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MIT史上最年轻毕业典礼演讲Sal Khan， 2012Also like Hogwarts, MIT brings young people from around the country and world who are a little bit off-the-charts in their potential for this “magic.” Some come from environments and communities that celebrated their gifts. Others had to actively hide their abilities and passions for fear of being ostracized and ridiculed. Students come to MIT from every religion, every ethnicity. Some from educated, affluent families, others from ones that live at or near poverty. But they — you, we —shared a common passion. Something that made us feel a little different. We sensed that MIT might be a place where there were others like us. Where we could challenge ourselves and develop our craft.如同哈利波特中的霍格沃兹魔法学校一样，麻省理工学院（下文简称麻省）汇集了世界各地对某种“魔法”稍微有些天赋的年轻人。有些人因为这种天赋而从小受到褒奖。有些人则需要努力隐藏这种天赋，因为他们害怕别人排斥和嘲笑。麻省的学生来自五湖四海，民族各异。有些人来自于教育良好的富足家庭，有些人则来自不太富裕或贫穷的家庭。但是他们——你们和我们——拥有共同的爱好。这种爱好使我们与别人略显不同。我们感到麻省是我们这种人待的地方，是我们能够挑战自我和提高技能的地方。More than, I believe, any institution, MIT attracts and admits this type of creative raw potential, these young people with unusual gifts, with the desire to and ability to push all of humanity forward.不仅如此，我相信作为一个研究机构，麻省承认这种少有的创造性天赋，并吸引着具有特殊才能的年轻人，希望并有能力能够推动人类前进的年轻人。And more than any other institution, MIT pushes these incredible young people to realize what they are capable of.不仅如此，麻省还促使这些年轻人意识到了他们能够做什么。This is a place where students with perfect SAT scores and genius level IQs can and will fail exams. A place where students who may have been the brightest student in their school, state or country often feel mediocre and stressed. A place where sleep regularly takes a back seat to the intellectual intensity of the curriculum.在这里，SAT成绩很高或IQ水平很高的天才也可以并有可能挂科。在这里，曾经在自己以前学校或国家学习很好的学生会感到平庸与压力。在这里，课程强度比规律的睡眠更重要But this intensity is what forges deep bonds, honesty and compassion. You have laughed together, comforted each other, procrastinated together and cried together. You have been with each other at your best and worst moments. Like soldiers wh