Anindya Kundu: The boost students need to overcome obstacles
Anindya Kundu: Le coup de pouce dont les étudiants ont besoin pour surmonter les obstacles
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,
de l'inégalité et la race dans l'éducation
to any of my students
pour que tout étudiant
students, Mahari,
les plus souriants, Mahari,
a bit like an outcast because he's black.
comme un paria car il était noir.
from a community college
il était à l'université de New York
of students at NYU are black.
de l'université de New York sont noirs.
of being an outsider
d'être un paria
faculty members of color,
membres de couleur de la faculté
my family's social mobility,
la mobilité sociale de ma famille,
into a nice house,
pour s'installer dans une belle maison
white neighborhood.
extraordinairement blanc.
that I didn't smell like curry.
que je ne sente pas le curry.
des gaufres au petit-déjeuner.
with feeling isolated.
son sentiment d'isolement.
basées sur son cran
Dr. Angela Duckworth,
le Dr Angela Duckworth,
this stick-to-itiveness of grit
de se tenir à quelque chose
and passion for long-term goals."
pour les objectifs à long terme ».
"grit" as a core value.
comme une valeur fondamentale.
something more specific
un besoin plus spécifique
that he mentioned to me.
qu'il avait mentionnés.
I also study achievement,
j'étudie aussi la réussite,
légèrement différente.
immense obstacles
d'immenses obstacles
incarcerated or perhaps undocumented,
ou peut-être sans papiers,
with substance abuse
of the grittiest people I've met.
que je connais qui ont le plus de cran.
par une mère célibataire
he fell in with the wrong crowd.
de mauvaises fréquentations.
he was able to get a master's,
il a pu obtenir un master
dans un organisme à but non lucratif.
to Staten Island to the Bronx.
en passant par le Bronx.
by her extended family,
par sa famille éloignée
had a heroin addiction.
to go to community college,
aller dans une université publique,
to finish her bachelor's.
pour finir sa licence.
hear these stories and say,
ces histoires et disent :
by the bootstraps."
that helped to influence their agency,
ayant influencé leurs actions
the obstacles that they were facing
auxquels ils faisaient face
given their circumstances.
étant données les circonstances.
was actually aimless at first,
Tyrique n'avait pas de but,
took him aside
le prenne à part
with the youth program.
avec le programme jeunesse.
and possibilities in the teens.
et les possibilités des adolescents.
in taking college-credit courses.
par des cours universitaires.
who have been formerly incarcerated.
ayant été incarcérés auparavant.
a master's in social work,
en travail social
at Columbia about prison reform.
des conférences à Colombia
called Vocational Foundation
« Fondation vocationnelle »,
toutes les deux semaines,
avec un ordinateur.
are what helped her get her GED,
à obtenir son baccalauréat
from a very serious kidney failure,
d'une grave déficience rénale
because she was only born with one kidney.
car elle est née avec un seul rein.
waiting for a successful transplant.
à attendre une greffe.
had kept in touch with her,
avaient gardé contact avec elle
dans un programme d'excellence.
that allowed her to become accepted
d'être acceptée
for women in the country,
pour femmes du pays
for her young son.
à son jeune fils.
is that teaching is social
est que l'enseignement est social
d'un apprentissage social.
pushing these two in one direction,
poussées dans une direction,
mentorship and opportunities,
et des opportunités sur mesure,
on their circumstances
like developing a network,
des compétences simples
ou demander de l'aide --
that we have needed from time to time,
oublient avoir parfois eu besoin
à de telles personnes,
as exceptional, but not as exceptions.
mais pas les voir comme des exceptions.
to help students in similar situations.
dans des situations similaires.
and now even Trump,
"the civil rights issue of our time,"
« le droit civique de notre époque »,
la traiter comme tel.
about the agency that their students have
à la capacité d'action de leurs étudiants,
when they push them,
quand ils sont poussés,
more relevant to their lives,
peut avoir plus de sens dans leur vie
reservoirs of grit and character.
internes de cran et de caractère.
with scholarships,
avec une bourse
of recommendation.
de recommandation.
is what got him this achievement,
est ce qui l'a mené à cette réussite,
his voice along the way,
a little bit shy and awkward,
un peu timide et maladroit,
du temps et du soutien.
he will rely a lot on his grit
s'appuyer sur son cran
that first-year law school grind,
de cette première année de droit,
to succeed even more.
d'action et réussir encore plus.
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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