图：保罗·乔布斯和史蒂夫·乔布斯

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？

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Crittenden
Los Altos
Crist Drive
Cupertino-Sunnyvale School District
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Jobs was often bullied, and in the middle of seventh grade he gave his parents an ultimatum. "I insisted they put me in a different school," he recalled. Financially this was a tough demand. His parents were barely making ends meet, but by this point there was little doubt that they would eventually bend to his will. "When they resisted, I told them I would just quit going to school if I had to go back to Crittenden. So they researched where the best schools were and scraped together every dime and bought a house for $21,000 in a nicer district." The move was only three miles to the south, to a former apricot orchard in Los Altos that had been turned into a subdivision of cookie-cutter tract homes. Their house, at 2066 Crist Drive, was one story with three bedrooms and an all-important attached garage with a roll-down door facing the street. There Paul Jobs could tinker with cars and his son with electronics. Its other significant attribute was that it was just over the line inside what was then the Cupertino-Sunnyvale School District, one of the safest and best in the valley. "When I moved here, these corners were still orchards," Jobs pointed out as we walked in front of his old house. "The guy who lived right there taught me how to be a good organic gardener and to compost. He grew everything to perfection. I never had better food in my life. That's when I began to appreciate organic fruits and vegetables."
乔布斯经常被欺负，到七年级上到一半的时候，他给父母下达了最后通牒。“我坚持要他们送我去别的学校。”他回忆说。这在经济上对他的父母来说是个艰难的挑战。当时他们家勉强能够收支平衡。但那样的时刻，毫无疑问，父母最终一定会满足他的愿望。“他们一开始反对，我就告诉他们，如果要我回到克里藤登的话，我就再也不上学了。所以他们就调查了一下最好的学校在哪里，然后倾尽所有，在一个更好的地区，花了21000美元买下了一座房子。” 这趟搬家仅仅是向南移了3英里，来到了南洛斯阿尔托斯一处由杏树果园改造成的毫无特色的居民区。他们的新家位于克莱斯特路2066号，是一栋平房，有三间卧室，以及一个面朝马路、带卷帘门、设施齐全的车库。在车库里，保罗•乔布斯可以修汽车，而他儿子可以玩他的电子设备。这栋房子的另一个意义重大之处就是它正好处在库比蒂诺-森尼韦尔学区内，这是硅谷最安全也是最好的学区之一。“我搬来这儿时，这些角落都还是杏树，”我们走过他家的老屋前，乔布斯指给我看。“住在那里的那个家伙教我怎么做一名有机作物园丁，以及如何制作堆肥。他不管种植什么东西都要追求完美。我一生中再没吃过比那儿更好的食物了。也就是从那时候起，我喜欢上了有机水果和蔬菜。”