藤校学生比拼GPA的背后是装病获取“聪明药”

Excellent Ivy League Students get smart drug on the pretext of illness

成功本身是没有捷径的,所有“捷径”的背后,必然会付出难以想象的高昂代价。美国某藤校的大一学生吉米把车开进了学校停车场,潦草地扫了几眼这几天在看的复习笔记—法语、高等数学、拉美文学……因为翻看得太多,这些纸质材料大多都有些发皱蜷曲。20分钟后,就是这个学期期末的第一场考试—法语。今天上午考完后,他还得在晚上12点前交出一篇关于《等待戈多》的论文,并为明天、后天和大后天的考试做些准备。吉米叹了一口气,拧开了一颗胶囊,小心翼翼地把其中的粉末倒在车门把手上,整整齐齐地排成一条线。然后他俯下身,像垂死的人对待“起死回生药”那样,把它们全部吸入鼻孔。吉米知道,此时此刻就在这个停车场里,起码还有十多个同学在做着同样的事情。他们吸入的东西不是什么毒品,而是一种用于治疗注意力缺乏多动症的处方药。它的学名叫作“Adderall”,可大家更喜欢叫它“聪明药”。

Jim, a fresh man of one Ivy League University in American, has parked the car at the school parking bay, and glanced at the review notes of French, Advanced Mathematics and Latin-American Literature in these days. After 20 minutes, the first final examination in this term has waited for Jim. Then, he needed to hand in a paper about Waiting for Godot before 24:00, and prepare for the next examinations. Jim sighed a deep sigh and unscrewed a capsule, which was named Adderall or popular Smart Drug. In fact, it is a kind of prescription medicine for attentive deficit hyperactivity.