英语翻译Ruth Simmons was born in a very poor family.Today,she’s

英语翻译
Ruth Simmons was born in a very poor family.Today,she’s the president of a famous American university.How did she do it?
　　The story begins on a farm in Grapeland,Texas,in 1945.Ruth was born that year.Her parents were farmworkers,and she was the youngest of their twelve children.They weren’t able to give the children many things,and Ruth never had any toys.For Christmas,she didn’t receive any presents at all except a shoebox with an apple,an orange,and some nuts.However,in Grapeland,Ruth wasn’t really aware of being poor.Then the family moved into the city,Huston.In the city,being poor was much harder.And at that time,life was dangerous for African Americans,especially in the South.
　　At the age of five,Ruth fell in love with school.She was a clever child,and she was lucky to have some excellent teacher.No one in Ruth’s family had much education,but her teachers encouraged her to go to college,and Ruth was brave enough to try.They also gave her money and even a coat to wear.
　　At first,Ruth studied theater.Then she studied language.Later she married,had two children,and began to work as a college teacher and administrator.Soon people began to notice her and respect her abilities.
　　In 1995,Ruth became president of Smith College,a famous American college for women.Ruth was the first African American to lead a college like this one.Six years later,she accepted another challenge.She became the president of Brown University.
　　Ruth believes in the power of education.“Learning can be the same for a poor farm kid like me as it is for the richest child in the country.It’s all about cultivating one’s mind,and anybody can do that.So it doesn’t matter what color your skin is,it doesn’t matter how much money your father has,it doesn’t matter what kind of house you live in.Every learner can experience the same thing.”