What adults can learn from kids | Adora Svitak

Translator: Alida Hamo Reviewer: Valbona Bushi

Now, I want to start with a question:

Deshiroj te filloj me nje pyetje:

When was the last time you were called "childish"?

Kur ishte hera e fundit qe ju thane po silleshit si nje femije

For kids like me,

Per femije si une,

being called childish can be a frequent occurrence.

te quajturit feminor eshte nje ndodhi e shpeshte.

Every time we make irrational demands,

Sa here qe bejme kerkesa iracionale

exhibit irresponsible behavior,

sillemi ne menyre te papergjegjeshme

or display any other signs of being normal American citizens,

ose shfaqim shenja te tjera

te nje normal qytetar Amerikan

we are called childish.

quhemi fëmijë,

e cila vertet me shqeteson.

Which really bothers me.

After all, take a look at these events:

Ne fund te fundit, hidhuni nje sy ketyre ndodhive

Imperialism and colonization,

Imperializimi dhe kolonizimi

world wars, George W. Bush.

luftrat boterore, George, W Bush.

Ask yourself, who's responsible? Adults.

Pyesni veten: Kush eshte përgjegjës? Te rriturit.

Now, what have kids done?

Tani, cfare kane bere femijet ?

Well, Anne Frank touched millions

Atehere, Anne Frank mallëngjeu miliona

with her powerful account of the Holocaust.

me tregimet a saj te fuqishme per Holokaustin,

Ruby Bridges helped to end segregation in the United States.

Ruby Bridges ndihmoi te jepte fund segregimit ne Shtetet e Bashkuara,

And, most recently,

dhe, me se fundmi,

Charlie Simpson helped to raise 120,000 pounds for Haiti,

Charlie Simpson mblodhi

£120.000 paund per Haiti

on his little bike.

me bicikleten e tij te vogel

So as you can see evidenced by such examples,

Keshtu, sic mund ta shikoni te evidentuar nga keto raste

age has absolutely nothing to do with it.

mosha nuk ka te beje fare.

The traits the word "childish" addresses are seen so often in adults,

Vetite qe fjala feminor adreson

shpesh vihen re tek te rriturit

that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word,

dhe ne duhet te heqim dore nga kjo fjale diskriminuese ne lidhje me moshen

when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility

kur kritikojme sjelljen

ne lidhje me papergjegjesine dhe mendimin iracional.

and irrational thinking.

(Duartrokitje)

(Applause)

Thank you.

Faleminderit

Then again, who's to say that certain types of irrational thinking

Dhe prape, kush e vendos

qe disa lloje mendimi iracional

aren't exactly what the world needs?

nuk jane pikerisht ato per te cilat bota ka nevoje.

Maybe you've had grand plans before,

Ndoshta ju kishit deshira te medha me pare,

but stopped yourself, thinking,

por e ndale veten duke menduar:

"That's impossible," or "That costs too much,"

Eshte e pamundur ose kushton shume

or "That won't benefit me."

ose kjo nuk do te me ndihmoj mua.

For better or worse, we kids aren't hampered as much

Per mire apo keq, ne femijet nuk mendojme shume

when it comes to thinking about reasons why not to do things.

kur vjen ceshtja tek arsyet pse nuk duhen bere gjera.

Kids can be full of inspiring aspirations and hopeful thinking,

Femijet mund te kene plot aspirata frymezuese

dhe mendime shpresemedha

like my wish that no one went hungry,

si deshira ime qe askush te mos ndihet i uritur

or that everything were free, a kind of utopia.

ose si utopia qe cdo gje duhet te jete e lire.

How many of you still dream like that, and believe in the possibilities?

Sa nga ju akoma enderroni ashtu

dhe besoni ne mundesi?

Sometimes a knowledge of history and the past failures of Utopian ideals

Ndonjehere njohja e historise

dhe deshtimeve te idealeve utopike te kaluara

mund te jete nje barre

can be a burden,

because you know that if everything were free,

sepse ju e dini qe nese cdo gje eshte e lire

then the food stocks would become depleted and scarce and lead to chaos.

grumbulli i ushqimit do te harxhohej

dhe do te pakesohej dhe do conte drejt dhe ne kaos.

On the other hand, we kids still dream about perfection.

Nga ana tjeter,

ne femijet akoma enderrojme per perfekten

And that's a good thing, because in order to make anything a reality,

dhe kjo eshte dicka e mire sepse ne menyre

qe te bejme gjerat realitet

you have to dream about it first.

duhet ta enderrosh ne fillim.

Ne shume menyra, guximi per te imagjinuar

In many ways, our audacity to imagine

helps push the boundaries of possibility.

ndihmon te shtysh tutje limitet e mundesise.

For instance, the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington,

Per shembull, ne Museun e Xhamit ne Tacoma, Washington

my home state -- yoohoo, Washington!

shteti im ametar --yoohoo Washington-

(Applause)

(Duartrokitje)

has a program called Kids Design Glass,

ka nje program te quajtur Femijet Dizenjojne Xhamin

and kids draw their own ideas for glass art.

dhe femijet projektojne idete e tyre artistike me xham.

The resident artist said they got some of their best ideas

Tani, artisti rezident tha qe morren

disa nga idete me te mira nepermjet ketij programit

from the program, because kids don't think about the limitations

sepse femijet nuk mendojne per limitet

of how hard it can be to blow glass into certain shapes,

apo se sa e veshtire eshte te perthyesh xhamin ne disa forma.

Ata thjesht mendojme per ide te mira

they just think of good ideas.

Now, when you think of glass, you might think of colorful Chihuly designs,

Kur ju vjen ne mendje xhami, ju mund te

mendoni per dizenjime shumengjyreshe prej Chihuly

or maybe Italian vases,

ose ndoshta vazo Italiane,

but kids challenge glass artists to go beyond that,

por femijet sfidojne artistet e xhamit te mendojne me tej

into the realm of brokenhearted snakes

ne dimensionin e gjarperinjeve zemerthyer

and bacon boys, who you can see has meat vision.

dhe kukullave prej bejkon, qe sic mund ta shikoni kane vizione prej mishi.

(Te qeshura)

(Laughter)

Now, our inherent wisdom doesn't have to be insider's knowledge.

Tani, mencuria jone e trasheguar

nuk ka pse te jete njohuria e njerezve te specializuar.

Kids already do a lot of learning from adults,

Dihet qe femijet mesojne shume nga te rriturit,

dhe gjithashtu ka shume gjera per te ndare.

and we have a lot to share.

I think that adults should start learning from kids.

Une mendoj qe te rriturit duhet te fillojne te mesojne nga femijet.

Now, I do most of my speaking

Une bej nje pjese te mire te ligjeratave perpara nje turme te arsimuar

in front of an education crowd -- teachers and students,

mesues dhe student, dhe me pelqen kjo analogji.

and I like this analogy:

It shouldn't be a teacher at the head of the class,

Nuk duhet te jete vetem mesuesi ne krye te klases

duke u thene studentve, beni kete ose ate.

telling students, "Do this, do that."

The students should teach their teachers.

Studentet duhet tu japin mesim mesuesve te tyre gjithashtu.

Procesi is mesimit midis te rriturve dhe femijeve

Learning between grown-ups and kids should be reciprocal.

duhet te jete reciprok.

The reality, unfortunately, is a little different,

Fatkeqesisht, e verteta eshte pak ndryshe,

and it has a lot to do with trust, or a lack of it.

dhe ka shume te bej me besim ose me mungesen e tij.

Now, if you don't trust someone, you place restrictions on them, right?

Nese nuk ke besim tek dikush, ndodh qe i kufizon apo jo.

If I doubt my older sister's ability to pay back the 10 percent interest

Nese do te dyshoja aftesine e motres time te madhe

qe te me paguante me 10 per qind interesin

I established on her last loan,

qe vendosa ne huamarrjen e saj,

I'm going to withhold her ability to get more money from me,

Atehere do ta ndaloja ate te me merrte akoma leke hua

until she pays it back.

derisa te ma paguante plotesisht.

(Laughter)

True story, by the way.

Meqe ra fjala, eshte histori e vertet.

Now, adults seem to have

Ndodh qe te rriturit te kene

a prevalently restrictive attitude towards kids,

nje sjellje kufizuese te perhapur kundrejt femijeve

from every "Don't do that, don't do this" in the school handbook,

qe nga cdo "mos e bej ate"

"mos e bej kete" ne fletore

to restrictions on school Internet use.

deri tek perdorimi i internetit ne shkolle.

As history points out, regimes become oppressive

Sic e ka treguar historia, regjimet behen me shtypese

when they're fearful about keeping control.

kur ndihen te kercenuar ne lidhje me ushtrimin e kontrollit.

And although adults may not be quite at the level

Dhe megjithese, te rriturit nuk jane ne nivelin

of totalitarian regimes,

e regjimeve totalitare,

kids have no or very little say in making the rules,

ndodh qe femijet nuk kane ose kane pak impakt ne vendosjen e rregullave

when really, the attitude should be reciprocal,

ne nje kohe kur sjellja duhet te jete reciproke.

meaning that the adult population should learn

gje qe do te thote qe te rriturit duhet te mesojne

te konsiderojne deshirat

and take into account the wishes of the younger population.

e me te rinjve

Now, what's even worse than restriction,

Cfare eshte me keq sesa kufizimi

is that adults often underestimate kids' abilities.

eshte qe te rriturit shpesh nenvleresojne aftesite e femijve.

We love challenges, but when expectations are low,

Ne i duam sfidat, por kur besimi eshte i ulet

me besoni, ne fundosemi.

trust me, we will sink to them.

My own parents had anything but low expectations

Prinderit e mi kishin cdo gje pervec mungeses se besimit

for me and my sister.

per mua dhe motren time.

Okay, so they didn't tell us to become doctors or lawyers or anything like that,

Normalisht, ata nuk na thane te beheshim doktore

apo avokate ose dicka te ngjashme

but my dad did read to us about Aristotle and pioneer germ-fighters,

por babi na lexonte

per Aristotelin

dhe per luftuesit e pare te mikrobeve,

when lots of other kids were hearing

ne nje kohe kur shume femije te tjere degjonin

"The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round."

"Rrotat e autobusit shkojne rreth e qark".

Well, we heard that one too, but "Pioneer Germ Fighters" totally rules.

Normalisht e kemi degjuar dhe ate por "Luftuesit Pioner te Mikrobeve" eshte mbigjithecka.

(Te qeshura)

(Laughter)

I loved to write from the age of four, and when I was six,

Me pelqente te shkruaja qysh nga mosha kater vjec,

dhe kur isha gjashte

my mom bought me my own laptop equipped with Microsoft Word.

mami me bleu laptop-in tim te paisur me Microsoft Word

Thank you, Bill Gates, and thank you, Ma.

Faleminderit Bill Gates dhe faleminderit mami.

I wrote over 300 short stories on that little laptop,

Kam shkruar mbi 300 tregime te shkurtra

me ate laptop

and I wanted to get published.

dhe desha ti botoja.

Instead of just scoffing at this heresy that a kid wanted to get published,

Ne vend qe te talleshin me idene

qe nje femije donte te botonte

or saying wait until you're older,

ose te thoshin prit sa te rritesh,

my parents were really supportive.

prinderit e mi me mbeshteten shume.

Many publishers were not quite so encouraging.

Shume botues nuk ishin inkurajues.

One large children's publisher ironically said

Nje botues i madh per libra femijesh tha ne menyre ironike

that they didn't work with children.

qe ata nuk punonin me femije.

Children's publisher not working with children?

Botues per femije qe nuk punon me femije?

I don't know, you're kind of alienating a large client there.

Nuk e di, por duket sikur po tjeterson nje klient te madh aty.

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

One publisher, Action Publishing, was willing to take that leap and trust me,

Nje botues, Action Publishing

kishte vullnetin te merrte kurajon dhe te besonte

and to listen to what I had to say.

dhe te degjonte cfare kisha per te thene.

They published my first book, "Flying Fingers," you see it here.

Ata botuan librin tim te pare "Gishta Fluturues,"-- mund ta shikoni ketu --

And from there on, it's gone to speaking at hundreds of schools,

dhe qysh prej atehere, eshte perdorur ne qindra shkolla

keynoting to thousands of educators,

dhe u adresohet mijra edukatorve,

and finally, today, speaking to you.

dhe se fundmi, sot, duke folur me ju.

I appreciate your attention today,

E vleresoj vemendjen tuaj sot

because to show that you truly care, you listen.

sepse tregon qe vertet e konsideroni,

ju degjuat.

But there's a problem with this rosy picture

Por ka nje problem me kete situate roze

of kids being so much better than adults.

sesi femijet jane me mire sesa te rriturit.

Kids grow up and become adults just like you.

Femijet rriten dhe behen te rritur tamam si ju.

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

Or just like you? Really?

ose si ju, vertet ?

The goal is not to turn kids into your kind of adult,

Synimi eshte te mos ti kthejme femijet ne kete lloj te rriturish,

por ne te rritur me te mire sesa keni qene ju,

but rather, better adults than you have been,

which may be a little challenging, considering your guys' credentials.

dicka qe mund te jete pak e veshtire

duke konsideruar kredencialet tuaja

(Laughter)

But the way progress happens,

por menyra sesi progresi ndodh

is because new generations and new eras

eshte sepse gjenerata te reja dhe kohe te reja

grow and develop and become better than the previous ones.

rriten, zhvillohen dhe permiresohen me shume sesa te meparshmet.

It's the reason we're not in the Dark Ages anymore.

Eshte arsyeja pse nuk jemi me ne Epoken e Erret.

No matter your position or place in life,

Pavaresisht nga pozicionet tuaj ne jete

it is imperative to create opportunities for children,

eshte e detyrueshme te krijohen mundesi per femijet

so that we can grow up to blow you away.

ne menyre qe ne te rritemi tju zevendesojme ju.

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

Adults and fellow TEDsters,

Te rritur dhe pjesemarres ne TED

you need to listen and learn from kids,

ju duhet te degjoni dhe te mesoni nga femijet

and trust us and expect more from us.

te na besoni dhe te prisni me shume nga ne.

You must lend an ear today,

Duhet te na vini vesh sot,

because we are the leaders of tomorrow, which means

sepse ne jemi liderat e te ardhmes,

cka do te thote qe ne do te kujdesemi per ju

we're going to take care of you when you're old and senile.

kur te jeni te vjeter dhe te moshur. Jo, thjesht po bej shaka.

No, just kidding.

(Laughter)

Seriozisht, ne do jemi gjenerata tjeter,

No, really, we are going to be the next generation,

ajo qe do te coj boten me tej.

the ones who will bring this world forward.

And in case you don't think that this really has meaning for you,

Dhe, nese ju mendoni qe kjo nuk ka rendesi per ju

remember that cloning is possible,

konsideroni qe klonimi eshte i mundur,

and that involves going through childhood again,

dhe perfshin te kthehesh ne femijeri perseri,

in which case you'll want to be heard, just like my generation.

per te cilen, ju mund te doni te dini

njesoj si gjenerata ime.

Now, the world needs opportunities for new leaders and new ideas.

Bota ka nevoje per mundesi

per lider dhe ide te reja.

Kids need opportunities to lead and succeed.

Femijet kane nevoje per mundesi ne menyre qe te drejtojne dhe t'ja dalin mbane.

Are you ready to make the match?

Jeni gati ta realizoni?

Because the world's problems shouldn't be the human family's heirloom.

Sepse problemet e botes

s'mund te jene placke e vyer e familjes.

Thank you.

Faleminderit

(Applause)

(Duratrokitje)

Thank you. Thank you.

Falemiderit. Faleminderit.