Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll: How I learned to read -- and trade stocks -- in prison
Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll: Kuidas ma õppisin vanglas lugema ja aktsiatega kauplema
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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asunud mänguautomaadi.
haaras turvamees mul käest.
and I jumped on top of a fence.
tahtsin üle piirdeaia hüpata.
in my book bag
25-sendise raskus mind alla tagasi.
was standing on top of me,
seisis turvamees mu kohal
steal something you can carry."
varasta midagi, mida kanda jaksad."
into the custody of my mother,
käendusel vabaks lasti,
"How'd you get caught?"
"Kuidas nad su kätte said?"
kogu raha võtma."
to take all the quarters."
mündid, mis ma sain teha?"
What am I supposed to do?"
mänguautomaati tühjendama.
to burglarize another arcade game.
of my immediate family
of living with family, friends,
in breadlines and soup kitchens.
toiduabist ja supiköögist.
or the good guy.
that I was told that I had potential
et mul on potensiaali
that I could be a lawyer,
advokaat, arst või insener.
lugeda ega kirjutada?
I couldn't read, write or spell.
on mu ainuke võimalus.
crime was my way to go.
about this robbery that we could do.
ühe röövi ette võtta.
ühes maailma rikkaimas riigis,
financial nation in the world,
stand in line at a blood bank
seisab verekeskuse sabas,
just to try to feed her kids.
ja lastele süüa osta.
on her arms to day to show for that.
mis seda tõestavad.
were doing to take what they wanted,
the robbers, the blood bank.
kuidas vaid sain.
really did rule the world,
valitsesid maailma
for robbery and murder
varguse ja mõrva eest
rule more than they did on the streets,
veelgi suurem kui tänaval
ajalehe spordikülje,
the sports page of the newspaper
picked up the business section.
"Hey youngster, you pick stocks?"
kas sa tegeled aktsiatega?"
where white folks keep all their money."
valged kogu oma raha hoiavad."
kui mulle koitis lootusekiir
that I saw a glimpse of hope,
of what stocks were,
to hide my illiteracy
kirjaoskuse puudumist
prey among predators,
ning võitlesin vabaduse eest
I'd ever done in my life.
time of my life,
millegi kohutavalt raskega -
I had ever dreamed of:
everything I could get my hands on:
et lugesin kõike, mis ette juhtus:
liiklusmärke, kõike.
street signs, everything.
and know how to spell.
tähthaaval sõnade ütlemisest.
"Man, what you eating?"
"Mis sa sööd?"
I said, "N-O. No."
Ma ütlesin: "E-I, ei."
for the first time in my life read.
from it was amazing.
tundes end hästi ja enesekindlalt,
of the newspaper.
ja teistele õpetama hakkasin,
financially manage money and invest,
hallada ja investeerida,
responsibility for my own actions.
vastutuse oma tegude eest.
in a very complex environment,
keerulistes oludes,
oli minu enda valik
for that, and I did.
that could teach incarcerated men
through prison employments.
oma raha hallata.
would provide transferrable tools
annab vajalikud oskused,
when we reenter society,
who didn't commit crimes.
kes kuritegelikule teele ei läinud.
over 60 percent of NBA players
et üle 60% NBA ja NFL-i mängijatest
derive from financial issues.
rahalistest probleemidest.
that people worked their whole lives,
töötavad kogu oma elu,
homes and material stuff
going to help incarcerated individuals
to meet those on the path
hoolisin oma kogukonnast.
I now cared about my community.
I cared about my community.
ja vähemprivilegeeritud klassid
and the lower class in our society
of the American population
driven by financial prosperity?
riigis, mis on maailma majanduse lipulaev?
meie sotsiaalne staatus,
that most people can't manage.
enamik inimesi ei oska hallata.
than any other issue.
Department of Corrections,
with money-related crimes:
fraud, larceny, distortion --
väljapressimised -
ja ei säästa midagi.
200 dollars gate money and told,
antakse talle 200 dollarit ja öeldakse:
Don't come back to prison."
ega siia tagasi tule."
or long-term financial plan,
pikema rahalise plaanita,
käitumise juurde, mis ta vangi viis?
that led him to prison in the first place?
already chose for him, probably.
Emotional Literacy.
Emotional Literacy"
your emotional decisions
emotsionaalseid otsuseid
to personal finance:
oma rahaga ümberkäimiseks:
by allowing your money to work for you
vaid panna raha enda heaks tööle.
before we reenter society.
ühiskonda naasmiseks
without these life skills.
ühiskonda sulanduda,
can invest and manage money
investeerida ja raha haldada
kui enamik teisi inimesi
you need, have or want better than you,
raha sa vajad, omad või tahad,
ladies and gentlemen.
of a proper lifestyle.
õige elustiiliga.
can become a taxpaying citizen,
võib saada tubli maksumaksja.
taxpaying citizen can remain one.
jätkab nii ka edaspidi.
between those people who we influence:
inimestega, keda saame mõjutada:
that crime and money are related.
ja raha käivad käsikäes.
that you've been out there hearing.
mida räägitakse.
of what's been crippling our society
probleemi põhiolemusega,
to be better life managers.
and easy to use curriculum
and emotional literacy really is.
in the audience and you said,
and I don't buy it,"
it costs you every time you get emotional.
teile maksma iga kord,
kontrolli kaotate.
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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