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每一个人都有自己小小的童年，然而，人们都是无法选择自己的出生，无法预知自己的童年。快乐或悲伤，似乎都是命中注定。苹果之父乔布斯又有怎样的童年呢？

HINTS:
Monta Loma Elementary
Rick Ferrentino
Bring Your Pet to School Day
Mrs. Thurman

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Even before Jobs started elementary school, his mother had taught him how to read. This, however, led to some problems once he got to school. "I was kind of bored for the first few years, so I occupied myself by getting into trouble." It also soon became clear that Jobs, by both nature and nurture, was not disposed to accept authority. "I encountered authority of a different kind than I had ever encountered before, and I did not like it. And they really almost got me. They came close to really beating any curiosity out of me." His school, Monta Loma Elementary, was a series of low-slung 1950s buildings four blocks from his house. He countered his boredom by playing pranks. "I had a good friend named Rick Ferrentino, and we'd get into all sorts of trouble," he recalled. "Like we made little posters announcing 'Bring Your Pet to School Day.' It was crazy, with dogs chasing cats all over, and the teachers were beside themselves." Another time they convinced some kids to tell them the combination numbers for their bike locks. "Then we went outside and switched all of the locks, and nobody could get their bikes. It took them until late that night to straighten things out." When he was in third grade, the pranks became a bit more dangerous. "One time we set off an explosive under the chair of our teacher, Mrs. Thurman. We gave her a nervous twitch."
在乔布斯上小学之前，母亲就已经教他阅读了。但这反而造成了一些麻烦。“在学校的最初几年我觉得很无聊，所以我就不断惹麻烦。”很快大家就发现，不论是从天性还是他接受的教育上，乔布斯都不是一个愿意接受权威的孩子。“我遭遇的是自己从未遇到过的另一种形式的权威，而且我不喜欢它。他们几乎都要制服我了。差一点儿他们就把我身上所有的好奇心都赶走了。” 他就读的学校，蒙塔•洛马小学，在他家四条街之外，是由一群20世纪50年代的低矮建筑组成的。他靠玩恶作剧来打发自己的无聊。“我有个叫里克•费伦蒂诺的好朋友，我们会惹上各种各样的麻烦，”他回忆说，“比如我们会制作小海报，上面写着‘带宠物上学日’。那太疯狂了，到处都能看到狗撵猫。老师们都气疯了。”还有一次，他们都设法让别的孩子说出自己自行车锁的密码。“然后我们跑出去把所有的锁都调换了位置，没人能骑走自己的车。他们直到那天晚上才解决了问题。”到他三年级的时候，恶作剧开始有了一点儿危险的成分。“有一次，我们在老师瑟曼夫人的椅子下面点燃了炸药。她吓得都抽搐了。”