把刚上大学的儿子送到学校的那一天,和他告别后,想到今后我会无比地想念他,我陷入了深深的绝望之中。然而,事实证明,他真正呆在学校的时间实在太短了,我还从来没时间去想念他。当家人围坐在一起吃晚饭时,我眼眶湿润地感慨道:“不知道强尼(Johnny)现在在干吗”,接着我就听到了他从家中房间传来的喊声:“我在看《发展受阻》((Arrested Development)呢。”
But let's not understate the big achievements you've racked up during the 70 or so days you've actually spent on campus. The first, and perhaps finest accomplishment, is having persuaded your parents to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to extend your childhood for four years.
尽管如此,我们还是别低估了你们在实际呆在校园的那70来天的时间中取得的巨大成就。第一项,或许也是你们最杰出的一项成就是,你们说服了父母花费数万美元让你们的儿童期再延长四年。
Let's also not forget how hard you've worked to find something to protest against. In my day, it was apartheid in South Africa. In yours, it's championing people who wanted the God-given right to use a gender-neutral bathroom. Thrillingly, you petitioned the President and Trustees and won: Now guys can make both bathrooms on every dorm floor equally disgusting.
我们也别忘了你们多么努力地去寻找要加以抗议的事情。在我们那个年代,我们抗议的是南非的种族隔离制度。在你们这个年代,你们做的是群起响应,要求获得使用“无性别卫生间”这一上天赐予的权利。令人振奋的是,你们为此向校长和校董们请愿并且获胜,如今大家可以把每一间宿舍的两个卫生间都弄得一样让人恶心了。
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