Meet Julia Delmedico

Transcriber: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Jessica Ruby

Prevoditelj: Sanda L Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

I'm Julia, and I'm 17.

Ja sam Julia i imam 17 godina.

My parents are from Argentina,

Moji roditelji su iz Argentine

and I've grown up in Manhattan my whole life

i cijelog života sam odrastala na Manhattanu

and go to school in the Bronx.

i išla u školu u Bronxu.

I think a lot of high schools

Mislim da dosta srednjih škola

are trying to get their students

pokušava svoje učenike dovesti

into the best colleges.

na najbolje fakultete.

And because the way students are being measured

Zato što je način mjerenja učenika

is through numbers that are so harsh,

brojevima tako okrutan,

I think public schools are killing creativity.

mislim da državne škole ubijaju kreativnost.

They're quantifying students.

Mjere učenike brojevima.

Students are only given an incentive

Učenicima samo daju poticaj

to learn for a good grade,

da uče za dobru ocjenu,

but nothing more.

ali ništa više od toga.

I probably just skim the surface

Vjerojatno često zagrebem površinu

just to pass exams a lot of the time.

samo kako bih položila ispite.

'Cause what you hear mostly in the hallways

Po hodnicima uglavnom čujete

are what projects are due,

koji su rokovi za projekte,

what grades you got,

koje ste ocjene dobili,

how you're going to fit it all in your day.

kako ćete sve to uklopiti u svoj dan.

And, in class, half the students have their head down sleeping

Na nastavi pola učenika spava pognute glave

because they've been up all night

jer su bili budni cijelu noć

trying to study for their exams.

učeći za testove.

The only support we really get

Podršku jedino dobivamo

is from our guidance counselors

od naših savjetnika,

about which college to apply to,

na koji fakultet se prijaviti

what classes to take.

i koje predmete odabrati.

"You need an AP science if you want to go to nahdahdah."

"Trebaš napredni stupanj iz prirode ako bi išla na bla bla bla."

But that's not me.

Ali to nisam ja.

I'm very, very much engaged in art history

Mene jako zanima povijest umjetnosti

and 'mic/mac', which is micro/macroeconomics.

te i mikro i makroekonomija.

Both the teachers are extremely intelligent,

Oba profesora su nevjerojatno inteligentni

and they like to talk about what they know about the subject.

i vole pričati o onome što znaju u vezi s predmetom.

My 'mic/mac' teacher, he sits at his desk,

Moj profesor mikro/makroekonomije sjedi za svojim stolom

and he gives not only all his opinions,

i ne iznosi samo svoja mišljenja,

but all the videos he's watched,

nego i sve videe koje je gledao,

all the articles he's read,

članke koje je pročitao,

everything that's going on right now

sve što se trenutno događa,

that's somehow related,

a da je vezano za temu,

and pulls everything out of the air

i sve izvlači niotkuda

and brings it all in to the topic that we're talking about,

te dovodi do teme o kojoj pričamo,

which will not be tested on

što neće biti na testu,

but makes the topic something real.

ali temu čini nekako stvarnom.

I never imagined myself to enjoy economics.

Nikada nisam mislila da ću voljeti ekonomiju.

The best way I learn is in an actual, hands-on experience,

Najbolji način na koji učim je izravno iskustvo,

something that can bring me out of the classroom.

nešto što će me odvesti izvan učionice.

I think the best kind of education

Mislim da je najbolje obrazovanje

is one that teaches you how to speak

ono koje vas uči kako samostalno

and think for yourself.

govoriti i razmišljati.

That's much more valuable

To ima veću vrijednost

than just passing your exams.

od toga da samo položite testove.