Colin Powell: Kids need structure | TED

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevoditelj: Mladen Barešić Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

What I want to do this afternoon

Ovoga poslijepodneva želim učiniti

is something a little different than what's scheduled.

nešto malo izvan svog uobičajenog rasporeda.

Foreign policy, you can figure that out

Vanjska politika, možete zaključiti

by watching, I don't know, Rachel Maddow or somebody,

gledajući, ne znam, Rachel Maddow ili nekog sličnog,

but — (Laughter) —

ali.-- (Smijeh) --

I want to talk about young people and structure,

Želim govoriti o mladim ljudima i o strukturi,

young people and structure.

o mladim ljudima i o strukturi.

This was last Wednesday afternoon

Ovo je snimljeno prošle srijede

at a school in Brooklyn, New York,

u školi u Brooklynu, u New Yorku,

at Cristo Rey High School, run by the Jesuits.

Cristo Rey srednjoj školi, isusovci je vode.

And I was talking to this group of students, and take a look at them.

Govorio sam skupini učenika, pogledajte ih.

They were around me in three directions.

Okruživali su me u tri smjera.

You'll noticed that almost all of them are minority.

Primijetit ćete da su gotovo svi pripadnici manjinskih zajednica.

You'll notice that the building is rather austere.

Primijetit ćete da je zgrada prilično jednostavna.

It's an old New York school building, nothing fancy.

Stara njujorška školska zgrada, ništa otmjeno.

They still have old blackboards and whatnot.

Još uvijek imaju stare školske ploče i otvorene zidne ormariće.

And there are about 300 kids in this school,

Tristotinjak djece pohađa tu školu

and the school's been going now for four years,

koja djeluje posljednje četiri godine,

and they're about to graduate their first class.

i upravo se maturirati sprema prva generacija.

Twenty-two people are graduating,

Dvadeset i dvoje će ih maturirati,

and all 22 are going to college.

i svih 22 namjerava upisati fakultet.

They all come from homes where there is, for the most part,

Većina ih potječe iz domova u kojima je, većinom,

just one person in the home,

samo jedna osoba s njima,

usually the mother or the grandmother, and that's it,

obično majka ili baka, i to je to,

and they come here for their education

i ovamo dolaze radi svog obrazovanja

and for their structure.

i radi strukture.

Now I had this picture taken, and it was put up

Ova je fotografija objavljena

on my Facebook page last week,

na mojoj stranici na Facebooku prošlog tjedna,

and somebody wrote in,

i netko je napisao:

"Huh, why does he have him standing at attention like that?"

"Uh, zašto ovaj tako pozorno stoji pred njim?!"

And then they said, "But he looks good." (Laughter)

I onda su rekli: "Ali, dobro izgleda." (Smijeh)

He does look good, because kids need structure,

I dobro izgleda, zato što djeca trebaju strukturu.

and the trick I play in all of my school appearances

A štos koji im prodajem u svim svojim nastupima po školama,

is that when I get through with my little homily to the kids,

pošto uspijem svojom malom propovijedi doprijeti to djece,

I then invite them to ask questions,

taj je da ih potaknem da postavljaju pitanja.

and when they raise their hands, I say, "Come up,"

Kad podignu ruke, kažem im: "Dođi ovamo."

and I make them come up and stand in front of me.

I oni tako izađu i stanu pred mene.

I make them stand at attention like a soldier.

Stanu pred mene poput vojnika.

Put your arms straight down at your side,

Ispruži ruke uz tijelo,

look up, open your eyes, stare straight ahead,

podigni pogled, otvori oči, gledaj ravno preda se,

and speak out your question loudly so everybody can hear.

i izgovori jasno i glasno svoje pitanje kako bi ga svi mogli čuti!

No slouching, no pants hanging down, none of that stuff.

Neću mlitavost, neću hlače koje vise, ničeg takvog.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And this young man, his name is -- his last name Cruz --

A taj mladić -- prezimenom Cruz --

he loved it. That's all over his Facebook page and it's gone viral.

volio je to. Njegov je profil na Facebooku prepun toga i proširilo se poput pošasti.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

So people think I'm being unkind to this kid.

Znači, ljudi misle da sam grub prema tom djetetu.

No, we're having a little fun.

Ne, mi se malo zezamo.

And the thing about it, I've done this for years,

I što je važno, a činio sam to godinama,

the younger they are, the more fun it is.

što su mlađi, to je zabavnije.

When I get six- and seven-year-olds in a group,

Kad u skupini imam 6-godišnjake i 7-godišnjake,

I have to figure out how to keep them quiet.

moram smisliti kako da ih discipliniram.

You know that they'll always start yakking.

Znate da će uvijek početi brbljati.

And so I play a little game with them

I tako s njima odigram igru

before I make them stand at attention.

prije no što pozorno stanu pred mene.

I say, "Now listen. In the army,

Kažem im: "Slušaj sad! U vojsci,

when we want you to pay attention,

kad želimo da obratiš pozornost,

we have a command. It's called 'at ease.'

poslužimo se zapovijedi. Ona glasi: "Na mjestu odmor!"

It means everybody be quiet and pay attention. Listen up.

Ona znači da svi trebaju biti tihi i obratiti pažnju. Slušati.

Do you understand?"

Razumijete li?"

"Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh.""Let's practice. Everybody start chatting."

"Aha, aha, aha." "Ajmo vježbati. I svi počnu čavrljati."

And I let them go for about 10 seconds, then I go, "At ease!"

Pustim ih 10-ak sekundi, i onda: "Na mjestu odmor!"

"Huh!" (Laughter)

"Uh!" (Smijeh)

"Yes, General. Yes, General."

"Da, generale. Da, generale."

Try it with your kids. See if it works. (Laughter)

Pokušajte sa svojom djecom. Provjerite pali li. (Smijeh)

I don't think so.

Ne vjerujem.

But anyway, it's a game I play, and it comes obviously

Kako god,odigram to s njima, a to očigledno

from my military experience.

potječe iz mog vojnog iskustva.

Because for the majority of my adult life,

Jer, veći sam dio svoje odraslosti

I worked with young kids, teenagers with guns, I call them.

radio s mladićima, tinejdžerima s oružjem, kako ih nazivam.

And we would bring them into the army,

Primili bismo ih u vojsku,

and the first thing we would do is to put them

i prvo što bismo učinili bilo bi da ih stavimo

in an environment of structure, put them in ranks,

u strukturirano okruženje, u vrste,

make them all wear the same clothes,

primoramo ih sve da nose istu odjeću,

cut all their hair off so they look alike,

obriju svu kosu kako bi izgledali jednako,

make sure that they are standing in ranks.

osiguramo da stoje u vrstama.

We teach them how to go right face, left face,

Podučavamo ih kako da se okreću nadesno, nalijevo,

so they can obey instructions and know

kako bi mogli slijediti upute i znati

the consequences of not obeying instructions.

koje su posljedice nepoštivanja uputa.

It gives them structure.

Dajemo im strukturu.

And then we introduce them to somebody who they come to hate immediately, the drill sergeant.

Potom ih upoznajemo s nekim koga će odmah zamrziti, s narednikom za obuku.

And they hate him.

I mrze ga.

And the drill sergeant starts screaming at them,

Narednik za obuku viče na njih,

and telling them to do all kinds of awful things.

i govori im da čine raznorazne grozne stvari.

But then the most amazing thing happens over time.

No, tijekom vremena dogodi se nešto nevjerojatno.

Once that structure is developed,

Jednom kad se stvori ta struktura,

once they understand the reason for something,

jednom kad razumiju zašto se nešto zbiva,

once they understand, "Mama ain't here, son.

jednom kad shvate: "Mame ovdje nema, sinko.

I'm your worst nightmare. I'm your daddy and your mommy.

Ja sam tvoja najgora mora. Ja sam ti i tata i mama.

And that's just the way it is. You got that, son?

I to je jednostavno tako. Jasno, sinko?"

Yeah, and then when I ask you a question, there are only three possible answers:

A-ha, a kad ti potom postavim pitanje, samo su tri moguća odgovora:

yes, sir; no, sir; and no excuse, sir.

"Da, gospodine", "Ne, gospodine" i "Nema opravdanja, gospodine".

Don't start telling me why you didn't do something.

Ni ne počinji mi obrazlagati zašto nešto nisi učinio.

It's yes, sir; no, sir; no excuse, sir."

Ili "Da, gospodine", ili "Ne, gospodine", ili "Nema opravdanja, gospodine"."

"You didn't shave.""But sir —"

"Nisi se obrijao." "Ali, gospodine --"

"No, don't tell me how often you scraped your face this morning.

"Ne, ne zanima me koliko si se puta porezao jutros.

I'm telling you you didn't shave."

Kažem ti da se nisi obrijao."

"No excuse, sir.""Attaboy, you're learning fast."

"Nema opravdanja, gospodine." "Tako je, mladiću! Brzo učiš."

But you'd be amazed at what you can do with them

Ali, iznenadili biste se koliko s njima možete učiniti

once you put them in that structure.

jednom kad ih stavite u strukturirane uvjete.

In 18 weeks, they have a skill. They are mature.

Za svega 18 tjedana stječu vještinu. Zreli su.

And you know what, they come to admire the drill sergeant

I znate što, počinju cijeniti narednika za obuku

and they never forget the drill sergeant.

i nikad ga više neće zaboraviti.

They come to respect him.

Osvijeste koliko ga cijene.

And so we need more of this kind of structure and respect

Stoga nam je potrebno više ovakve strukture i poštovanja

in the lives of our children.

u životima naše djece.

I spend a lot of time with youth groups,

Dosta vremena provodim s mladima

and I say to people, "When does the education process begin?"

i govorim ljudima: "Kad započinje proces obrazovanja?"

We're always talking about, "Let's fix the schools.

Obično kažemo: "Sredimo škole.

Let's do more for our teachers. Let's put more computers in our schools.

Učinimo više za naše učitelje. Uvedimo više računala u naše škole.

Let's get it all online."

Stavimo ih sve na Internet."

That isn't the whole answer. It's part of the answer.

Nije sve u tome. To je tek dio odgovora.

But the real answer begins with bringing a child to the school

Pravi odgovor, međutim, nazire se kad dijete dovedemo u školu,

with structure in that child's heart and soul to begin with.

a ono već u svom srcu i u duši ima strukturu.

When does the learning process begin? Does it begin in first grade?

Kad započinje proces učenja? Započinje li u prvom razredu?

No, no, it begins the first time

Ne, ne, započinje čim

a child in a mother's arms

dijete u majčinu naručju

looks up at the mother

pogleda majku

and says, "Oh, this must be my mother.

i kaže: "O, ovo mora biti moja majka.

She's the one who feeds me.

Ona je ta koja me hrani.

Oh yeah, when I don't feel so good down there,

O da, kad se dolje baš ne osjećam najbolje

she takes care of me.

ona se pobrine za mene.

It's her language I will learn."

Njen je jezik onaj koji ću naučiti."

And at that moment they shut out all the other languages

I istog trenutka ono isključi sve ostale jezike

that they could be learning at that age,

koje bi moglo učiti u toj dobi,

but by three months, that's her.

i s tri mjeseca... To je ona.

And if the person doing it, whether it's the mother

I bila ta osoba majka,

or grandmother, whoever's doing it,

ili baka, tkogod to bio,

that is when the education process begins.

to je razdoblje u kojemu započinje proces obrazovanja.

That's when language begins.

Tad nastaje govor.

That's when love begins. That's when structure begins.

Tad ljubav nastaje. Tad struktura nastaje.

That's when you start to imprint on the child

Tad započinjete u dijete utiskivati

that "you are special,

da je ono "posebno,

you are different from every other child in the world.

različito od bilo kojeg drugog djeteta na svijetu.

And we're going to read to you."

I mi ćemo ti čitati."

A child who has not been read to

Dijete kojemu nitko nije čitao

is in danger when that child gets to school.

u opasnosti je pošto krene u školu.

A child who doesn't know his or her colors

Dijete koje ne razlikuje koje su boje za dečke, a koje za curice,

or doesn't know how to tell time, doesn't know how to tie shoes,

ili ne zna očitati vrijeme na satu, ne zna vezati cipele,

doesn't know how to do those things,

ne zna te stvari,

and doesn't know how to do something that

i ne zna kako učiniti nešto što...

goes by a word that was drilled into me as a kid: mind.

se prenosi riječju koja je usađena u mene dok sam još bio dijete: pazi.

Mind your manners! Mind your adults! Mind what you're saying!

Pazi na svoje ponašanje! Poštuj starije! Pazi kako govoriš!

This is the way children are raised properly.

To je način kako djecu ispravno odgajati.

And I watched my own young grandchildren now come along

Promatrao sam vlastitu unučad dok odrastaju

and they're, much to the distress of my children,

i ona, koliko god to živciralo moju djecu,

they are acting just like we did. You know? You imprint them.

ponašaju se jednako kao što smo mi. Znate? Utisnemo im to.

And that's what you have to do to prepare children for education and for school.

Upravo to trebate učiniti da biste pripremili djecu za obrazovanje i za školu.

And I'm working at all the energy I have

I ja svim svojim snagama nastojim

to sort of communicate this message that

prenositi poruku o tome koliko su nam

we need preschool, we need Head Start,

potrebni vrtići, socijalno-zdravstveni programi,

we need prenatal care.

prenatalna njega.

The education process begins even before the child is born,

Obrazovni proces započinje i prije djetetova rođenja,

and if you don't do that, you're going to have difficulty.

i ne učinite li to, imat ćete poteškoća.

And we are having difficulties in so many of our communities

Imamo poteškoća u toliko naših zajednica

and so many of our schools where kids are coming

i toliko škola u koje djeca dolaze

to first grade and their eyes are blazing,

plamtećih očiju,

they've got their little knapsack on and they're ready to go,

s tim svojim ruksačićima na leđima, spremni...

and then they realize they're not like the other first graders

I tad uvide da nisu poput drugih prvašića

who know books, have been read to, can do their alphabet.

koji poznaju knjige, kojima su čitali, koji znaju pisati.

And by the third grade, the kids who didn't have

Do trećeg razreda, djeca koja nisu otpočetka

that structure and minding in the beginning

imala takvu strukturu i brigu,

start to realize they're behind, and what do they do?

počinju shvaćati da zaostaju... I što čine?

They act it out. They act it out, and they're on their way

Izvode koješta! Počinju izvoditi koješta, i na putu su

to jail or they're on their way to being dropouts.

u zatvor. Ili su na putu da napuste školu.

It's predictable.

Lako je predvidjeti.

If you're not at the right reading level at third grade,

Ako ne znate čitati na traženoj razini u trećem razredu,

you are a candidate for jail at age 18,

kandidat ste za zatvor u 18. godini,

and we have the highest incarceration rate

a mi imamo najvišu stopu zatvaranja

because we're not getting our kids the proper start in life.

zato što našoj djeci ne osiguravamo primjeren životni početak.

The last chapter in my book is called

Posljednje poglavlje u mojoj knjizi zove se

"The Gift of a Good Start."

"Dar dobrog početka".

The gift of a good start. Every child ought to have a good start in life.

Dar dobrog početka. Svako bi dijete trebalo imati dobar početak u životu.

I was privileged to have that kind of good start.

Ja sam imao tu povlasticu.

I was not a great student.

Nisam bio odličan učenik.

I was a public school kid in New York City,

Pohađao sam javnu školu u New Yorku

and I didn't do well at all.

i uopće mi nije dobro išlo.

I have my entire New York City Board of Education transcript

Imam čitav dosje koji o meni ima njujorški gradski ured za prosvjetu,

from kindergarten through college.

od vrtića do fakulteta.

I wanted it when I was writing my first book.

Poželio sam ga dok sam pisao prvu svoju knjigu.

I wanted to see if my memory was correct,

Želio sam vidjeti je li mi sjećanje dobro

and, my God, it was. (Laughter)

i, Bože moj, bilo je... (Smijeh)

Straight C everywhere.

Čista trojka posvuda!

And I finally bounced through high school,

Konačno sam odskočio u srednjoj školi,

got into the City College of New York

upisao City College u New Yorku,

with a 78.3 average, which I shouldn't have been allowed in with,

s prosjekom od 78,3%, s kojim nisam smio niti biti primljen,

and then I started out in engineering,

a potom sam ušao u inženjerstvo,

and that only lasted six months. (Laughter)

i to je trajalo svega šest mjeseci. (Smijeh)

And then I went into geology, "rocks for jocks." This is easy.

Onda sam upisao geologiju - "stijene za bene". To je lako.

And then I found ROTC.

A onda sam otkrio ROTC (Visoku časničku školu, op.p.).

I found something that I did well and something that I loved doing,

Otkrio sam nešto u čemu sam bio dobar i nešto što sam volio raditi,

and I found a group of youngsters like me who felt the same way.

a naišao sam i na skupinu mladića sličnih sebi, koji su se jednako osjećali.

And so my whole life then was dedicated to ROTC and the military.

Otad je čitav moj život posvećen ROTC-u i vojsci.

And I say to young kids everywhere, as you're growing up

Posvuda djeci govorim, dok odrastate,

and as this structure is being developed inside of you,

i dok se to ustrojstvo razvija u vama,

always be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing,

uvijek tražite ono u čemu ste dobri i što volite raditi.

and when you find those two things together, man, you got it.

I kad te dvije stvari pronađete, uspjeli ste.

That's what's going on. And that's what I found.

To je ono što se zbiva. I to je ono što sam ja pronašao.

Now the authorities at CCNY were getting tired of me being there.

Upravi City Collegea počeo sam već ići na živce.

I'd been there four and a half going on five years,

Bio sam ondje već 4,5, skoro 5 godina

and my grades were not doing particularly well,

i ocjene mi nisu bile osobito dobre,

and I was in occasional difficulties with the administration.

a povremeno sam imao poteškoća s upravnim službama.

And so they said, "But he does so well in ROTC.

Ali, rekli su: "Ali, toliko je dobar u ROTC-u!

Look, he gets straight A's in that but not in anything else."

Gledajte, dobiva čiste petice ondje, i nigdje drugdje!

And so they said, "Look, let's take his ROTC grades

Uzmimo njegove ocjene s ROTC-a,

and roll them into his overall GPA and see what happens."

uvrstimo ih u izračun prosjeka ocjena i pogledajmo što se događa."

And they did, and it brought me up to 2.0. (Laughter)

I jesu; dovelo me to do 2.0. (Smijeh)

Yep. (Laughter) (Applause)

A-ha. (Smijeh) (Pljesak)

They said, "It's good enough for government work.

Rekli su: "Dovoljno je dobro za državne službe.

Give him to the army. We'll never see him again. We'll never see him again."

Dajmo ga vojsci. Nikad ga više nećemo vidjeti. Nikad ga više nećemo vidjeti."

So they shipped me off to the army,

I tako su me poslali u vojsku,

and lo and behold, many years later,

kad - gle! - mnogo godina kasnije,

I'm considered one of the greatest sons the City College of New York has ever had. (Laughter)

smatraju me jednim od najvećih sinova njujorškog City Collegea ikad. (Smijeh)

So, I tell young people everywhere,

Zato, uvijek mladima govorim,

it ain't where you start in life, it's what you do with life

nije važno gdje ste se rodili, važno je što činite sa životom

that determines where you end up in life,

i to određuje gdje ćete u životu završiti,

and you are blessed to be living in a country that,

a vi ste blagoslovljeni time što živite u zemlji koja vam,

no matter where you start, you have opportunities

bez obzira gdje ste se rodili, pruža prilike

so long as you believe in yourself,

sve dok vjerujete u sebe,

you believe in the society and the country,

dok vjerujete u društvo i u zemlju,

and you believe that you can self-improve

i dok vjerujete da se možete razvijati

and educate yourself as you go along.

i obrazovati tijekom života.

And that's the key to success.

I to je ključ uspjeha.

But it begins with the gift of a good start.

No, započinje s darom dobroga početka.

If we don't give that gift to each and every one of our kids,

Ne podarimo li to svakom našemu djetetu,

if we don't invest at the earliest age,

ne ulažemo li u njih od najranije dobi,

we're going to be running into difficulties.

uletjet ćemo u teškoće.

It's why we have a dropout rate of roughly 25 percent overall

Zbog toga imamo stopu odustajanja od oko 25%,

and almost 50 percent of our minority population

i gotovo 50% populacije naših manjinskih zajednica

living in low-income areas,

živi u područjima s niskim primanjima,

because they're not getting the gift of a good start.

jer ne dobivaju "dar dobrog početka".

My gift of a good start was not only being in a nice family,

Moj dar dobrog početka nije bio samo taj što sam se našao u finoj obitelji,

a good family, but having a family that said to me,

u dobroj obitelji, već i u obitelji koja mi je znala reći:

"Now listen, we came to this country in banana boats

"Slušaj sad: Došli smo u ovu zemlju u čamcima od banana,

in 1920 and 1924.

1920. i 1924.

We worked like dogs down in the garment industry every single day.

Radili smo kao psi u tekstilnoj industriji, svakog božjeg dana.

We're not doing it so that you can stick something up your nose

Ne radimo to zato da bi si ti mogao nešto nataknuti na nos,

or get in trouble. And don't even think about dropping out."

ili upadati u nevolje. I ne pomišljaj na odustajanje od škole!"

If I had ever gone home and told those immigrant people

Da sam ikad došao kući i rekao tim useljenicima:

that, "You know, I'm tired of school and I'm dropping out,"

"Znate, dosta mi je škole i ne ide mi se više",

they'd said, "We're dropping you out. We'll get another kid."

rekli bi mi: "Ne ide se nama više s tobom. Naći ćemo si drugo dijete."

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

They had expectations for all of the cousins

Imali su očekivanja od svakog od rođaka

and the extended family of immigrants that lived in the South Bronx,

iz šire obitelji useljenika što su živjeli u južnom Bronxu.

but they had more than just expectations for us.

Ali od nas su imali i više od očekivanja.

They stuck into our hearts like a dagger

Usadili su nam u srca, kao nožem,

a sense of shame: "Don't you shame this family."

osjećaj stida: "Ne sramoti ovu obitelj!"

Sometimes I would get in trouble,

Ponekad bih upao u neprilike,

and my parents were coming home,

i kad su se moji roditelji vraćali kući,

and I was in my room waiting for what's going to happen,

a ja sam u svojoj sobi iščekivao što će se dogoditi,

and I would sit there saying to myself, "Okay, look,

sjedio sam i govorio si: "Dobro, znam,

take the belt and hit me, but, God, don't give me that 'shame the family' bit again."

uzmi remen i raspali me njime, ali nemoj me s tim "ne sramoti obitelj" više."

It devastated me when my mother did that to me.

Razaralo me kad mi je majka to činila.

And I also had this extended network.

Imao sam, također, i tu proširenu mrežu.

Children need a network. Children need to be part of a tribe,

Djeci je potrebna mreža. Djeca imaju potrebu biti dijelom plemena,

a family, a community.

obitelji, zajednice.

In my case it was aunts who lived in all of these tenement buildings.

U mom su slučaju to bile tete koje su živjele u svim tim unajmljenim stanovima.

I don't know how many of you are New Yorkers,

Ne znam koliko vas je ovdje Njujorčana,

but there were these tenement buildings,

bile su to zgrade sa stanovima za unajmljivanje,

and these women were always hanging out one of the windows,

i te su se žene uvijek navirivale kroz prozore,

leaning on a pillow.

oslanjajući se o jastuke.

They never left. (Laughter)

Još su uvijek ondje. (Smijeh)

I, so help me God, I grew up walking those streets,

Ja, pomozi mi Bože, odrastao sam na tim ulicama,

and they were always there.

i one su uvijek bile ondje.

They never went to the bathroom. They never cooked. (Laughter)

Nikad nisu otišle ni na zahod. Nikad kuhale nisu. (Smijeh)

They never did anything.

Nikad ništa nisu radile.

But what they did was keep us in play.

Ali što jesu činile, držale su nas u igri.

They kept us in play.

Držale su nas u igri.

And they didn't care

I nije ih bila briga

whether you became a doctor or a lawyer or a general,

hoćete li postati liječnik, odvjetnik ili general,

and they never expected any generals in the family,

nikad nisu ni očekivale generale u obitelji,

as long as you got an education and then you got a job.

sve dok smo dobivali obrazovanje, a potom i posao.

"Don't give us any of that self-actualization stuff.

"Ne gnjavi me tom samoaktualizacijom.

You get a job and get out of the house.

Nađi posao i briši iz kuće.

We don't have time to waste for that.

Nemamo vremena za takve stvari.

And then you can support us. That's the role of you guys."

A onda možete vi uzdržavati nas. To je vaša uloga."

And so, it's so essential that we kind of put this culture

I tako, silno je bitno usaditi tu kulturu

back into our families, all families.

ponovno u naše obitelji, u sve obitelji.

And it is so important that all of you here today

Vrlo je važno da svi vi danas ovdje,

who are successful people,

a uspješni ste ljudi,

and I'm sure have wonderful families and children and grandchildren,

i sigurno imate čudesne obitelji, djecu i unuke,

it's not enough. You've got to reach out and back

no to nije dosta. Morate poduzeti nešto

and find kids like Mr. Cruz

i pronaći djecu poput mladog g. Cruza,

who can make it if you give them the structure,

koja mogu uspjeti podarite li im malo strukture,

if you reach back and help, if you mentor,

pružite li im ruku i pomoć, mentorirate li ih,

if you invest in boys and girls clubs,

uložite li u dječje klubove i udruge,

if you work with your school system,

surađujete li sa školskim sustavom,

make sure it's the best school system,

osigurate da bude najbolji mogući.

and not just your kid's school, but the school uptown in Harlem,

I ne samo škola koju pohađa vaše dijete, već i škola u Harlemu,

not just downtown Montessori on the West Side.

a ne samo škola Montessori, u centru, na West Sideu.

All of us have to have a commitment to do that.

Svi bismo se mi na to trebali obvezati.

And we're not just investing in the kids.

I to nije samo ulaganje u djecu,

We're investing in our future.

nego u budućnost.

We're going to be a minority-majority country

Bit ćemo manjinsko-većinska zemlja

in one more generation.

već u sljedećoj generaciji.

Those that we call minorities now are going to be the majority.

Oni koje nazivamo manjinama danas, uskoro će biti većina.

And we have to make sure that they are ready to be the majority.

I mi moramo osigurati da oni budu spremni biti većina.

We have to make sure they're ready to be the leaders

Moramo osigurati da budu spremni biti vođe

of this great country of ours,

ove naše sjajne zemlje.

a country that is like no other,

Zemlje kojoj nema slične,

a country that amazes me every single day,

zemlje koja me zadivljuje svakoga dana,

a country that's fractious. We're always arguing with each other.

ćudljive zemlje. Često se jedni s drugima svadimo.

That's how the system's supposed to work.

Tako bi sustav trebao funkcionirati.

It's a country of such contrasts, but it's a nation of nations.

Zemlja je to velikih suprotnosti, ali je to i nacija nacija.

We touch every nation. Every nation touches us.

Tičemo se svake nacije. I svaka se nacija tiče nas.

We are a nation of immigrants.

Mi smo nacija useljenika.

That's why we need sound immigration policy.

Zato i trebamo jasnu useljeničku politiku.

It's ridiculous not to have a sound immigration policy

Smiješno je nemati jasnu useljeničku politiku

to welcome those who want to come here and be part of this great nation,

kojom bismo prihvatili one koji ovamo žele doći i biti dijelom ove velike nacije,

or we can send back home with an education

ili koje možemo obrazovane vraćati kućama

to help their people rise up out of poverty.

kako bi pomagali svojim ljudima da se izvuku iz siromaštva.

One of the great stories I love to tell is about my love

Jedna od velikih priča koju volim ispričati ona je

of going to my hometown of New York

o mojoj ljubavi prema rodnom gradu New Yorku,

and walking up Park Avenue on a beautiful day

o šetnji Park Avenueom za lijepoga dana,

and admiring everything and seeing all the people go by

diveći se svemu, i gledajući sve te ljude

from all over the world.

iz cijeloga svijeta.

But what I always have to do is stop at one of the corners

No, ono što uvijek moram učiniti jest zastati na jednom od uglova

and get a hot dog from the immigrant pushcart peddler.

i uzeti hrenovku u pecivu kod preprodavača-useljenika.

Gotta have a dirty water dog. (Laughter)

Moram maznuti tog "vrućeg psa". (Smijeh)

And no matter where I am or what I'm doing,

I bez obzira gdje sam i što radim,

I've got to do that.

moram to učiniti.

I even did it when I was Secretary of State.

Činio sam to i dok sam bio ministar vanjskih poslova.

I'd come out of my suite at the Waldorf Astoria

Izišao bih iz svoga apartmana u hotelu Waldorf Astoria

— (Laughter) —

--(Smijeh)--

be walking up the street, and I would hit around 55th Street

hodao ulicom, zaobišao 55. ulicu

looking for the immigrant pushcart peddler.

tražeći pogledom preprodavača-useljenika s dvokolicom.

In those days, I had five bodyguards around me

Tih su me dana okruživala petorica tjelohranitelja

and three New York City police cars would roll alongside

i polako pratila tri automobila njujorške gradske policije

to make sure nobody whacked me while I was going up Park Avenue. (Laughter)

kako bi osigurali da me tko ne "kokne" dok šećem Park Avenueom. (Smijeh)

And I would order the hot dog from the guy,

Naručio bih hrenovku u pecivu kod tog momka,

and he'd start to fix it, and then he'd look around

i on bi je počeo pripravljati. Pogledao bi oko sebe

at the bodyguards and the police cars --

u tjelohranitelje i u policijske aute --

"I've got a green card! I've got a green card!" (Laughter)

"Imam zelenu kartu! Imam zelenu kartu!" (Smijeh)

"It's okay, it's okay."

"U redu je, u redu je."

But now I'm alone. I'm alone.

Ali, sad sam sam. Sam sam.

I've got no bodyguards, I've got no police cars. I've got nothing.

Nemam tjelohranitelje. Nemam policijske aute. Nemam ništa.

But I gotta have my hot dog.

Ali, moram dobiti svoju hrenovku u pecivu.

I did it just last week. It was on a Tuesday evening

Učinio sam to i prošlog tjedna. Bilo je to u utorak navečer

down by Columbus Circle.

dolje, kraj kružnog toka Columbus Circle.

And the scene repeats itself so often.

I prizor se često ponavlja.

I'll go up and ask for my hot dog,

Prilazim i zatražim hrenovku u pecivu,

and the guy will fix it, and as he's finishing,

momak je krene pripremati, i samo što je nije i dovršio,

he'll say, "I know you. I see you on television.

kaže mi: "Poznajem Vas. Viđam Vas na televiziji.

You're, well, you're General Powell."

Vi ste, vi ste general Powell."

"Yes, yes.""Oh ... "

"Da, da." "Oh..."

I hand him the money.

Pružim mu novac.

"No, General. You can't pay me. I've been paid.

"Ne, generale. Ne možete mi platiti. Već sam plaćen.

America has paid me. I never forget where I came from.

Amerika mi je platila. Nikad nisam zaboravio odakle sam stigao.

But now I'm an American. Sir, thank you."

Ali, sada sam Amerikanac. Hvala Vam, gospodine."

I accept the generosity, continue up the street,

Prihvatim darežljivost, produžim ulicom,

and it washes over me, my God,

i tad me preplavi, o Bože,

it's the same country that greeted my parents this way 90 years ago.

to je ista ona zemlja koja je tako dočekala moje roditelje prije 90 godina.

So we are still that magnificent country,

I dalje smo ta veličanstvena zemlja,

but we are fueled by young people coming up

no sve je više mladih ljudi što dolaze

from every land in the world,

iz svih zemalja svijeta,

and it is our obligation as contributing citizens

a naša je obveza, kao građana koji žele

to this wonderful country of ours

doprinijeti ovoj čudesnoj našoj zemlji,

to make sure that no child gets left behind.

da osiguramo da se ne zanemari niti jedno dijete.

Thank you very much.

Hvala vam najljepša.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)