从贫民窟少女到哈佛大学高材生的蜕变
导读:Liz Murray,影片《风雨哈佛路》的主人公在真实生活中的原型。生于贫困窟,却渴望知识,17岁开始用2年的时光学完高中4年课程,获得1996年纽约时报一等奖学金,进入哈佛学习。看了这么多,你一定很好奇她是什么样的人物,拥有着怎样的心态,我们赶快来欣赏一下Liz的励志演讲吧。
EN: Murray was born in the Bronx, New York, to poor, drug-addicted, HIV-infected parents. She became homeless just after she turned 15, when her mother died of AIDS, and her father moved to a homeless shelter. Murray's life turned around when she began attending the Humanities Preparatory Academy in Chelsea, Manhattan. Though she started high school later than most students, and remained without a stable home while supporting herself and her sister, Murray graduated in only two years. She was awarded a New York Times scholarship for needy students and accepted into Harvard University, matriculating in the fall semester of 2000.
演讲者简介:父母吸毒、8岁开始乞讨、15岁母亲死于艾滋病、父亲进入收容所、17岁开始用2年的时光学完高中4年课程,获得1996年纽约时报一等奖学金,进入哈佛学习。影片《风雨哈佛路》讲诉Liz Murray真实的人生经历,是一部励志向上的美国影片。
Liz murray 的三条人生箴言:
FAMILY:I'll give all these things back if I can get my family back
亲情:如果可能,我愿意放弃我所有的一切,来换取我家庭的完整。
STRUGGLE:I don't wanna be an idot. I wanna go to school.
奋斗:我不想成为一个傻瓜,我要读书,我要上学。
LIFE:Don't close your eyes,rise again after you fall,you need to get out
生活:请不要闭眼,机会就在下一秒出现;残酷的现实面前你应勇往直前。
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