Meet Shahruz Ghaemi

Transcriber: Jessica Ruby Reviewer: Bedirhan Cinar

Prevoditelj: Sanda L Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

I'm 16 years old, and my name is Shahruz Ghaemi.

Imam 16 godina i zovem se Shahruz Ghaemi.

My father came from Iran,

Moj otac je iz Irana,

and my mother came from China.

a majka iz Kine.

I speak some Chinese,

Pričam malo kineski,

I understand some Farsi,

razumijem ponešto perzijskog

and, recently, I've started to study Spanish.

i nedavno sam počeo učiti španjolski.

I attend one of the most competitive schools in the city,

Pohađam jednu od najviše natjecateljski nastrojenih škola u gradu,

if not the country.

ako ne i u zemlji.

The educational system is validly criticized

Obrazovni sustav s razlogom se kritizira

as being broken and dysfunctional.

kao urušen i nefunkcionalan.

The primary goal should be,

Primarni cilj treba biti,

like the internet,

poput interneta,

as a great leveler.

ono što izjednačava.

It ought to be able to provide everybody

Trebalo bi svima u Americi

in America with opportunity,

dati priliku,

but an administrative culture that focuses on

ali administrativna kultura koja se fokusira

standardized testing does us no good at all

na standardne testove ne ide nam u korist,

because there is a difference

jer postoji razlika

between knowledge and understanding.

između znanja i razumijevanja.

My jazz piano teacher has really shown me

Moj učitelj klavira mi je zaista pokazao

new ways of thinking about learning.

nove načine razmišljanja o učenju.

Jazz really required me

Jazz je od mene zaista zahtijevao

to use a different set of skills

korištenje drugačijih vještina

than I'd been using for classical piano

od onih potrebnih za klasični klavir,

because I had to infuse music with my own touches.

jer sam u glazbu trebao ubaciti nešto svoje.

It's one thing to regurgitate

Jedna stvar je ponoviti

a fancy maneuver you've learned,

neki profinjen pokret koji si naučio,

but it's another thing to be able to improvise

ali je sasvim nešto drugo sam moći improvizirati

a harmonically stable piece by yourself.

jedan harmonički stabilan ulomak glazbe.

And, if you truly understand something,

I ako zaista razumiješ nešto,

it's far more important to you,

to ti je daleko važnije,

it's more likely to be retained,

vjerojatnije je da će se zadržati,

it's far more likely to have some sort of meaning to you.

da će ti nešto značiti.