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tell your story change the conversation
organized by students TEDx youth at s HC
so I was in government class the other
day and were posed with a question how
can we fix the state a political
polarization that is currently crippling
our country’s ability to solve its most
serious problems oh my God why are you
making us think why are you making us
think in school that doesn’t make any
sense like this even gonna be on the
test in which case it wasn’t on a test
and then just like that we rendered
rather indifferent to what is a very
pressing issue does any of this sound
familiar because it’s something that
bothers me it’s something that I’m a
little concerned by you see I’m a high
school senior and in the fall I’ll be
going we’ll be going to college and then
soon after that we’ll be participants in
the real world we’re in problems like
the ones pote stressing government
government class are going to be
problems that are in our hands so let’s
go back to what was happening in class
that day why did that question a
question typically thought of as thought
provoking was met with indifference and
very little thought is it the fault of
teachers is it the fault of Millennials
who are just lazy I think that the
answer is a little bit more complex I
believe at the current conventions
surrounding education today narrows us
down into a very small definition of
what it means to be successful typically
what education is associated with is
reach memorization
and conforming intellectually and
jumping through hoops
but what if education or should I say
learning meant something different
what if learning meant creatively
solving problems two issues with passion
and purpose making opportunities for
yourself in a world where what you know
is far less than what you can do with
what you know if only if only there is a
way we can bring out those qualities in
our students project-based learning is
too defined as a teaching method in
which students gain knowledge and skills
by working on an extended for an
extended period of time to respond to an
authentic and engaging and complex issue
and when I say projects I don’t mean I
don’t mean scribbling together a poster
in 30 minutes and then turning it in and
at the end of class to get fluff points
I mean no one wants to do that no I mean
projects like apply your knowledge to
something that you truly believe in and
then having a concrete body of work in
which you can present your talents and
abilities in a more complex and nuanced
way than just test scores remember what
I said earlier about political
polarization possibly tearing apart a
country well later today we’re going to
be hearing some talks discussing empathy
and love and considering new
perspectives and situations we wouldn’t
otherwise expect all projects with
possible solutions to world real world
problems made by teens just like me
and this idea extends far beyond TED
Talks it could apply to filmmaking and
novel writing and user interface design
and nonprofit organizations it skills
like the ability to innovate and to take
the and to have the guts to think
outside the box that is really going to
help us when confronting issues that are
political environmental or economic and
so on I don’t believe in education I
believe in learning and there really is
a difference between those two things
for learning for education comes from
the top down creating a system and
learning comes from the bottom up from
people’s curiosity thank you
tell your story change the conversation
organized by students TEDx youth at s HC
so I was in government class the other
day and were posed with a question how
can we fix the state a political
polarization that is currently crippling
our country’s ability to solve its most
serious problems oh my God why are you
making us think why are you making us
think in school that doesn’t make any
sense like this even gonna be on the
test in which case it wasn’t on a test
and then just like that we rendered
rather indifferent to what is a very
pressing issue does any of this sound
familiar because it’s something that
bothers me it’s something that I’m a
little concerned by you see I’m a high
school senior and in the fall I’ll be
going we’ll be going to college and then
soon after that we’ll be participants in
the real world we’re in problems like
the ones pote stressing government
government class are going to be
problems that are in our hands so let’s
go back to what was happening in class
that day why did that question a
question typically thought of as thought
provoking was met with indifference and
very little thought is it the fault of
teachers is it the fault of Millennials
who are just lazy I think that the
answer is a little bit more complex I
believe at the current conventions
surrounding education today narrows us
down into a very small definition of
what it means to be successful typically
what education is associated with is
reach memorization
and conforming intellectually and
jumping through hoops
but what if education or should I say
learning meant something different
what if learning meant creatively
solving problems two issues with passion
and purpose making opportunities for
yourself in a world where what you know
is far less than what you can do with
what you know if only if only there is a
way we can bring out those qualities in
our students project-based learning is
too defined as a teaching method in
which students gain knowledge and skills
by working on an extended for an
extended period of time to respond to an
authentic and engaging and complex issue
and when I say projects I don’t mean I
don’t mean scribbling together a poster
in 30 minutes and then turning it in and
at the end of class to get fluff points
I mean no one wants to do that no I mean
projects like apply your knowledge to
something that you truly believe in and
then having a concrete body of work in
which you can present your talents and
abilities in a more complex and nuanced
way than just test scores remember what
I said earlier about political
polarization possibly tearing apart a
country well later today we’re going to
be hearing some talks discussing empathy
and love and considering new
perspectives and situations we wouldn’t
otherwise expect all projects with
possible solutions to world real world
problems made by teens just like me
and this idea extends far beyond TED
Talks it could apply to filmmaking and
novel writing and user interface design
and nonprofit organizations it skills
like the ability to innovate and to take
the and to have the guts to think
outside the box that is really going to
help us when confronting issues that are
political environmental or economic and
so on I don’t believe in education I
believe in learning and there really is
a difference between those two things
for learning for education comes from
the top down creating a system and
learning comes from the bottom up from
people’s curiosity thank you
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