Meet Julia Delmedico

朱莉娅·德美蒂克介绍

Transcriber: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Jessica Ruby

翻译人员: Yixiong Zhu 校对人员: Jenny Yang

I'm Julia, and I'm 17.

我是朱莉娅，今年17岁。

My parents are from Argentina,

我父母来自阿根廷，

and I've grown up in Manhattan my whole life

我一直都是在曼哈顿长大，

and go to school in the Bronx.

在布朗克斯上学。

I think a lot of high schools

我觉得很多高中

are trying to get their students

都想让他们的学生

into the best colleges.

上最好的大学。

And because the way students are being measured

学生们在被用数字来衡量，

is through numbers that are so harsh,

这太残酷了，

I think public schools are killing creativity.

所以我觉得公立大学正在摧毁创造力。

They're quantifying students.

他们在量化学生。

Students are only given an incentive

学生们学习的动力

to learn for a good grade,

只是去获得好分数，

but nothing more.

没有别的。

I probably just skim the surface

我很多时候可能只是

just to pass exams a lot of the time.

为了通过考试而肤浅地涉猎某一学科。

'Cause what you hear mostly in the hallways

你在学校大厅里基本上只能听到人们说

are what projects are due,

什么项目要到截止时期了，

what grades you got,

你得了什么分数了，

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

你每天怎么处理这么多事的。

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

而在课堂上，一半的学生都埋头睡觉

because they've been up all night

因为他们都熬夜

trying to study for their exams.

复习考试。

The only support we really get

我们真正能获得的唯一帮助

is from our guidance counselors

是我们的指导顾问

about which college to apply to,

告诉我们该报哪所大学，

what classes to take.

上什么课。

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

“你得上高等科学课才能上哪个哪个大学。”

But that's not me.

我不想这样。

I'm very, very much engaged in art history

我对艺术史非常非常感兴趣，

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

还有“宏观微观”，宏观经济学和微观经济学。

Both the teachers are extremely intelligent,

这两门课的老师都特别有智慧，

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

他们喜欢谈论对自己学科的理解。

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

我的“宏观/微观”老师，他坐在讲桌旁，

and he gives not only all his opinions,

他不仅仅是讲自己的观点，

but all the videos he's watched,

还讲他看过的所有视频，

all the articles he's read,

读过的所有文章，

everything that's going on right now

一切正在发生的时事

that's somehow related,

只要是跟科目有关系的，

and pulls everything out of the air

然后他把这些天马行空的东西

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

又全都引到我们正在讨论的话题上，

which will not be tested on

而这些都不会被考，

but makes the topic something real.

但这能使话题更接近现实。

I never imagined myself to enjoy economics.

我从来没想过自己喜欢会经济学。

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

我学习的最好方式是有实际的上手经验，

something that can bring me out of the classroom.

那种能够带我走出教室的。

I think the best kind of education

我觉得最好的教育

is one that teaches you how to speak

是教你如何思考

and think for yourself.

和表达自己。

That's much more valuable

这比仅仅通过考试

than just passing your exams.

要有价值的多。