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What a waste it was for me to ignore the diversity of experience and opinions that the Questrom community had to offer! I was determined to change, but it wasn’t easy.
我意识到，我忽略了凯斯特罗姆这个多元化群体提供给我的多样化经验和观点，这是多大的浪费啊！我决心要改变，但这并不容易。
在改变的过程中，她经历了种种尴尬、紧张和愤怒。
I experienced the
awkwardness
of having to explain a joke that no one understood, the nervousness of asking questions about other cultures that seemed so obvious and silly, and the anger of defending my beliefs only to get
suspicion
and
aloofness
in return.
我经历了不得不解释一个没人理解的笑话的尴尬，对别的文化提出问题但担心问题过于浅显和愚蠢的紧张，以及捍卫自己的信仰却只得到怀疑和冷漠时的愤怒。
awkwardness：尴尬
suspicion：怀疑
aloofness：冷漠
但是，当她迈出改变的步伐时，更多愉快的事情发生了。
Fortunately, these discomforts were soon taken over by things like the
amusement
of teaching my classmates to pronounce my last name, Cai, using a part of their tongue that they didn’t know existed, the excitement of promoting our Math Finance culture awareness events in the Questrom Graduate Council, the satisfaction of knowing all the secret
authentic
restaurants around Boston and the
astonishment
of seeing the world and myself in a way that I could never have imagined before.
幸运的是，这些不舒适的感受很快就被别的事情替代了：比如当我教会同学们发我的姓氏“蔡”时，他们用到了自己以前都没注意到的舌头部位而带来的快乐；当我向凯斯特罗姆研究生委员会宣传我们金融数学项目的文化活动时的兴奋；当我知道波士顿周围所有最地道餐馆时的满足；以及当我以自己从未想象过的视角去看这个世界和自己时的惊奇。
amusement：乐趣
authentic：地道的
astonishment：惊奇
正是这样的经历让她感受到，未来虽然难以预料，但在这样一个多元化的校园成长，他们已经具备了成功的必备技能。
Let’s now think about the future. 20 years from now, what kind of challenges are we going to face, as family members, as business owners, as human beings? Nobody knows.
To cope with that amount of uncertainty, we will need a diverse set of skills and knowledge, and most important of all, an open mind to learn.
让我们来想想未来。20 年后，作为家庭成员，作为企业老板，作为人类，我们将面临什么样的挑战？没有人知道。为了应对如此多的不确定性，我们需要储备多样化的技能和知识，而更重要的是，要有开放的思想去学习。
So, congratulations, class of 2017! For when you walk outside that door today,
you are already equipped with one of the most critical skills to succeed in the future, the ability to embrace diversity
