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俺也发一个“是中国人就进来顶”的帖子，嘿嘿~

 

I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.

The first story is about connecting the dots.

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, its likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.

Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

My second story is about love and loss.

I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.

I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.

My third story is about death.

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.

This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Thank you all very much.

下面是最近一个学生提出来的问题，与听力练习中的记忆力有关：

 

索老师您好：
      我曾经问过您如何提高应试听力成绩（准备四六级考试），您给我的建议是把听力原文听写下来，我现在在实施过程中有一个疑问，在听写的时候经常一大句话，我 就记住了前几个词，顶多前半句话，后面就完全记不住了，往往一道题要听很多遍才能完全听写下来，请问有什么方法能在听1，2遍的时候就能把整个这两三句话 的内容给听写个大概其了呢？
                                                                                                                                           谢谢您 学生小刘

 

说老实话，这不是一个好问题，但我相信绝对会有学生存在这方面的问题，而且并没有发觉自己听力记忆力方面的不足。以下是我的回答，欢迎有关同行进来拍砖上炕交流：

 

你面对的问题正是我们广大学生听力不好的重要原因之一。

当我们听别人的说话的时候，大脑的正常工作是这样的：把听力中每一个地方全部听懂，然后过滤掉不重要的部分，把重要的部分全部保留，并记在脑中。

所以，同学在说自己听力不好的时候，有以下几点重要原因：
1. 听力中出现单词都不认识，怎么可以听懂？（这就涉及到学生英语词汇量的问题，自己去解决，我在这里不便多说）
2. 听力内容，无论是主要内容还是次要内容，都记不住，这是属于听力中的记忆力问题。

给我的感觉，目前你属于第2个问题，就是听到的东西记不住，没有印象。这个问题可以通过锻炼自己记忆东西的能力来解决，比如用我曾经介绍过的精听的方法。 起初的时候，你会发现自己听了2-3遍录音后记住的东西并不多，这是很正常的现象。可以试着放更多遍，直到把整个句子都记住，然后立刻完整地把句子写下 来。（在这里曾经有同学问我，听的时候是重复听整个句子再写，还是重复听每一个单词再写，哪个效果好。我的回答是前者更好，因为你要训练自己记忆英文听力 中的内容，然后迅速把耳朵搜集到的内容立刻尽可能完整地传送给大脑，让大脑记住听到的信息。）如果重复听2-3遍记忆的效果不好，可以重复听3-5遍，甚 至更多遍，直到自己把整个句子记住，再将句子听写下来。随着练习量的增加，记住的东西越来越多，可以试着把重复的遍数逐渐地减少。这就是一个提高的过程 了。

开始练习的时候，你会发现自己只是可以把零星的几个可以听懂的单词或词组记忆在脑中。随着不断地训练，练到自己可以把一个一个句子或一大片一大片意群记住的时候，那就证明你进步了。当然，一定需要有量的积累，才能做到质的飞越。

悼念我永远的偶像 --- Michael Jackson
  

Smile, though your heart is aching
Smile, even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky
You'll get by...
   
If you smile with your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll find that life is still worthwhile if you'll just...
Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you'll just...
Smile, though your heart is aching
Smile, even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky
You'll get by...
   
If you smile
Through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you'll just Smile...
   
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you'll just Smile...

田田来了，两年多没见他，下了火车，一边给他接风，一边聊着最近的事情。

说到了敏感词与河蟹相关的问题，我们都搞不清楚这个源头究竟在哪里，这个源头的底线又在何处（难道也像中考或高考一样，全国都有一个统一的河蟹大纲？我无从得知）。总之，我党现在给人的感觉就是，全身都是G点，碰哪里都会高潮。这不是，一波未平，一波又起：

刚看到小罗的留言，说google.com被河蟹了。我10分钟前还在开着信箱，于是立刻去看了一下，果然google.com下面几乎所有的东西都被墙了，需要翻墙才能看到（我平时在家工作全部都用gmail信箱，这样一来弄的非常不方便）。我很纳闷，一个真正全心全意为人民 服务的政党，怎么和区区几个小网站叫上了劲？如果你真的是伟大光明正确而又自信的，怎么会那么在意那一小撮或几小撮人在想什么在做什么在写什么或是在拍什么。

又回想起，今天坐地铁去北京站，负责检查包的工作人员把我叫住，

女工作人员很温和地说：“先生，请问您能把包里面的多功能刀拿给我们看一下吗？”

我：“我常坐地铁，平时天天带着都没事。今天怎么突然要检查了？”

女工作人员：“对不起。没办法，这不是60大庆么。”

哦，原来我明白了，这么大的一个国家，在一把瑞士军刀面前，竟然也是如此神经兮兮如此脆弱不堪。

 

作詞　薮内喜一郎
作曲　古関裕而

一番
勝ってくるぞと　勇ましく　
誓って故郷を　出たからは　
手柄たてずに　死なりょうか　
進軍喇叭　聴くたびに　
まぶたに浮かぶ　旗の波

二番
土も草木も　火と燃える　
果てなき曠野　踏みわけて　
進む日の丸　鉄兜　
馬の鬣　なでながら　
明日の命を　誰が知る

三番
弾丸もタンクも　銃剣も
しばし露営の　草枕　
夢に出て来た　父上に　
死んで還れと　励まされ　
さめて睨むは　敵の空

四番
思えば今日の戦闘に　
朱に染まって　にっこりと　
笑って死んだ戦友が　
天皇陛下万歳と　残した声が忘らりょか

五番
戦争する身はかねてから
捨てる覚悟でいるものを
鳴いてくれるな草の虫
東洋平和のためならば
なんの命が惜しかろう

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耳熟么？没错，这就是《鬼子来了》里面日本军人们合唱的军歌。

五舅姥爷感慨“你们的歌都好，可都是合唱；我们的歌也都好，都是独唱。”

WWDC 2009 全球开发者大会 直播记录 (这是图文记录，从下往上看)

由于苹果大陆官网更新较慢，建议大家去香港官网和美国官网查看：

香港官网

美国官网

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此次WWDC主要内容：

1. 推出snow leopard，大陆将于9月全面上市；

2. iphone 3G全线降价，推出iphone 3G S版(speed)，配置更高，总体价格更低

3. ipod touch推出更多游戏；

4. macbook 13寸归档于macbook pro系列，macbook pro电脑配置有所提升，总体价格全部降低。

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感想 1：苹果没有老乔就是不行，除了早就知道的snow以外，其他没什么太大惊喜，当然了，价格更具亲和力，这条除外，嘿嘿~

感想 2：youtube尚未做好视频，还要再过段时间，大家先拿图文记录的凑合着看吧。

感想 3：葛爷被我6点叫起。这对于一个体态丰满的人来说，清晨6点醒来，是一件很值得回忆的事。

延伸一下东东枪的话：smn space也回来了。和饭否一样，以后我也要珍惜有smn space可用的日子。smn space是党和政府赐还给我的。今天能够重新享受smn的便捷服务，都多亏了党的政策好！

咔嚓一下，尺度放开这么很多。弄得这么用力，搞得人家很不习惯。

1. 说出你认为对你最有用的一本书，并解释原因。(Q1：物)
2. 电视对于现代社会有正面作用还是负面作用，选择其中之一并解释原因。(Q2：优缺点)
3. Describe the most important decision that you made in your life.(Q1：事)
4. Do you think the high school should teach music and art as other basic science?(Q2：观点)
5. 空闲时间用来做什么? (Q1：事，假设)
6. 打手机该不该在一些地方禁止？(Q2：观点)
7. 描述一件自己印象深刻的celebration或者moment。(Q1：事，经历)
8. Which one acts more influence on you newspaper, TV or teachers? (Q2：偏好)
9. Describe a social or politics celebration events in your culture.(Q1：事)
10.政府是否应该资助建博物馆和剧院。说出你的观点和理由。(Q2：观点)

11.说出你所居住的城市中你最喜欢的地方，给出原因。(Q1：物)
12.你和朋友在一起的时候喜欢去哪个地方？为什么？(Q1：物)
13.你是喜欢自己在家里吃还是去外面餐馆吃？为什么？(Q2：偏好)
14.你通常喜欢去什么park或者public area。(Q1：物)
15.喜欢到大城市读书还是小城市读书。(Q2：偏好)
16.杂志,小说,诗歌,喜欢哪个(Q2：偏好)
17.喜欢一个人住还是和室友住(Q2：偏好)
18.和朋友在一起，喜欢在restaurant，café还是在家(Q2：偏好)
19.Computer have improved our lives while others think computers have caused problems(Q2：优缺点)
20.老师的character(Q1：人)

21.是说愿意在办公室工作还是在家工作，为什么。(Q2：偏好)
22.说一个你敬佩的人的好性格(Q1：人)
23.大学是应该向所有人开放还是只对一部分学生开放(Q1：观点)
24.Whether parents should lead their children to watch TV or the children should choose(Q2：观点)
25.The most efficient transportation in your country。(Q1：物)
26.说近100年最important的invention之一(Q1：物)
27.attend college是否比不读college容易successful in career ,why?(Q2：观点)
28.Characteristics of friends;(Q1：人)
29.Someone suggests school to cut the Recycling(Q2:观点)
30.你是愿意当leader还是当follower(Q2：偏好)
　　

31.Which one do you think is better to help do research, internet or academic books?(Q2：偏好)
32.人是被电视，报纸，广播上的信息影响得多，还是家人朋友得影响多？(Q2：偏好)
33.理想的职业(Q1：物)
34.Take a long vacation or several short vacations in a year?(Q2：偏好)
35.What do you think are the characteristics of a good parent?(Q1：人)
36.Do you prefer to study alone on work assignment from class or to study in group?(Q2：偏好)
37.你的目标是什么(Q1：物)
38.描述一次challenging experience，以及如何解决这个challenge(Q1：事，经历)
39.应该选择工作好找的专业还是应该选择自己感兴趣的专业(Q2：偏好)
40.喜欢看那种电影,为什么:Comedy, drama…(Q1：物)

41.What will you do to relax yourself?(Q1，物)
42.Is it important for students to attend class regularly or study by oneself?(Q2:偏好)
43.Describe an enjoyable event in your childhood(Q2：事，经历)
44.描述一个你参加过的学校(Q2：地)
45.学校应不应该在普通课程中加入Sport courses?(Q2：观点)
46.What do you miss most when you are away from home?(Q1：物)
47.人们往往认为应该在危急时刻帮助别人，但另一种观点认为你首先应该看清楚情况(Q2:观点)
48.Describe a special opportunity given to you(Q1：事，经历)
49.good leader应有哪些qualities？
50.同不同意People should always tell the truth .(Q2：观点)

51.Describe an object which is very important to you.(Q1:物)
52.Do you agree that we can judge a person by the appearance at the first glance?(Q2：给观点)
53.如果有机会你会选择job or career?(Q2：偏好)
54.若果有一大笔钱，你会做practice thing or happy thing?(Q1：事)
55.学生放假应该做些什么？(Q2：观点)
56.描述一件童年很happy的event，然后explain why it is memorable(Q1：事，经历)
57.Communicate with your family and friends by letter and e-mail or by telephone?(Q2：偏好)
58.Favorite time of a year(Q1：物)
59.Have a relaxed and unhurried life, yes or no?(Q2：偏好，与life full of surprises and challenges相比)
60.Favorite room(Q1：地)

61.在旅行时，有些人喜欢直接到达目的地，有些人却喜欢沿途一路上观光。(Q2：偏好)
62.当你去restaurant或cafe得时候最care about的features有那些(Q1：物)
63.城市建设中应该保持old building呢还是应该用new building replace old building(Q：观点)
64.Get advice from family and friends or learning through personal experience.(Q2:偏好)
65.Do you agree or disagree: Students should wear uniform. in school?(Q2：观点)
66.你选择online courses还是traditional courses(Q2：偏好)
67.Subject which will lead to better job or subject which you are interested.(Q2：偏好)
68.有些人觉得在大学的学习是很重要的,有的人觉得它并不怎么重要,你的观点?(Q1：观点)
69.Describe a letter or poem or ...that is important to you(Q1：物)
70.森林,沙漠,平原...你喜欢住在哪种环境里?(Q2：偏好)
　　

71.说说你向别人要求帮助的经历，别人是怎么样帮助你的(Q1：经历)
72.赚钱的工作还是personal satisfaction高的工作(Q2：偏好)
73.学生在工作之前应该做part-time job或者summer intern来确定自己是否合适那份工作，同意否？(Q2：观点)
74.最想学的一个技能(Q1：物)
75.是否同意学生进入大学前有一个one-year的break(Q2：观点)
76.some good news and why(Q1：物)
77.新生是和其它年级混住还是单独一个楼(Q2：观点)
78.同意或不同意students will learn more when they have discussions(Q2：观点)
79.Do you agree or disagree: “The most important lesson can’t be learned in class.”(Q2：观点)

80.Should the university education be free?(Q2：观点)

来自优酷网：
Listening Materials (For TOEFL iBT)
http://www.youku.com/playlist_show/id_1164187_ascending_1_page_1.html

Discovery, Ammy颁奖典礼，Apple Special Event的一些视频，大家平时复习累了的时候可以来看看，放松一下。

这篇日志本来早就应该写的，但有两个原因，使自己迟迟未下笔，顺便也给懒散的我找了两个借口：其一，我不喜欢写一些琼瑶式的博客，不喜欢玩煽情，不喜欢搞烂俗（比如，今天我去哪里哪里逛街，东西好便宜哟！买了一堆，又吃了偶最爱的DQ暴风雪，玩得好开心哟！）；其二，不想过早暴露出性格中温情的一面，这样让我如何在新同学面前建立威信！？(*^__^*) …嘿嘿嘿嘿~ 但还是要坚持将这篇感谢的日志写完，对学生对近期的我，都算是一个交代。

感谢我的一个特别班级，虽然我们只有一面之缘，但能够为你们上课，对我而言，是一种荣幸，特别感谢L和两个X；
感谢索尼爱立信提高班所有的学生们，还有索爱人事部的小王。没有你们，我无法顺利完成这为期半年的索爱第三期培训；
感谢福建诺基亚初级班与中级班的学生们；
（以上均为大班，时间关系，同学们的名字不能一一提及，请见谅）
感谢VIP学生蒋，Jane，春，Gina；
感谢中国重汽四班全体同学，还有大圣，飞飞，红强，政杰，让咱们永远彪悍地牛逼下去！
感谢BEC中级班的所有学生们，还有大龙，小龙，maggie，sophie，cindy还有vivian，你们是最棒的，希望你们能够顺利通过月底的考试！

接下来，我打算调整一下自己，迎接新的任务与挑战，为今后可以与大家分享更多的英语知识而努力！

我爱你们！

依旧单身的索老师

从小时候起，一旦有好东西，我就喜欢和周围的人分享。

一路走来，音乐，书，电影，一直都是我分享的主要内容。

直到今天，和学生们分享知识与价值观，是我最大的人生乐趣。

传统中国人性格对我的影响与自己温和的性格，使我的生活并没有什么波澜。

分享后，看着周围人满意的表情，成为我一大乐事。

一种存在的价值感油然而生。

崔健说，“记得那一天，我的心并不纯洁”

我答应网易的严老师在世界杯期间给网易做三十次的脱口秀节目。我开始以为这既没有任何困难， 也不违背我做人的原则，是一件高高兴兴赚钱的好事。但是第一天试录之后我发现，在没有现场听众的情况下我完全不能进入状态，所以昨天我就试着到我上课的班 级去现场录音。我本来的想法是，反正课上也要用一定的时间来调节课堂气氛，我只要不占用比过去更多的时间来扯淡就可以了。但是昨天的整个过程中，我始终感 觉有什么地方不大对头。

我在***教书五年，上课的时候“扯淡”占用的时间虽然未必比其他老师更多,但是有三次碰到 过学生在我的课堂上打断我的扯淡要求我讲题的情况。第一次我有些困惑,有些不知所措。（当然回家之后想了一会儿也就想清楚了。）后两次我都毫不犹豫地以不 得破坏课堂秩序的理由喝止了他们,同时在确认了其他学生的态度后,神完气足地坚持把淡扯完（即便那种情况下我已经没有心情扯淡了）。我上课“扯淡”扯得如 此坦然，是因为我知道我的所谓扯淡，一半是为了调节沉闷的课堂气氛，防止学生睡觉（就像大部分的其他老师所做的那样），另外一半也是为了给在制式教育下成 长的、遭受洗脑的年轻学生做一些启发独立思考的工作。我觉得对一个教育工作者来说，这和讲清楚解题的方法同样重要。

但是昨天，如果我在课上扯淡的时候，有一个学生站起来打断我，让我不要扯淡，我就不可能像过去那样坦然了。因为我很清楚我昨天讲的东西即便客观上起到了调节课堂气氛的作用，也不是像过去那样，出于单纯的目的了。我是为了录下来拿到别的地方去卖钱才这样做的。

我再也不会到课堂上去做这样的事了。

我没有本事一个人对着麦克讲出任何好玩儿的东西，也不能到马路上抓一群人来听我扯淡，我只能推掉网易的这个工作了。我知道这会给严老师造成麻烦，请严老师原谅，实在对不起了。

还有，下次上课的时候，我会向我昨天班上的所有学生郑重道歉。

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这是老罗2006年6月13日发表的文章，很多细节处，身为同行，我也感同身受。

学生：老师，咱们国家有贫民窟么？
老师：有啊，和世界上大多数国家一样，社会主义国家也有贫民窟。

今天在这里 看见了这样一句话：

戴X ——

北京XXX学校优秀教师，ETS认证的TOEFL教师，曾获XXX教育科技集团十年功勋奖。学识渊博，幽默激情。翻译及出版TOEFL图书多部。

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当时看完以后，把我激动坏了。心想啥时候ETS开放党性了，竟然出来个“ETS认证的TOEFL教师”，我想那我也组一个ETS的TOEFL党好了。正想往这个方向发展一下，结果却在ETS官方网站 发现了这个：

To avoid any more confusion and to protect the Chinese public from further unintended or deliberate misrepresentations regarding the TOEFL iBT test, ETS is issuing the following clarifications:

• ETS cooperates with different organizations (see below) and, as such, no entity in China is allowed to represent itself as the exclusive partner of ETS in dealing with the TOEFL iBT test;
• ETS does not operate, authorize or otherwise endorse any English language schools or mock examination centers providing TOEFL iBT training or preparatory courses in China;
• ETS has never authorized anyone in China to issue any TOEFL iBT Teaching Certifications using ETS's name; and
• ETS has not authorized anyone to publish or otherwise distribute any TOEFL iBT software in China.

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带着对莘莘ETS学子负责任的态度，望广而告之，防止大家被忽悠。

唯有脚踏实地，一步一个脚印地进步，才是披T斩G之王道！

一个北京初三学生的日常生活：
6:30起床，
7:00-18:00在学校上课，
19:00-22:00写作业，
22:00-23:00复习功课。

初中教材全部换成五光十色侧重听力与口语的素质教育教材。但全国中考教学大纲还是一点都没变。结果造成了一种非常诡异的景象：学生在课上要和老师学习教材，并练习口语和听力。课下还要玩命地和老师补习中考教学大纲所要求的所有知识点。

教育部年年说要重视素质教育，这素质教育的确被重视了。但中考高考都没变，同时又要他妈的素质教育。素质教育，四个字反而变成了一种“多余的”负担。

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我问：“你有喜欢的女孩子或者女朋友么？”
初三小男生答：“老师，你怎么这样啊？”