Meet Julia Delmedico

Upoznajte Džuliju Delmediko

Transcriber: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Jessica Ruby

Prevodilac: Mile Živković Lektor: Anca Dimovska

I'm Julia, and I'm 17.

Ja sam Džulija 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 celog života sam odrastala u Menhentnu

and go to school in the Bronx.

i išla u školu u Bronksu.

I think a lot of high schools

Mislim da dosta srednjih škola

are trying to get their students

pokušava da svoje učenike smesti

into the best colleges.

na najbolje koledže.

And because the way students are being measured

Zbog toga što je način merenja 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.

Mere učenike brojevima.

Students are only given an incentive

Učenicima samo daju podsticaj

to learn for a good grade,

da uče za dobru ocenu,

but nothing more.

ali ništa više od toga.

I probably just skim the surface

Verovatno samo zagrebem površinu

just to pass exams a lot of the time.

samo da bih položila testove većinu vremena.

'Cause what you hear mostly in the hallways

U hodnicima uglavnom čujete

are what projects are due,

koji projekti su na redu, koje ocene ste dobili,

what grades you got,

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 času, pola učenika spava pognute glave

because they've been up all night

jer su bili budni celu noć

trying to study for their exams.

učeći za testove.

The only support we really get

Jedina podrška koju zaista dobijamo

is from our guidance counselors

je od naših savetnika u vezi sa tim na koji koledž da se prijavimo,

about which college to apply to,

what classes to take.

koje predmete da uzmemo.

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

"Potreban ti je napredni kurs iz nauke da bi otišla na blablabla."

But that's not me.

Ali to nisam ja.

I'm very, very much engaged in art history

Veoma me interesuje istorija umetnosti

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

i mikro i makroekonomija.

Both the teachers are extremely intelligent,

Oba profesora su neverovatno inteligentni,

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

i vole da pričaju o onome što znaju u vezi sa predmetom.

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

Moj profesor mikro/makroekonomije sedi za svojim stolom,

and he gives not only all his opinions,

i ne daje samo svoja mišljenja

but all the videos he's watched,

nego i iz svih videa koje je gledao, članaka koje je pročitao,

all the articles he's read,

everything that's going on right now

sve što se sada dešava

that's somehow related,

i što je nekako povezano, i sve izvlači niotkuda

and pulls everything out of the air

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

i 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 zamišljala da ću voleti ekonomiju.

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

Najbolji način na koji učim je direktno iskustvo,

something that can bring me out of the classroom.

nešto što me može odvesti van 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 da govorite

and think for yourself.

i mislite sami za sebe.

That's much more valuable

To je mnogo vrednije

than just passing your exams.

od toga da samo položite testove.