世界八大辍学明星盘点

　　Steve Jobs

　　The Mac, the iPod, heck, even Buzz Lightyear probably wouldn't have existed had Steve Jobs stayed in school. The future wizard of One Infinite Loop dropped out of Reed College after just six months because of the undue financial strain it placed on his working-class parents' savings. He would go on to eventually found Apple, NeXT Computer and Pixar, becoming an instrumental force in shaping the landscape of modern culture. However, his brief tenure in academia was not for naught. In a 2005 commencement speech he gave at Stanford University, Jobs credited a calligraphy class he took at Reed College with forming the basis for the typography used in the first Macintosh computer.

　　如果史蒂夫·乔布斯不辍学的话，就不会有Mac电脑、iPod，甚至巴斯光年（巴斯光年战警是皮克斯最早红遍全球的角色之一，出现于《玩具总动员》系列电影——译者注）了。由于工薪阶层的父母无力承担学费，这个无限循环街1号（苹果公司总部所在地——译者注）的奇才进入里德大学六个月后便退学。这之后，他先后创立了苹果、NeXT电脑公司和皮克斯动画制作公司，成为影响现代文化版图的重要力量。然而，他短暂的大学时光并非白费了。2005年，乔布斯在斯坦福大学毕业典礼上发表演讲时称，正是他在里德大学上的书法课构成了第一代Macintosh电脑里字体的基础。