Dave Eggers: 2008 TED Prize wish: Once Upon a School

Translator: Jon del Olmo Reviewer: Alvaro Moya

Thank you so much everyone from TED, and Chris and Amy in particular.

Eskerrik asko TEDeko kide guztiei, eta batez ere CHRIS eta AMYri

I cannot believe I'm here.

Ezin dut sinetsi hemen nagoenik

I have not slept in weeks.

Asteak ez dudala lorik egin

Neil and I were sitting there comparing how little we've slept

NEIL eta ni hor eserita geunden, honengatik

in anticipation for this. I've never been so nervous --

zein lo gutxi egin dugun alderatzen. Ez naiz inoiz hain urduri egon --

and I do this when I'm nervous, I just realized. (Laughter)

eta hau egiten dut urduri nagoenean. Oraintxe konturatu naiz. (Barreak)

So, I'm going to talk about sort of what we did at this organization

Ongi, 826 VALENCIA izeneko elkarte honetan egin genuenaz

called 826 Valencia, and then I'm going to talk

hitz egingo dut, eta ondoren aipatuko dut beharrezkoa dena

about how we all might join in and do similar things.

guztiok antzeko ekimenak egiteko eta honetan parte hartzeko.

Back in about 2000, I was living in Brooklyn,

2000. urtean BROOKLYNen bizi nintzen,

I was trying to finish my first book,

nire lehen liburua bukatzeko ahaleginetan

I was wandering around dazed every day

Nora ezean nenbilen tontotuta egunero

because I wrote from 12 a.m. to 5 a.m.

gaueko 12etatik 5etara idazten nuelako.

So I would walk around in a daze during the day.

Horregatik egunean zehar nahastua nenbilen

I had no mental acuity to speak of during the day, but I had flexible hours.

Ez nuen hitz egiteko argitasun nahikorik egunez, baina ordutegi malgua nuen.

In the Brooklyn neighborhood that I lived in, Park Slope,

Bizi nintzen BROOKLYNeko auzoan, PARK SLOPEn,

there are a lot of writers --

idazle asko zeuden --

it's like a very high per capita ratio

idazle kopuru oso handia

of writers to normal people.

zegoen jende arruntarekin alderatuz.

Meanwhile, I had grown up around a lot of teachers.

Gainera, ni irakaslez inguratuta hazi nintzen.

My mom was a teacher, my sister became a teacher

Gure ama irakaslea zen. Gure arreba ere iraskale egin zen

and after college so many of my friends went into teaching.

eta lagun asko irakasle sartu ziren unibertsitate-ikasketak bukatu ondoren.

And so I was always hearing them talk about their lives

Beraz, beti euren bizitzei buruz hitz egiten entzuten nuen,♪

and how inspiring they were,

eta zein inspiragarriak ziren entzuten nuen,

and they were really sort of the most hard-working

ezagutzen nituen pertsonarik langileenak

and constantly inspiring people I knew.

eta inspiragarrienak ziren.

But I knew so many of the things they were up against,

Baina haiek haserretzen zituzten gauzak era banekizkien,

so many of the struggles they were dealing with.

etengabe borrokatzeko zituzten arazo ugari horiek.

And one of them was that so many of my friends

Herri eskoletan irakasten ari ziren lagunetako

that were teaching in city schools were having trouble

askok arazo berbera zuten: zailtasuna zuten

with their students keeping up at grade level,

euren ikasleen maila mantentzeko,

in their reading and writing in particular.

batez ere irakurketan eta idazketan.

Now, so many of these students had come from households

Ba...ikasle horietako asko ingelesa hitz egiten ez den

where English isn't spoken in the home,

etxe eta familietatik zetozen,

where a lot of them have different special needs,

eta behar bereziak zituzten,

learning disabilities. And of course they're working in schools

ikasteko zailtasunak. Eta gainera zeuden eskola

which sometimes and very often are under-funded.

asko finantziazio eskasekoak ziren

And so they would talk to me about this and say,

Eta honetaz hitzegiten ari zirenean hauxe esaten zidaten:

"You know, what we really need is just more people,

"Badakizu, behar dugun gauza bakarra jende gehiago da,

more bodies, more one-on-one attention,

pertsonal gehiago, banakako arreta gehiago,

more hours, more expertise from people

ordu gehiago, ingeles gaitasuna duen jende aditua

that have skills in English and can work with these students one-on-one."

behar dugu ikasle horiekin banaka lan egin dezaten."

Now, I would say, "Well, why don't you just work with them one-on-one?"

Orduan, nik esaten nien: "Zergatik ez duzue ba, banaka lan egiten ikasleekin?"

And they would say, "Well, we have five classes of 30 to 40 students each.

Eta erantzuten zuten: " Baina 30 eta 40 ikasle-kopuruko ikasgelak ditugu

This can lead up to 150, 180, 200 students a day.

Horrek esan nahi du eguneko 150, 180, 200 ikasle direla.

How can we possibly give each student

Nola eman diezaiokegu ikasle bakoitzari

even one hour a week of one-on-one attention?"

gutxienez ordubeteko banakako arreta astero?"

You'd have to greatly multiply the workweek and clone the teachers.

Lan astea biderkatu eta irakasleak klonatu beharko zenituzke.

And so we started talking about this.

Eta ondorioz honetaz hitz egiten hasi ginen.

And at the same time,

Aldi berean pentsatu nuen

I thought about this massive group of people I knew:

ezaguna nuen jende andanan:

writers, editors, journalists, graduate students,

idazleak, editoreak, kazetariak, ikasle graduatuak,

assistant professors, you name it.

irakasle laguntzaileak, denetik.

All these people that had sort of flexible daily hours

Egunean zehar lanordu malguak zituzten

and an interest in the English word --

eta ingelesean interesa zuten ...

I hope to have an interest in the English language,

Ingelesean interesa dudala uste dut,

but I'm not speaking it well right now. (Laughter)

baina ez naiz oso ongi hitz egiten ari orain. (Barreak)

I'm trying. That clock has got me.

Saiatzen ari naiz. Baina erlojuak harrapatuta nauka.

But everyone that I knew had an interest in the primacy of the written word

Baina ezagutzen nuen jende guztiaren interesa zen idatzizko hitzaren garrantzia demokrazia eta

in terms of nurturing a democracy, nurturing an enlightened life.

eta bizitza ikasia zaintzeko

And so they had, you know, their time

Eta badakizue zer? Denbora

and their interest, but at the same time

eta interesa zuten, baina era berean

there wasn't a conduit that I knew of in my community

ez zegoen, nik nekienez, bi multzo hauek komunikatzeko modurik,

to bring these two communities together.

bi komunitateak elkartzeko erarik.

So when I moved back to San Francisco, we rented this building.

Horrelaxe ba, SAN FRANCISCOra bueltatu nintzenean, eraikin hau alokatu genuen.

And the idea was to put McSweeney's --

Eta ideia zen McSweeney's jartzea,

McSweeney's Quarterly, that we published twice or three times a year,

McSweeney's Quarterly, urtean bi edo hiru aldiz argitaratzen genuen aldizkaria

and a few other magazines --

eta beste aldizkari batzuk;

we were going to move it into an office for the first time.

lehen aldiz bulego batean kokatzea pentsatu genuen.

It used to be in my kitchen in Brooklyn.

Bulegoa nire Brooklyneko sukalde izan ohi zen.

We were going to move it into an office,

Bulego batean kokatuko ginen

and we were going to actually share space with a tutoring center.

eta tutoretza zentro batekin partekatu nahi genuen espazioa.

So we thought, "We'll have all these writers and editors and everybody --

Eta pentsatu genuen, "Editore eta idazle horiek guztiak edukiko ditugu

sort of a writing community -- coming into the office every day anyway,

hala nolako idazle komunitate bat egunero bulegora etortzen",

why don't we just open up

eta... zergatik ez dugu irekitzen

the front of the building for students to come in there after school,

eraikina ikasleak eskola ondoren etor daitezen,

get extra help on their written homework,

idatzizko etxerako lanetan aparteko laguntza jasotzeko,

so you have basically no border between these two communities?"

bi talde hauen artean inolako mugarik egon ez dadin?

So the idea was that we would be

Beraz ideia zen

working on whatever we're working on,

gure lan propioan aritzea,

at 2:30 p.m. the students flow in and you put down what you're doing,

eta arratsaldeko 2:30etan ikasleak etortzean eginbeharrak uztea

or you trade, or you work a little bit later or whatever it is.

edo aldaketak egitea, edo beranduago lanean jarraitzea.

You give those hours in the afternoon

Hau da: arratsaldeko zure orduak

to the students in the neighborhood.

auzoko ikasleei eskaintzea.

So, we had this place, we rented it,

Horrela, lekua aukeratuta, alokatu genuen. Gainera

the landlord was all for it. We did this mural,

ugazaba guztiz ados zegoen. Horma-irudia egin genuen,

that's a Chris Ware mural, that basically explains the entire history

CHRIS WAREren horma-irudia da eta idatzizko hitzen historia azaltzen

of the printed word, in mural form -- it takes a long time

du horma-irudi itxuran -- denbora asko behar da

to digest and you have to stand in the middle of the road.

bereganatzeko eta gainera errepidearen erdian jarri behar zara.

So we rented this space.

Beraz lekua alokatu genuen.

And everything was great except the landlord said,

Dena zoragarria zen baina ugazabak esan zuen,

"Well, the space is zoned for retail; you have to come up with something.

"Espazio hau salmentarako izendatuta dago, ondorioz zerbait egin behar duzue.

You've gotta sell something.

Zerbait saldu behar duzue.

You can't just have a tutoring center."

Ezin duzue tutoretza zentroa soilik eduki."

So we thought, "Ha ha! Really!"

Eta pentsatu genuen, bai zera, nola?

And we couldn't think of anything necessarily to sell,

Ez zitzaigun saltzeko deus ere bururatu,

but we did all the necessary research.

hala ere ikerketa nahikoa egin genuen.

It used to be a weight room, so there were rubber floors below,

Pesak egiteko gela bat izan zen, beraz gomazko lurrak,

acoustic tile ceilings and fluorescent lights.

soinuaren aurkako sabaiak eta argi fluoreszenteak zituen.

We took all that down, and we found beautiful wooden floors,

Hori guztia bota eta egurrezko lur zoragarriak,

whitewashed beams and it had the look --

eta karezko itxurako habe zuriak aurkitu genituen --

while we were renovating this place, somebody said,

lekua berriztatzen ari ginela, norbaitek esan zuen arte:

"You know, it really kind of looks like the hull of a ship."

"Badakizue zer, badirudi itsasontzi baten kroskoa dela."

And we looked around and somebody else said,

Eta ingurura begira, beste batek esan zuen,

"Well, you should sell supplies to the working buccaneer." (Laughter)

"Ongi, itsaslapurrei hornidurak saldu behar zenizkieke." (Barreak)

And so this is what we did. So it made everybody laugh,

Eta horixe egin genuen. Denok barre egin,

and we said, "There's a point to that.

eta pentsatu genuen, "Zentzua badu,

Let's sell pirate supplies." This is the pirate supply store.

saldu dezagun piratentzat hornidura." Hau piraten denda da.

You see, this is sort of a sketch I did on a napkin.

Ikusten duzue, hau zapi batean egin nuen zirriborroa da.

A great carpenter built all this stuff and you see,

Primerako arotz batek hau guztia eraiki zuen eta

we made it look sort of pirate supply-like.

piratentzat hornidura saltzeko dendaren itxura eman genion.

Here you see planks sold by the foot

Hankaren tamainera moldatutako makuluak saltzen ditugu

and we have supplies to combat scurvy.

baita eskorbutoari aurre egiteko produktuak ere.

We have the peg legs there, that are all handmade and fitted to you.

Egur-zangoak ditugu, denak eskuz eta neurrira eginak.

Up at the top, you see the eyepatch display,

Goian, begietarako partxeak ikus ditzakezue,

which is the black column there for everyday use

zutabe beltza egunero erabiltzeko partxeekin

for your eyepatch, and then you have the pastel

eta pastel zein beste koloreetakoak

and other colors for stepping out at night --

gauez kalera irteteko --

special occasions, bar mitzvahs and whatever.

une berezietan janzteko, bar mitzvahs eta abar.

So we opened this place. And this is a vat

Beraz leku hau ireki genuen. Eta hau altxorrez

that we fill with treasures that students dig in.

betetako pertza bat da, ikasleek altxorrak bilatzeko.

This is replacement eyes in case you lose one.

Hauek ordezko begiak dira galdu ezkero aldatzeko.

These are some signs that we have all over the place:

Denda guztian zehar jarrita ditugun txartelak dira hauek:

"Practical Joking with Pirates."

"Piraten txiste erabilgarriak"

While you're reading the sign, we pull a rope behind the counter

Txartela irakurtzen ari zaren bitartean, salmahaitik soka bati tira

and eight mop heads drop on your head.

egiten diogu eta zortzi fregona zure buru gainera erortzen dira.

That was just my one thing -- I said we had to have something that drops on people's heads.

-Hau zen nire ekarpena - esan nuen, jendearen buru gainera erortzen zen zerbait eduki behar genuela.

It became mop heads. And this is the fish theater,

Horrela fregonak jarri genituen. Eta hau arrainen antzokia da,

which is just a saltwater tank with three seats,

hiru aulki eta ur gaziz betetako edukiontzia besterik ez dituena.

and then right behind it we set up this space,

Eta honen guztiaren atzean espazio hau egokitu genuen,

which was the tutoring center.

orain tutoretza zentrua dena.

So right there is the tutoring center,

Beraz hortxe bertan dago tutoretza zentrua,

and then behind the curtain were the McSweeney's offices,

eta gortina batzuen atzean McSweeney's-en bulegoak zeuden,

where all of us would be working on the magazine and book editing and things like that.

aldizkari eta liburuak argitaratzen lan egiten genuen lekua.

The kids would come in --

Neska-mutilak etortzekoak ziren

or we thought they would come in. I should back up.

edo etorriko zirela pentsatzen genuen. Atzera egin beharko nuke.

We set the place up, we opened up, we spent months and months

Lekua prestatu genuen, ireki genuen eta hilabeteak pasa genituen

renovating this place.

lekua berritzen.

We had tables, chairs, computers, everything.

Mahaiak, aulkiak, ordenagailuak, dena genuen.

I went to a dot-com auction at a Holiday Inn in Palo Alto

PALO ALTOko dot-com enpresa baten enkantera joan nintzen

and I bought 11 G4s with a stroke of a paddle.

Holiday Inn batera eta 11 G4 erosi nituen arazo handirik gabe.

Anyway, we bought 'em, we set everything up and then we waited.

Edonola ere, erosi genituen, dena prestatu genuen eta itxaroten geratu ginen.

It was started with about 12 of my friends,

Nire 12 lagunekin hasi nintzen,

people that I had known for years that were writers in the neighborhood.

aspalditik ezagutzen nituen auzoko lagun idazleekin.

And we sat. And at 2:30 p.m. we put a sandwich board out on the front sidewalk

Eta eseri egin ginen. 14:30etan, aurreko espaloian iragarki-taula batean

and it just said, "Free Tutoring for Your English-Related

txartel hau prestatu genuen:, "Tutoretzak doan, Ingelesarekin eta

and Writing-Related Needs -- Just Come In, It's All Free."

irakurketa zein idazketarekin erlazionatutako lanak egiteko , sartu, dena doan da""

And we thought, "Oh, they're going to storm the gates,

Eta pentsatu genuen, "Oh, abailan etorriko dira,

they're gonna love it." And they didn't.

eta izugarri gustatuko zaie". Baina ez zen horrela izan.

And so we waited, we sat at the tables, we waited and waited.

Eta itxaron egin genuen, mahaitan eseri ginen, itxaroten.

And everybody was becoming very discouraged

Itxaropena galtzen ari ginen,

because it was weeks and weeks that we waited, really, where nobody came in.

asteetan zehar itxoin genuelako eta inor sartu ez zelako.

And then somebody alerted us to the fact

Eta bat-batean norbaitek ohartarazi zigun agian

that maybe there was a trust gap,

konfiantza falta zegoela piratentzako gauzak

because we were operating behind a pirate supply store. (Laughter)

saltzen zituen denda batean lanean ari ginelako. (Barreak)

We never put it together, you know?

Ez ginen inoiz konturatu.

And so then, around that time, I persuaded a woman named Nineveh Caligari,

Orduan, denbora luzez San Franciscon hezkuntzan aritu zen

a longtime San Francisco educator --

NINEVEH CALIGARI izeneko emakume bat konbentzitu nuen,

she was teaching in Mexico City,

Mexiko Hirian irakasten zuena

she had all the experience necessary,

beharrezkoa eskarmentua zuena

knew everything about education,

dena zekien hezkuntzari buruz.

was connected with all the teachers and community members in the neighborhood --

Auzoko beste irakasle eta auzokideekin lotura estua zuen,

I convinced her to move up from Mexico City where she was teaching.

eta irakasten ari zen Mexiko Hiritik etortzeko konbentzitu nuen.

She took over as executive director.

Zuzendari postua hartu zuen.

Immediately, she made the inroads with the teachers

Berehala, irakasle, guraso eta ikasleekin

and the parents and the students and everything,

sartu-irten ugari egin zituen,

and so suddenly it was actually full every day.

eta bat-batean beteta zegoen egunero.

And what we were trying to offer every day

Eta egunero eskaintzen saiatzen ari ginena

was one-on-one attention.

banakako arreta zen.

The goal was to have a one-to-one ratio with every one of these students.

Helburua ikasle bakoitzeko irakasle bat edukitzea zen.

You know, it's been proven

Dakizuenez, frogatuta dago

that 35 to 40 hours a year with one-on-one attention,

ikasleak urtean 35-40 ordutan banakako arreta badu

a student can get one grade level higher.

notak maila bat igo daitezkeela.

And so most of these students, English is not spoken in the home.

Eta ikasle hauetako gehienen etxeetan ez da Ingelesa hitz egiten.

They come there, many times their parents --

Hona etortzen dira, askotan baita gurasoak ere,

you can't see it, but there's a church pew

ezin duzue ikusi, baina bertan BERKELEYn enkante batean

that I bought in a Berkeley auction right there --

erosi nuen elizako banko bat dago bertatik

the parents will sometimes watch while their kids are being tutored.

gurasoek batzutan ikasleak ikusten dituzte tutoretzan dauden bitartean.

So that was the basis of it,

Beraz hau zen guztiaren oinarria,

was one-on-one attention.

banakako arreta.

And we found ourselves full every day with kids.

Eta egunero beteta geundela ikusi genuen.

If you're on Valencia Street within those few blocks at around 2 p.m.,

Valencia Street inguruan bazaude 14:00 edo 14:30ak aldera,

2:30 p.m., you will get run over, often,

askotan harrapatuko zaituzte

by the kids and their big backpacks, or whatever, actually running to this space,

neska-mutilek euren motxila handiekin, espazio honetara korrika datozela,

which is very strange, because it's school, in a way.

eta hau oso arraroa da, nolabait hau ere eskola baita.

But there was something psychological happening there

Baina ezohiko zeozer gertatzen ari zen hemen

that was just a little bit different.

psikologikoa zen zerbait.

And the other thing was, there was no stigma.

Eta beste gauza zen, ez zegoela estigmarik.

Kids weren't going into the "Center-for-Kids-That-Need-More-Help,"

Neska-mutilak ez zihoazen "Laguntza gehiago behar duten Ikasleen Zentrura"

or something like that. It was 826 Valencia.

Hau 826 Valencia zen.

First of all, it was a pirate supply store, which is insane.

Lehenik, piraten hornidura saltzeko denda zen, erabateko erokeria.

And then secondly, there's a publishing company in the back.

Eta bigarrenik, argitalpen enpresa bat zegoela atzean.

And so our interns were actually working

Eta askotan, gure praktiketako langileak

at the same tables very often,

mahai berdinetan ari ziren lanean

and shoulder-to-shoulder, computer-next-to-computer with the students.

elkarrekin, ondoko ordenagailuan ikasleak zituztela.

And so it became a tutoring center --

Eta tutoretza zentru bat bihurtu zen

publishing center, is what we called it --

argitalpen zentru bat deitzen geniona

and a writing center.

eta idazketa zentru bat.

They go in, and they might be working with a high school student

Barrura sartu eta agian nobela batean lanean ari zen batxilergoko

actually working on a novel -- because we had very gifted kids, too.

ikasle batekin -- guk ere haur dohatuak genituen -- lan egiten zuten.

So there's no stigma.

Ez dago estigmarik.

They're all working next to each other. It's all a creative endeavor.

Denak bata bestearen ondoan lanean. Sortzeko saiakera bat da.

They're seeing adults. They're modeling their behavior.

Helduak ikusten ari dira. Euren jarrera modelatzen ari dira.

These adults, they're working in their field.

Heldu hauek norberaren esparruetan lan egiten dute.

They can lean over, ask a question of one of these adults

Helduengana joan daitezke, galderak egin

and it all sort of feeds on each other.

eta horrela interakzioa dago.

There's a lot of cross-pollination. The only problem,

Elkar-polinizazio asko dago. Arazo bakarra zera zen,

especially for the adults working at McSweeney's

McSweeney´s-en lanean ari ziren helduentzat batez ere,

who hadn't necessarily bought into all of this when they signed up,

hori guztia kontratuan sinatu ez zutenentzat:

was that there was just the one bathroom. (Laughter)

komun bakarra zegoela. (Barreak)

With like 60 kids a day, this is a problem.

Egunean 60 umeekin hau arazoa da.

But you know, there's something about the kids finishing their homework

Baina badakizue? badago zerbait ikasleak etxerako lanak bukatuta ikustean

in a given day, working one-on-one, getting all this attention --

egun bakarrean, banaka lan eginez, arreta hau guztia jasotzen --

they go home, they're finished. They don't stall.

etxera doaz, bukatu dute. Ez dira bueltaka ibiltzen.

They don't do their homework in front of the TV.

Ez dituzte etxerako lanak telebistaren aurrean egiten.

They're allowed to go home at 5:30 p.m., enjoy their family,

17:30tan etxera joan daitezke, familiaz gozatu,

enjoy other hobbies, get outside, play.

gustuko aisialdian murgildu, kalera joan, jolastu.

And that makes a happy family.

Eta hori da familia zoriontsu egiten duena.

A bunch of happy families in a neighborhood is a happy community.

Familia zoriontsuek auzo zoriontsua egiten dute.

A bunch of happy communities tied together is a happy city and a happy world.

Elkar lotutako komunitate zoriontsuek hiri eta mundu zoriontsua egiten dute.

So the key to it all is homework! (Laughter) (Applause)

Beraz guztiaren giltza etxerako lanak ziren! (Barreak) (Txaloak)

There you have it, you know -- one-on-one attention.

Hor duzue, ulertzen? banakako arreta.

So we started off with about 12 volunteers,

12 boluntarioekin hasi ginen,

and then we had about 50,

eta gero 50 genituen,

and then a couple hundred.

Ondoren 200 bat.

And we now have 1,400 volunteers on our roster.

Eta orain 1400 boluntario inguru daude gure zerrendan.

And we make it incredibly easy to volunteer.

Eta erraztasun guztiak jartzen ditugu boluntarioak izateko.

The key thing is, even if you only have a couple of hours a month,

Giltzarria honakoa da: nahiz eta hilabetean bi ordu besterik ez eduki,

those two hours shoulder-to-shoulder,

bi ordu horiek elkarrekin lanean,

next to one student, concentrated attention,

ikaslearen ondoan, arreta guztiarekin,

shining this beam of light on their work,

beraien lanean arreta jarriz,

on their thoughts and their self-expression,

euren pentsamendu eta euren espresioan,

is going to be absolutely transformative,

erabat eraldatzailea da,

because so many of the students have not had that ever before.

ikasle hauetako askok ez baitute inoiz horrelako deus eduki.

So we said, "Even if you have two hours one Sunday every six months,

Orduan esan genuen, " Sei hilabetean behin igande batean bi ordu besterik

it doesn't matter. That's going to be enough."

ez badira ere, ez du inporta. Hori nahikoa izango da."

So that's partly why the tutor corps grew so fast.

Horregatik hein handi batean tutore kopurua oso azkar igo zen.

Then we said, "Well, what are we

Gainera pentsatu genuen, " Ongi, zer egingo dugu

going to do with the space during the day,

espazio honekin egunean zehar,

because it has to be used before 2:30 p.m.?"

14:30ak baino lehen erabili beharra dago."

So we started bringing in classes during the day.

Horregatik ikasgelak ekartzen hasi ginen egunean zehar.

So every day, there's a field trip where they together create a book --

Egunero, ibilaldi bat dago eta guztiek batera liburu bat sortzen dute --

you can see it being typed up above.

liburua idazten ikus ditzakezue hemen goian.

This is one of the classes getting way too excited about writing.

Hau ikasgeletako bat da, eta idazten erabat asaldatu dira.

You just point a camera at a class,

Ikasgela batean kamera bat atera,

and it always looks like this.

eta beti horrela jartzen dira.

So this is one of the books that they do.

Hau da egin duten liburuetako bat.

Notice the title of the book,

Ikusi liburuaren izenburua,

"The Book That Was Never Checked Out: Titanic."

"Inoiz egiaztatu ez zen liburua: Titanic"

And the first line of that book is, "Once there was a book named Cindy

Eta liburuaren lehenengo lerroa da, "Bazen behin Cindy izeneko liburu bat

that was about the Titanic."

Titanic-i buruz zena."

So, meanwhile, there's an adult in the back typing this up,

Eta bitartean, heldu bat dago atzean hau idazten,

taking it completely seriously, which blows their mind.

erabat lan serioa egiten, ia erotu beharrean.

So then we still had more tutors to use.

Horregatik oraindik tutore gehiago ditugu erabiltzeko.

This is a shot of just some of the tutors during one of the events.

Hau ekitaldi batean ateratako tutoreen argazki bat da.

The teachers that we work with --

Gurekin lan egiten duten tutoreek

and everything is different to teachers -- they tell us what to do.

eta gehiena ezberdina da irakasleentzat -- zer egin behar dugun esaten digute.

We went in there thinking,

Pentsatzen hasi ginen,

"We're ultimately, completely malleable. You're going to tell us.

" Erabat malguak gara. Zuek esango diguzue...

The neighborhood's going to tell us, the parents are going to tell us.

Auzoak esango digu, gurasoek esango digute.

The teachers are going to tell us how we're most useful."

Irakasleek esango digute nola lagundu modu hoberenean.

So then they said, "Why don't you come into the schools?

Orduan esan zuten, "Zergatik ez zarete eskoletara etortzen?

Because what about the students that wouldn't come to you,

Zer gertatzen da zuengana ez datozen ikasleekin,

necessarily, who don't have really active parents that are bringing them in,

ekartzen ez dituzten familietako ikasle horiekin,

or aren't close enough?" So then we started saying,

edo hurbil ez dauden horiekin?" Orduan hasi ginen pentsatzen,

"Well, we've got 1,400 people on our tutor roster.

" Beno, 1400 pertsona ditugu gure tutore-zerrendan.

Let's just put out the word." A teacher will say,

Atera ditzagun mundura." Irakasle batek esango du,

"I need 12 tutors for the next five Sundays.

" Hurrengo bost igandetarako 12 tutore behar ditut.

We're working on our college essays. Send them in."

Gure eskolako idazlanetan ari gara. Bidali hona."

So we put that out on the wire: 1,400 tutors.

Beraz kalera atera genituen: 1400 tutore.

Whoever can make it signs up. They go in about a half an hour before the class.

Egin dezakeen edozeinek ematen du izena. Klasea hasi baino ordu erdi lehenago joaten dira.

The teacher tells them what to do,

Irakasleak zer egin esaten die,

how to do it, what their training is, what their project is so far.

nola egin, beraien trabakuntza zein den, proiektua zein den.

They work under the teacher's guide,

Irakasleen gidaritzapean lan egiten dute,

and it's all in one big room.

eta dena areto handi batean.

And that's actually the brunt of what we do is,

Eta hau da egiten dugun okerrena,

people going straight from their workplace, straight from home,

jendea zuzenean bere lantokitik, etxetik

straight into the classroom and

ikasgeletara, zuzenean

working directly with the students.

ikasleekin lan egitera doa.

So then we're able to work with thousands and thousands of more students.

Horrela milaka eta milaka ikaslerekin lan egiteko gai gara.

Then another school said, "Well, what if we

Eta beste eskola batek esan zuen, "Zer iruditzen

just give you a classroom and you can staff it all day?"

gela bat ematen badizuegu eta zuen tutoreak bertan badaude egun osoan zehar?"

So this is the Everett Middle School Writers' Room,

Ongi, hau Everett Middle eskolako idazleen aretoa da,

where we decorated it in buccaneer style.

itsaslapurren erara apaindu genuena.

It's right off the library. And there we serve

Liburutegiaren ondoan dago. Bigarren

all 529 kids in this middle school.

hezkuntzako 529 ikasleekin lan egiten dugu.

This is their newspaper, the "Straight-Up News,"

Hau da euren egunkaria: "Straight-Up News",

that has an ongoing column from Mayor Gavin Newsom

Gavin Newsom alkatearen zutabe bat du

in both languages -- English and Spanish.

bi hizkuntzatan -- Ingelesa eta Gaztelania.

So then one day Isabel Allende wrote to us and said,

Egun batean Isabel Allendek idatzi zigun honakoa esanez,

"Hey, why don't you assign a book with high school students?

"Aizue, zergatik ez duzue liburu bat martxan jartzen bigarren hezkuntzako ikasleekin?"

I want them to write about how to achieve peace in a violent world."

Indarkeriazko mundu batean bakea lortzeari buruz idaztea nahi dut."

And so we went into Thurgood Marshall High School,

Ondorioz, bigarren hezkuntzako Thurgood Marshall ikastetxera joan ginen,

which is a school that we had worked with on some other things,

lehendik lan egin genuen beraiekin beste gauza batzuetan,

and we gave that assignment to the students.

eta ikasleei lan hori eman genien.

And we said, "Isabel Allende is going to read all your essays at the end.

Eta esan genien, "Bukaeran Isabel Allendek irakurriko ditu idazlan guztiak.

She's going to publish them in a book.

Liburu batean argitaratuko ditu denak.

She's going to sponsor the printing of this book in paperback form.

Paper formatuan liburu honen argitalpena lagunduko du berak.

It's going to be available in all the bookstores in the Bay Area

Bay Areako liburudenda guztietan egongo da eskuragarri,

and throughout the world, on Amazon and you name it."

mundu osoan, Amazonen eta edonon."

So these kids worked harder

Horregatik ikasle hauek inoiz baino

than they've ever worked on anything in their lives,

gogorrago lan egin zuten,

because there was that outside audience,

kanpoko publikoa zegoelako,

there was Isabel Allende on the other end.

Isabel Allende zegoelako beste aldean.

I think we had about 170 tutors that worked on this book with them

Uste dut 170 tutore eduki genituela liburu honetan lanean umeekin

and so this worked out incredibly well.

eta ondorioz oso ongi atera zen.

We had a big party at the end.

Festa handi bat egin genuen amaieran.

This is a book that you can find anywhere. So that led to a series of these.

Edonon aurki dezakezun liburu bat da. Eta honek horrelako liburu sail bat ekarri zuen.

You can see Amy Tan sponsored the next one,

Amy Tanek hurrengoa babestu zuen,

"I Might Get Somewhere."

"Agian nonbaitera iritsiko naiz."

And this became an ongoing thing. More and more books.

Eta hau gauza arrunt bat bihurtu zen. Liburu gehiago eta gehiago.

Now we're sort of addicted to the book thing.

Orain liburuetara erabat zaletuta gaude.

The kids will work harder than they've ever worked in their life

Ikasleek bere bizitza osoan baino gogorrago lan egingo dute

if they know it's going to be permanent,

lan hori betirako dela baldin badakite,

know it's going to be on a shelf,

apal batean egongo dela baldin badakite,

know that nobody can diminish what they've thought and said,

pentsatu dutena eta esan dutena inork gutxietsiko ez duela baldin badakite,

that we've honored their words, honored their thoughts

euren hitzak eta pentsamenduak errespetatua, ehundaka orduko

with hundreds of hours of five drafts, six drafts --

eta bost, sei zirriborroekin ohoratu ditugula baldin badakite,

all this attention that we give to their thoughts.

eurenen pentsamenduei arreta hori jarri diegula baldin badakite.

And once they achieve that level, once they've written at that level,

Eta behin maila horretara iritsi direla, maila horretan idatzi dutela,

they can never go back.

inoiz ez dira atzera bueltatuko.

It's absolutely transformative.

Zeharo eraldagarria da.

And so then they're all sold in the store. This is near the planks.

Eta horrela dendan saltzen ditugu. Makuluen inguruan dago hau.

We sell all the student books.

Ikasleen liburu guztiak saltzen ditugu.

Where else would you put them, right?

Non gehiago jarriko zenituen, ezta?

So we sell 'em, and then something weird had been happening

Saldu egiten ditugu, eta zerbait arraroa gertatu da

with the stores. The store, actually --

dendetan. Dendatik, --

even though we started out as just a gag -- the store actually made money.

hau txiste baten moduan hasi zen arren -- dirua ateratzen ari ginen.

So it was paying the rent.

Diru hori errenta ordaintzeko erabiltzen genuen,

And maybe this is just a San Francisco thing --

Agian San Frantziskoko kontua da --

I don't know, I don't want to judge.

ez dakit, ez dut epaitu nahi.

But people would come in --

Baina jendea sartzen zen --

and this was before the pirate movies and everything!

eta hau guztia piraten filmeak baino lehen izan zen!

It was making a lot of money. Not a lot of money,

Diru asko lortzen ari ginen. Ez diru asko,

but it was paying the rent, paying a full-time staff member there.

baina errenta ordaintzeko adina bai, lanaldi osoko langile bat ordaintzeko adina.

There's the ocean maps you can see on the left.

Ezkerrean ozeanoaren mapak ikus ditzakezue.

And it became a gateway to the community.

Eta komunitatearentzat ate bat bihurtu zen.

People would come in and say, "What the --?

Jendeak sartu ondoren esaten zuen: "Baina zer --?

What is this?" I don't want to swear on the web. (Laughter)

Zer da hau?" Ez dut web orrian biraorik esan nahi. (Barreak)

Is that a rule? I don't know.

Arau bat da hori? Ez dakit.

They would say, "What is this?"

Esaten zuten, "Zer da hau?"

And people would come in and learn more about it.

Eta jendea sartu eta honi buruzko gauzak ikasten zituen.

And then right beyond -- there's usually a little chain there --

Eta haratago -- normalean kate txiki bat egoten da hor --

right beyond, they would see the kids being tutored.

hortxe atzean, ikasleak tutoretzan ikusten zituzten.

This is a field trip going on. And so they would be shopping,

Hau ibilaldi bat da. Erosketak egiten zituzten

and they might be more likely to buy some lard,

eta aukera gehiago zegoen txerri-gantza erosteko,

or millet for their parrot, or, you know, a hook,

edo beraien loroarentzat artatxikia edo kako bat erosteko,

or hook protector for nighttime, all of these things we sell.

edo kakoarentzat babesle bat, ba... saltzen ditugun gauza horiek erosteko.

So the store actually did really well.

Denda oso ongi zihoan.

But it brought in so many people --

Baina jende asko erakarri zuen:

teachers, donors, volunteers, everybody --

irakasleak, ongileak, boluntarioak, mundu guztia.

because it was street level. It was open to the public.

Beheko pisuan zegoelako. Publikoarentzat irekita zegoen.

It wasn't a non-profit buried, you know, on the 30th floor

Ez zen lurperatutako GKE bat, ¿badakizue?, erdiguneko

of some building downtown. It was right in the neighborhood

eraikin baten 30.solairuan. Zerbitzua eskaintzen genuen

that it was serving, and it was open all the time to the public.

auzoan bertan zegoen, eta beti publikoarentzat irekita.

So, it became this sort of weird, happy accident.

Horrela gertatu zen istripu arraro eta ditxosozko hau.

So all the people I used to know in Brooklyn, they said,

Beraz, Brooklynen ezagutzen nuen bakoitzak esan zuen:

"Well, why don't we have a place like that here?"

"Ongi, zergatik ez dugu horrelako leku bat hemen?"

And a lot of them had been former educators

Asko hezitzaileak izandakoak

or would-be educators, so they combined

edo izatekoak zirenak ziren, beraz bertako

with a lot of local designers, local writers,

disenatzaile, idazleekin elkarlanean

and they just took the idea independently

ideia hartu zuten eta era independentean

and they did their own thing.

euren proiektu propioa sortu zuten.™

They didn't want to sell pirate supplies.

Ez zuten piratentzat ezer saldu nahi.

They didn't think that that was going to work there.

Ez zuten uste bertan funtzionatuko zuenik.

So, knowing the crime-fighting community in New York,

Jakinda New Yorken gaizkileen aurkako komunitatea dagoela,

they opened the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company.

Brooklyn Superheroi Supply Company denda ireki zuten.

This is Sam Potts' great design that did this.

Sam Potts-en diseinua da hau.

And this was to make it look sort of like one of those

Eta honi inoiz saldu duten edozein gauza

keysmith's shops that has to have every service

edukitzen dituzten burdindegi itxura

they've ever offered, you know, all over there.

jarri zioten, ¿badakizue zer esaten dudan?

So they opened this place. Inside, it's like a Costco

Leku hau ireki zuten. Barruan handizkako salmenta egiten

for superheroes -- all the supplies in kind of basic form.

duten denda horietako bat da, superheroientzat -- gauza guztiak jatorrizko forman.

These are all handmade.

Denak eskuz eginak daude.

These are all sort of repurposed other products, or whatever.

Beste helburu batzuetarako dira gauza guztiak.

All the packaging is done by Sam Potts.

Enbalatze guztia Sam Pottsek egiten du.

So then you have the villain containment unit,

Hemen gaizkileak eusteko gunea dute,

where kids put their parents. You have the office.

haurrek gurasoak sar ditzaten. Bulegoa.

This is a little vault -- you have to put your product in there,

Hau kaxa txiki bat da -- zure produktua bertan jarri eta

it goes up an electric lift

igogailu elektriko batean gora joaten da

and then the guy behind the counter tells you

eta salmahaian dagoen pertsonak esaten dizu

that you have to recite the vow of heroism,

heroismo botoa errezitatu behar duzula,

which you do, if you want to buy anything. And it limits, really, their sales.

non eta produktua erosi nahi baduzu. Honek beraien salmentak mugatzen ditu.

Personally, I think it's a problem.

Nire iritziz, hau arazo bat da.

Because they have to do it hand on heart and everything.

Eskua bihotzean jarrita eta guzti egin behar baitute.

These are some of the products. These are all handmade.

Hauek dira produktuetako batzuk. Denak eskuz eginak.

This is a secret identity kit.

Hau identitate sekretuaren kit bat da.

If you want to take on the identity of Sharon Boone,

Sharon Boonen, New Jerseyko Hobokeneko marketin exekutibo

one American female marketing executive

Amerikarraren, identitatea hartu nahi baduzu.

from Hoboken, New Jersey. It's a full dossier

Txosten oso bat dakar Sharon Booneri buruz

on everything you would need to know about Sharon Boone.

jakin beharreko guztiarekin.

So, this is the capery where you get fitted for your cape,

Eta hau kapak egiten dituzten lekua da, zure kapa moldatzen dute

and then you walk up these three steel-graded steps

eta ondoren altzairuzko hiru maila igo

and then we turn on three hydraulic fans

eta haizegailu hidraulikoak pizten ditugu

from every side and then you can see the cape in action.

alde guztietatik zure kapa funtzionamenduan ikus dezazun.

There's nothing worse than, you know,

Ez dago horra gora igo eta

getting up there and the cape is bunching up or something like that.

zure kapa pilatu egiten dela ikustea baino.

So then, the secret door --

Eta ondoren, ate ezkutua --

this is one of the shelves you don't see

ikusten ez den apalategi horietako bat da

when you walk in, but it slowly opens.

sartzean pixkanaka irekitzen dena.

You can see it there in the middle next to all the grappling hooks.

Erdialdean ikus dezakezue, kakoen ondoan.

It opens and then this is the tutoring center in the back. (Applause)

Ireki eta tutoretza zentroa atzean dago.

So you can see the full effect!

Efektua osorik ikus dezakezue.

But this is -- I just want to emphasize --

Baina hau guztia -- nabarmendu nahi dut --

locally funded, locally built.

tokiko baliabideekin finantzatua eta eraikia da.

All the designers, all of the builders,

Diseinatzaile eta eraikitzaile guztiak

everybody was local, all the time was pro-bono.

bertakoak ziren, eta dena era altruistan egin zen.

I just came and visited and said, "Yes, you guys are doing great,"

Behin joan nitzen eta esan nien: "Bikain egiten ari zarete",

or whatever. That was it. You can see the time

edo horrelako zerbait. Eta hori izan zen guztia. Atzean

in all five boroughs of New York in the back. (Laughter) (Applause)

New Yorkeko auzo bakoitzaren ordua ikus dezakezue.

So this is the space during tutoring hours.

Hau da espazioa tutoretzak dauden orduetan.

It's very busy. Same principles: one-on-one attention,

Mugimendu asko dago beti. Oinarri berdinak: banakako arreta,

complete devotion to the students' work

ikaslearen lanarekiko erabateko mirespena,

and a boundless optimism and sort of a possibility

mugarik gabeko baikortasuna eta aukera bat

of creativity and ideas.

sormenarentzat eta ideientzat.

And this switch is flicked in their heads

Etengailu hau buruan piztuta dago

when they walk through those 18 feet of this bizarre store, right?

denda arraro honen 18 oinetan barrena dabiltzanean, ezta?

So it's school, but it's not school.

Ikastetxea da baina ez da.

It's clearly not school, even though

Argi dago ez dela eskola,

they're working shoulder-to-shoulder on tables, pencils and papers, whatever.

mahaietan, arkatzekin paperekin elkarlanean ari diren arren.

This is one of the students, Khaled Hamdan.

Hau ikasleetako bat da, Khaled Hamdan.

You can read this quote.

Bere aipamena irakur dezakezue.

Addicted to video games and TV. Couldn't concentrate at home.

Telebistak eta bideojokoek menperatuta zuten. Ezin zuen etxean kontzentratu.

Came in. Got this concentrated attention.

Hona iritsi zen. Arreta eman zitzaion.

And he couldn't escape it.

Eta ezin izan zuen alde egin.

So, soon enough, he was writing. He would finish his homework early --

Ondorioz, laster batean idazten ari zen. Lana azkar bukatzen zuen --

got really addicted to finishing his homework early.

eta bere lanak azkar bukatzeko zaletasuna lortu zuen.

It's an addictive thing to sort of be done with it,

Adiktiboa da lanak egitea,

and to have it checked, and to know he's going to achieve

errebisioa pasa eta jakitea hurrengo mailara

the next thing and be prepared for school the next day.

iritsiko dela eta eskolako hurrengo egunerako prest dagoela jakitea.

So he got hooked on that, and then he started doing other things.

Erabat zaletu zen eta beste gauzak egiten hasi zen.

He's now been published in five books.

Dagoeneko bost liburu argitaratu ditu.

He co-wrote a mockumentary about failed superheroes

"Izandako Superheroien" dokumental batean lagundu zuen

called "Super-Has-Beens."

egile moduan.

He wrote a series on "Penguin Balboa,"

"Balboa Pinguinoaren" sail bat idatzi zuen,

which is a fighting -- a boxing -- penguin.

pinguino borrokalaria da -- boxeolaria.

And then he read aloud just a few weeks ago to 500 people at Symphony Space,

Eta ondoren 500 pertsonen aurrean irakurri zituen bere liburuak Symphony Spacean,

at a benefit for 826 New York. So he's there every day.

826 New Yorkentzako ongintzazko ekitaldi batean. Eta han dago egunero.

He's evangelical about it. He brings his cousins in now.

Ebanjelioa da berarentzat. Bere lehengusuak ekartzen ditu.

There's four family members that come in every day.

Familiako lau kide datoz egunero.

So, I'll go through really quickly.

Ongi, azkar noa.

This is L.A., The Echo Park Time Travel Mart:

Hau Los Angeles da. Echo Park Time Travel Mart-a.

"Whenever You Are, We're Already Then." (Laughter)

"Egon zaren lekuan, gu egonak gara". (Barreak)

This is sort of a 7-Eleven for time travelers.

7-11 denda bat bezalakoa baina denbora-bidaiarientzat.

So you see everything: it's exactly as a 7-Eleven would be.

Ikusten: 7-11 denda bat bezalakoa da.

Leeches. Mammoth chunks. They even have their own Slurpee machine:

Zomorroak. Mamut zatiak. Beraien Slurpee makina propioa ere badute:

"Out of Order. Come Back Yesterday." (Laughter) (Applause)

"Hondatuta. Itzuli Atzo." (Barreak) (Txaloak)

Anyway. So I'm going to jump ahead.

Horrela ba. Aurrera salto egingo dut.

These are spaces that are only affiliated with us,

Espazio hauek gurekin bakarrik daude lotuta,

doing this same thing: Word St. in Pittsfield, Massachusetts;

gauza berberak egiten: Word St. Pittsfielden, Massachusettsen;

Ink Spot in Cincinnati; Youth Speaks, San Francisco, California,

Ink Spot Cincinnatin; Youth Speaks, San Franciscon, Californian,

which inspired us; Studio St. Louis in St. Louis;

gu inspiratu gintuena; Studio St. Louis St. Louisen;

Austin Bat Cave in Austin;

Austin Bat Cave Austinen;

Fighting Words in Dublin, Ireland, started by Roddy Doyle,

Fighting Words Dublinen, Irlandan, Roddy Doylek hasia,

this will be open in April.

hau apirilean irekiko dute.

Now I'm going to the TED Wish -- is that okay?

Orain TED nahia esango dut -- ongi?

All right, I've got a minute. So, the TED Wish:

Ongi, minutu bat dut. Hona ba, TED nahia:

I wish that you -- you personally and every creative individual

Honakoa nahiko nuke -- zuek pertsonalki eta ezagutzen duzuen edozein

and organization you know -- will find a way

norbanako edo elkarte sortzailek -- aurkitu dezala moduren bat

to directly engage with a public school in your area

inguruko eskola publikoak erakartzeko eta

and that you'll then tell the story of how you got involved,

konta dezazuela nola sartu zineten mugimendu honetan,

so that within a year we have a thousand examples --

urte baten buruan mila adibide eduki ditzagun --

a thousand! -- of transformative partnerships.

mila! -- eraldagarria den lankidetza bati buruzko adibideak.

Profound leaps forward!

Aurrerapauso sakonak!

And these can be things that maybe you're already doing.

Eta hauek agian dagoeneko egiten ari zareten gauzak izan daitezke.

I know that so many people in this room

Badakit gela honetako jende asko

are already doing really interesting things.

gauza interesgarriak egiten ari dela dagoeneko.

I know that for a fact. So, tell us these stories and inspire others on the website.

Beraz kontatu historioak web orrian eta inspiratu beste batzuk.

We created a website.

Web orri bat sortu genuen.

I'm going to switch to "we," and not "I," hope:

"Ni" aldatuko dut eta bere ordez "Gu" jarri , itxaropena:

We hope that the attendees of this conference will usher in

Hitzaldi honetan parte hartzen duzuenok eskola publikoetan

a new era of participation in our public schools.

parte hartzeko aro berri baten hasiera jarriko duzuela espero dugu.

We hope that you will take the lead

Espero dugu lidergoa hartuko dutela ekintza honetan

in partnering your innovative spirit and expertise

beraien jarrera berritzailea eta esperientzia

with that of innovative educators in your community.

komunitateko hezitzaile berritzaileekin uztartuz.

Always let the teachers lead the way.

Utzi beti irakasleei bidea erakusten.

They will tell you how to be useful. I hope that you'll step in and help out.

Beraiek esango dute nola lagundu. Parte hartzea eta laguntzea espero dut.

There are a million ways.

Milioika era daude.

You can walk up to your local school

Zuen auzoko eskolara joan zaitezkete

and consult with the teachers. They'll always tell you how to help.

eta irakasleei galdetu. Beti esango dizuete nola lagundu.

So, this is with Hot Studio in San Francisco,

Horrela -- hau San Frantziskoko Hot Studioren lana da,

they did this phenomenal job.

lan zoragarria egin zuten.

This website is already up, it's already got a bunch of stories,

Web orri hau zintzilikatu da dagoeneko, eta historia mordoa ditu,

a lot of ideas. It's called "Once Upon a School,"

idea ugari. "Once Upon a School" izena du

which is a great title, I think.

izenburu zoragarria dela uste dut.

This site will document every story, every project that comes

Orri honetan istorio bakoitza gordeko dugu, hitzaldi honetatik

out of this conference and around the world. So you go to the website,

eta mundu osotik sortzen diren proiektu bakoitza. Web orrira joan

you see a bunch of ideas you can be inspired by

eta ideia multzo bat ikus dezakezue inspiratzeko

and then you add your own projects once you get started.

eta ondoren zuen proiektua gehitu dezakezue behin hasita.

Hot Studio did a great job in a very tight deadline. So, visit the site.

Hot Studiok lan ederra egin du denbora oso tarte txikian. Beraz, sartu web orrian.

If you have any questions, you can ask this guy,

Galderarik edukiz gero, galdetu mutil honi,

who's our director of national programs. He'll be on the phone.

nazio mailako programen zuzendaria da. Telefonoan egongo da.

You email him, he'll answer any question you possibly want.

Email bat idatzi, edozein galdera erantzungo dizue.

And he'll get you inspired and get you going

Inspirazio iturri izango da eta prozesu guztian

and guide you through the process so that you can affect change.

zehar gidaritza lana egingo du aldaketaren parte izan zaitezten.

And it can be fun! That's the point of this talk --

Ongi pasako duzue! Honetan datza hitzaldi hau --

it needn't be sterile. It needn't be bureaucratically untenable.

ez du zertan antzua izan, ezta burokrazia-mailan buruhaustekoa.

You can do and use the skills that you have.

Dituzuen gaitasunak erabil ditzakezue

The schools need you. The teachers need you.

Eskoletan beharrezkoak zarete. Irakasleentzat beharrezkoak zarete.

Students and parents need you. They need your actual person:

Ikasleek eta euren familiek behar zaituzte.

your physical personhood and your open minds

zure pertsona eta pentsamolde zabala,

and open ears and boundless compassion,

zure entzuteko ahalmena eta mugagabeko gupida,

sitting next to them, listening and nodding

euren artean eserita egoteko, aditzen, baieztatzen

and asking questions for hours at a time.

eta galdetzen ordu eta ordutan.

Some of these kids just don't plain know how good they are:

Hauetako ikasle batzuek ez dakite zein onak diren: ez dira jabetzen

how smart and how much they have to say.

euren adimen-maila altuaz eta esateko duten guztiaz

You can tell them. You can shine that light on them,

Zuek esan diezaiokezue. Argibide bihur zaitezke eurengan,

one human interaction at a time. So we hope you'll join us.

interakzioaren bitartez.Gurekin elkartzea espero dugu.

Thank you so much.

Eskerrik asko.