In every school a “top” crowd sets the pace, while the others follow their lead.Let’s say the top crowd decides that it is smart to wear bright red sweaters. Pretty soon everybody is wearing a bright red sweater. There is nothing wrong with that, except the fact that on some people a bright red sweater is extremely unbecoming. The situation can even become dangerous, if the top crowd decides that it is smart to drink or to drive cars at seventy miles an hour. Then the people who follow the lead are endangering their lives. They are like the sheep being led to the butcher.
Now, chances are that you have come across situations like these more than once in your life; chances are that one time or another you probably did something you knew to be wrong. You may have excused yourself by saying, “Gee, the crowd does it.” Well, let the crowd do it, but don’t do it yourself. Learn to say, “No.”
Develop your own standards and your own judgment. If you know the crowd is planning something you disagree with, have the courage to bow out politely. You’ll have the satisfaction of standing on your own two feet. Remember this in your heart, you are the unique one in the world, just be yourself.
在每一個(gè)學(xué)校里，一個(gè)“頂”的人群都有節(jié)奏，而其他人則跟隨他們的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)。讓我們說，層的人決定穿上鮮艷的紅色毛衣是聰明的。很快每個(gè)人都穿著一件鮮艷的紅色毛衣。這沒什么錯(cuò)，但事實(shí)上有些人鮮紅的毛衣是極不相稱的。如果最頂尖的人群決定在七十英里每小時(shí)開車或開汽車，情況會(huì)變得很危險(xiǎn)。那些跟從鉛的人正在危及他們的生命。他們就像被牽到屠夫的羊。
現(xiàn)在，有可能是你遇到過這樣的情況，而不是一次在你的生活中，機(jī)會(huì)是，一次或另一個(gè)你可能做了一些你知道是錯(cuò)誤的。你可能會(huì)為自己開脫說，“哎呀，人群呢?！昂?，讓大家去做，但不做自己。學(xué)會(huì)說“不”。
制定自己的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)和自己的判斷。如果你知道人群正計(jì)劃著你不同意的事情，你要有禮貌地鞠躬。你會(huì)有滿意的站立在你自己的兩只腳。記住這在你的心里，你是世界上獨(dú)一無二的，只是你自己。
Now, chances are that you have come across situations like these more than once in your life; chances are that one time or another you probably did something you knew to be wrong. You may have excused yourself by saying, “Gee, the crowd does it.” Well, let the crowd do it, but don’t do it yourself. Learn to say, “No.”
Develop your own standards and your own judgment. If you know the crowd is planning something you disagree with, have the courage to bow out politely. You’ll have the satisfaction of standing on your own two feet. Remember this in your heart, you are the unique one in the world, just be yourself.
在每一個(gè)學(xué)校里，一個(gè)“頂”的人群都有節(jié)奏，而其他人則跟隨他們的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)。讓我們說，層的人決定穿上鮮艷的紅色毛衣是聰明的。很快每個(gè)人都穿著一件鮮艷的紅色毛衣。這沒什么錯(cuò)，但事實(shí)上有些人鮮紅的毛衣是極不相稱的。如果最頂尖的人群決定在七十英里每小時(shí)開車或開汽車，情況會(huì)變得很危險(xiǎn)。那些跟從鉛的人正在危及他們的生命。他們就像被牽到屠夫的羊。
現(xiàn)在，有可能是你遇到過這樣的情況，而不是一次在你的生活中，機(jī)會(huì)是，一次或另一個(gè)你可能做了一些你知道是錯(cuò)誤的。你可能會(huì)為自己開脫說，“哎呀，人群呢?！昂?，讓大家去做，但不做自己。學(xué)會(huì)說“不”。
制定自己的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)和自己的判斷。如果你知道人群正計(jì)劃著你不同意的事情，你要有禮貌地鞠躬。你會(huì)有滿意的站立在你自己的兩只腳。記住這在你的心里，你是世界上獨(dú)一無二的，只是你自己。