Malcolm London: "High School Training Ground"

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At 7:45 a.m., I open the doors to a building
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A les 7:45 am, vaig obrir les portes d'un edifici
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dedicated to building, yet only breaks me down.
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dedicat a edificar, però que només m'ensorra.
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I march down hallways cleaned up after me every day
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Desfilo per passadissos netejats per conserges
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by regular janitors,
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després que jo hi passi,
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but I never have the decency to honor their names.
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però a qui mai no tinc la decència d'honrar.
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Lockers left open like teenage boys' mouths
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Armariets oberts com boques de nois adolescents
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when teenage girls wear clothes that covers
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quan les noies porten roba que els cobreix
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their insecurities but exposes everything else.
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la inseguretat, però que exposa tota la resta.
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Masculinity mimicked by men who grew up with no fathers,
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Masculinitat imitada per homes que van créixer sense pare,
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camouflage worn by bullies who are dangerously armed
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camuflatge dels abusadors armats perillosament,
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but need hugs.
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però que necessiten abraçades.
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Teachers paid less than what it costs them to be here.
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Professors pagats menys del que els costa ser-hi.
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Oceans of adolescents come here to receive lessons
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Mars d'adolescents vénen a rebre classes,
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but never learn to swim,
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però mai no aprenen a nedar,
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part like the Red Sea when the bell rings.
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se separen com la mar Roja quan sona la campana.
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This is a training ground.
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Aquest el terreny de formació.
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My high school is Chicago,
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La meva escola és Chicago,
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diverse and segregated on purpose.
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diversa i segregada a propòsit.
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Social lines are barbed wire.
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Les divisions socials fetes amb filferro espinós.
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Labels like "Regulars" and "Honors" resonate.
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Etiquetes com "estàndard" i "matrícula" ressonen.
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I am an Honors but go home with Regular students
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Jo trec matrícules, però vaig amb estudiants estàndard,
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who are soldiers in territory that owns them.
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soldats en un territori que els posseeix.
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This is a training ground to sort out the Regulars
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És un terreny de formació per separar els estàndard
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from the Honors, a reoccurring cycle
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dels de matrícula, un cercle viciós
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built to recycle the trash of this system.
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per reciclar les deixalles del sistema.
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Trained at a young age to capitalize,
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Formats des de joves per capitalitzar,
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letters taught now that capitalism raises you
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les lletres t'ensenyen que el capitalisme t'educa,
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but you have to step on someone else to get there.
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però que has de trepitjar algú per arribar-hi.
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This is a training ground where one group
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És un terreny de formació on s'ensenya
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is taught to lead and the other is made to follow.
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un grup a dirigir i a l'altre se'l fa seguir.
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No wonder so many of my people spit bars,
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No em sorprèn que tanta gent rapegi
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because the truth is hard to swallow.
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perquè la veritat costa d'empassar.
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The need for degrees has left so many people frozen.
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La necessitat d'una graduació en deixa molts glaçats.
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Homework is stressful,
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Els deures estressen
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but when you go home every day and your home is work,
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i quan vas a casa cada dia i casa teva és feina,
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you don't want to pick up any assignments.
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no vols posar-te a treballar.
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Reading textbooks is stressful,
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Els llibres de text estressen
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but reading does not matter when you feel
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i llegir no importa quan sents
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your story is already written,
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que la teva historia ja està escrita,
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either dead or getting booked.
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la mort o estar en merders.
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Taking tests is stressful,
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Els exàmens estressen
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but bubbling in a Scantron does not stop
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i encerclar l'opció correcta no evita
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bullets from bursting.
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que es disparin bales.
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I hear education systems are failing,
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Diuen que els sistemes educatius fallen,
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but I believe they're succeeding at what they're built to do --
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però crec que aconsegueixen el seu objectiu:
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to train you, to keep you on track,
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formart-te, mantenir-te en el bon camí,
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to track down an American dream that has failed
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el camí cap al somni americà que a tants de nosaltres
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so many of us all.
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ha decebut.
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(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
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