Anindya Kundu: The boost students need to overcome obstacles
انينديا كونو: الدافع الذي يحتاجه الطلاب للتغلب على العقبات
TED Resident Anindya Kundu is reframing our notions of achievement and ability through his sociological research, which suggests all students can succeed if provided the right support systems. Full bio
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about inequality and race in education,
عدم المساواة والعرق في التعليم،
to any of my students
students, Mahari,
a bit like an outcast because he's black.
دخيل لكونه أسود.
from a community college
من كلية مجتمع
of students at NYU are black.
جامعة نيويورك من السود.
of being an outsider
faculty members of color,
من أعضاء هيئة التدريس.
my family's social mobility,
الحراك الاجتماعي لأسرتي،
into a nice house,
white neighborhood.
that I didn't smell like curry.
أن رائحتي ليست كالكاري.
with feeling isolated.
Dr. Angela Duckworth,
هي الطبيبة أنجيلا دوكورث،
this stick-to-itiveness of grit
التي فسرت التمسك بالإصرار والمثابرة
and passion for long-term goals."
أهداف طويلة الأجل."
"grit" as a core value.
كقيمة أساسية.
something more specific
that he mentioned to me.
I also study achievement,
immense obstacles
عقبات هائلة
incarcerated or perhaps undocumented,
مسجونين أو ربما غير موثقين،
with substance abuse
of the grittiest people I've met.
من أعظم الأشخاص الذين قابلتهم.
he fell in with the wrong crowd.
he was able to get a master's,
على الحصول على درجة الماجستير.
to Staten Island to the Bronx.
إلى جزيرة ستاتن إلى برونكس.
by her extended family,
had a heroin addiction.
to go to community college,
كانت قادرة على الذهاب لكلية المجتمع
to finish her bachelor's.
لإنهاء البكالوريوس.
hear these stories and say,
by the bootstraps."
أنفسهما بدون مساعدة أحد ."
that helped to influence their agency,
ساعدت في التأثير على قوتهم،
the obstacles that they were facing
given their circumstances.
was actually aimless at first,
took him aside
with the youth program.
and possibilities in the teens.
in taking college-credit courses.
who have been formerly incarcerated.
قد سُجِنوا سابقًا.
a master's in social work,
الماجستير في العمل الاجتماعي،
at Columbia about prison reform.
called Vocational Foundation
are what helped her get her GED,
الحصول على شهادة GED ,
from a very serious kidney failure,
because she was only born with one kidney.
waiting for a successful transplant.
تنتظر عملية نقل ناجحة.
had kept in touch with her,
that allowed her to become accepted
for women in the country,
للنساء في الدولة،
for her young son.
is that teaching is social
هو أن التعليم اجتماعي
pushing these two in one direction,
هذين الاثنين إلى طريق واحد،
mentorship and opportunities,
on their circumstances
like developing a network,
that we have needed from time to time,
أننا قد نحتاجها من وقت لآخر،
as exceptional, but not as exceptions.
استثنائيين وليس كاستثناء.
to help students in similar situations.
الطلاب في مواقف مشابهة.
and now even Trump,
"the civil rights issue of our time,"
" قضية الحقوق المدنية في عصرنا. "
about the agency that their students have
بالقوات الكامنة في طلابها
when they push them,
more relevant to their lives,
أن يصبح مرتبطًا أكثر بحياتهم،
reservoirs of grit and character.
الخزائن الداخلية من العزم والشخصية.
with scholarships,
of recommendation.
رسائل التوصية خاصته.
is what got him this achievement,
هو ما أوصله لهذا الإنجاز،
his voice along the way,
a little bit shy and awkward,
he will rely a lot on his grit
that first-year law school grind,
to succeed even more.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Anindya Kundu - Sociologist, educator, writerTED Resident Anindya Kundu is reframing our notions of achievement and ability through his sociological research, which suggests all students can succeed if provided the right support systems.
Why you should listen
Anindya Kundu studies the potential of human agency to help people create positive change in their lives. His research involves learning how students can navigate around personal, social and institutional challenges to succeed. Kundu's book Achieving Agency is forthcoming.
At NYU, Kundu has taught the course, "American Dilemmas: Race, Inequality, and the Unfulfilled Promise of Public Education," originally designed by achievement gap scholar, Dr. Pedro Noguera. Kundu was the 2017 recipient of the NYU "Outstanding Doctoral Student Teaching Award." He also teaches high school students storytelling through The Moth in New York City.
Kundu frequently contributes to public discourse on education. His work has appeared in NPR Education, MSNBC and Huffington Post. Kundu says, "There is intellectual talent going uncultivated and unnoticed in our communities. If we remember education is our greatest public responsibility, we can better tackle the social problems that lie ahead, together."
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