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Jok Church: A circle of caring
Jok Church: Um círculo de carinho
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Nesta conversa de 3 minutos, o ilustrador e educador Jok Church conta uma história comovente sobre a professora que se importou com ele quando mais ninguém o fez -- e como ele retribuiu o favor.
Jok Church - Cartoonist
Jok Church created the science-education comic strip "You Can with Beakman and Jax" and the zany TV series "Beakman's World." Full bio
Jok Church created the science-education comic strip "You Can with Beakman and Jax" and the zany TV series "Beakman's World." Full bio
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You know, what I do is write for children,
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Vocês sabem, o que eu faço é escrever para crianças,
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and I'm probably America's
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e, de facto, sou provavelmente o autor para crianças
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most widely read children's author, in fact.
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mais lido nos Estados Unidos.
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And I always tell people
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E eu sempre digo às pessoas
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that I don't want to show up looking like a scientist.
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que não quero aparecer com o aspecto de um cientista.
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You can have me as a farmer, or in leathers,
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Posso vir vestido como agricultor, ou em couros,
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and no one has ever chose farmer.
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e nunca ninguém escolheu agricultor.
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I'm here today to talk to you
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Hoje estou aqui para vos falar
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about circles and epiphanies.
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sobre círculos e epifanias.
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And you know, an epiphany
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E, vocês sabem, uma epifania
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is usually something you find that you dropped someplace.
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é normalmente uma coisa que vocês encontram, que deixaram cair algures.
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You've just got to go around the block
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Vocês só têm que dar uma volta ao quarteirão
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to see it as an epiphany.
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para a ver como uma epifania.
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That's a painting of a circle.
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Esta é a pintura de um círculo.
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A friend of mine did that -- Richard Bollingbroke.
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Foi feita por um amigo meu -- Richard Bollingbroke.
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It's the kind of complicated circle
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É o tipo de círculo complicado
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that I'm going to tell you about.
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de que vou falar.
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My circle began back in the '60s
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O meu círculo começou nos anos 60,
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in high school in Stow, Ohio
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na escola secundária de Stow, no Ohio,
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where I was the class queer.
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onde eu era o esquisito da turma.
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I was the guy beaten up bloody
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Eu era o tipo espancado sangrentamente
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every week in the boys' room,
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todas as semanas na casa de banho dos rapazes,
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until one teacher saved my life.
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até que uma professora salvou a minha vida.
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She saved my life by letting me go to the bathroom
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Ela salvou-me a vida permitindo-me ir à casa de banho
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in the teachers' lounge.
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na sala dos professores.
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She did it in secret.
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Ela fez isso em segredo,
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She did it for three years.
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durante três anos,
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And I had to get out of town.
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e eu tive que sair da cidade.
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I had a thumb, I had 85 dollars,
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Tinha um polegar, tinha 85 dólares,
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and I ended up in San Francisco, California --
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e acabei em São Francisco, na Califórnia --
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met a lover --
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encontrei um amante --
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and back in the '80s, found it necessary
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e nos anos 80 descobri que era necessário
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to begin work on AIDS organizations.
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começar a trabalhar em organizações na luta contra o SIDA.
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About three or four years ago,
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Há cerca de 3 ou 4 anos,
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I got a phone call in the middle of the night
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recebi um telefonema, no meio da noite,
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from that teacher, Mrs. Posten,
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daquela professora, Mrs. Posten,
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who said, "I need to see you.
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que disse: "Preciso de vê-lo.
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I'm disappointed
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Sinto-me desapontada
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that we never got to know each other as adults.
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por nunca termos tido a possibilidade de nos conhecer como adultos.
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Could you please come to Ohio,
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Poderia, por favor, vir ao Ohio,
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and please bring that man
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e, por favor, traga aquele homem
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that I know you have found by now.
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que eu sei que já encontrou.
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And I should mention
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E devo mencionar
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that I have pancreatic cancer,
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que tenho cancro no pâncreas,
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and I'd like you to please
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e gostaria que você, por favor,
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be quick about this."
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viesse rápido."
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Well, the next day we were in Cleveland.
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Bom, no dia seguinte estávamos em Cleveland.
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We took a look at her, we laughed, we cried,
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Vimo-la, rimo-nos, chorámos,
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and we knew that she needed to be in a hospice.
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e compreendemos que ela precisava de ser internada.
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We found her one, we got her there,
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Encontrámos um hospital, levámo-la para lá,
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and we took care of her
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e cuidámos dela
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and watched over her family,
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e tomámos conta da família dela,
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because it was necessary.
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porque era necessário,
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It's something we knew how to do.
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era algo que sabíamos fazer.
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And just as the woman who wanted to know me as an adult
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E precisamente quando a mulher que queria conhecer-me como adulto
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got to know me,
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me conheceu,
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she turned into a box of ashes
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transformou-se numa caixa de cinzas
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and was placed in my hands.
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e foi colocada nas minhas mãos.
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And what had happened
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E o que tinha acontecido
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was the circle had closed,
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era que o círculo se tinha fechado,
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it had become a circle --
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tinha-se tornado um círculo --
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and that epiphany I talked about
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e aquela epifania de que falei
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presented itself.
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apresentou-se.
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The epiphany is
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A epifania é que
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that death is a part of life.
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a morte é uma parte da vida.
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She saved my life;
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Ela salvou a minha vida,
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I and my partner saved hers.
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meu companheiro e eu salvámos a dela.
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And you know, that part of life needs everything
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E, vocês sabem, essa parte da vida precisa de tudo
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that the rest of life does.
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aquilo de que o resto da vida precisa.
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It needs truth and beauty,
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Precisa de verdade e beleza,
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and I'm so happy it's been mentioned so much here today.
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e estou tão feliz por isso ter sido tão mencionado hoje aqui.
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It also needs --
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Também precisa --
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it needs dignity,
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precisa de dignidade,
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love and pleasure,
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amor e alegria.
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and it's our job to hand those things out.
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E é nossa tarefa proporcionar essas coisas.
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Thank you.
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Obrigado.
03:23
(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jok Church - CartoonistJok Church created the science-education comic strip "You Can with Beakman and Jax" and the zany TV series "Beakman's World."
Why you should listen
In his work, Jok Church loved helping kids learn basic concepts of science and experimentation -- with a healthy dash of fun. He created his comic strip You Can with Beakman & Jax in 1991 for his local newspaper in Marin County, California -- inspired by a stint answering kids' letters for Lucasfilm. The comic strip does not answer readers' questions directly. Rather, it gives directions to do a thing, a procedure, an experiment to learn the answer. It's about learning by doing. Active. Not passive.
Six Beakman & Jax books are best-sellers. Church created the long-running TV series Beakman's World, a hit in English and Spanish, and helped create the Beakman's World on Tour exhibit for science centers and museums. A longtime techie, he also served as the webmaster for artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Church died April 29, 2016, and will be much missed.
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