Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll: How I learned to read -- and trade stocks -- in prison
كيرتس" وول ستريت" كارول: كيف تعلمت أن أقرأ وأن أتاجر بالأسهم في البورصة في السجن
Curtis “Wall Street” Carroll overcame poverty, illiteracy, incarceration and a lack of outside support to become a stock investor, creator and teacher of his own financial literacy philosophy. Full bio
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and I jumped on top of a fence.
وقفزت إلى أعلى سياج حديدي
in my book bag
على ثلاث آلاف عملة نقدية
was standing on top of me,
steal something you can carry."
يمكنكم حمله أيها الأوغاد الصغار. "
into the custody of my mother,
"How'd you get caught?"
ثقيلة للغاية يا رجل"
to take all the quarters."
أن تسرق كل الأرباع المعدنية."
What am I supposed to do?"
ماذا كان علي أن أفعل؟"
to burglarize another arcade game.
لعبة أركاد أخرى.
of my immediate family
of living with family, friends,
مع العائلة والأصدقاء،
in breadlines and soup kitchens.
يتكون من خبز وحساء.
or the good guy.
that I was told that I had potential
فيها أن لدي إمكانيات
that I could be a lawyer,
أن أصبح محاميًا،
I couldn't read, write or spell.
لا أعرف القراءة أو الكتابة أو التهجئة.
crime was my way to go.
هي وسيلتي الوحيدة للعيش.
about this robbery that we could do.
التي يمكن أن نقوم بها.
financial nation in the world,
stand in line at a blood bank
وهي تقف في الصف في بنك الدم
just to try to feed her kids.
فقط لإطعام أولادها.
on her arms to day to show for that.
في ذراعيها إلى اليوم لتشهد على ذلك
were doing to take what they wanted,
the robbers, the blood bank.
really did rule the world,
for robbery and murder
تم اعتقالي بتهمتي القتل والسرقة
rule more than they did on the streets,
أكثر منه في الشوارع،
the sports page of the newspaper
على صفحة الرياضة من الجريدة
picked up the business section.
"Hey youngster, you pick stocks?"
"أيها الفتى، أتتابع البورصة؟"
where white folks keep all their money."
يضع فيه الأناس البيض كل أموالهم."
that I saw a glimpse of hope,
التي أرى فيها بصيصاً من الأمل
of what stocks were,
to hide my illiteracy
prey among predators,
I'd ever done in my life.
time of my life,
I had ever dreamed of:
التي لم أكن أحلم بها يوماً:
everything I could get my hands on:
كنت أقرأ كل ما تصل إليه يدى:
street signs, everything.
لافتات الشوارع، كل شيء.
and know how to spell.
كيفية القراءة والتهجئة.
"Man, what you eating?"
"يا رجل ماذا تأكل؟"
I said, "N-O. No."
قلت: "ل-ا، لا"
for the first time in my life read.
في حياتي أن اقرأ.
from it was amazing.
of the newspaper.
الأناس البيض الأغنياء.
financially manage money and invest,
إدارة أموالهم وكيفية الاستثمار،
responsibility for my own actions.
أتحمل مسؤولية أفعالي.
in a very complex environment,
for that, and I did.
وبالفعل تحملتها.
that could teach incarcerated men
through prison employments.
عملهم في السجن.
would provide transferrable tools
سيوفر لنا أدوات قابلة للنقل والتحويل
when we reenter society,
عندما نعود لمجتمعنا،
who didn't commit crimes.
الذين لم يرتكبوا جرائم.
over 60 percent of NBA players
أن 60 % من لاعبي" ان بي ايه"
derive from financial issues.
بسبب المشكلات المادية.
that people worked their whole lives,
homes and material stuff
والمنازل و الأشياء
going to help incarcerated individuals
مساعدة الأشخاص المسجونين
to meet those on the path
الذين يسلكون هذا الدرب
I now cared about my community.
فأنا الآن أهتم بمجتمعي.
I cared about my community.
أنا اهتممت بمجتمعي.
and the lower class in our society
of the American population
driven by financial prosperity?
يقودها الرخاء المادي؟
that most people can't manage.
الذي لا يستطيع الناس إدارته.
than any other issue.
من أي قضية أخرى.
Department of Corrections,
with money-related crimes:
ذات صلة بالأموال
fraud, larceny, distortion --
احتيال، اختلاس، ابتزاز --
200 dollars gate money and told,
سيعطونه 200 دولار ويقولون له:
Don't come back to prison."
ولا تأتي للسجن مرة أخرى."
or long-term financial plan,
أو خطة مالية طويلة المدى،
that led him to prison in the first place?
أودى به في المقام الأول إلى السجن؟
already chose for him, probably.
Emotional Literacy.
الماحي للأمية العاطفية"
your emotional decisions
to personal finance:
by allowing your money to work for you
جعل المال يخدمك
before we reenter society.
المهارات الحياتية قبل العودة للمجتمع.
without these life skills.
دون هذه المهارات الحياتية.
can invest and manage money
يستطيعون استثمار وإدارة الأموال
you need, have or want better than you,
تحتاجه، تملكه، تريده أكثر منك،
ladies and gentlemen.
سيداتي وسادتي.
of a proper lifestyle.
لأسلوب حياة لائق.
can become a taxpaying citizen,
يمكن أن يصبح مواطن دافع للضرائب،
taxpaying citizen can remain one.
يمكن أن يظل هكذا.
between those people who we influence:
يربط بين هؤلاء الذين نؤثر فيهم:
that crime and money are related.
الجريمة والمال مترابطان.
that you've been out there hearing.
تسمعونه في الخارج.
of what's been crippling our society
to be better life managers.
تُصبحوا مدراء حياة أفضل.
and easy to use curriculum
and emotional literacy really is.
التمكين المادي ومحو الأمية العاطفية.
in the audience and you said,
وسط الجمهور وقلت:
وأنا لا أشتري هذا،"
and I don't buy it,"
it costs you every time you get emotional.
المال تنفق حينما تصبح عاطفيًا.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll - Financial literacy advocateCurtis “Wall Street” Carroll overcame poverty, illiteracy, incarceration and a lack of outside support to become a stock investor, creator and teacher of his own financial literacy philosophy.
Why you should listen
The media calls Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll the "Oracle of San Quentin" for his stock picking prowess and ability to translate financial information into simple language for his students.
Carroll grew up in Oakland, California surrounded by poverty. In 1996, at 17 years old, he committed a robbery where a man was killed. He turned himself in and ended up an illiterate teenager in prison with a 54-to-life sentence. While in prison, the stock market captured his attention, but due to his illiteracy he couldn't learn more about it. Motivating by the lure of financial gaining, he taught himself how to read at 20-21 years old, and then he started studying the stock market. Carroll's role models changed from drug dealers and sports figures to Bill Gates and Warren Buffet. He wanted others to learn this new way of making money.
When Carroll arrived at San Quentin in 2012, he met Troy Williams, who helped him start the Financial Literacy Program. Together they created the philosophy F.E.E.L (Financial Empowerment Emotional Literacy) that teaches people to recognize how their emotions affect their financial decision, and how to separate the two.
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