I call it the paradox of graduation and the concept of the perpetual student.

我称之为“毕业悖论”和“永远的学生”。

Now, there are two sides to this concept of a perpetual student who is continually learning.

所谓“永远的学生”是指不断学习的人，这个概念有两个方面。

Perpetual students, like all of us, have the potential for freedom.

像我们所有人一样，永久学生有获得自由的潜力。

For perpetual students, learning (as opposed to training) has no end.

对于永久学生来说，学习（而不是培训）是永无止境的。

One mother laughingly called herself a " perpetual student." She meant she pursued learning for the sheer joy of inquiry.

一位母亲笑着称自己是“永远的学生”。她的意思是她追求学习纯粹是为了探究的乐趣。

In its ideal form, being a perpetual student is not an act of avoidance but rather a path to perpetual self-determination and freedom.

在理想的情况下，成为一名永久的学生并不是一种逃避的行为，而是一条通往永久自决和自由的道路。

That's why it's such a challenge to be a perpetual student -- as our society becomes atomized and polarized, the informal educational spaces for adults to learn from people who have different points of view are fewer and farther between.

这就是为什么成为一名永远的学生是一个巨大的挑战——随着我们的社会变得原子化和两极分化，成年人向持不同观点的人学习的非正式教育空间越来越少。