Harvard Law Professor Jeannie Suk Reveals Her Greatest Accomplishment.docVIP

Harvard Law Professor Jeannie Suk Reveals Her Greatest Accomplishment 　　珍妮?苏克，18岁考入耶鲁，22岁获马歇尔奖学金赴牛津读博，26岁出版第一本著作，37岁当选为哈佛法学院终身教授，是亚洲唯一获此殊荣的女性。除此之外，她还是优秀的芭蕾舞者和钢琴演奏者。很多人都会好奇，如此光鲜的履历背后究竟隐藏着怎样的成功秘诀？但对苏克而言，成功并没有什么秘诀，她只是在尽力活出生命的所有可能。 　　For someone just entering the teaching limelight， it’s the last thing you’d want to happen： tripping1） and falling to the ground in a lecture hall packed with students.But for Jeannie Suk， the potentially embarrassing moment was a transformative moment. 　　During her first year teaching at Harvard Law School， the young professor recounts in a recent memoir how she tripped and fell face forwards while descending the steps to begin class， her heavy casebook， cardboard seating chart and hot drink flying out of her hands. 　　Mortified2）， the novice professor calmly stood up and walked to the lectern where， she describes， she went on to teach “the best class I had ever taught up to that point.” 　　“I realized afterward that it had actually been a relief to fall flat3） on my face. It became blatantly obvious and undeniable in one fell swoop4） that there was no perfection here，” Suk writes. “I believe it was a huge boon5） to my comfort as a teacher going forward. Everyone felt more comfortable. Everyone was human.” 　　Misstep is not a word one might associate with Suk. She has an all-star résumé， studded6） with schools like Yale and Harvard Law， attended Oxford University on a Marshall scholarship， did a U.S. Supreme Court clerkship， joined the Harvard Law faculty before turning 34， and in 2010， became the first-ever Asian American female to receive tenure at Harvard Law School. 　　Add to that glamour and the media’s high interest―The Boston Globe named her one of the “25 Most Stylish Bostonians of 2010.” She formerly was married to fellow Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman， with whom she has a son， 7， and daughter， 6. There’s a Hollywood connection， too. Actor Alec Baldwin7） interviewed the family law expert for his book， A Promise to O