Tom Hanks

　　Time has called Tom Hanks America's chronicler in chief; Sacramento State can call him their most famous dropout. The storied actor left college to intern full time at the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. There, he learned various aspects of theater from lighting to set design, laying the foundation for his Hollywood career as movie star, producer, director and writer. Not one to forget his own past, in 2009 Hanks helped fund-raise money to help renovate the Cleveland theater where he got his start。

　　《时代周刊》称汤姆-汉克斯为美国的首席记录者。萨克拉门托州立大学称他是该校最著名的辍学生。这位著名演员辍学后北上俄亥俄州克利夫兰市，在五大湖戏剧节做全职实习生。从照明到舞台设计，他在那里学到了戏剧的各个方面，为他进军好莱坞，并最终成为电影明星、制作人、导演和编剧，打下了坚实基础。汉克斯并不忘本，2009年，他帮忙筹集资金，修缮克利夫兰剧院——他梦想开始的地方。

　　Harrison Ford

　　Apparently a college degree isn't a prerequisite for flying the Millennium Falcon. Harrison Ford, of Star Wars and Indiana Jones fame, majored in philosophy at Ripon College, but dropped out shortly before graduation. He subsequently landed several small parts in Hollywood productions, but unhappy with such minor roles, turned to a career in professional carpentry instead. Almost ten years later, he would co-star in George Lucas' 1973 graduation night comedy American Graffiti and subsequently joined Lucas in a galaxy far, far away in the 1977 blockbuster Star Wars。

　　很显然，并不是说你有大学文凭就可以开“千年隼”号宇宙飞船(“千年隼”是电影《星球大战》中的一款飞行器——编者注)。哈里森-福特因出演《星球大战》和《印第安纳琼斯》而闻名于世，他在理邦学院主修哲学，但就在毕业前夕辍学。他随后在好莱坞得到了几个小角色，但由于对此不满，转而去做了木匠。近十年后的1973年，他参演乔治·卢卡斯执导、反映一群高中毕业生夜生活的《美国风情画》，并在1977主演了卢卡斯拍摄的大片《星球大战》。

　　Lady Gaga

　　Before she was a Gaga, she was a Germanotta. Born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, the artist better known as Lady Gaga attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, but dropped out after just a year to pursue her music career full time. She broke onto the New York club scene with her burlesque performances and was signed to Interscope Records by the age of 20. Her 2008 debut album, The Fame, has had the world going gaga for Gaga ever since。

　　在成为“雷人教母”之前，她是一个姓基马诺塔的“普通女孩”。她原名乔安妮？安吉丽娜？基马诺塔，但人们只知道Lady Gaga。她曾经就读于纽约大学堤许艺术学院，但一年后就选择退学，全身心投入音乐事业。她曾经在纽约夜店里进行滑稽表演，20岁时同Interscope唱片公司签约。她于2008年发行首张专辑《超人气》，使得世界为她而疯狂。

　　Tiger Woods

　　In a world where prodigious sports talents tend to forgo higher education altogether for the pros, Tiger Woods chose to continue playing amateur golf at Stanford University as an economics major. Perhaps it was in Econ 101 that he learned the term 'opportunity cost,' because his time at Stanford was not long. After two years there, Woods turned pro with his 'Hello world' announcement, officially ending his collegiate career. He would go on to become one of the highest paid athletes in the world, earning more than $100 million annually at the height of his career. How's that for economics?

　　当今世界，体育天才往往为了参加职业比赛而放弃上大学，而泰格·伍兹却选择一边在斯坦福大学学习经济学，一边打业余高尔夫球赛。伍兹或许是在学习“经济101”时认识了“机会成本”这一术语，因为他在斯坦福呆的时间并不长。两年后，伍兹以“你好，世界”的广告语宣告进入职业比赛，也正式结束了大学生涯。他最终成为世界上收入最高的运动员之一，在其职业生涯巅峰时期，年收入逾一亿美元。经济学学得不赖。