Saturday, October 21, 2006

Never give up the hope

Be the one with strategic optimism, the one with more dreams than memories, the one that wakes up each morning and not only imagines that things can be better but also acts on that imagination every day.

退伍前的這個月,剛好看到了書單裡的"The World is Flat"這本書,最後的一個章節提到了作者到印度偏遠的一個學校去拜訪,學校的創辦人George也是印度人,小時候有幸跟著父母移民到美國唸NYU,並開了一間跟國際金融相關的軟體公司,後來賣掉回來印度辦學。書的作者形容那所學校周遭的環境時,是這麼說的:The word "wretched" doesn't even "begin" to describe the living conditions in the villages around the school,但當作者進到了學校裡面,看到了這位三十出頭的NYU印度青年,教著一群八歲左右,印度種姓制度下的小孩,學習Word、Excel,以及英文…,這群小孩,如果留在印度,會因為她們的姓名而無法接近掌握資源階層的人們(種姓制度下,下層的人是不能進出上層的社交場所,因為會汙染該場所的空氣),而持續的被埋沒在縫紉、勞工的奴役循環裡,但因為George的這所學校,讓她們有了與世界接軌的機會,她們學會了英文、學會如何上網並使用基本的文書軟體、她們學會使用eBay進行交易增加自己的生計、學會透過Google取得任何需要的資訊及知識、學會利用MSN跟Skype與全世界的人交朋友…,當作者問到這些印度小孩未來想要做什麼時,她們的答案是:太空人、醫生、詩人、物理學家、化學家、科學家、外科醫生、偵探以及作家…,很驚訝吧,儘管是在印度貧民窟的小孩,這樣的答案,就跟所有先進國家的小孩一樣,充滿夢想,或許再過幾年,我們就可以看到下一個從難民營走出來的愛因斯坦、下一個從紐約貧民窟出來的州長羅傑羅爾斯、下一個…。

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

never give up,fighting!!!!

10:07 PM  
Anonymous Ariel said...

One thing I value most in a person and in a man is whether he/she has a big tender generous heart or not. I think such thing especially suits to elites.

I'm pretty impressed by you on this. Beacause not every person with such mentality can also possess the capabilities and perseverance to really carry it out, no matter how hard it is, how long it would take, and even may fail. ^^

8:01 AM  

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