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What if we teach kids how to best choose a career job? | Brunel Smith FAGNON | TEDxYouth@Ganhito


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two things first some
people are here this morning
programmed to fail it could
they are programmed to fail
the second is that a minority
tiny minority I weigh my words
is programmed to succeed I will
you tell a story a little
chapter of my life and I titles
when I grow up
when I was young I dreamed of
be a pilot
I wanted to discover the world
through the clouds but my level more
or less strong in math
proved me right away that this
was not intended for that
career after I wanted to become
the pastry fondant cakes
chocolate pancakes
I still remember the reaction
my father when I told her dad I
want to become a pastry chef told me this
Brunel stuffing and gluttony
it does not matter a few years
Later I discovered the craft
banker on TV and costumes
two cars
the figures I said why not and if
I became a banker I went to see my
father dad I think I’m in a
bank and they looked tells us
Brunel you love too much money then there
it started to become complicated
until I think I was
third when I discovered
occupation of the occurrence artist put
two rappers way
I enchaînais the CNN channels and steyn
it was people
rap is my oxygen vector of me
Wade but pays you understood I
‘ve become star actually was
become a rap star my college I
social dance and this was my father
teaching in the college
when he heard my news as
star that he called me into his room
and frankly it happened without me there
says son honestly in our
Family is what you never
met griots I understood the
message
it got so complicated arrive
end I decided that after my
bin I was going to become a diplomat
because for me it was time to
leave this country both time for me
discover the world
so I therefore studied in
diplomacy and international relations
after obtaining my diploma
first cycle
I understood that we had to leave
abroad to a specialty
good but not how I had
abandon plans
then part of it this time
was becoming complicated than
will I finally be when I grow
great is decided as
several young people to stop my mona
studies and get into life
Active I rolled my hump a little
all over
first aspect experi- I was in the
Remote marketing my summary
days it was at dawn the day
customer service than most to you
it was not for me some time
later I resigned
by force of circumstances I
returned to the international airport
cotonou as an agent for security
stripes tie
so it was red jeans monsieurr
passport your life flight I
in control visas between two years
it was not me I was not comfortable
with that I felt no living I
continued to seek and force
things even I found myself
at the bank
oh yes I materialized this dream
I meet short few months
I became a banker in the claw
base was miss if you
Please you must pay your
market check machination short while
it started really hurt ve
I decided to take my life back
and that is where I fell into a
gaming industry all very exciting the
communication is for three years
I’m in advertising agency
communication deemed a profession where
learn to make simple to sell
dream emotions for sale for sale
some public sensitivities
I was lucky because I have
promotionnaires far they
not yet know what they will do
of their lives and as you noticed
ten years after my degree this is
moment that I began to know what
I’ll make my life
this is unacceptable every year we
train young Africans we
give large degree
we put them on the market but
you know they are wrong
trained
is that you know that they
are misguided but what you
yet know that they are no landmarks
real frankly this is a big
problem
and I ask myself the following question
we say yes
Youth over but this
look this youth there and it’s true
what I have my tracks 1
we will swell the unemployment rate
two we will hire rate
immigration in the West and 3 we
definitely going to poor and
our continent but I think I have a
idea an idea that could
revolutionize our educational system
is ch’ti initially before
allow students to go
baccalaureate
we first learn to better
frankly is what we know
really know our students is that
we really know our
students second thing and if instead
discourage young people especially
Africa when they want to make a
some experience and discouraged
if we learned to develop their
potential and last but if their
showed that African
succeeded in africa
hedges of this magic idea is
simple is a simple
personal development program
Africa comes a Thursday program
African staff development focused
on self-knowledge and
confidence because for me
success is first in the mind
africa needs it
African youth more I
thank you
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