Caroline Paul: To raise brave girls, encourage adventure
卡洛琳 鮑爾: 想培育勇敢的女孩,就鼓勵冒險吧!
Brimming with insights gained on her picaresque journey from firefighter to best-selling author, Caroline Paul’s "The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure" is a revolutionary guide for raising brave young women. Full bio
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with the Guinness Book of World Records,
to set a world record myself.
能夠創一個世界紀錄,
a world record in something
was 12 and a half miles,
this seemed totally manageable.
我覺得自己完全可以達成。
we didn't even need to train.
我們根本不需要什麽訓練。
on the outside of our good luck jeans
were bleeding through my jeans,
膝蓋摩擦所流出的血,
of the suffer-fest that I was undergoing,
the high school track took 10 minutes.
只花了我 10 分鐘。
the 12-and-a-half-mile record.
才能達到紀錄。
this was a story of abject failure,
這是嚴重失敗的經驗,
attempting the world record,
the attributes of failure.
in a department of 1,500 men.
我是第 15 位女性。
about whether we could do the job.
150-pound collegiate rower,
在大學時擔任划船手,
12 hours of searing knee pain --
my strength and fitness.
when my engine group pulled up,
from a building off an alleyway.
and I was right behind,
was supposed to do:
by a water heater,
and ultimately it was not a big deal,
最終也不是什麼大事件,
the fire hadn't been difficult physically,
處理這場火災又不是特別困難,
with something like astonishment?
that women could not be strong,
could not be brave either.
像這種危險啊
a male firefighter asked this.
男性消防員被問這種問題。
was a big scaredy-cat,
the parents were anxious.
when she was outside began with,
他們最常用這幾句開頭:
much more than they caution their sons.
他們對女兒更加小心。
a playground fire pole, ironically,
were very likely to be warned
說消防桿是很危險的,
about the fire pole's risk,
still wanted to play on the fire pole,
to play on the fire pole
that they might have,
guidance on how to use it on their own.
怎麼自己玩消防桿。
to both boys and girls?
and more in need of help,
master difficult tasks by themselves.
也必須自己處理難題。
very alike physically.
stronger until puberty,
青春期前常是更強壯的,
that we absorb as kids,
that fully permeates as we grow up.
越來越相信這個想法。
we pass it on to our children,
我們將這個傳給小孩,
甚至是女消防員,
won't believe me when I tell you this,
and it's there to keep us safe.
也知道害怕是為了讓我們保持安全。
when fear is the primary reaction
我們教導和鼓勵女孩們,
首先就應感到害怕。
outside their comfort zone.
for many years --
it looks just like a bedsheet
a little fear would make sense here.
這時候覺得有點害怕是正常的。
to come in just right,
or I wouldn't be there.
不然我就不會去了。
a thousand feet in the air.
高空中感覺多棒。
your girls must be firefighters
our girls to be timid, even helpless,
變得膽小甚至無助,
against physical risk.
警告她們可能會受傷。
and the experiences we don't
卻沒有經驗過的,
that we face and try to shed:
而且嘗試擺脫的事,
in our own decisions.
on that playground fire pole.
is really important for kids, all kids,
對於所有孩子來說都是重要的,
and practice bravery,
cautioning our girls willy-nilly.
慌張地不斷警告女孩。
what you're really telling her
其實是在告訴她,
practicing bravery, too.
until we teach ourselves.
the heightened heart rate,
you were scared out of your wits,
mostly exhilaration,
outside to learn to be gutsy,
學習變得勇敢的時候,
to get on hoverboards or climb trees,
踏上懸浮滑板或爬樹,
在山頂的陡坡上騎車,
she's too scared to go down,
really is too steep,
斜坡真的太陡了,
through courage, not fear.
而不是透過害怕。
about the steep hill in front of her.
that we cannot protect her from,
be there to guide her through,
to see a girl go break that.
我會很開心。
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Caroline Paul - AuthorBrimming with insights gained on her picaresque journey from firefighter to best-selling author, Caroline Paul’s "The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure" is a revolutionary guide for raising brave young women.
Why you should listen
Before launching her career as a writer, Caroline Paul embarked on a long list of unlikely adventures, ranging from flying experimental planes to whitewater rafting unexplored rivers in Borneo and Australia.
Paul was one of the first women to work for the San Francisco Fire Department -- a job that inspired her first work of nonfiction, Fighting Fire. Her latest book, The Gutsy Girl, uses stories from her own life as a gutsy woman to inspire girls to break the rules, take risks and accept seemingly insurmountable challenges.
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