A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
大学
College
The best math lesson we can teach college students this year is to subtract a tuition increase and benefit from the dividends of higher education.
今年我们能给大学生上的最好的数学课就是减去学费的上涨,从高等教育的红利中受益。
I taught in a small teacher's college for three or four years, at which point all the administrators got a pay raise and the teaching faculty didn't.
我在一所小师范学院教了三四年书,那时所有的管理人员都涨了工资,而教师却没有。
I knew in my gut that there was something wrong with a system that couldn't fire its incompetents, and I had my share of incompetent college teachers.
我的直觉告诉我,一个无法解雇不称职员工的体系出了问题,我也遇到过一些不称职的大学教师。
Berkeley had a liberal element in the student body who tended to be quite active. I think that's in general a feature of intellectually active places.
伯克利的学生群体中有一种自由主义的成分,他们往往非常活跃。我认为这是智力活跃地区的一个普遍特征。
I won't say, 'I have two degrees; I shouldn't be getting your latte.' Because I paid my dues when I got to the table, I actually had something to say.
我不会说,‘我有两个学位;我不该给你拿拿铁的。“因为当我坐到谈判桌前时,我已经付出了代价,实际上我有话要说。
I was lucky enough not to face any required summer reading lists until I went to college. So I still think of summer as the best time to read for fun.
我很幸运,在上大学之前,我没有接触过任何暑期必读书目。所以我仍然认为夏天是阅读的最佳时间。
Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man's lifetime income - which he then spends sending his son to college.
经济学家报告说,大学教育使一个人一生的收入增加数千美元,然后他把这些钱花在送儿子上大学上。
My intention was to enroll at McGill University but an unexpected series of events led me to study physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
我原本打算考入麦吉尔大学,但一件意想不到的事情让我在麻省理工学院学习物理。
When I was younger it was twice a day with a game on the weekend. Then when I got older, three times a day everyday in college and on the national team.
当我年轻的时候,周末每天有两次比赛。后来我长大了,在大学里和国家队里,每天三次。
One of the things that really drove me crazy was the way in which college kids, in particular, are educated to think that ideology is dangerous and bad.
真正让我抓狂的一件事是,尤其是大学里的孩子们,被教育成认为意识形态是危险和糟糕的。
This summer, we need to let our kids go play and we need to stop worrying about whether or not it's going to ruin their chances of getting into college.
今年夏天,我们需要让我们的孩子去玩,我们需要停止担心这是否会毁了他们上大学的机会。
All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school - my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.
我所有的朋友,他们的弟弟妹妹都在上大学或高中——我的第一条建议是:你应该学习如何编程。
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There's a lot out there for me to learn that isn't in college, so I think it's fine for me if I don't go yet.
大学之外还有很多东西需要我去学习,所以我觉得如果我现在不去也没关系。
In Finland, getting a university degree is the first thing that you expect your kids to do.
在芬兰,获得大学学位是你对孩子的第一件事。
I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.
我上了大学,但我通过阅读和写作学会了写作。
If I was designing a web site for elementary school children, I might have a much higher percentage of older computers with outdated browsers since keeping up with browser and hardware technology has not traditionally been a strong point of most elementary schools.
如果我在为小学生设计一个网站,我可能会有更高比例的老式电脑使用过时的浏览器,因为跟上浏览器和硬件技术并不是大多数小学的强项。
In college, you learn how to learn. Four years is not too much time to spend at that.
在大学里,你学习如何学习。四年的时间花在这上面并不多。
A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
大学应该是一个充满光明、自由和学习的地方。