大画家詹姆斯·惠斯勒年轻时曾被西点军校录取。那是19世纪50年代,军校的教授为这个固执的“差等生”伤透了脑筋。有位工程学教授让同学们设计一座桥。惠斯勒的设计图上是绿草如茵的河岸,一座充满浪漫色彩的小石桥,还有两个儿童在桥上垂钓。教授命令惠斯勒重画,给他的批示是:“把那两个孩子给我从桥上撵走,这 Great painter James Whistler was admitted to West Point when he was a young man. It was in the 1850s that military academies hurt their brains for stubborn ”poor students.“ A professor of engineering lets students design a bridge. Whistler’s plan is a green grassy bank, a romantic little stone bridge, there are two children fishing on the bridge. The professor ordered Whistler to re-draw, giving him the instruction: ”Give me the two children from the bridge, which