2006年NPR美国国家公共电台十月-We're All Different in Our Own Ways（在线收听） |
| Welcome to "This I believe", an NPR series presenting the personal philosophies of remarkable men and women from all walks of life. I believe in honor, faith and service I believe that a little outrage can take you a long way. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in empathy. I believe in truth. I believe in the ingredients of love. This I believe. For our series This I Believe! We've been inviting everyone to write statements of personal conviction, many schools around the country have turned our invitation into assignments. And today's essay comes from a 14-year-old student Jash Yokus from Milford Michigan. Here is our series' curator, independent producer Jay Allison. "In many ways Jash Yokus is a lot like his classmates. He told us he's on the Milford Maverick's Football team, He plays clarinet in the concert band and he eats a lot of Roman noodles. But in some ways, he is not at all like the other students and it's in that difference that he discovered his belief. Here is Jash Yokus with his essay for" This I believe". "What if everyone in the world was exactly alike, what if everyone talked the same, acted the same, listened to the same music, and watched the same TV programs, the world will be extremely dull! I believe it's important to accept people for who they are. Differences are important and they should be respected. For example, many important people throughout history were considered different, such as Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Harriet Tubman, Peter Tchaikovsky and Abraham Lincoln. They did great things, but some people thought they were weird because they had strong feelings about something. I can relate to these people, because I've been in that situation before many times. It all started in elementary school when I realized that I wasn't like everyone else. My mom says that I have a tendency of obsessing on certain subjects. Unfortunately these subjects don't interest other kids my age, and they really don't interest my teachers. In fact, my kindergarten teacher said she would scream if I mentioned snakes or lizards one more time while she was teaching the days of the week(固定用法), I would get in trouble for not paying attention and the teasing began. In third grade my teacher informed me that I have Asperger Syndrome, I said "so what? Do you know the Godzilla's suit weighs 188 pounds?" Later I asked my mom, "what is Asperger Syndrome? Am I gonna die?" She said that it is like having blinders on and that I can only see one thing at a time, and that it's hard to focus on other things. Like I would tell anyone and everyone that would listen about Godzilla, because my big obsession was and still is Godzilla. Not a real popular subject with the middle school crowd, and so the teasing continues. I might be different because I have different interests than other teenagers, but that doesn't give them the right to be so mean and cruel to me. Kids at Oak Valley make fun of me for liking what I like the most. People also make fun of me for knowing facts about volcanoes, whales, tornadoes and other scientific things. My mom says that she has been able to answer many questions on Jeopardy just by listening to what I have to say, but I've even been ridiculed for being smart. Maybe someday I will become a gene engineer and create the real Godzilla. I can dream, can't I? Sometimes I wish I were like everyone else, but not really, because I believe people should be respected for being different, because we are all different in our own ways. This I believe! 14-year-old Jash Yokus with his essay for This I believe. As part of his assignment Jash had to read his essay out loud in front of the class. And everybody thought it was pretty good. There was one girl who had come up to me and saying "That was pretty good Jash! " We have just made the more than 15,000 essays we have received available online where you can search through them or summit one of you own at NPR.org. For This I believe, I'm Jay Alison. Next Monday on Morning Edition, a This I Believe essay from Angelina Michetti, a government contractor from Herndon, Virginia who believes in seeking perfection of character through karate. Support for This I believe comes from Capella University. This I believe is produced for NPR by This I believe Incorporated and Atlantic Public Media. For more essays in the series, please visit npr.org/this i believe. ------------------ clarinet [乐]竖笛, 单簧管, 黑管 Harriet Tubman American abolitionist. Born a slave on a Maryland plantation, she escaped to the North in 1849 and became the most renowned conductor on the Underground Railroad, leading more than 300 slaves to freedom. 杜伯曼，哈里艾特：(1820?-1913) 美国废奴主义者，生于马里兰州一农场的奴隶家庭，1849年逃往北方并成为地下铁道的著名领导者，使300多名奴隶获得自由 Asperger Syndrome 阿斯珀格氏综合征作为儿童弥漫性发育障碍的一种,与孤独症有一些相似的特征,但同时具有自身的特点,这类儿童智力正常或超常,甚至表现出一定的天才特质,应引起教育的重视和关注.阿斯珀格氏综合征儿童的主要特征是社会交往问题、言语和非言语的双向沟通困难、狭隘的兴趣爱好以及刻板重复固执的行为方式等,阿斯珀格氏综合征与孤独症和天才既有区别也有联系,研究和探讨这些区别和联系并关注他们在教育中面临的问题和前景,应当引起社会的重视. |
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