你使用所有这些好的常识

And you don't make excuses

你不会找借口

You work hard

你会加倍努力

And you always finish what you start

你将总能善始善终

And no matter what, you give everybody a fair shake

而且不管什么情况 你都会给每个人公正待遇

And when somebody needs a hand, you offer yours

当某人需要帮助时 你会伸出援助之手

See, those are the gifts my parents gave me

这些就是我父母给我的恩赐

Their values

他们的价值观

And I quickly learned that those gifts

我很快就意识到 这些恩赐

were far more valuable than money or connections

远远比金钱或人脉更有价值

Because once I got to college

因为我到大学后

I found that when I applied all those values to my studies

我发现 当我把这些价值观运用到学习中时

I was able to develop an entirely new set of skills

我得以培养出一整套新技能

that I would use for the rest of my life

让我终身受用

Skills like resilience, problem solving, time management

这些技能比如适应能力 问题解决能力 时间管理能力

I learned to turn stumbles and misstep into the sources of motivation

我学会将谬误和过失转化为前进的动力

A week with three tests and two papers

一周三次考试 两篇论文

wasn't a reason to stress out

不是累趴下的理由

but a reason to plan

而是说你要好好计划

A negative comment from a professor in class wasn't a reason to shut down

课上来自教授的批评不是你闭嘴的原因

but a reason to ask even more questions

而是说你需要问更多的问题

Most importantly, I realized that what really mattered

最重要的是 我意识到真正要紧的

wasn't how much money my parents made

不是我父母赚多少钱

or what those people in my high school said about me

也不是高中那些人怎么说我

What mattered was what was in my mind and what was in my heart

要紧的是我的思想里 我的心中 都有些什么

So, my four years in school gave me the confidence

我的大学四年 给了我自信

to know that if I could make it on a college campus

让我知道 如果我能在大学校园取得成功

I can make it anywhere

我就能在任何地方取得成功

So graduates, this day is huge for kids like us

毕业生们 这一天对我们这样的孩子来说很重要

It's huge

很重要