○  奥巴马总统在开学日的讲话（中英对照）  ○

where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up. no one’s written your destiny for you. here in america, you write your own destiny. you make your own future.

that’s what young people like you are doing every day, all across america.

young people like jazmin perez, from roma, texas. jazmin didn’t speak english when she first started school. hardly anyone in her hometown went to college, and neither of her parents had gone either. but she worked hard, earned good grades, got a scholarship to brown university, and is now in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to being dr. jazmin perez.

i’m thinking about andoni schultz, from los altos, california, who’s fought brain cancer since he was three. he’s endured all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longer – hundreds of extra hours – to do his schoolwork. but he never fell behind, and he’s headed to college this fall.

and then there’s shantell steve, from my hometown of chicago, illinois. even when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods, she managed to get a job at a local health center; start a program to keep young people out of gangs; and she’s on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college.

jazmin, andoni and shantell aren’t any different from any of you. they faced challenges in their lives just like you do. but they refused to give up. they chose to take responsibility for their education and set goals for themselves. and i expect all of you to do the same.

that’s why today, i’m calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education – and to do everything you can to meet them. your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending time each day reading a book. maybe you’ll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community. maybe y

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