Every kid needs a champion | Rita Pierson | TED

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevoditelj: Mladen Barešić Recezent: Senzos Osijek

Čitav sam svoj život provela

I have spent my entire life

either at the schoolhouse, on the way to the schoolhouse,

u školskoj zgradi, na putu do školske zgrade,

ili govoreći o onome što se događa unutar školske zgrade.

or talking about what happens in the schoolhouse.

(Laughter)

Both my parents were educators,

Oboje mojih roditelja bili su učitelji,

my maternal grandparents were educators,

moji baka i djed po majci bili su učitelji,

a posljednjih sam se 40 godina i sama bavila istim poslom.

and for the past 40 years, I've done the same thing.

Prema tome, ne moram posebno naglašavati da sam svih tih godina

And so, needless to say, over those years

I've had a chance to look at education reform

imala prigodu promatrati obrazovnu reformu

from a lot of perspectives.

iz najrazličitijih kuteva.

Some of those reforms have been good.

Neke su od tih reformi bile dobre;

Some of them have been not so good.

neke od njih i nisu bile toliko dobre...

And we know why kids drop out.

I mi znamo zašto djeca odustaju od školovanja;

We know why kids don't learn.

mi znamo zašto djeca ne uče.

It's either poverty, low attendance,

Ili zbog siromaštva, ili zbog nepohađanja,

negative peer influences...

ili zbog negativnog utjecaja vršnjaka... Znamo zašto.

We know why.

But one of the things that we never discuss

Ali jedna od stvari o kojima nikad ne razgovaramo,

or we rarely discuss

ili rijetko razgovaramo,

is the value and importance of human connection.

vrijednost je i značaj ljudske povezanosti.

Relationships.

Odnosa.

James Comer says that no significant learning

James Comer kaže da bez važnog i utjecajnog odnosa

can occur without a significant relationship.

ne može biti niti znatnijeg učenja.

George Washington Carver says all learning

George Washington Carver kaže da se sve učenje

is understanding relationships.

i sastoji u razumijevanju odnosa.

Everyone in this room has been affected by a teacher or an adult.

Svatko u ovoj osobi bio je pod utjecajem

učitelja ili neke druge odrasle osobe.

For years, I have watched people teach.

Godinama promatram ljude kako poučavaju.

I have looked at the best and I've looked at some of the worst.

Vidjela sam najbolje među njima, ali sam vidjela i neke od najgorih.

A colleague said to me one time,

Kolega mi jednom reče:

"They don't pay me to like the kids.

"Ne plaćaju me da bih volio djecu.

Plaćaju me da ih poučim nečemu.

They pay me to teach a lesson.

The kids should learn it.

Djeca moraju učiti.

I should teach it, they should learn it,

Ja moram poučavati. Oni moraju učiti. To je sve."

Case closed."

Well, I said to her,

Dakle, rekla sam joj:

"Znaš, djeca ne uče od ljudi koje ne vole."

"You know, kids don't learn from people they don't like."

(Laughter)

(Smijeh) (Pljesak)

(Applause)

She said, "That's just a bunch of hooey."

Odgovorila je: "Ma, daj, pričaš gluposti!"

And I said to her,

A ja sam joj rekla: "Draga, tvoja će godina biti duga

"Well, your year is going to be long and arduous, dear."

i jako zahtjevna."

Needless to say, it was.

Ne moram vam reći da je tako bilo. Neki ljudi misle

Some people think that you can either have it in you to build a relationship,

da ili imate u sebi što je potrebno za izgraditi odnos,

or you don't.

ili jednostavno nemate.

Ja mislim da je Stephen Covey imao dobru ideju.

I think Stephen Covey had the right idea.

He said you ought to just throw in a few simple things,

Rekao je da treba započeti s nekoliko jednostavnih stvari...

like seeking first to understand,

Primjerice, nastojati najprije razumjeti

as opposed to being understood.

umjesto očekivati da vas razumiju.

Simple things, like apologizing.

Jednostavne stvari poput isprike.

You ever thought about that?

Jeste li ikad razmišljali o tome?

Tell a kid you're sorry, they're in shock.

Kažete li djeci da vam je žao, šokirat ćete ih.

(Laughter)

I taught a lesson once on ratios.

Sjećam se jednog svoga predavanja o razlomcima.

I'm not real good with math, but I was working on it.

Nisam baš dobra u matematici, ali trudila sam se.

(Laughter)

And I got back and looked at that teacher edition.

Kasnije sam provjerila što stoji u priručniku -

I'd taught the whole lesson wrong.

cijelu sam lekciju pogrešno predavala. (Smijeh)

(Laughter)

So I came back to class the next day and I said,

Sljedećeg sam se dana vratila na nastavu, i rekla:

"Look, guys, I need to apologize.

"Slušajte... moram vam se ispričati.

I taught the whole lesson wrong. I'm so sorry."

Sve što sam vam jučer govorila bilo je pogrešno. Jako mi je žao."

They said, "That's okay, Ms. Pierson.

Rekli su mi: "Nema problema, nastavnice.

You were so excited, we just let you go."

Bili ste tako uzbuđeni i zaneseni. Jednostavno smo vas pustili da govorite."

(Smijeh) (Pljesak)

I have had classes that were so low,

Sjećam se razrednih odjela koji su bili toliko slabi,

s toliko lošim školskim uspjesima... plakala sam zbog njih.

so academically deficient, that I cried.

I wondered, "How am I going to take this group,

Pitala sam se kako ću uspjeti skupinu djece,

in nine months,

u devet mjeseci,

from where they are to where they need to be?

od toga gdje jesu do onoga gdje trebaju biti?

And it was difficult, it was awfully hard.

I bilo je teško. Bilo je strašno naporno.

Kako da podignem i djetetovo samopoštovanje

How do I raise the self-esteem of a child

and his academic achievement at the same time?

i njegov školski uspjeh, istodobno?

One year I came up with a bright idea.

Jedne sam se godine dosjetila sjajne ideje.

I told all my students,

Rekla sam svojim učenicima:

"You were chosen to be in my class

"Vi ste odabrani da budete u mome razredu,

because I am the best teacher

jer ja sam najbolja učiteljica

and you are the best students,

i vi ste najbolji učenici.

they put us all together

Spojili su nas

so we could show everybody else how to do it."

da bismo svima drugima pokazali kako se to radi!"

Jedan od učenika rekao je: "Ozbiljno?"

One of the students said, "Really?"

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

I said, "Really. We have to show the other classes

Rekla sam: "Ozbiljno. Moramo pokazati ostalim razredima

how to do it, so when we walk down the hall,

kako se to radi, tako da nas dok hodamo hodnikom

ljudi primjećuju. Zato ne trebate praviti buku;

people will notice us, so you can't make noise.

You just have to strut."

trebate se samo znati šepuriti.

(Laughter)

And I gave them a saying to say:

I dala sam im jednu izreku: "Ja jesam Netko.

"I am somebody.

I was somebody when I came.

Bila sam Netko kad sam ovamo došla.

I'll be a better somebody when I leave.

Bit ću još bolji Netko kad budem odavde odlazila.

I am powerful, and I am strong.

Moćna sam i snažna.

I deserve the education that I get here.

Zaslužujem obrazovanje koje ovdje stječem.

I have things to do, people to impress,

Svašta trebam učiniti, mnoge ljude trebam impresionirati,

and places to go."

i brojna mjesta koja trebam vidjeti."

And they said, "Yeah!"

Rekli su: "To!"

(Laughter)

You say it long enough,

Izgovaraš li ovo dovoljno često,

it starts to be a part of you.

ono polako postaje dijelom tebe.

(Applause)

I tako ... (Pljesak)

Dala sam im test - 20 pitanja.

I gave a quiz, 20 questions.

A student missed 18.

Učenik je na 18 odgovorio pogrešno.

I put a "+2" on his paper and a big smiley face.

Napisala sam mu "+2" na papir, i velikog "smješka".

(Laughter)

He said, "Ms. Pierson, is this an F?"

Upitao me: "Nastavnice, je li ovo F?"

I said, "Yes."

"Jest.", odgovorila sam mu.

(Laughter)

He said, "Then why'd you put a smiley face?"

"Zašto ste onda dodali i "smješka"?", upitao me.

I said, "Because you're on a roll.

Rekla sam mu: "Zato što si na pravom putu.

You got two right. You didn't miss them all."

Dva si pogodio. Nisi promašio svih 20."

(Laughter)

I said, "And when we review this, won't you do better?"

I dodala sam: "Pošto ponovimo ovo

nećeš li biti bolji?"

He said, "Yes, ma'am, I can do better."

Rekao je: "Hoću, nastavnice, mogu bolje!"

You see, "-18" sucks all the life out of you.

Vidite... "-18" isisa iz vas sav život.

"+2" said, "I ain't all bad."

"+2" vam kaže: "Pa i nisam baš toliko loš."

(Smijeh) (Pljesak)

For years, I watched my mother take the time at recess to review,

Godinama sam gledala svoju majku

kako se tijekom školskih praznika preispituje,

obilazi domove tijekom poslijepodneva,

go on home visits in the afternoon,

buy combs and brushes and peanut butter and crackers

kupuje češljeve, i četkice, i maslac, i krekere,

to put in her desk drawer for kids that needed to eat,

i sprema ih u svoj stol, za djecu kad ogladne,

and a washcloth and some soap for the kids who didn't smell so good.

ručnike i ponešto sapuna za djeca koja nisu baš mirisala.

See, it's hard to teach kids who stink.

Vidite... teško je nečemu poučavati djecu koja vonjaju.

(Laughter)

And kids can be cruel.

A djecu znaju biti okrutna.

And so she kept those things in her desk,

I tako je ona držala te stvari u svome stolu,

and years later, after she retired,

i godinama kasnije, pošto je otišla u mirovinu,

I watched some of those same kids come through

viđala sam tu istu djecu kako joj prilaze

and say to her, "You know, Ms. Walker,

i govore: "Znate, nastavnice,

you made a difference in my life.

Vi ste bili netko posve drugačiji u mom životu.

Zahvaljujući Vama, uspio sam.

You made it work for me.

You made me feel like I was somebody,

Zahvaljući Vama, osjećao sam da sam Netko,

when I knew, at the bottom, I wasn't.

i dok sam, u dnu duše, znao da nisam.

And I want you to just see what I've become."

I poželio sam samo da vidite tko sam postao."

And when my mama died two years ago at 92,

Kad je moja majka prije dvije godine preminula, u dobi od 92 godine,

there were so many former students at her funeral,

toliko je bivših njenih učenika došlo na njen sprovod

da me to ganulo, ne zato što je umrla,

it brought tears to my eyes, not because she was gone,

but because she left a legacy of relationships

već zato što mi je u naslijeđe ostavila odnose

that could never disappear.

koji nikad neće nestati.

Can we stand to have more relationships?

Možemo li podnijeti imati više odnosa? Apsolutno.

Absolutely.

Will you like all your children? Of course not.

Hoće li vam sva vaša djeca biti draga? Neće, naravno.

(Laughter)

I vi znate da vaša najzahtjevnija djeca nikad ne izostaju.

And you know your toughest kids are never absent.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Never.

Nikad. Nećete ih sve voljeti,

You won't like them all,

and the tough ones show up for a reason.

a ona zahtjevna su vam tu s razlogom.

It's the connection. It's the relationships.

To je povezanost. To je odnos.

I iako ih nećete sve voljeti,

ključno je da ona to nikad, nikad ne osjete.

So teachers become great actors and great actresses,

I zato učitelji postaju veliki glumci i velike glumice,

and we come to work when we don't feel like it,

i na posao dolazimo i kad nam se to ne da,

and we're listening to policy that doesn't make sense,

i slušamo politike i smjernice koje i nemaju baš puno smisla,

and we teach anyway.

i svejedno poučavamo.

We teach anyway, because that's what we do.

Svejedno poučavamo, jer to je ono radi čega smo ovdje.

Teaching and learning should bring joy.

Poučavanje i učenje trebalo bi nas radovati.

How powerful would our world be

Koliko bi moćan bio naš svijet

if we had kids who were not afraid to take risks,

kad bismo imali djecu koja se ne boje preuzeti rizik,

who were not afraid to think,

koja se ne boje misliti,

and who had a champion?

i koja su imala uzora?

Every child deserves a champion,

Svako dijete zaslužuje uzora,

an adult who will never give up on them,

odrasloga koji od njih nikad neće odustati,

who understands the power of connection,

koji razumije moć povezanosti,

and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.

i ustrajava u tome da oni postanu najbolji što mogu postati.

Is this job tough? You betcha.

Je li to teško? Itekako. O, Bože, itekako je teško.

Oh God, you betcha.

But it is not impossible.

Ali nije nemoguće.

We can do this. We're educators.

Mi to možemo. Mi smo odgajatelji.

We're born to make a difference.

Mi smo rođeni da bismo izazivali promjene.

Thank you so much.

Hvala vam lijepa.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)