future. Now it's part of my past, and Yale for me is a source of great pride.I hope that there will come a time for you to return to Yale to say that, and feel as I do today. And I hope you won't wait as long. Congratulations and God bless. (Applause.)。
甲骨文总裁Larry Ellison在耶鲁大学英语演讲稿
甲骨文总裁Larry Ellison在耶鲁大学英语演讲稿Oracle president Larry Ellison's English speech at Yale U niversity编订：JinTai College甲骨文总裁Larry Ellison在耶鲁大学英语演讲稿小泰温馨提示：演讲稿是在较为隆重的仪式上和某些公众场合发表的讲话文稿。
演讲稿是进行演讲的依据，对演讲内容和形式的规范和提示，体现着演讲的目的和手段，用来交流思想、感情，表达主张、见解；也可以用来介绍自己的学习、工作情况和经验等等；同时具有宣传、鼓动、教育和欣赏等作用，可以把演讲者的观点、主张与思想感情传达给听众以及读者，使他们信服并在思想感情上产生共鸣。
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Oracle CEO拉里.埃里森在xxx大学的演讲英文原文：Larry Ellison （Oracle CEO）"Graduates of Yale University, I apologize if you have endured this type of prologue before, but I want you to do something for me. Please, take a good look around you. Look at the classmate on your left. Look at the classmate on your right.耶鲁的毕业生们，我很抱歉---如果你们不喜欢这样的开场白。
我想请你们为我做一件事。
请你---好好看一看周围，看一看站在你左边的同学，看一看站在你右边的同学。
Now, consider this: five years from now, 10 years from now, even thirty years from now, odds are the person on your left is going to be a loser. The person on your right, meanwhile, will also be a loser.And you, in the middle? What can you expect? Loser.Loserhood.Loser Cum Laude. In fact, as I look out before me today, I don'tsee a thousand hopes for a bright tomorrow. I don't see a thousand future leaders in a thousand industries. I see a thousand losers.请你设想这样的情况：从现在起5年之后，20xx年之后，或30年之后，今天站在你左边的这个人会是一个失败者;右边的这个人，同样，也是个失败者。
史上最精彩十大毕业演讲
史上最精彩十大毕业演讲作者：珊小月来源：《领导文萃》2018年第07期中外毕业典礼精彩演讲，不可错过的经典你听过几个？做最成功的辍学生微软创始人比尔·盖茨（哈佛大学）有一句话我等了三十年，现在终于可以说了：“老爸，我总是跟你说，我会回来拿到我的学位的！”我要感谢哈佛大学在这个时候给我这个荣誉，我终于可以在简历上写我有一个本科学位，这真是不错啊。
我为今天在座的各位同学感到高兴，你们拿到学位可比我简单多了。
哈佛的校报称我是“哈佛大学历史上最成功的辍学生”，我想这大概使我有资格代表我这一类学生发言……在所有的失败者里，我做得最好。
退学吧，开始行动甲骨文CEO 埃里森（耶鲁大学）耶鲁的毕业生们，我很抱歉。
你们已经非常沮丧啦，这是可以理解的。
所以，现在可能是讨论实质的时候啦。
绝不是为了你们，毕业生。
你们已经被报销，不予考虑了。
我想，你们就偷偷摸摸去干那年薪20万的可怜工作吧，在那里，工资单是由你两年前辍学的同班同学签字开出来的。
事实上，我是寄希望于眼下还没有毕业的同学，我要对你们说：离开这里！收拾好你的东西，带着你的点子，别再回来。
退学吧，开始行动！我要告诉你，一顶帽子一套学位服必然让你沦落……就像这些保安马上要把我从这个讲台上撵走一样必然……（此时，埃里森被带离了讲台。
）感觉是生命的GPS脱口秀女王奥普拉（哈佛大学）我要讲的第一件事：就是相信你的“感觉”。
做你觉得有意义的事，不论领多少钱，每天的工作都像是一种赏赐。
可是，我们怎么知道是对是错？不要慌，你总是知道的。
感觉，就像你生命中的GPS导航仪，会引导你做或不做。
你的情感会带领你，窍门是每次做决定先管住你的自我，细细问你的心。
我做的每个对的决定，都来自内心的感觉。
没有任何人一生风平浪静，每一次危机、每一个困境、每一度失意，我都会问自己：“你学到了什么？”只要你从摔跤中学到教训，就站起来，拍拍灰尘，继续走下去。
否则，失败总是会换一种样式，继续出现在你面前，你得补考，考不过就得再考。
谷歌创始人拉里·佩奇密歇根大学毕业典礼演讲中英双字
拉里·佩奇(Larry Page，1973.03.26－)，全名劳伦斯·爱德华·佩奇(Lawrence Edward Page)，Google搜索引擎的创始人之一，2011年4月4日佩奇正式出任谷歌CEO。
拉里·佩奇出生在美国密歇根州东兰辛市的一个犹太家庭，为美国密歇根大学安娜堡分校的毕业生，拥有理工科学士学位；因其出色的领导才能获得过多项荣誉，以奖励他对工学院的贡献。
他曾担任密西根大学Eta Kappa Nu 荣誉学会的会长。
其指导教授是Terry Winograd 博士。
Google 就是由Page 在斯坦福大学发起的研究项目转变而来的。
在斯坦福大学中，佩奇遇到了谢尔盖·布林。
吃了无数个闭门羹之后佩奇和布林决定自己创业，但他们手中仅有的一点现金都因购买大量的数据盘和储存器作研究而花光了。
他们的一位教师，也是SUN 微系统的创始人之一安迪·别赫托希姆在关键时刻给予他们很大帮助。
别赫托希姆确是个很有远见的人，在看完他们的演示后，立马开了张10万美元的支票帮助成立Google公司。
之后两人又从家人朋友那里到处借钱，筹得100万美元作为最初投资。
1998年9月7日，Google公司在加利福尼亚州的曼罗帕克成立。
一个朋友租给佩奇和布林办公的车库在当时看来已经不错了，有一台洗衣机，还有热水器。
他们雇用了第一位员工克雷格·希尔弗斯坦，现在希尔弗斯坦是Google公司的科技主管。
1999年2月他们搬了新的办公室，虽然条件仍然简陋，但比车库好点，一张乒乓桌就作为正式的会议场所，8名员工在办公室里都转不过身，一个人要出门所有人都得起身挪开凳子才能腾出地方。
布林和佩奇两人合作得很好，并且吸引了一大批有能力且忠实的员工。
创业之初办公室虽然简陋，他们仍尽可能为员工创造宽松的工作环境，他们在屋外的草坪上种上蘑菇，养了条狗，专门请厨师为员工做饭，每星期举行两次曲棍球比赛。
初一年级作文埃里森的演讲
初一年级作文埃里森的演讲
耶鲁大学300周年校庆时，全球第二大软件公司“甲骨文”的行政总裁、世界第四富翁埃里森应邀参加校庆典礼。
埃里森当着耶鲁大学所有校友的面，说出了一番惊世骇俗的言论。
他说：“所有哈佛大学、耶鲁大学等名校的师生都以为自己是成功者，其实你们都是失败者，因为你们以就读于有过比尔·盖茨等优秀学生的大学为荣，但比尔盖茨却并不以在哈佛读过书为荣。
”
全场观众目瞪口呆。
埃里森接着说：“众多最优秀的人才非但不以哈佛、耶鲁为荣，而且常常坚决地舍弃那种荣耀。
世界首富比尔·盖茨，中途从哈佛退学；世界第二富翁保尔艾伦，根本就没上过大学；世界第四富，就是我埃里森，被耶鲁大学开除；世界第八富戴尔，只读过一年大学；微软总裁斯蒂夫·鲍尔默在财富榜上大概排在十名开外，他与比尔·盖茨是同学，为什么成就差一些呢？因为他是读了一年研究生后才恋恋不舍地退学的……”
他的话当然有点偏激，但并非全无道理。
我们都会有一种强烈的“身份荣耀感”。
但是，如果我们总不忘往日的荣耀，就会失去前进的动力。
为了创造新的辉煌，也许你应该狠下心舍弃曾经拥有过的荣光。
————来源网络搜集整理，仅供个人学习查参考。
让学历见鬼去吧
让学历见鬼去吧----20世纪最狂妄的校园演讲这是美国Oracle的CEO拉里·埃力森（Larry Ellison)在耶鲁大学2000届毕业典礼上的演讲，相信许多人都听过其中的某些片断，现附全文如下（我本人并没有鼓励大家退学的意思哦，别砸我^^。
我只希望大家再重温一下这些片断，找回我们可能已丢失很久的激情。
)：耶鲁的毕业生们，我很抱歉----如果你们不喜欢这样的开场。
我想请你们为我做一件事。
请你----好好看一看四周，看一看站在你左边的同学，看一看站在你右边的同学。
请你设想这样的情况：从现在起5年之后，10年之后，或30年之后，今天站在你左边的这个人会是一个失败者；右边的这个人，同样，也是个失败者。
而你，站在中间的家伙，你以为会怎样？一样是失败者。
失败的经历。
失败的优等生。
说实话，今天我站在这里，并没有看到一千个毕业生的灿烂未来。
我没有看到一千个行业的一千名卓越领导者，我只看到了一千个失败者。
你们感到沮丧，这是可以理解的。
为什么，我，埃里森，一个退学生，竟然在美国最具声望的学府里这样厚颜地散布异端？我来告诉你原因。
因为，我，埃里森，这个行星上第二富有的人，是个退学生，而你不是。
因为比尔·盖茨，这个行星上最富有的人---就目前而言---是个退学生，而你不是。
因为艾伦，这个行星上第三富有的人，也退了学，而你没有。
再来一点证据吧，因为戴尔，这个行星上第九富有的人---他的排位还在不断上升，也是个退学生。
而你，不是。
......你们非常沮丧，这是可以理解的。
你们将来需要这些有用的工作习惯。
你将来需要这种“治疗”。
你需要它们，因为你没辍学，所以你永远不会成为世界上最富有的人。
哦，当然，你可以，也许，以你的方式进步到第10位，第11位，就像Steve。
但，我没有告诉你他在为谁工作，是吧？根据记载，他是研究生时辍的学，开化得稍晚了些。
现在，我猜想你们中间很多人，也许是绝大多数人，正在琢磨，``我能做什么？我究竟有没有前途？``当然没有。
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拉里埃里森在耶鲁大学2000届毕业典礼上的演讲
耶鲁的毕业生们，我很抱歉－－如果你们不喜欢这样的开场。
我想请你们为我做一件事。
请你---好好看一看周围，看一看站在你左边的同学，看一看站在你右边的同学。
请你设想这样的情况：从现在起5年之后，10年之后，或30年之后，今天站在你左边的这个人会是一个失败者；右边的这个人，同样，也是个失败者。
而你，站在中间的家伙，你以为会怎样？一样是失败者。
失败的经历。
失败的优等生。
说实话，今天我站在这里，并没有看到一千个毕业生的灿烂未来。
我没有看到一千个行业的一千名卓越领导者，我只看到了一千个失败者。
你们感到沮丧，这是可以理解的。
为什么，我，埃里森，一个退学生，竟然在美国最具声望的学府里这样厚颜地散布异端？
我来告诉你原因。
因为，我，埃里森，这个行星上第二富有的人，是个退学生，而你不是。
因为比尔盖茨，这个行星上最富有的人---就目前而言---是个退学生，而你不是。
因为艾伦，这个行星上第三富有的人，也退了学，而你没有。
再来一点证据吧，因为戴尔，这个行星上第九富有的人---他的排位还在不断上升，也是个退学生。
而你，不是。
……
你们非常沮丧，这是可以理解的。
你们将来需要这些有用的工作习惯。
你将来需要这种"治疗"。
你需要它们，因为你没辍学，所以你永远不会成为世界上最富有的人。
哦，当然，你可以，也许，以你的方式进步到第10位，第11位，就像Steve。
但，我没有告诉你他在为谁工作，是吧？根据记载，他是研究生时辍的学，开化得稍晚了些。
现在，我猜想你们中间很多人，也许是绝大多数人，正在琢磨，"我能做什么？我究竟有没有前途？"
当然没有。
太晚了，你们已经吸收了太多东西，以为自己懂得太多。
你们再也不是19岁了。
你们有了"内置"的帽子，哦，我指的可不是你们脑袋上的学位帽。
嗯……你们已经非常沮丧啦。
这是可以理解的。
所以，现在可能是讨论实质的时候啦---绝不是为了你们，2000年毕业生。
你们已经被报销，不予考虑了。
我想，你们就偷偷摸摸去干那年薪20万的可怜工作吧，在那里，工资单是由你两年前辍学的同班同学签字开出来的。
事实上，我是寄希望于眼下还没有毕业的同学。
我要对他们说，离开这里。
收拾好你的东西，带着你的点子，别再回来。
退学吧，开始行动。
我要告诉你，一顶帽子一套学位服必然要让你沦落……就像这些保安马上要把我从这个讲台上撵走一样必然……（此时，Larry.Ellison被带离了讲台）
注：拉里埃里森为甲骨文软件公司创始人，目前身价260亿美元。
拉里*埃里森在斯坦福大学毕业典礼上的惊人演讲
拉里埃里森，甲骨文公司CEO，曾经读了3个大学都没拿到学位，32岁之前毫无建树，换了十几个工作，老婆受不了他，和他离婚。
后来，创立了甲骨文公司，目前财富排行榜第六位。
2000年，他在斯坦福大学毕业典礼上的演讲，因为内容太过惊人，中途被保安给请下去了。
下面就是他的演讲的一部分：
Graduates of Yale university, i apologize if you have endured this type of prologue before, but i want you to do something for me. Please, take a good look around you. Look at the classmate on your left.Look at the classmate on your right.
Now,consider this:5 years from mow, 10 years from now,even 30 years from now, odds are the person on your left is going to be loser. The person on your right, meanwhile, will also be a loser. And you, in the middle? what can you expect? Loser. Loserhood. Loser Cum Laude. In fact, as i look out before me today, I don't see a thousand hopes for a bright tomorrow. I don't see a thousand future leaders in a thousand industries. I see a thousand losers. you're upset. That's understandable. After all, how can i, Lawrence Larry Ellison, college dropout, have the audacity to spout such heresy to the graduating class of one of the nation's most prestigious institutions?
I'll tell you why. Because Bill Gates, richest man on the planet-for now anyway-is a college dropout, and you are not. Because Paul Allen, the third richest man on the planet, dropped out of college, and you did not. And for good measure, because Michael Dell, No.9 on the list and moving up fast, is a college dropout, and you, yet again, are not.
Finally, i realize that many of you, and hopefully by now most of you, are wondering,"is there anything i can do? Is there any hope for me at all? Actually, no. It's too late. You've absorbed too much, think you know too much. You're not 9 anymore. You have a built-in cap, and i'm not referring to the mortarboards on your heads.
Hmm---you're really very upset. That's understandable. So perhaps this could be a good time to bring up the silver lining. Not for you, class of 2000. You are a write-off, so I'll let you slink off to your pathetic $200000-a-year jobs, where your cheques will signed by former classmates who dropped out two years ago. Instead, i want to give hope to any underclassmen here today. I say to you, and i can't stress this enough:leave. Pack your things and your ideas and don't come back. Drop out. Start up. For I can tell you that a cap and gown will keep you down just as these security guards dragging me off this stage are keeping me down--"(at this point the Oracle CEO was ushered off stage)。