PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia teen Richard Jenkins used to sleep in a homeless shelter and was nicknamed “Harvard” by bullies for being a bookworm. Now, he is going to the same Ivy League school on a full scholarship.

费城少年理查德.詹金斯曾经睡在流浪汉收容所，被恶霸戏称为“哈佛”，因为他是个书呆子。现在，他要以全额奖学金的资格去就读这所常春藤盟校。

Jenkins attends Girard College, a boarding school in north Philadelphia, and is this year’s valedictorian.

詹金斯就读于北费城的吉拉德学院，这是一所寄宿学校，他是今年的毕业生代表。

The 18-year-old found out the good news while in Paris on a school trip. He said on Wednesday that he was so excited he threw his cellphone in the middle of a call.

这名18岁的少年在学校组织的巴黎旅行中得知了这个好消息。周三他说，他兴奋得把通话中的手机都扔了。

Jenkins said he decided to focus on academics after lying to a friend about sleeping in a homeless shelter in the sixth grade.

詹金斯说，关于睡在流浪汉收容所的事情，他在六年级时对一个朋友撒了谎，之后他决定把重点放在学业上。

“I was so embarrassed to say I lived in a shelter,” he told WHYY. “But that’s when I realized I’ve got to buckle in because I can’t have my potential kids going through what I’m going through now.”

他告诉WHYY电视台 ：“我很不好意思说我住在收容所，但就是那时候我意识到我必须要全力以赴，因为我不能以后让我的孩子经历我现在正在经历的事情。”

Jenkins said he applied to Harvard after receiving a promotional email in his junior year. He said he was especially attracted to its program that pays tuition for students from households that earn less than $65,000 a year.

詹金斯说，在他大三的时候收到了一封哈佛大学的宣传邮件，于是申请了哈佛大学。他说，他特别喜欢哈佛大学的这个项目，这个项目为那些家里年收入低于6.5万美元的学生支付学费。

While Jenkins wasn’t so sure, he said his mom always knew he was going to get into Harvard.

虽然詹金斯不太确定，但他说他的妈妈一直都知道他会进入哈佛大学。

She confirmed that, telling the Philadelphia Inquirer “I was not surprised.”

她证实了这一点，并告诉《费城问询报》:“我一点也不惊讶。”

Jenkins said he plans on studying computer science in order to create a more intuitive virtual assistant.

詹金斯表示，他计划学习计算机科学，以创建一个更直观的虚拟助理。

（来源：爱语吧）