Meet Shahruz Ghaemi

萨鲁兹·格弥介绍

Transcriber: Jessica Ruby Reviewer: Bedirhan Cinar

翻译人员: Yixiong Zhu 校对人员: Jenny Yang

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

我今年16岁，我的名字是萨鲁兹·格弥。

My father came from Iran,

我父亲来自伊朗，

and my mother came from China.

母亲来自中国。

I speak some Chinese,

我会说一些汉语，

I understand some Farsi,

我也懂一些波斯语。

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

最近，我还开始学习西班牙语。

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

我在上市里竞争最激烈的学校之一，

if not the country.

如果不是全国竞争最激烈的的话。

The educational system is validly criticized

我们的教育系统正当地被

as being broken and dysfunctional.

批评为失败和不健全的。

The primary goal should be,

教育系统最主要的目标应该是，

like the internet,

就像互联网一样，

as a great leveler.

作为平均的工具。

It ought to be able to provide everybody

教育应该给美国所有人

in America with opportunity,

都提供机会，

but an administrative culture that focuses on

但是我们的官僚文化却专注于

standardized testing does us no good at all

标准化测验，而这对我们没有丝毫好处，

because there is a difference

因为知识和理解是

between knowledge and understanding.

不同的。

My jazz piano teacher has really shown me

我的爵士乐钢琴教师真正为我展示了

new ways of thinking about learning.

关于学习的新的认知方式。

Jazz really required me

爵士乐，

to use a different set of skills

相对于古典钢琴，

than I'd been using for classical piano

要求我使用不同的技能，

because I had to infuse music with my own touches.

因为我需要给音乐注入我自己的感触。

It's one thing to regurgitate

重复一个你刚刚

a fancy maneuver you've learned,

学到的技巧是一回事，

but it's another thing to be able to improvise

但能够自己即兴演奏一个和声稳固

a harmonically stable piece by yourself.

的作品是另一回事。

And, if you truly understand something,

如果你真正理解了什么，

it's far more important to you,

那它对你远远比别的更重要。

it's more likely to be retained,

它更容易被保留下来，

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

也更容易对你产生某些意义。