自己覺得上名校和將來成功與否還是有一定的關係,但也不是絕對的。我想如果一個人能夠從名校畢業,it doesn't mean everything, but i think the degree itself says at least something about that person's personality, character. 因為如果要想從名校或者大學畢業,很多時候需要非常的努力,執著,堅持,而這些品質對於一個人將來生活的好與壞還是有很直接的關係的,所以很多從哈佛business school畢業的alumni在美國很多的大企業裏身居要職,所以像yahoo,google,facebook這些美國網絡巨頭是由從stanford,harvard的學生創辦的。但同樣,那些沒有上名校的人也不全是不努力,不執著,完全是loser.我昨天晚上看CNBC裏麵的一個叫做Biography的紀錄片,裏麵講starbucks的founder Schultz的經曆.他在紐約的貧民區長大,上的大學是Northern Michigan,當時他上這個大學,人家給他scholarship for playing football.在我看這個節目之前,我根本都不知道Northern Michigan這個大學的存在,但我相信Schultz之所以能夠把starbucks做的家喻戶曉,遍地全球,也肯定是因為他很努力,很執著...而按照華裔家庭對孩子的要求標準,難道像Schultz這樣的人,一個沒從名校畢業的人就是loser嗎?
所以我覺得並不是上了名校就能成功,上不了名校就是loser.但我想之所以很多華裔家庭重視教育是因為也許名校畢業和將來是否可以成為百萬,千萬富翁沒有什麽直接的關係,但至少從名校畢業可以找到一份白領工作。作為一名在華裔家庭長大的1.5代,looking back, i understand where my parents are coming from when they wanted me_to go to a top notch school and study engineering, however, do i necessarily agree w/ their decision? not really, in a sense, it is a bit pathetic for me to say this, but_i felt like i lived my life for my parents. I don't necessarily hate electrical engineering or reject the idea of becoming an RF engineer, but I probably would have studied something or pursued a different career if it was not b/c of my parents. I remember my parents told me numerous of times, if u really wanted to live like an american, then u needed to pay ur own tuition, u live under my roof, u follow my rules. Sometimes I wonder,one day if i get married and have kids, am i going to force my kids to go to an ivy school and ask them to become an engineer/doctor/laywer? or am i just going to be like kids, it is ur life, live the way that you want to live it, or i will try to find a balance point these 2 different ways of educating kids...Idk, maybe, maybe not... we will see when that day comes... not anytime soon, thats for sure一個人生活的怎麽樣更多取決於他/她是什麽樣的人。而所以很多知名大企業的創始人是從名校畢業的或者在名校學習過是因為通常那些有夢想,執著的人會在年輕的時候就想法設法的上好學校,他們不會甘心於上一所2,3留學校。很多時候我覺得年輕時應該為了自己的夢想而活,即使最後的結果是輸的頭破血流,粉身碎骨,因為即使第一次,第二次,第三次,第4 次。。。摔的頭破血流,粉身碎骨,隻要堅持下去,肯定會有一次成功。但如果怕被摔的頭破血流,粉身碎骨而失去對夢想追求的勇氣,那麽成功的幾率就是0。而 且有些時候我覺得如果一個人名校畢業,工作,生活,這樣一帆風順的生命不應該稱作為美麗的生命,隻有經曆了失敗與成功,快樂與失望的反複交叉的生命才能夠 稱作為美麗的生命。