Every kid needs a champion | Rita Pierson | TED

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevodilac: Jelena Jaranović Lektor: Ivana Korom

Ceo život sam provela

I have spent my entire life

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

ili u školi ili na putu ka školi

ili prepričavajući događaje iz škole.

or talking about what happens in the schoolhouse.

(Laughter)

Both my parents were educators,

Oba moja roditelja su bila prosvetni radnici,

my maternal grandparents were educators,

moji baba i deda s majčine strane su bili prosvetni radnici,

a proteklih 40 godina i sama radim taj isti posao.

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

Suvišno je reći da sam tokom godina

And so, needless to say, over those years

I've had a chance to look at education reform

imala priliku da posmatram reformu obrazovanja

from a lot of perspectives.

iz više uglova.

Some of those reforms have been good.

Neke od reformi su bile dobre.

Some of them have been not so good.

Neke i nisu bile tako dobre.

And we know why kids drop out.

I znamo zašto deca napuštaju školu.

We know why kids don't learn.

Znamo zašto deca ne uče.

It's either poverty, low attendance,

Zbog siromaštva, slabog pohađanje nastave,

negative peer influences...

negativnog uticaja vršnjaka. Znamo zašto.

We know why.

But one of the things that we never discuss

Ali jedna od stvari o kojima nikada ne diskutujemo

or we rarely discuss

ili retko diskutujemo

is the value and importance of human connection.

jeste vrednost i značaj međuljudske povezanosti,

Relationships.

veza.

James Comer says that no significant learning

Džejms Komer kaže da se nikakvo značajnije učenje

can occur without a significant relationship.

ne može odvijati bez značajne veze.

George Washington Carver says all learning

Džordž Vašington Karver kaže da je svako učenje

is understanding relationships.

razumevanje odnosa.

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

Na svakog u ovoj prostoriji je uticao

neki nastavnik ili odrasla osoba.

For years, I have watched people teach.

Godinama posmatram ljude kako podučavaju.

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

Posmatrala sam one najbolje, a i neke od najgorih.

A colleague said to me one time,

Jedna koleginica mi je jednom rekla:

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

"Ne plaćaju me da volim decu.

Plaćaju me da ispredajem lekciju.

They pay me to teach a lesson.

The kids should learn it.

Deca bi trebalo da je nauče.

I should teach it, they should learn it,

Ja treba da predajem. Oni treba da nauče. Kraj priče."

Case closed."

Well, I said to her,

Rekla sam joj:

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

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

(Laughter)

(Smeh) (Aplauz)

(Applause)

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

Ona mi kaže: "To su gluposti."

And I said to her,

A ja joj kažem: "Vidi, pred tobom je duga

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

i teška godina, dušo."

Needless to say, it was.

Suvišno je reći da je tako i bilo.

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

Ima mišljenja da čovek ili ume ili ne ume da izgradi

or you don't.

vezu sa nekim drugim.

Mislim da je Stiven Kavi bio u pravu.

I think Stephen Covey had the right idea.

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

Rekao je da treba samo ubaciti par jednostavnih stvari,

like seeking first to understand,

kao potrebu da razumete,

as opposed to being understood.

nasuprot potrebi da vas razumeju,

Simple things, like apologizing.

i jednostavne stvari poput izvinjenja.

You ever thought about that?

Da li ste se ikada setili toga?

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

Izvinite se detetu i ono će se šokirati.

(Laughter)

I taught a lesson once on ratios.

Jednom sam predavala lekciju o razlomcima.

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

Nisam nešto dobra iz matematike, ali sam radila na tome.

(Laughter)

And I got back and looked at that teacher edition.

Kada sam pogledala udžbenik, shvatila sam da sam

I'd taught the whole lesson wrong.

kompletnu lekciju ispredavala pogrešno. (Smeh)

(Laughter)

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

I tako, dođem na čas sledeći dan i kažem:

"Look, guys, I need to apologize.

"Ljudi, dugujem vam izvinjenje."

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

Celu lekciju sam ispredavala pogrešno. Mnogo mi je žao."

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

Oni su mi rekli: "U redu je, g-đice Pirson.

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

Toliko ste se zaneli da nismo hteli da vas prekidamo."

(Smeh) (Aplauz)

I have had classes that were so low,

Držala sam tako loše časove,

toliko akademski neadekvatne, da sam plakala.

so academically deficient, that I cried.

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

Pitala sam se kako ću da dovedem ovu grupu

in nine months,

za 9 meseci, od njihovog sadašnjeg nivoa znanja

from where they are to where they need to be?

do onog na kom bi trebalo da budu?

And it was difficult, it was awfully hard.

I bilo je teško. Bilo je strašno teško.

Kako da poboljšam i samopoštovanje deteta

How do I raise the self-esteem of a child

and his academic achievement at the same time?

i njegova akademska dostignuća u isto vreme?

One year I came up with a bright idea.

Jedne godine mi je pala na pamet sjajna ideja.

I told all my students,

Rekla sam svim mojim đacima:

"You were chosen to be in my class

"Izabrani ste da budete u mom razredu

because I am the best teacher

jer sam ja najbolja nastavnica,

and you are the best students,

a vi ste najbolji učenici!

they put us all together

Spojili su nas

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

kako bismo bili primer svima ostalima."

Jedan od đaka je pitao: "Stvarno!?"

One of the students said, "Really?"

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

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

Rekla sam: "Stvarno! Pokazaćemo ostalim razredima

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

kako se to radi! Kada budemo prolazili hodnikom, primećivaće nas

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

i zato ne smete da pravite buku.

You just have to strut."

Treba samo da koračate ponosno."

(Laughter)

And I gave them a saying to say:

A dala sam im i mantru: "Ja sam neko.

"I am somebody.

I was somebody when I came.

Bio sam neko kada sam došao.

I'll be a better somebody when I leave.

Biću još bolja osoba kad odem.

I am powerful, and I am strong.

Ja sam moćan, ja sam snažan.

I deserve the education that I get here.

Zaslužujem obrazovanje koje dobijam ovde.

I have things to do, people to impress,

Ima toliko stvari koje treba da uradim, ljudi koje treba da zadivim

and places to go."

i mesta na koja treba da odem."

And they said, "Yeah!"

A oni kažu: "Jeste!"

(Laughter)

You say it long enough,

Kad ponoviš ove reči dovoljno puta,

it starts to be a part of you.

one postanu deo tebe.

(Applause)

I tako - (Aplauz)

Dala sam kontrolni, 20 pitanja.

I gave a quiz, 20 questions.

A student missed 18.

Jedan đak je omašio 18.

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

Napisala sam "+2" na njegovom papiru i velikog smajlija.

(Laughter)

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

Pitao je: "G-đice Pirson, da li je ovo 1?"

I said, "Yes."

Rekla sam: "Da."

(Laughter)

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

"Zašto ste onda stavili smajlija?"

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

Rekla sam: "Zato što si i dalje u igri.

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

Imao si dva tačna odgovora. Nisi pogrešio sve."

(Laughter)

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

Rekla sam: "Zar nećeš uraditi bolje

nakon što uradimo ispravku?"

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

On kaže: "Da, učiteljice, ja mogu bolje."

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

Vidite, "-18" je deprimirijauće.

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

Dok "+2" šalje poruku: "Nisam toliko loš."

(Smeh) (Aplauz)

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

Godinama sam gledala svoju majku

kako uzima vreme od odmora da se pripremi,

kako odlazi u kućne posete tokom popodneva,

go on home visits in the afternoon,

buy combs and brushes and peanut butter and crackers

kako kupuje češljeve, četke, kikiriki puter i krekere

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

koje bi stavila u svoju fioku za decu koja su gladna,

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

kao i prašak i sapun za decu koja nisu mirisala najbolje.

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

Vidite, teško je učiti decu koja smrde.

(Laughter)

And kids can be cruel.

A deca umeju da budu surova.

And so she kept those things in her desk,

I tako je ona držala sve to u svojoj fioci,

and years later, after she retired,

a godinama kasnije, pošto je otišla u penziju,

I watched some of those same kids come through

gledala sam neku od te iste dece kako joj prilaze

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

i govore: "Znate, G-đo Voker,

you made a difference in my life.

promenili ste mi život.

Dali ste smisao stvarima.

You made it work for me.

You made me feel like I was somebody,

Učinili ste da se osetim kao neko,

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

kada sam, duboku u sebi, znao da to nisam.

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

Samo sam želeo da vidite šta sam postao."

And when my mama died two years ago at 92,

I, kada je moja mama umrla pre dve godine u svojoj 92. godini,

there were so many former students at her funeral,

toliko njenih bivših učenika je došlo na njenu sahranu

da me je to rasplakalo. 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 je iza sebe ostavila međuljudske veze

that could never disappear.

koje nikada ne mogu nestati.

Can we stand to have more relationships?

Možemo li podneti da stvaramo više veza? Naravno!

Absolutely.

Will you like all your children? Of course not.

Da li ćete voleti sve vaše učenike? Naravno da ne.

(Laughter)

I, znate da vaša najproblematičnija deca nikada ne izostaju.

And you know your toughest kids are never absent.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Never.

Nikada. Nećete ih voleti sve

You won't like them all,

and the tough ones show up for a reason.

ali problematična deca se pojavljuju sa razlogom.

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

To je povezanost. To je veza.

I, iako ih nećete voleti sve,

suština je u tome da oni to nikada ne smeju primetiti.

So teachers become great actors and great actresses,

Tako učitelji postaju veliki glumci:

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

dolazimo na posao i kada nam se ne radi,

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

i poštujemo pravila koja nemaju smisla,

and we teach anyway.

i predajemo uprkos svemu.

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

Predajemo uprkos svemu jer je to naš poziv.

Teaching and learning should bring joy.

Predavanje i učenje treba da donose radost.

How powerful would our world be

Koliko moćan bi bio svet

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

ako bismo imali decu koja se ne boje rizika,

who were not afraid to think,

koja se ne boje da razmišljaju

and who had a champion?

i koja imaju nekog junaka?

Every child deserves a champion,

Svako dete zaslužuje nekog junaka,

an adult who will never give up on them,

odraslu osobu koja nikad neće odustati od njih,

who understands the power of connection,

koja razume moć povezanosti

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

i koja insistira da oni postanu ono najbolje što mogu biti.

Is this job tough? You betcha.

Da li je to težak posao? Možete da se kladite da jeste.

Oh God, you betcha.

But it is not impossible.

Ali nije nemoguć.

We can do this. We're educators.

Mi to možemo. Mi smo prosvetari.

We're born to make a difference.

Mi smo rođeni da napravimo razliku.

Thank you so much.

Hvala vam puno.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)