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All right, so you're thinking, chores and love, that sounds all well and good, but give me a break.
好，你可能會想，家務(wù)和愛，這聽起來很好，但是得了吧。
The colleges want to see top scores and grades and accolades and awards, and I'm going to tell you, sort of.
大學(xué)看的是好成績、榮譽(yù)和獎項，我會告訴你們，是有那么點(diǎn)。
The very biggest brand-name schools are asking that of our young adults, but here's the good news.
那些最有名的學(xué)校需要這些，但有個好消息。
Contrary to what the college rankings racket would have us believe...
與大學(xué)排行榜傳達(dá)的信息相反...
you don't have to go to one of the biggest brand name schools to be happy and successful in life.
你不需要為了人生的幸福和成功，而一定要去那些最有名的學(xué)校。
Happy and successful people went to state school, went to a small college no one has heard of,
幸福和成功的人們也會來自于公立學(xué)校，來自于沒人聽過的學(xué)院，
went to community college, went to a college over here and flunked out.
來自于社區(qū)大學(xué)，來自于附近的學(xué)校甚至被退學(xué)。
The evidence is in this room, is in our communities, that this is the truth.
證據(jù)就來自這個房間，來自我們的社區(qū)，這就是事實(shí)。
And if we could widen our blinders and be willing to look at a few more colleges,
如果我們眼光放開一些，愿意看一些別的大學(xué)，
maybe remove our own egos from the equation, we could accept and embrace this truth and then realize,
拋開我們的偏見，我們會接受并擁抱這個事實(shí)，并且意識到
it is hardly the end of the world if our kids don't go to one of those big brand-name schools.
我們的孩子考不上頂尖大學(xué)并不是什么世界末日。
And more importantly, if their childhood has not been lived according to a tyrannical checklist then when they get to college,
更重要的是，如果孩子不在嚴(yán)格的清單約束下長大，等他們進(jìn)入大學(xué)，
whichever one it is, well, they'll have gone there on their own volition, fueled by their own desire, capable and ready to thrive there.
不管什么大學(xué)，都是他們自主決定的，是他們自身渴望的，想要在那里有一番作為。
