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Although I did graduate from the school of hard knocks, our mascot was the knockers. I spent a lot of time here growing up. My mom worked at Newcom and I would go there every time I needed to steal something out of her purse. But why am I here today? Clearly not to steal, you're too far away and I'd never get away with it.
但是我確實從歷經磨難的生活這所學校畢業了，我們的吉祥物就是磨難和挫折。我在此度過了漫長的成長歲月。我媽媽在紐科姆工作，每當我需要從她的錢包里偷偷拿些東西的時候，我都會去找她。但今天我為什么來這里呢？很明顯我不是想要偷你們的錢，你們離我太遠了，而且我也跑不了。
I'm here because of you. Because I can't think of a more tenactious, more courageous graduating class. I mean, look at you all, oh, wearing your robes. Usually when you're wearing a robe at 10 in the morning, it means you've given up. I'm here because I love New Orleans. I was born and raised here, I spent my formative years here, and like you, while I was living here I only did laundry six times. When I finished school, I was completely lost. And by school, I mean middle school, but I went ahead and finished high school anyway. And I-I really, I had no ambition, I didn't know what I wanted to do. I did everything from-I shucked oysters, I was a hostess, I was a bartender, I was a waitress, I painted houses, I sold vacuum cleaners, I had no idea. And I thought I'd just finally settle in some job, and I would make enough money to pay my rent, maybe have basic cable, maybe not, I didn't really have a plan, my point is that, by the time I was your age, I really thought I knew who I was, but I had no idea.
我來這里是因為你們，沒有比你們更堅韌更勇敢的畢業生了。我是說，看看你們每一個人，身著學士袍，通常在上午10點還穿著睡袍，說明你們已經放棄人生了。今天我來這里，因為我熱愛新奧爾良。我在這里出生，在這里長大，在這里度過了我的童年時代。和你們一樣，我在這里生活時，只洗過6次衣服。當我畢業后，我完全迷失了。這里我指的是中學，但我接著上學，讀完了高中。而我當時真的沒有什么野心，不知道自己想做什么。可我什么都做。我剝過牡蠣，當過迎賓員，做過酒保、服務員，粉刷過房子，賣過吸塵器。我完全不知道自己想做什么。我想隨便找個工作穩定下來，只要有足夠的錢付房租，電視機可有可無，我完全沒有計劃。這里我要強調的是，我像你們這么大的時候，我真的以為我了解自己，但其實并非如此。
