i am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. i never graduated from college. truth be told, this is the closest i've ever gotten to a college graduation.
today i want to tell you three stories from my life. that's it. no big deal. just three stories.
the first story is about connecting the dots.
i dropped out of reed college after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before i really quit. so why did i drop out?
it started before i was born. my biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. she felt very strongly that i should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. except that when i popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. so my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "we have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" they said: "of course." my biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. she refused to sign the final adoption papers. she only relented a few months later when my parents promised that i would someday go to college.
and 17 years later i did go to college. but i naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. after six months, i couldn't see the value in it. i had no idea what i wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. and here i was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. so i decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out ok. it was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions i ever made. the minute i dropped out i could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.
it wasn't all romantic. i didn't have a dorm room, so i slept on the floor in friends' rooms, i returned coke bottles for the 5 deposits to buy food with, and i would walk the 7 miles across town every sunday night to get one good meal a week at the hare krishna temple. i loved it. and much of what i stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. let me give you one example: reed college at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. because i had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, i decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. i learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. it was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and i found it fascinating.
none of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. but ten years later, when we were designing the first macintosh computer, it all came back to me. and we designed it all into the mac. it was the first computer with beautiful typography. if i had never dropped in on that single course in college, the mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. and since windows just copied the mac, its likely that no personal computer would have them. if i had never dropped out, i would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when i was in college. but it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.
again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. you have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. this approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
my second story is about love and loss.
i was lucky – i found what i loved to do early in life. woz and i started apple in my parents garage when i was 20. we worked hard, and in 10 years apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. we had just released our finest creation - the macintosh - a year earlier, and i had just turned 30. and then i got fired. how can you get fired from a company you started?
well, as apple grew we hired someone who i thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. but then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. when we did, our board of directors sided with him. so at 30 i was out. and very publicly out. what had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.
i really didn't know what to do for a few months. i felt that i had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that i had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. i met with david packard and bob noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. i was a very public failure, and i even thought about running away from the valley. but something slowly began to dawn on me – i still loved what i did. the turn of events at apple had not changed that one bit. i had been rejected, but i was still in love. and so i decided to start over.
i didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. the heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. it freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.
during the next five years, i started a company named next, another company named pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife.
pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, toy story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. in a remarkable turn of events, apple bought next, i retuned to apple, and the technology we developed at next is at the heart of apple's current renaissance. and laurene and i have a wonderful family together.
i'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if i hadn't been fired from apple. it was awful tasting medicine, but i guess the patient needed it.
sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. don't lose faith. i'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that i loved what i did.
今天，我們懷著無比喜悅的心情，在這裡隆重舉行乃紡國小20xx屆小學生畢業典禮。這是一個光榮的時刻，也是一個莊嚴而充滿希望的時刻。我們今天在這裡，不僅是為了舉行一個畢業典禮，也是為了見證你們得來不易的成功與智慧，見證你們新的未來的開始。作為我們，十分高興地與你們在一起分享此刻的榮耀;作為你們的母校，也為你們的成長與進步而沉浸在巨大的喜悅之中。
首先，我祝賀你們順利地完成了國小六年的學習任務，祝賀你們就要從一個新的起點開始人生又一段新的征程!同時，我也要向為你們成長傾注了無數心血的師長們的表示深深的敬意。正是他們的言傳身教，無私奉獻，才使我們共同迎來了這個充滿喜悅的豐收季節。有人說，少年是一本太倉促的書，是的，六年兩千多頁就這樣匆匆翻過。回首來時的路，從牙牙學語到今天的懂事少年，你們留下了一串串深深淺淺的足印。你們勤奮向上，各方面都取得了長足的進步;你們激揚文字，對學校的很多工作提出了很好的意見和建議;你們眾志成城，從容面對各種考試和考驗;你們追求進步，以成竹在胸的姿態迎接各種檢查。作為乃紡國小的畢業生，我為你們對母校的深切的責任感和深深地愛戀之情感動與驕傲。考場上下、課堂內外，你們為母校贏得了無數榮譽，你們的一個個名字也閃爍著耀眼的光環!
畢業了，不能忘記隱藏在你們耀眼光環後面的全體老師那親切、平易而疲憊的臉龐。多少個不眠之夜，老師們為你們籌謀暢想。你還記得嗎?當你不交作業時，是老師追著你，催著你，讓你完成;當你摔跤時，是老師在扶起你、關懷你，讓你破涕為笑;當你遇到困難時，是老師在呵護你、鼓勵你，令你增強信心;當你犯錯誤時，是他們在糾正你、原諒你，讓你奮進!老師每一次與你長談之後，淚流滿面的你可否注意到了老師雙眸中那盈盈的淚光?他們，甚至比你的父母更瞭解你的願望需求，更明白你的喜怒哀樂，更知道你的優點和不足!
畢業了，依依不捨的是彼此之間建立了很深的感情。老師們喜歡課堂上你們思索的眼神，也欣賞運動場上你們風一樣掠過的青春身影;喜歡你們無拘無束的慷慨陳詞，也欣賞你們在不斷成長中表現出的深思熟慮;喜歡你們挫折時有些脆弱和疲憊滿含期望和信任的眼神，也欣賞你們在激烈地競爭中不屈不饒的志氣;敬佩你們朝著自己心中的理想孜孜不倦的追求，也感動於你們攜手並進的友情。我想象不出少了你們身影的校園，將會是什麼樣子，但是天下沒有不散的宴席，年輕人志在四方，為了自己的前程，我們要堅強地走出去，去開創自己美好的明天!
同學們，作為乃紡國小的畢業生，你們承載了師生們太多的期望。我們期待著，期待著你們中間產生造福百姓的政治家，叱吒風雲的軍事家，探索奧祕的科學家，搏擊商海的實業家!我們期待著，期待著你們超越先輩，創造偉業，為母校爭光。我們也期待著，期待著你們成為“理想遠大、熱愛祖國的人”，成為“追求真理、勇於創新的人”，成為“德才兼備、全面發展的人”，成為“視野開闊、胸懷寬廣的人”，成為“知行統一、腳踏實地的人”，成為“大寫的人”，成為“和諧的人”，成為“脫離了低階趣味的人”，成為“幸福生活的人”，成為“有益於他人的人”，成為“走向世界的現代中國人”!
希望大家牢牢記住“愛拼才會贏”!只要我們努力拼搏，就一定能取得成功。一切成功的，都是源於堅持的。那麼，我們要堅持什麼?堅持我們心中的理想和信念!你們在這裡度過了六年美好的國小生活，那是人生的花季，這裡也是你們的人生驛站，母校永遠做你們的堅強後盾，母校永遠是你們的最愛!
海闊憑魚躍、天高任鳥飛，值今天這個機會，我為大家壯行。畢業這個詞在英文的詞根裡是沒有“完成”、“結束”的意思，它是薀含開始、進步的意義。我覺得今天我們不是慶祝“結束”，而是歡呼開始;不是紀念“完成”，而是宣佈進步。就讓你們的生命之舟在新的歲月港灣裡啟航，載著對太陽的憧憬和對未來的暢想，腳踏實地，乘風破浪，勇往直前。
祝福你們，也相信你們一定會一路平安，一帆風順!
老師們，同學們：
大家好!今天，我們在這裡相聚一堂，舉行_年302班的畢業座談會，這也就意味著你們即將圓滿完成高中學業，意味著你們將在新的起跑線上，跨入人生的另一段精彩賽程.在此，我想代表302班的全體老師，向大家表示熱烈的祝賀和美好的祝願! 回首三年，一千多個日日夜夜，我們一起走過.儘管我與你們相處只有兩年，做班主任只有一年，但是很懷念和大家在一起的時光.儘管有的學生經常違紀，惹去生氣，但你們畢竟是我的學生，畢竟我們師生一場。畢竟我們認真過，畢竟我們努力過，畢竟我們用心地付出過。
校園裡，寢室裡，操場上，花園旁，到處都留下了你們的腳步和身影，此時此刻，我們：
難忘夏日炎炎，大家坐在教室刻苦學習的時光;
難忘運動會上那矯健的身姿劃出的青春飛揚;
難忘辯論會上語言和智慧碰撞出的火花;
難忘藝術節上，我們一起放聲歌唱;
難忘元旦晚會，幾個女生淋漓盡致表演出的.相親相愛;
難忘準備宣傳欄時，我們一起忙忙碌碌的身影;
難忘批評你時，你委屈得要哭出來的樣子;
難忘考試失利時，你臉上充滿了失望與惆悵;
難忘教室裡緊皺的眉頭和沉靜的身影雕刻出來的求索和拼搏;
難忘我生氣時你安慰我鼓勵我令我再次飽懷希望;
一千多個日日夜夜，尤其是我們相處的高三的一年的時光，我們有成功時的歡呼雀躍，也有失利時的淚灑考場.我們師生為了共同的理想，風雨無阻，日夜兼程，激情燃燒的歲月.
多少美好與感動，多少艱辛與拼搏，匯成一支難以忘懷的青春之歌，它，意蘊久遠，蕩氣迴腸.
回首往日，晨昏交替，寒暑易節，師生情，同學情，朋友情，情思萬縷，織成高中生活的斑斕錦緞;求學心，成才心，感恩心，心事浩茫，寫就青春書卷的動人篇章.
同學們，祝賀你們順利完成了成長道路上一次艱難的跋涉和穿越;祝賀你們即將踏入一個更為廣闊的追逐和實現夢想的舞臺;祝賀你們將自己執著的精神和不懈的追求演繹成一道獨一無二的風景，永遠地定格在了陽光高中20_年的歷史上!
這段時間，看著你們的留言、合影;看著你們一個個準備打起行囊…我知道我們分別的時刻就要來臨!你們已走過了爛漫如花的高一，歡快如歌的高二，激情似火的高三，一路歡笑一路汗水。在三年的磨鍊中，你們付出了辛勞，播種了希望;在三年的成長中，你們的目光變得更為堅定，步伐變得更加穩健，曾經青澀莽撞的少年已變成今天躊躇滿志的青年。作為老師，我們感到由衷的欣慰。在同學們即將奔赴新的征程之際，老師有幾句話想送給你們：
1.“不要拋棄學問”。這是1929年著名學者胡適在中國公學18年級畢業典禮上說的一句話。大學聯考並不意味著學習的終結，走進大學也不意味著達到知識的頂峰。上個世紀八十年代曾造出一個詞彙“知識爆炸”，那已是讓人目不暇接了;時至今日，大學畢業生知識的半衰期更已縮短為五年，用“日新月異”也絲毫不為過了。所以，只有堅持不懈地更新知識，充實自己，腳踏實地，與時俱進的人才可以成為真正的精英。要做到，哪怕“為伊消得人憔悴”，我也“衣帶漸寬終不悔”!
2.正確認識自己，學會給自己定位.要知道，人生的大河不可能永遠風平浪靜，生活的道路一定有荊棘和鮮花相伴左右，成功時要想到“三人行，必有我師”，記得保持一份謙遜;失意時也別忘了“天生我才必有用”，永遠不要自棄。只有正確認識自己，才能使邁向成功的腳步更為堅實。同時，要對自己的情況瞭如指掌，知道自己的優點是什麼，知道自己的不足在哪裡，知道自己適合做什麼，然後去努力，這樣，你才不會迷失方向.
3要從小事做起，從我做事，不要過於抱怨.我在黑板上貼的這句話：不以善小而不為，不以惡小而為之.對大家永遠都管用.你們要學會從小事做起，要學會從我做起，哪怕是點滴的機會，都要學會去有力的把握.遇事要學會沉住氣，不要過於抱怨，因為抱怨根本於事無補，只會起反作用.
4.善待身邊的每一個人。“人無完人，金無足赤”，“海納百川，有容乃大”。要學會理解，保持善意。沒有寬容的胸懷，怎能期待別人的肯定?沒有寬廣的胸襟，又怎能擁有更廣闊的天地?要學會嚴於律已，寬於待人.
最後想說的一句話是：常回母校看看，同時畢業後能夠保持聯絡!祝願大家好運!
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