你的大学是不是必需？_BEC初级作文

你的大学是不是必需？

以往人们总觉得大学文凭是成功事业的敲门砖，而今这种观点正显露出缺陷。低迷的就业市场和高企的学生贷款带来的压力，让一大批处在上大学年龄的叛逆青年宣布投奔“不上大学”(UnCollege)这种旨在“攻击”(hack)高等教育的新团体。受到亿万富翁榜样的激励，再加上便利的网络大学课程，他们认为自己是独立自主的先锋。至少对于这一群敢于冒险的特立独行的人来说，退学不再是个人的失败，而是一个明智的选择。冒险？也许吧。但是这个模式放在Twitter、Tumblr，以及一家小公司——苹果的创始人身上都成功了。当戈林在权衡自己的抉择时，他设置了这样一段混搭闹铃，电子乐混合着史蒂夫·乔布斯(Steve Jobs)2005年在斯坦福大学(Stanford University)的演讲片段，他在当中说道，“热爱你的工作”、“不要停下来”。戈尔把这看成是一个信号。

“It’s inspiring that his dropping out basically had no effect, positive or negative, on the work and company and values he could create,” he said of the late Apple co-founder.In that oft-quoted address, Mr. Jobs called his decision to drop out of Reed College “one of the best decisions I ever made.” Mr. Jobs’s “think different” approach to education (backpacking through India, dining with Hare Krishnas) is portrayed in countless hagiographies as evidence of his iconoclastic genius.Indeed, ambitious young people who consider dropping out of college a smart option have a different set of role models from those in the 1960s, who were basically stuck with the acid-guru Timothy Leary and his “turn on, tune in, drop out” ramblings. Nowadays, popular culture is portraying dropouts as self-made zillionaires whose decision to spurn the “safe” route (academic conformity) is akin to lighting out for the territories to strike gold.