ABOUT THE SPEAKER
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."

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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Jok Church: A circle of caring

Jok Church: Зирәклек түгәрәге

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Әлеге 3 минутлык әңгәмәдә рәссам һәм мөхәррир Джок Чёрч аның турында кайгырткан бердәнбер кеше булган укытучысы турында һәм аңа бурычын кайтару хикәясен сөйли.
- 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

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You know, what I do is write for children,
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Беләсезме, мин балалар өчен язам.
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and I'm probably America's
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Мөгаен, Америкада мин
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most widely read children's author, in fact.
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иң күп укылган балалар язучысы.
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And I always tell people
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Һәм мин һәрвакыт кешеләргә шулай дим:
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that I don't want to show up looking like a scientist.
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"мин галим кебек киенеп чыгыш ясарга теләмим".
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You can have me as a farmer, or in leathers,
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Мин фермер кебек яки күннән тегелгән куртка кия алам,
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and no one has ever chose farmer.
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һәм әлегә беркем фермерның костюмы сайламады.
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I'm here today to talk to you
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Бүген мин сезнең белән
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about circles and epiphanies.
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зирәклек турында сөйләшергә телим.
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And you know, an epiphany
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Һәм беләсезме, зирәклек ул
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is usually something you find that you dropped someplace.
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сез кайчандыр югалткан, ә аннары соң тапкан нәрсә.
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You've just got to go around the block
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Сезгә моның зирәклек икәнлеген аңлар өчен
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to see it as an epiphany.
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бөтен кварталны урап узырга кирәк.
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That's a painting of a circle.
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Бу - түгәрәк рәсеме.
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A friend of mine did that -- Richard Bollingbroke.
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Аны минем дустым, Ричард Боллингброк, ясады.
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It's the kind of complicated circle
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Бу катлаулы түгәрәк,
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that I'm going to tell you about.
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аның турында сезгә сөйләргә телим.
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My circle began back in the '60s
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Минем түгәрәгем алтмышынчы елларда
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in high school in Stow, Ohio
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урта мәктәптә Стоуда, Огайода башланды
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where I was the class queer.
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анда мин шактый читкә кагылган идем.
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I was the guy beaten up bloody
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Мин атна саен бәдрәфтә каңга кадәр
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every week in the boys' room,
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кыйналган егетләрдән идем.
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until one teacher saved my life.
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Ә бервакыт укытучым минем гомеремне коткарды.
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She saved my life by letting me go to the bathroom
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Ул миңа укытучылар бәдрәфен
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in the teachers' lounge.
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кулану рөхсәт белән мине коткарды.
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She did it in secret.
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Ул моны сердә тотты
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She did it for three years.
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ул моны өч ел буе эшләде.
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And I had to get out of town.
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Аннары соң миңа башка шәһәргә китәргә кирәк булды.
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I had a thumb, I had 85 dollars,
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Минем баш бармагым һәм 85$ бар иде.
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and I ended up in San Francisco, California --
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һәм мин Сан Францискода, Калифорнияда калдым
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met a lover --
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һәм
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and back in the '80s, found it necessary
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Сиксәненче елларда мин СПИД белән
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to begin work on AIDS organizations.
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шөгыльләнгән оешмага урнаштырга кирәк дип таптым.
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About three or four years ago,
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Якынча өч-дүрт ел элек
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I got a phone call in the middle of the night
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төн уртасында теге укытучым,
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from that teacher, Mrs. Posten,
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Миссис Постен телефоннан шалтыратты.
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who said, "I need to see you.
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Ул миңа "миңа сине күрергә кирәк.
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I'm disappointed
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Мин үзебезнең олылар кебек
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that we never got to know each other as adults.
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сөйләшмәгәнебезгә бик үкенәм.
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Could you please come to Ohio,
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Син минем яныма Огайога килә алсыңмы,
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and please bring that man
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һәм зинһар үзең белән йөргән кызныңны ал
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that I know you have found by now.
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бу вакытка синең ул бардыр инде.
02:00
And I should mention
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Шуны бел:
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that I have pancreatic cancer,
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минем ашказаны асты бизенең яман шеше.
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and I'd like you to please
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һәм зинһар өчен
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be quick about this."
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ашык бул.
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Well, the next day we were in Cleveland.
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Менә шулай итеп, икенче көнне без Кливлендка килдек.
Без гаҗәпләндек, без көлдек, без еладык,
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We took a look at her, we laughed, we cried,
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һәм без аңа хоспис табарга кирәк икәнен белдек.
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and we knew that she needed to be in a hospice.
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Без аңа хоспис таптык һәм анда илттек,
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We found her one, we got her there,
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без аның артыннан
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and we took care of her
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һәм гаиләсе артыннан карадык,
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and watched over her family,
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чөнки бу мәҗбүри булды,
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because it was necessary.
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һәм аны ничек эшләргә кирәклеген белдек.
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It's something we knew how to do.
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Һәм минем белән олыларча
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And just as the woman who wanted to know me as an adult
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сөйләшергә теләгән хатын,
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got to know me,
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көл әрҗәсенә әйләнде
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she turned into a box of ashes
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һәм минем кулыма эләкте.
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and was placed in my hands.
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һәм
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And what had happened
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бу түгәрәк ябылды,
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was the circle had closed,
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ул түгәрәк булды
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it had become a circle --
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һәм мин моңа кадәр әйткән зирәклек
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and that epiphany I talked about
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миңа ачылды.
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presented itself.
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Зирәклек шуннан гыйбарәт:
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The epiphany is
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үлем – тормышның өлеше.
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that death is a part of life.
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Ул минем гомеремне коткарды,
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She saved my life;
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ә мин аның.
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I and my partner saved hers.
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Һәм беләсезме, тормышның бу өлешендә
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And you know, that part of life needs everything
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безгә элекке әйберләр кирәк.
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that the rest of life does.
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Безгә матурлык һәм хакыйкать кирәк,
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It needs truth and beauty,
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һәм без бүген моның турында күп әйтелгәненә шатмые.
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and I'm so happy it's been mentioned so much here today.
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Шулай ук безгә
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It also needs --
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яхшылык,
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it needs dignity,
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мәхәббәт, ихтирам да кирәк.
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love and pleasure,
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Һәм безнең максатыбыз - боларны бирү.
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and it's our job to hand those things out.
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Рәхмәт
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Thank you.
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кул чабу
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(Applause)
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Тәмам.
Translated by Vladislav Semakhin
Reviewed by Rashat Yakup

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
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."

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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Jok Church | Speaker | TED.com