CNN News:橄欖球運(yùn)動(dòng)員Derrick Brooks和他的特許學(xué)校

Derrick Brooks doesn`t just have a great throwing arm. He was a linebacker on that Tampa Bay title team, won a championship in college, too, when he played at Florida State.

Derrick Brooks不僅有結(jié)實(shí)的胳膊，還是坦帕灣球隊(duì)中后衛(wèi)球員。在佛羅里達(dá)大學(xué)上學(xué)時(shí)獲得了聯(lián)賽冠軍。

While he was tackling quarterbacks on the field, Brooks was also tackling education off of it. I had a chance to talk with him not too long ago about the charter school he helped found in the Tampa, Florida, area, and his life`s mission to educate students.

Derrick Brooks不僅馳騁在橄欖球場(chǎng)上，在教育界也是獨(dú)占鰲頭。我有幸不久前對(duì)他在佛羅里達(dá)坦帕市設(shè)立特許學(xué)校一事進(jìn)行過(guò)訪談，采訪中談到他人生任務(wù)就是教育學(xué)生。

There are a lot of different ways that athletes and celebrities choose to give back. What made you want to co-found a charter school?

其實(shí)有很多種不同的方式供運(yùn)動(dòng)員或者名人選擇去回報(bào)社會(huì)，是什么讓你選擇建立學(xué)校呢?

The nugget for me that drew me more than anything was the opportunity to affect more than the 35 to 50 kids that were part of Derrick Brooks Charities, that we can expand that audience, and I`ll have the opportunity to be in one building, four years building a relationship with our students and really having the opportunity to produce the next best citizens I can.

推動(dòng)我開辦特許學(xué)校的動(dòng)力來(lái)自于孩子們對(duì)我的追隨，我想通過(guò)自己影響他們。這樣我們就可以擴(kuò)大隊(duì)伍，然而我也就可以有機(jī)會(huì)成為其中的一員，與學(xué)生們建立良好的關(guān)系，才有可能幫助下一代人的成長(zhǎng)。

What was harder to do, to co-found the charter school or to win the Super Bowl?

那什么更困難一些呢，是開辦學(xué)校還是的冠軍?

I always think each one has its challenges, and I would definitely say starting a charter school is by far, I would say, harder.

每個(gè)都具有挑戰(zhàn)性，但是說(shuō)實(shí)話，開辦學(xué)校對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)更困難一些。

When you`re starting a charter school from scratch, you know, you have to overcome a lot of hurdles in order to do it. Just a simple application part of it, you know, we had to get approved. We went in with a academic agenda that we wanted to put kids in college.

當(dāng)你開始籌建學(xué)校的時(shí)候就有很多困難等著你去解決。就像一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單應(yīng)用程序的一部分，我們必須得到允許。我們把讓孩子上大學(xué)提到了學(xué)術(shù)議程里。

And when it comes to the education that you encourage among students, I mean, you played at every single game with Tampa Bay. You started 221 times out of 224 games. Does that help you encourage perfect attendance?

你對(duì)學(xué)生有著非常大的激勵(lì)作用，我是指你在與坦帕灣隊(duì)打的每一場(chǎng)比賽。所有224場(chǎng)比賽中你參加了221場(chǎng)，這會(huì)給你帶來(lái)全勤獎(jiǎng)么?

To say the least.

可以這樣說(shuō)。

Yes, well, basically, I guess the, you know, what it does allow me, my professional career, is show them a model of consistency.

我整個(gè)職業(yè)生涯的表現(xiàn)對(duì)他們來(lái)說(shuō)具有模范性。

That, hey, you have to show up every day. If you show up every day, you`ll be rewarded.

你每天都出現(xiàn)，如果你每天都參加工作的話你就會(huì)受獎(jiǎng)賞。

There are -- there are a number of students in our target audience who talk to us about how they`re hoping to play professional sports, whether that`s basketball, baseball or football, and yet such a tiny fraction, such a tiny percentage has the God-given talent needed to play professionally.

在我們的觀眾當(dāng)中有很多學(xué)生告訴我們說(shuō)想成為職業(yè)運(yùn)動(dòng)員，籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)員也好，或者棒球或者足球運(yùn)動(dòng)員。但是我們都知道只有一小部分，非常小的一些人才有機(jī)會(huì)成為職業(yè)運(yùn)動(dòng)員。

What would you tell those students? How do you encourage them to have a backup plan?

你會(huì)告訴他們什么呢。你怎樣鼓勵(lì)他們?yōu)樽约簻?zhǔn)備后路。

I tell those students that they have a better chance of becoming a doctor and winning the lottery than (inaudible).

我告訴那些學(xué)生成為一名醫(yī)生拿獎(jiǎng)金比成為職業(yè)運(yùn)動(dòng)員要容易得多。

That`s the reality.

這是事實(shí)。

Yes, that`s the reality of what it is. And I don`t really look at education as a backup plan. And that`s another thing that I tell kids. Hey, sports needs to be your backup plan. Education is part of your number one.

我不認(rèn)同把教育當(dāng)做是第二方案。那是另外一回事。運(yùn)動(dòng)同樣需要知識(shí)，需要你掌握你所謂的第二方案。知識(shí)是你成為運(yùn)動(dòng)員路上必不可少的成分。

I just want to know, in your words, what`s the most important thing about an education?

我只想知道在你眼里，接受教育最重要的是什么。

I think the most important thing about a education is you, the person, have to take advantage of it. And education, to me, is the one role that you can go down in life and become anything that you want, because what is a business career, a sports career and whatever you do, education is going to be on that road to success.

我認(rèn)為接受教育掌握知識(shí)最重要的一點(diǎn)是，你可以利用它。對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，教育是生活中的一個(gè)重要角色。你可以成為任何你想成為的。無(wú)論是商業(yè)，還是運(yùn)動(dòng)行業(yè)，任何你所從事的行業(yè)，教育都可以使你通往成功的道路。