Name: 如何戰勝劣勢 ► 絕地翻生？ - Jonathan Mooney 中英字幕 (如何戰勝劣勢 ► 絕地翻生？ - Jonathan Mooney 中英字幕)
Uploaded: 2025-06-30T01:33:08.000Z
Duration: 5 min 11 s

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I was a kid in high school who had such a hard time learning to read, and specifically a torturous time reading out loud, that I spent most of my high school days hiding in the bathroom to escape reading out loud with tears streaming down my face.

我是一個高中生，學習閱讀非常困難，尤其是大聲朗讀更是煎熬，以至於我高中的大部分時間都躲在廁所裡，躲避淚流滿面的大聲朗讀。

I was diagnosed with dyslexia, or a language-based learning disability, in fourth grade.

我在四年級時被診斷出患有閱讀障礙，也就是基於語言的學習障礙。

I was diagnosed with ADD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, in fifth grade.

五年級時，我被診斷出患有注意力缺失多動症（ADD）。

And I dropped out of school for a year in sixth grade, because I was a kid who believed that because I was different, I was deficient, that I was the stupid, crazy, and lazy kid.

我在六年級時輟學了一年，因為我是一個認為自己與眾不同、有缺陷的孩子，我是一個愚蠢、瘋狂、懶惰的孩子。

And you can imagine, by the time I re-enrolled in high school, there were a lot of low expectations that surrounded me.

你可以想象，當我重新回到高中時，周圍的人對我的期望很低。

And I was told by my dad that I would probably be a high school dropout.

爸爸告訴我，我可能會高中輟學。

I was told by a guidance counselor that I would flip burgers for a living, and I was told by a teacher, unfortunately, that I would most likely end up in jail or incarcerated.

一位輔導員告訴我，我將以做漢堡為生，一位老師告訴我，不幸的是，我最終很可能會進監獄或被監禁。

I beat those odds, you know, transcended those low expectations.

我戰勝了那些困難，你知道，我超越了那些低期望值。

I want to spend my time with you talking about what are the things, investments, commitments that help young folks like me beat those low expectations and prove them wrong.

我想用我的時間和你們談談，有哪些事情、投資和承諾可以幫助像我這樣的年輕人戰勝那些低期望，並證明它們是錯誤的。

You know, I'm here today because of multiple teachers, but I want to tell you about one of them.

你知道，我今天在這裡是因為多位老師，但我想告訴你其中一位。

I met Father Young at a tipping point in my life where I could have went left, but I went right.

我是在人生的轉捩點上遇到楊神父的，我本可以向左走，但我向右走了。

You know, first college before Brown, Marymount University.

你知道，在布朗大學之前的第一所大學，瑪麗蒙特大學。

Went there on soccer scholarship, thought I was a dumb jock, couldn't be anything but that.

我是拿足球獎學金去的，當時覺得自己是個傻乎乎的運動員，除了足球什麼都不會。

And on the first day on campus, the soccer coach made us go around to the different departments and listen to the presentations.

進校園的第一天，足球教練就讓我們到各個部門去聽介紹。

And I went around and I didn't listen to anything until I got to the English department, and the chair of the department, Father Young, was up there talking about literature and learning like his head was on fire, and I was moved.

我走來走去，什麼也沒聽進去，直到我到了英語系，系主任楊神父在上面大談文學和學習，好像他的腦袋著火了一樣，我被感動了。

So I went up to him afterwards, and I said, Father Young, you moved me.

之後我去找他，我說，楊神父，你感動了我。

I think I might want to be an English major here at LMU, but I don't know if I can do it.

我想我可能想成為 LMU 的英語專業學生，但我不知道自己能否勝任。

And the guy looked right at me and said, I believe in you.

Some of the most gifted thinkers in the world, WBH, John Irving, they were thinkers like you.

世界上一些最有天賦的思想家，WBH、約翰-歐文，他們都是像你這樣的思想家。

That moment, I walked across campus to the other side, to the dean of academic enrollment.

那一刻，我走過校園，來到另一邊的教務處主任面前。

I walked into that guy's office, and I said, I'm going to study me some English literature here at LMU, right?

我走進那傢伙的辦公室，我說，我要在 LMU 學習英國文學，對嗎？

And that guy, he pulled out my file, right?

那傢伙拿出了我的檔案，對吧？

If you go to a special ed like I did, you have the Individualized Education Plan, the

如果你像我一樣接受特殊教育，你就會有個性化教育計劃、

國安局、克格勃，在IEP上什麼都沒有，明白嗎？

They've been doing deep intel on me my whole life.

他們一直在深入調查我的生活。

He laughs, and he says, it ain't good news.

他笑著說，這可不是什麼好消息。

He laughs, and he says, English literature?

You should consider something less intellectual.

你應該考慮一些不那麼知識性的東西。

Walked back across campus to Father Young, and said, don't worry about that piece of paper I asked you to sign.

他走回校園，對楊神父說，別擔心我讓你籤的那張紙。

I said, that guy thinks it's too hard because of my disabilities.

我說，那傢伙認為我有殘疾，這太難了。

Then he looked at me, and he said, in a way that only I could understand.

然後，他看著我，用一種只有我能理解的方式說道。

He said, I'm not going to be an English major.

I said, I'm not going to be an English major.

And I said, well, let's just say that he has an autographed copy of both of my books on his desk right now, that I know to be true in my life, a foundation of my journey of change was a deep commitment to not just fixing kids problems, but finding and celebrating and scaling their strengths.

我說，好吧，這麼說吧，他的桌子上現在有一本我親筆簽名的兩本書，我知道在我的生活中，我的改變之旅的基礎是一個深刻的承諾，不只是解決孩子們的問題，而是發現、讚美和提升他們的優勢。

And if you listen to any journey of change by somebody like me who grew up in the hallway, it's all about finding that thing that they are good at.

如果你聽過像我這樣在走廊裡長大的人的任何改變歷程，那都是為了找到自己擅長的事情。

And I believe to my core that every single human being has a strength, talent, or interest that you can find and you can build a life on.

我堅信，每個人都有自己的長處、天賦或興趣，你可以找到它們，並在此基礎上創造人生。

Find your strengths and compensate for your weaknesses.

找到自己的長處，彌補自己的短處。

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如何戰勝劣勢 ► 絕地翻生？ - Jonathan Mooney 中英字幕 (如何戰勝劣勢 ► 絕地翻生？ - Jonathan Mooney 中英字幕)

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