Our failing schools. Enough is enough! | Geoffrey Canada

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Translator: 剑丽 丁 Reviewer: Jeannie Cheng

I'm a little nervous, because my wife Yvonne said to me,

我有啲緊張

因為我老婆 Yvonne 同我講

she said, "Geoff, you watch the TED Talks."

「Geoff，你有睇 TED 嘅演講嘎。」

I said, "Yes, honey, I love TED Talks."

我話︰「係啊，老婆， 我最鐘意 TED 演講嘅嘞。」

She said, "You know, they're like, really smart, talented -- "

佢話︰「你知啦，

嗰啲人都係好叻好犀利嘎喔。」

I said, "I know, I know." (Laughter)

我話︰「我知我知。」（現場爆笑）

She said, "They don't want, like, the angry black man."

佢話︰「噉佢哋唔會鐘意好似你噉嘅

嫐爆爆、發曬火嘅黑人嘅喔。」

(Laughter)

（現場爆笑）

So I said, "No, I'm gonna be good, Honey,

跟住我話︰「放心啦老婆， 我會喺台上表現得好好㗎啦。

I'm gonna be good. I am."

信我，會好好㗎啦。」

But I am angry. (Laughter)

不過，我宜家的確好火。（現場爆笑）

And the last time I looked, I'm --

對上一次我望自己，我都係…

(Applause)

（鼓掌）

So this is why I'm excited but I'm angry.

點解我又興奮又嬲呢？

This year, there are going to be millions of our children

因為今年

我哋將會毫無必要噉 嘥咗幾百萬嘅學生

that we're going to needlessly lose,

that we could -- right now, we could save them all.

但係宜家，我哋可以救佢哋

You saw the quality of the educators who were here.

我哋嘅師資質素係點，你都有眼見㗎啦

Do not tell me they could not reach those kids

唔好同我講，佢哋無辦法幫到哩啲細路

and save them. I know they could.

我知佢哋可以嘅

It is absolutely possible.

絕對可以

Why haven't we fixed this?

噉點解我哋仲未去解決哩個問題呢？

Those of us in education have held on to a business plan

嗰啲教育工作者一直以黎都墨守成規

that we don't care how many millions of young people fail,

佢哋根本唔在乎有幾多百萬嘅 青少年無得到良好教育

we're going to continue to do the same thing that didn't work,

佢哋仲係一如既往噉做無用嘅嘢

and nobody is getting crazy about it -- right? --

但係從來都無人對佢哋發過火，係嘛？

enough to say, "Enough is enough."

同佢哋講︰「夠嘞！ 噉樣嘅教育夠嘞！」

So here's a business plan that simply does not make any sense.

所以哩一種噉嘅教育模式係唔合理嘅

You know, I grew up in the inner city,

我喺城市內圍長大

and there were kids who were failing

56 年前，響我開始讀書嗰陣

in schools 56 years ago when I first went to school,

就已經有好多細路讀唔成書

嗰陣啲學校教育好差

and those schools are still lousy today, 56 years later.

但係 56 年後嘅今日

哩啲學校一樣噉差

And you know something about a lousy school?

你知道差嘅學校係點樣嘅呢？

It's not like a bottle of wine.

佢唔同一支紅酒，紅酒越耐越好

Right? (Laughter)

（笑聲）

Where you say, like, '87 was like a good year, right?

紅酒黎講，你會話

1987 年嗰年紅酒特別好，係嘛？

That's now how this thing -- I mean, every single year,

哩啲學校就係噉，噉多年黎

it's still the same approach, right?

仲係用緊同樣嘅教學方法

One size fits all, if you get it, fine, and if you don't,

就係千人一面

成綪好嘅恭喜你，否則，係你唔好彩

tough luck. Just tough luck.

Why haven't we allowed innovation to happen?

點解我哋無改革？

Do not tell me we can't do better than this.

唔好講我哋唔可以做得更好

Look, you go into a place that's failed kids for 50 years,

你去到哩啲 50 年黎 都教唔好學生嘅學校

and you say, "So what's the plan?"

然後問間學校︰ 「你哋嘅教學計劃係點嘎？」

And they say, "We'll, we're going to do

佢哋會答你︰

「我哋嘅教學計劃同舊年一樣。」

what we did last year this year."

What kind of business model is that?

哩啲算係咩運作模式啊？

Banks used to open and operate between 10 and 3.

舊時，銀行朝早 10 點到晏晝 3 點營業

They operated 10 to 3. They were closed for lunch hour.

朝早 10 點到晏晝 3 點

食晏時間仲關門添

Now, who can bank between 10 and 3? The unemployed.

噉邊個喺朝早 10 點 到晏晝 3 點哩段時間去銀行？

咪無業遊民咯

They don't need banks. They got no money in the banks.

但係佢哋都唔需要去銀行 因為佢哋都無錢

Who created that business model? Right?

究竟係邊個創造噉嘅運作模式嘎？

And it went on for decades.

但係佢都運作咗幾十年喎

You know why? Because they didn't care.

你知點解嘛？因為佢哋唔在乎

It wasn't about the customers.

佢哋眼中冇顧客

It was about bankers. They created something that worked for them.

眼中只有銀行家

佢哋淨係為自己著想就得嘞

How could you go to the bank

你要開工點去銀行？

when you were at work? It didn't matter.

佢哋無所謂

And they don't care whether or not Geoff is upset

佢哋都唔在乎我 係咪因為去唔到銀行而發火

he can't go to the bank. Go find another bank.

你可以去第二間銀行嘎

They all operate the same way. Right?

眼見所有銀行嘅上班時間都係一樣

Now, one day, some crazy banker had an idea.

有一日，有個銀行家忽發奇想

Maybe we should keep the bank open when people come home from work.

可能我哋應該喺啲人 唔使返工嗰日都營業

They might like that. What about a Saturday?

啲人可能鐘意呢。就例如，星期六噉？

What about introducing technology?

又例如引進新科技？

Now look, I'm a technology fan, but I have to admit

你知啦，我係技術迷

to you all I'm a little old.

雖然我承認我係老咗啲

So I was a little slow, and I did not trust technology,

以前我係有啲落後，同埋唔多信科技

and when they first came out with those new contraptions,

所以當佢哋推出嗰啲新嘢嘅時候

these tellers that you put in a card and they give you money,

嗰啲叫你放張銀行卡入去 就會有錢出黎嘅櫃員機

I was like, "There's no way that machine is going to count that money right.

我就諗︰「部機邊識數錢啊？

I am never using that, right?"

我絕對唔會用嘅。」

So technology has changed. Things have changed.

睇返轉頭，科技喺度變，人事都喺度變

Yet not in education. Why?

但係教育無變過。點解？

Why is it that when we had rotary phones,

點解當我哋已經唔再用 撥動式電話嘅時候

when we were having folks being crippled by polio,

當我哋唔再有人因為 脊髓灰質炎而殘廢嘅時候

that we were teaching

嗰陣嘅教育方法 卻係咁多年黎冇變過嘅呢？

the same way then that we're doing right now?

And if you come up with a plan to change things,

如果你宜家提出一個改革計劃

people consider you radical.

人哋會話你激進

They will say the worst things about you.

佢哋會講你好多壞話

I said one day, well, look, if the science says --

但係我話如果科學指出

this is science, not me -- that our poorest children

我哋最差嘅細路 會喺暑假期間已經跟唔上

lose ground in the summertime --

You see where they are in June and say, okay, they're there.

你六月見到佢哋 或者會覺得佢哋成績仲可以

You look at them in September, they've gone down.

但係你九月份再睇

佢哋嘅成績就會一落千丈

You say, whoo! So I heard about that in '75

你會話，吓！

但哩樣嘢我 1975 年已經知道

when I was at the Ed School at Harvard.

當時我仲喺哈佛教育學院讀緊書

I said, "Oh, wow, this is an important study."

當時我話︰

「哇，哩個係一個 好重要嘅研究發現。」

Because it suggests we should do something.

因為佢提示咗我哋需要做啲嘢

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Every 10 years they reproduce the same study.

每過十年佢哋都得出同樣嘅研究發現

It says exactly the same thing:

就係︰成績差嘅學生喺暑假已經跟唔上

Poor kids lose ground in the summertime.

The system decides you can't run schools in the summer.

哩種制度限制咗你 唔可以叫學生喺暑假返學

You know, I always wonder, who makes up those rules?

我一直都響度諗

究竟係邊個制定哩啲規矩嘅呢？

For years I went to -- Look, I went the Harvard Ed School.

我響哈佛畢業

噉多年黎，我以為我知道好多嘢

I thought I knew something.

They said it was the agrarian calendar, and people had —

佢哋話，係因為跟農業耕作嘅日子

but let me tell you why that doesn't make sense.

但係等我話你知點解噉樣講唔過去

I never got that. I never got that,

我從來都唔信係噉

because anyone knows if you farm,

因為眾所皆知，如果你從事耕作業

you don't plant crops in July and August.

你唔會起七月同八月插秧

You plant them in the spring.

而係起春天插秧

So who came up with this idea? Who owns it?

所以，係邊個嘅主意呢？

邊個提出嘅呢？

Why did we ever do it?

點解我哋會噉做呢？

Well it just turns out in the 1840s we did have,

其實起十九世紀四十年代

schools were open all year. They were open all year,

當時嘅學校係全年開放嘅，係全年

because we had a lot of folks who had to work all day.

因為嗰陣好多人每日要工作好多個小時

令到佢哋嘅細路無地方安置

They didn't have any place for their kids to go.

It was a perfect place to have schools.

學校於是成為咗一個好好嘅選擇嘞

So this is not something that is ordained

所以哩個唔係由個天決定嘅

from the education gods.

So why don't we? Why don't we?

噉點解我哋唔掌握自主權呢？

Because our business has refused to use science.

因為我哋教育界拒絕科學

Science. You have Bill Gates coming out and saying,

雖然比爾蓋茨企出黎講︰

"Look, this works, right? We can do this."

「噉做係得嘅，所以我哋可以做。」

How many places in America are going to change? None.

但美國有幾多個地方會做？一個都無

None. Okay, yeah, there are two. All right?

一個都無。噢係喔，仲有兩個

Yes, there'll be some place, because some folks will do the right thing.

總會有一啲地方，有啲人會做正確嘅事

As a profession, we have to stop this. The science is clear.

但整體嚟講，作為專業人士

我哋要阻止哩種一成不變

科學已經講得好透

Here's what we know.

而我哋所知嘅就係，問題經已發生

We know that the problem begins immediately.

Right? This idea, zero to three.

係嘛？哩個諗法喺我哋屋企三比零通過

My wife, Yvonne, and I, we have four kids,

我老婆同我有四個細路

three grown ones and a 15-year-old.

三個已經長大成人，一個 15 歲

That's a longer story.

關於我哋嘅事，講就有排講嘞

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

With our first kids, we did not know the science

開始有第一個細路嘅時候

我哋仲未知大腦發育嘅科學

about brain development.

We didn't know how critical those first three years were.

我哋當時仲未知嬰兒頭三年有幾緊要

We didn't know what was happening in those young brains.

亦唔知佢哋嘅大腦係點樣一步步發育

We didn't know the role that language,

亦唔知語言、刺激、反應、對答

a stimulus and response, call and response,

how important that was in developing those children.

對於兒童嘅發育係有幾重要

We know that now. What are we doing about it? Nothing.

當然宜家我哋人人都知道嘞

但我哋點做呢？我哋乜都無做

Wealthy people know. Educated people know.

有錢人知道，受過教育嘅人都知道

所以佢哋嘅細路會贏在起跑線

And their kids have an advantage.

Poor people don't know,

而窮人唔知

and we're not doing anything to help them at all.

我哋亦無做任何嘢去幫佢哋

But we know this is critical.

但係我哋都知哩樣係好重要

Now, you take pre-kindergarten.

就好似宜家有學前班 我哋知道對細路有益

We know it's important for kids.

Poor kids need that experience.

同樣窮人嘅細路亦需要學前班

Nope. Lots of places, it doesn't exist.

但係好多地方偏係冇學前班

We know health services matter.

我哋知道公共醫療服務不可忽視

You know, we provide health services

你知啦，我哋提供公共醫療服務㗎嘛

and people are always fussing at me about, you know,

好多人會向我抱怨

because I'm all into accountability and data

因為啲人會向我負責 同埋因為我會處理資料

and all of that good stuff, but we do health services,

但係做醫療行業嘅 我哋需要籌集好多資金

and I have to raise a lot of money.

People used to say when they'd come fund us,

好多人黎資助我哋嘅時候，會同我講︰

"Geoff, why do you provide these health services?"

「Geoff，點解你要提供哩啲服務啊？」

I used to make stuff up. Right?

我成日都亂作一通

I'd say, "Well, you know a child

所以我話︰「你知啦，

who has cavities is not going to, uh,

一個細路有蛀牙嘅話，

讀書就讀唔好啦嘛。」

be able to study as well."

And I had to because I had to raise the money.

嗰陣時我亂作係因為我要籌款

But now I'm older, and you know what I tell them?

但係宜家我老啦，你知我點答佢哋嘛？

You know why I provide kids with those health benefits

點解我要提供醫療服務 體育、娛樂同藝術畀嗰啲細路？

and the sports and the recreation and the arts?

Because I actually like kids.

因為我鐘意細路仔（笑聲）

I actually like kids. (Laughter) (Applause)

我真係好鐘意細路嘎

（笑聲） （掌聲）

But when they really get pushy, people really get pushy,

但係當啲人係都要我畀一個原因嘅時候

I say, "I do it because you do it for your kid."

我就會話︰「我噉做係因為你 都會為你嘅細路噉做。」

And you've never read a study from MIT that says

你從來唔會起麻省理工嘅研究報告睇到

giving your kid dance instruction

畀你嘅細路學跳舞會幫到佢哋學代數

is going to help them do algebra better,

but you will give that kid dance instruction,

不過你都會畀佢哋學跳舞

and you will be thrilled that that kid wants to do dance instruction,

同埋你睇到佢哋想學，你會好興奮

and it will make your day. And why shouldn't poor kids

噉點解窮人嘅細路 唔可以有同樣嘅機會呢？

have the same opportunity? It's the floor for these children.

噉樣係好基本嘅要求黎啫

(Applause)

（掌聲）

So here's the other thing.

另外一樣嘢就係

I'm a tester guy. I believe you need data, you need information,

我係一個鍾意測驗嘅人 而學生需要成績報告

because you work at something, you think it's working,

老師做一件事嘅時候，認為可行

and you find out it's not working.

但最後發現行唔通…

I mean, you're educators. You work, you say,

我嘅意思係，你係一個教師

you think you've got it, great, no? And you find out they didn't get it.

你工作，你教書

你認為你識得曬所有嘢

But here's the problem with testing.

但係你發現學生唔明白

但測驗有個問題

The testing that we do --

我哋做嘅考試…

we're going to have our test in New York next week —

下星期，即係四月份嗰陣

is in April.

我哋會起紐約舉行考試

You know when we're going to get the results back?

但你知我哋會起幾時知道考試結果？

Maybe July, maybe June.

可能七月份，亦都可能係六月份

And the results have great data.

考試嘅結果將會包含好多資料

They'll tell you Raheem really struggled,

啲資料可能會表明學生 阿 Raheem 嘅成績唔多理想

couldn't do two-digit multiplication -- so great data,

唔識做兩位數嘅乘法，總之好多資料

but you're getting it back after school is over.

但係你得到資料嘅時候學校已經放假嘞

And so, what do you do?

噉你點做呢？

You go on vacation. (Laughter)

你放假囉。（笑聲）

You come back from vacation.

好嘞，到你放假返黎嘅時候

Now you've got all of this test data from last year.

舊年嘅測驗資料你都有齊嘞

You don't look at it.

但係你唔會去睇佢

Why would you look at it?

點解呢？

You're going to go and teach this year.

因為你今年你有新嘅課程要上

So how much money did we just spend on all of that?

噉樣我哋咪浪費咗好多錢 起哩啲測驗上邊！

Billions and billions of dollars

幾十億美金就為咗 哩啲太遲出而無用嘅資料

for data that it's too late to use.

I need that data in September.

我九月份需要哩啲學習進度報告

I need that data in November.

我十一月份需要哩啲學習進度報告

I need to know you're struggling, and I need to know

我需要知道你跟唔跟得上

whether or not what I did corrected that.

我而且需要知道 我做嘅嘢幫唔幫到你學習

I need to know that this week.

我就係需要起某個禮拜就知道

I don't need to know that at the end of the year when it's too late.

因為到年尾已經太遲啦

Because in my older years, I've become somewhat of a clairvoyant.

噉因為我宜家做得耐咗

洞察力都比以前好

I can predict school scores.

我可以預測學校嘅成績

You take me to any school.

你帶我去任何一間學校

I'm really good at inner city schools that are struggling.

我對嗰啲內城資質比較差 但努力緊嘅學校特別在行

And you tell me last year 48 percent of those kids

你同我講舊年 48% 嘅學生 會達到年級水準

were on grade level.

And I say, "Okay, what's the plan, what did we do

噉我就問︰「好， 噉你哋嘅計劃係點呢？

from last year to this year?"

舊年到宜家你哋做咗啲乜嘢呢？」

You say, "We're doing the same thing."

你話，「我哋都係做緊同樣嘅嘢。」

I'm going to make a prediction. (Laughter)

噉我都可以預測嘞。（笑聲）

This year, somewhere between 44

今年，44% 到 52% 嘅學生 會達到年級水準

and 52 percent of those kids will be on grade level.

And I will be right every single time.

而每一次我嘅預測都係準

So we're spending all of this money, but we're getting what?

我哋用咗咁多錢起教育上 我哋得到咗乜嘢呢？

Teachers need real information right now

宜家老師需要切切實實嘅資訊 去知道佢哋學生嘅情況

about what's happening to their kids.

The high stakes is today, because you can do something about it.

關鍵就起今日，因為你可以做返啲嘢

So here's the other issue that I just think

另外一個我覺得我哋 應該關心嘅問題就係︰

we've got to be concerned about.

We can't stifle innovation in our business.

我哋唔可以扼殺創新

We have to innovate. And people in our business get mad about innovation.

我哋必須創新

但係當你噉做嘅時候好多人會唔鍾意

They get angry if you do something different.

你唔跟大隊，佢哋就嬲

If you try something new, people are always like,

當你想嘗試新嘢嘅時候

"Ooh, charter schools." Hey, let's try some stuff. Let's see.

啲人就會話︰「哇。特許學校喔！」

我話，喂，我哋試下啦，睇下會點

This stuff hasn't worked for 55 years.

但宜家哩種教育模式 已經錯咗 55 年嘞

Let's try something different. And here's the rub.

我哋試下第二種啦

但難就難在當中有啲新措施又唔得喎

Some of it's not going to work.

You know, people tell me, "Yeah, those charter schools, a lot of them don't work."

有人同我講︰「嗰啲特許學校 好多都唔掂。」

A lot of them don't. They should be closed.

的確係，而且唔應該再繼續落去

I mean, I really believe they should be closed.

我真係覺得哩啲學校應該執咗去

But we can't confuse figuring out the science

但係我哋唔應該因為一啲失敗例子 而唔採取改革行動

and things not working with we shouldn't therefore do anything.

Right? Because that's not the way the world works.

係嘛？因為噉係唔符合做事手法

If you think about technology,

就好似技術噉

imagine if that's how we thought about technology.

想像下如果我哋噉樣對待新技術

Every time something didn't work,

每一次新科技失敗

we just threw in the towel and said, "Let's forget it." Right?

我哋就認輸，「算啦。」噉啱唔啱呢？

You know, they convinced me. I'm sure some of you were like me --

你知嘛，有人說服咗我——

相信你哋好多人都有同樣嘅經歷

the latest and greatest thing, the PalmPilot.

就係最新最勁嘅掌上型電腦

They told me, "Geoff, if you get this PalmPilot

佢哋同我講︰

「Geoff，你有咗呢部嘢， 你就唔再需要其他嘢嘞。」

you'll never need another thing."

That thing lasted all of three weeks. It was over.

但係三個禮拜之後哩部嘢就彎咗嘞

I was so disgusted I spent my money on this thing.

我好後悔浪費咗噉多錢買哩部嘢

Did anybody stop inventing? Not a person. Not a soul.

但係啲人就會停止發明咩？

唔會。無一個人會

The folks went out there. They kept inventing.

佢哋仲係繼續發明新嘅嘢

The fact that you have failure, that shouldn't stop you

每個人都有失敗

但失敗唔應該阻止你向前嘅

from pushing the science forward.

Our job as educators,

我哋作為教育工作者

there's some stuff we know that we can do.

有啲嘢我哋知道我哋係可以做到嘅

And we've got to do better. The evaluation, we have to start with kids earlier,

同埋我哋應該做得更好

細路嘅評估我哋要早啲去做

we have to make sure that we provide the support to young people.

我哋要確保提供足夠嘅支援畀年輕人

We've got to give them all of these opportunities.

我哋要盡可能畀佢哋機會

So that we have to do. But this innovation issue,

我哋必須噉樣做。但係哩個關乎創新

this idea that we've got to keep innovating

我哋必須一直創新

until we really nail this science down

直到我哋搵到最好嘅教育方法

is something that is absolutely critical.

哩個係至關重要嘅

And this is something, by the way,

亦都會係我哋教育領域嘅一個重大挑戰

that I think is going to be a challenge for our entire field.

America cannot wait another 50 years to get this right.

我哋美國唔可以再等上 50 年再黎改革嘞

We have run out of time.

我哋已經無時間嘞

I don't know about a fiscal cliff, but I know there's an educational cliff

我唔知有無財政危機

不過我知道有教育危機

that we are walking over right this very second,

而且哩一刻我哋正面對緊教育危機

and if we allow folks to continue this foolishness

但如果我哋繼續任由啲政客胡說八道

about saying we can't afford this —

話我哋負擔唔起噉嘅改革

So Bill Gates says it's going to cost five billion dollars.

比爾蓋茨話教育改革要用五十億美元

What is five billion dollars to the United States?

五十億對於美國黎講係咩概念？

What did we spend in Afghanistan this year?

今年起阿富汗我哋用咗幾多錢嘞？

How many trillions? (Applause)

幾多萬億？（掌聲）

When the country cares about something,

當一個國家重視一樣嘢嘅時候

we'll spend a trillion dollars without blinking an eye.

即使用一萬億都唔會眨眼

When the safety of America is threatened,

當美國嘅安全受到威脅嘅時候

我哋使幾多錢都冇所謂

we will spend any amount of money.

The real safety of our nation

但要令到國家真正有保障

is preparing this next generation

我哋必須盡力培育下一代

so that they can take our place

令佢哋將來有能力有魄力 去接掌我哋嘅位置

and be the leaders of the world

響思考力，科技同民主等

when it comes to thinking and technology and democracy

哩啲我哋重視嘅領域裏面引領世界

and all that stuff we care about.

I dare say it's a pittance,

我敢講解決哩啲問題 所需要去做嘅並唔多

what it would require for us to really

begin to solve some of these problems.

So once we do that, I'll no longer be angry. (Laughter)

當我哋解決種種情況

我就唔會再嬲（笑聲）

So, you guys, help me get there.

所以，請你哋一齊幫下手

Thank you all very much. Thank you.

多謝。好多謝你哋

(Applause)

（掌聲）

John Legend: So what is the high school dropout rate at Harlem Children's Zone?

主持︰喺 Harlem 兒童區入面 中學生嘅輟學率係幾多呢？

Geoffrey Canada: Well, you know, John,

講者︰你知啦，主持

100 percent of our kids graduated high school

舊年喺我學校嘅高中畢業嘅學生 係百分百嘅

last year in my school.

A hundred percent of them went to college.

佢哋亦都全部人升咗上大學

This year's seniors will have 100 percent graduating high school.

今年嘅高中學生亦都係百分百畢業

Last I heard we had 93 percent accepted to college.

聽講當中有 93% 俾大學錄取

We'd better get that other seven percent.

另外 7% 我哋仲要努力

So that's just how this goes. (Applause)

目前情況就係噉嘞（掌聲）

主持︰噉佢哋離開咗學校之後 你點樣繼續跟進呢？

JL: So how do you stick with them after they leave high school?

GC: Well, you know, one of the bad problems

講者︰你知啦 我哋國家一個好嚴重嘅問題

we have in this country is these kids, the same kids,

就係哩啲細路啦嘛。哩啲細路

these same vulnerable kids, when you get them in school,

哩啲脆弱嘅細路，即使你逼佢哋返學

they drop out in record numbers.

好多都會輟學嘅

And so we've figured out that you've got to really design

所以我哋明白到必須提供 一系列嘅支援畀佢哋

a network of support for these kids that in many ways

mimics what a good parent does.

就好似一個負責任嘅家長噉

They harass you, right? They call you, they say,

你要去煩住佢哋，同佢哋講

"I want to see your grades. How'd you do on that last test?

「我想睇下你啲成績喔。 上次個測驗你做成點啊？

What are you talking about that you want to leave school?

你話咩話？你想輟學？

And you're not coming back here."

你唔想返去讀書嗱？」

So a bunch of my kids know you can't come back to Harlem

所以好多我嘅學生都知道你輟學 你就唔可以返去 Harlem

because Geoff is looking for you.

因為 Geoff 會搵你

They're like, "I really can't come back." No. You'd better stay in school.

佢哋會話︰「我真係唔想再返學。」

唔得，你要留返喺學校

But I'm not kidding about some of this,

我唔係講笑嘎

and it gets a little bit to the grit issue.

哩樣嘢同毅力有些少關係

When kids know that you refuse to let them fail,

當一個細路知道你唔畀佢哋失敗嘅時候

it puts a different pressure on them,

無形中畀咗佢哋一啲壓力

and they don't give up as easy.

噉佢哋就唔會咁輕易放棄

So sometimes they don't have it inside,

有時候雖然佢哋無噉嘅勇氣同毅力

and they're, like, "You know, I don't want to do this,

但佢哋會話︰

「我知我啊媽知道我 唔繼續讀書會好嬲。」

but I know my mother's going to be mad."

哩樣對細路黎講係好重要嘅

Well, that matters to kids, and it helps get them through.

同埋會幫到佢哋堅持落去

We try to create a set of strategies that gets them tutoring

我哋努力創造一系列方法幫佢哋補習

and help and support, but also a set of encouragements

畀佢哋支援，同埋我哋會一直鼓勵佢哋

that say to them, "You can do it. It is going to be hard,

我哋會話畀佢哋聽︰

「你可以做到嘅。雖然係好困難， 但係我哋唔會畀你唔合格。」

but we refuse to let you fail."

JL: Well, thank you Dr. Canada.

主持︰好嘅，多謝你 Canada 博士

Please give it up for him one more time.

請大家再次畀啲掌聲！

(Applause)

（鼓掌）