图：保罗·乔布斯和史蒂夫·乔布斯
每一个人都有自己小小的童年，然而，人们都是无法选择自己的出生，无法预知自己的童年。快乐或悲伤，似乎都是命中注定。苹果之父乔布斯又有怎样的童年呢？
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Joanne
salt-of-the-earth
Paul
Clara
Steven Paul Jobs
Jandali
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Joanne had one requirement: Her child must be adopted by college graduates. So the doctor arranged for the baby to be placed with a lawyer and his wife. But when a boy was born - on February 24th, 1955 - the designated couple decided that they wanted a girl and backed out. Thus it was that the boy became the son not of a lawyer but of a high school dropout with a passion for mechanics and his salt-of-the-earth wife who was working as a bookkeeper. Paul and Clara named their new baby Steven Paul Jobs.
When Joanne found out that her baby had been placed with a couple who had not even graduated from high school, she refused to sign the adoption papers. The standoff lasted weeks, even after the baby had settled into the Jobs household. Eventually Joanne relented, with the stipulation that the couple promise - indeed sign a pledge - to fund a savings account to pay for the boy's college education.
There was another reason that Joanne was balky about signing the adoption papers. Her father was about to die, and she planned to marry Jandali soon after. She held out hope, she would later tell family members, sometimes tearing up at the memory, that once they were married, she could get their baby boy back.
乔安妮立下了一条规定：领养她孩子的人必须是大学毕业生。所以医生将这个孩子安排给了一位律师和他的妻子。1955年2月24日这一天，乔安妮生下了一个男孩。而安排好的那对夫妇希望领养的是女孩，所以他们退出了。因此，这个男孩没能成为律师的儿子，而是成为了一个高中退学生的儿子，这个人对机械有着极高的热情，还有一个身为记帐员的谦逊的妻子。保罗和克拉克给孩子取名为史蒂夫•保罗•乔布斯。
但是，乔安妮关于孩子的养父母必须是大学毕业生的要求并没有改变。当她发现这对夫妇甚至连高中都没有念完时，她拒绝在领养文件上签字。僵局持续了数周，即使史蒂夫已经在乔布斯家安定下来。最终，乔安妮放宽了要求：乔布斯夫妇必须承诺——在一份保证书上签字——设立专款，送这个孩子上大学。
乔安妮迟迟不愿在领养文件上签字还有一个原因。她的父亲快死了，而她计划在父亲死后与钱德里结婚。她还怀有一丝希望——一旦他们结婚，她就可以把儿子要回来。因为有时候想到儿子的事还是会很伤心，她准备日后向家人和盘托出。