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1、I'vebeenlivinginLosAngelesfortwoyears,andI'veneverbeenthiscoldinmylife.Iwillpayanyonehere$300forGORE-TEXgloves.Anybody.I'mserious.Ihavethecash.BeforeIbegin,ImustpointoutthatbehindmesitsahighlyadmiredPresidentoftheUnitedStatesanddecoratedwarherowhileI,acabletelevisi
2、ontalkshowhost,hasbeenchosentostandhereandimpartwisdom.IprayIneverwitnessamoredamningexampleofwhatiswrongwithAmericatoday.Graduates,faculty,parents,relatives,undergraduates,andoldpeoplethatjustcometothesethings:GoodmorningandcongratulationstotheDartmouthClassof2011
3、.Today,youhaveachievedsomethingspecial,somethingonly92percentofAmericansyouragewilleverknow:acollegediploma.That’sright,withyourcollegediplomayounowhaveacrushingadvantageover8percentoftheworkforce.I'mtalkingaboutdropoutloserslikeBillGates,SteveJobs,andMarkZuckerber
4、g.Incidentally,speakingofMr.Zuckerberg,onlyatHarvardwouldsomeonehavetoinventamassivesocialnetworkjusttotalkwithsomeoneinthenextroom.Myfirstjobasyourcommencementspeakeristoillustratethatlifeisnotfair.Forexample,youhaveworkedtirelesslyforfouryearstoearnthediplomayou’
5、llbereceivingthisweekend.Thatwasgreat.AndDartmouthisgivingmethesamedegreeforinterviewingthefourthleadinTwilight.Dealwithit.Anotherexamplethatlifeisnotfair:ifitdoesrain,thepowerfulrichpeopleonstagegetthetent.Dealwithit.IwouldliketothankPresidentKimforinvitingmeheret
6、oday.AftermyphonecallwithPresidentKim,Idecidedtofindoutalittlebitabouttheman.HegoesbyPresidentKimandDr.Kim.Tohisfriends,he'sJimKim,JtotheK,SpecialK,JKRowling,theJustKiddingKimster,andmostpuzzling,"StinkyPete."HeservedasthechairoftheDepartmentofGlobalHealthandSocial
7、MedicineatHarvardMedicalSchool,spearheadedataskforcefortheWorldHealthOrganizationonGlobalHealthInitiatives,wonaMacArthurGeniusGrant,andwasoneofTIMEMagazine's100MostInfluentialPeoplein2006.GoodGod,man,whatthehellareyoucompensatingfor?Seriously.Wegetit.You'resmart.By
8、thewayDr.Kim,youwerebroughttoDartmouthtolead,andasaworld-classanthropologist,youwerealsohiredtofigureoutwhyeachofthesegraduatingstudentsranaround