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Rita Pierson: Every kid needs a champion
Rita Pierson: Svako dijete treba uzora
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Rita Pierson, učiteljica s 40-godišnjim iskustvom, jednom je od svoga kolege čula: "Ne plaćaju me da bih volio djecu." Njen je odgovor bio: "Djeca ne uče od ljudi koji im nisu dragi.’” Uzbudljiv poziv odgajateljima da vjeruju u svoje učenike i istinski se s njima povežu na stvarnoj, ljudskoj, osobnoj razini.
Rita F. Pierson - Educator
Rita F. Pierson spent her entire life in or around the classroom, having followed both her parents and grandparents into a career as an educator. Full bio
Rita F. Pierson spent her entire life in or around the classroom, having followed both her parents and grandparents into a career as an educator. Full bio
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I have spent my entire life
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Čitav sam svoj život provela
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either at the schoolhouse, on the way to the schoolhouse,
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u školskoj zgradi, na putu do školske zgrade,
00:20
or talking about what happens in the schoolhouse.
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ili govoreći o onome što se događa unutar školske zgrade.
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Both my parents were educators,
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Oboje mojih roditelja bili su učitelji,
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my maternal grandparents were educators,
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moji baka i djed po majci bili su učitelji,
00:29
and for the past 40 years I've done the same thing.
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a posljednjih sam se 40 godina i sama bavila istim poslom.
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And so, needless to say, over those years
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Prema tome, ne moram posebno
naglašavati da sam svih tih godina
naglašavati da sam svih tih godina
00:36
I've had a chance to look at education reform
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imala prigodu promatrati obrazovnu reformu
00:40
from a lot of perspectives.
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iz najrazličitijih kuteva.
00:42
Some of those reforms have been good.
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Neke su od tih reformi bile dobre;
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Some of them have been not so good.
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neke od njih i nisu bile toliko dobre...
00:46
And we know why kids drop out.
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I mi znamo zašto djeca odustaju od školovanja;
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We know why kids don't learn.
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mi znamo zašto djeca ne uče.
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It's either poverty, low attendance,
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Ili zbog siromaštva, ili zbog nepohađanja,
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negative peer influences. We know why.
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ili zbog negativnog utjecaja vršnjaka... Znamo zašto.
00:56
But one of the things that we never discuss
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Ali jedna od stvari o kojima nikad ne razgovaramo,
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or we rarely discuss
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ili rijetko razgovaramo,
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is the value and importance of human connection,
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vrijednost je i značaj ljudske povezanosti.
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relationships.
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Odnosa.
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James Comer says that no significant learning
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James Comer kaže da bez važnog i utjecajnog odnosa
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can occur without a significant relationship.
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ne može biti niti znatnijeg učenja.
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George Washington Carver says all learning
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George Washington Carver kaže da se sve učenje
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is understanding relationships.
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i sastoji u razumijevanju odnosa.
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Everyone in this room has been affected
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Svatko u ovoj osobi bio je pod utjecajem
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by a teacher or an adult.
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učitelja ili neke druge odrasle osobe.
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For years, I have watched people teach.
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Godinama promatram ljude kako poučavaju.
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I have looked at the best and I've look at some of the worst.
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Vidjela sam najbolje među njima,
ali sam vidjela i neke od najgorih.
ali sam vidjela i neke od najgorih.
01:34
A colleague said to me one time,
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Kolega mi jednom reče:
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"They don't pay me to like the kids.
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"Ne plaćaju me da bih volio djecu.
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They pay me to teach a lesson.
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Plaćaju me da ih poučim nečemu.
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The kids should learn it.
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Djeca moraju učiti.
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I should teach it. They should learn it. Case closed."
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Ja moram poučavati. Oni moraju učiti. To je sve."
01:45
Well, I said to her,
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Dakle, rekla sam joj:
01:47
"You know, kids don't learn from people they don't like."
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"Znaš, djeca ne uče od ljudi koje ne vole."
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(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Smijeh) (Pljesak)
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She said, "That's just a bunch of hooey."
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Odgovorila je: "Ma, daj, pričaš gluposti!"
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And I said to her, "Well, your year is going to be long
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A ja sam joj rekla: "Draga, tvoja će godina biti duga
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and arduous, dear."
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i jako zahtjevna."
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Needless to say it was. Some people think
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Ne moram vam reći da je tako bilo. Neki ljudi misle
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that you can either have it in you to build a relationship
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da ili imate u sebi što je potrebno za izgraditi odnos,
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or you don't.
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ili jednostavno nemate.
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I think Stephen Covey had the right idea.
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Ja mislim da je Stephen Covey imao dobru ideju.
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He said you ought to just throw in a few simple things,
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Rekao je da treba započeti s nekoliko jednostavnih stvari...
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like seeking first to understand
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Primjerice, nastojati najprije razumjeti
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as opposed to being understood,
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umjesto očekivati da vas razumiju.
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simple things like apologizing.
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Jednostavne stvari poput isprike.
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You ever thought about that?
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Jeste li ikad razmišljali o tome?
02:29
Tell a kid you're sorry, they're in shock.
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Kažete li djeci da vam je žao, šokirat ćete ih.
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I taught a lesson once on ratios.
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Sjećam se jednog svoga predavanja o razlomcima.
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I'm not real good with math, but I was working on it.
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Nisam baš dobra u matematici, ali trudila sam se.
02:39
And I got back and looked at that teacher edition.
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Kasnije sam provjerila što stoji u priručniku -
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I'd taught the whole lesson wrong. (Laughter)
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cijelu sam lekciju pogrešno predavala. (Smijeh)
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So I came back to class the next day, and I said,
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Sljedećeg sam se dana vratila na nastavu, i rekla:
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"Look, guys, I need to apologize.
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"Slušajte... moram vam se ispričati.
02:50
I taught the whole lesson wrong. I'm so sorry."
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Sve što sam vam jučer govorila
bilo je pogrešno. Jako mi je žao."
bilo je pogrešno. Jako mi je žao."
02:54
They said, "That's okay, Ms. Pierson.
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Rekli su mi: "Nema problema, nastavnice.
02:55
You were so excited, we just let you go."
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Bili ste tako uzbuđeni i zaneseni.
Jednostavno smo vas pustili da govorite."
Jednostavno smo vas pustili da govorite."
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(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Smijeh) (Pljesak)
03:02
I have had classes that were so low,
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Sjećam se razrednih odjela koji su bili toliko slabi,
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so academically deficient that I cried.
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s toliko lošim školskim uspjesima... plakala sam zbog njih.
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I wondered, how am I going to take this group
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Pitala sam se kako ću uspjeti skupinu djece,
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in nine months
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u devet mjeseci,
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from where they are to where they need to be?
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od toga gdje jesu do onoga gdje trebaju biti?
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And it was difficult. It was awfully hard.
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I bilo je teško. Bilo je strašno naporno.
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How do I raise the self-esteem of a child
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Kako da podignem i djetetovo samopoštovanje
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and his academic achievement at the same time?
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i njegov školski uspjeh, istodobno?
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One year I came up with a bright idea.
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Jedne sam se godine dosjetila sjajne ideje.
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I told all my students,
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Rekla sam svojim učenicima:
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"You were chosen to be in my class
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"Vi ste odabrani da budete u mome razredu,
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because I am the best teacher
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jer ja sam najbolja učiteljica
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and you are the best students,
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i vi ste najbolji učenici.
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they put us all together
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Spojili su nas
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so we could show everybody else how to do it."
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da bismo svima drugima pokazali kako se to radi!"
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One of the students said, "Really?"
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Jedan od učenika rekao je: "Ozbiljno?"
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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I said, "Really. We have to show the other classes
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Rekla sam: "Ozbiljno. Moramo pokazati ostalim razredima
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how to do it, so when we walk down the hall,
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kako se to radi, tako da nas dok hodamo hodnikom
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people will notice us, so you can't make noise.
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ljudi primjećuju. Zato ne trebate praviti buku;
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You just have to strut."
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trebate se samo znati šepuriti.
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And I gave them a saying to say: "I am somebody.
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I dala sam im jednu izreku: "Ja jesam Netko.
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I was somebody when I came.
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Bila sam Netko kad sam ovamo došla.
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I'll be a better somebody when I leave.
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Bit ću još bolji Netko kad budem odavde odlazila.
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I am powerful, and I am strong.
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Moćna sam i snažna.
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I deserve the education that I get here.
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Zaslužujem obrazovanje koje ovdje stječem.
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I have things to do, people to impress,
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Svašta trebam učiniti, mnoge ljude trebam impresionirati,
04:11
and places to go."
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i brojna mjesta koja trebam vidjeti."
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And they said, "Yeah!"
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Rekli su: "To!"
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You say it long enough,
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Izgovaraš li ovo dovoljno često,
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it starts to be a part of you.
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ono polako postaje dijelom tebe.
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And so — (Applause)
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I tako ... (Pljesak)
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I gave a quiz, 20 questions.
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Dala sam im test - 20 pitanja.
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A student missed 18.
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Učenik je na 18 odgovorio pogrešno.
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I put a "+2" on his paper and a big smiley face.
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Napisala sam mu "+2" na papir, i velikog "smješka".
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He said, "Ms. Pierson, is this an F?"
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Upitao me: "Nastavnice, je li ovo F?"
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I said, "Yes."
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"Jest.", odgovorila sam mu.
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He said, "Then why'd you put a smiley face?"
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"Zašto ste onda dodali i "smješka"?", upitao me.
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I said, "Because you're on a roll.
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Rekla sam mu: "Zato što si na pravom putu.
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You got two right. You didn't miss them all."
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Dva si pogodio. Nisi promašio svih 20."
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I said, "And when we review this,
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I dodala sam: "Pošto ponovimo ovo
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won't you do better?"
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nećeš li biti bolji?"
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He said, "Yes, ma'am, I can do better."
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Rekao je: "Hoću, nastavnice, mogu bolje!"
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You see, "-18" sucks all the life out of you.
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Vidite... "-18" isisa iz vas sav život.
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"+2" said, "I ain't all bad."
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"+2" vam kaže: "Pa i nisam baš toliko loš."
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(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Smijeh) (Pljesak)
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For years I watched my mother
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Godinama sam gledala svoju majku
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take the time at recess to review,
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kako se tijekom školskih praznika preispituje,
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go on home visits in the afternoon,
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obilazi domove tijekom poslijepodneva,
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buy combs and brushes and peanut butter and crackers
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kupuje češljeve, i četkice, i maslac, i krekere,
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to put in her desk drawer for kids that needed to eat,
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i sprema ih u svoj stol, za djecu kad ogladne,
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and a washcloth and some soap for the kids who didn't smell so good.
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ručnike i ponešto sapuna za djeca koja nisu baš mirisala.
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See, it's hard to teach kids who stink.
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Vidite... teško je nečemu poučavati djecu koja vonjaju.
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And kids can be cruel.
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A djecu znaju biti okrutna.
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And so she kept those things in her desk,
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I tako je ona držala te stvari u svome stolu,
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and years later, after she retired,
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i godinama kasnije, pošto je otišla u mirovinu,
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I watched some of those same kids come through
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viđala sam tu istu djecu kako joj prilaze
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and say to her, "You know, Ms. Walker,
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i govore: "Znate, nastavnice,
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you made a difference in my life.
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Vi ste bili netko posve drugačiji u mom životu.
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You made it work for me.
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Zahvaljujući Vama, uspio sam.
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You made me feel like I was somebody,
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Zahvaljući Vama, osjećao sam da sam Netko,
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when I knew, at the bottom, I wasn't.
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i dok sam, u dnu duše, znao da nisam.
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And I want you to just see what I've become."
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I poželio sam samo da vidite tko sam postao."
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And when my mama died two years ago at 92,
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Kad je moja majka prije dvije godine
preminula, u dobi od 92 godine,
preminula, u dobi od 92 godine,
06:01
there were so many former students at her funeral,
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toliko je bivših njenih učenika došlo na njen sprovod
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it brought tears to my eyes, not because she was gone,
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da me to ganulo, ne zato što je umrla,
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but because she left a legacy of relationships
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već zato što mi je u naslijeđe ostavila odnose
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that could never disappear.
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koji nikad neće nestati.
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Can we stand to have more relationships? Absolutely.
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Možemo li podnijeti imati više odnosa? Apsolutno.
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Will you like all your children? Of course not.
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Hoće li vam sva vaša djeca biti draga? Neće, naravno.
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And you know your toughest kids are never absent.
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I vi znate da vaša najzahtjevnija djeca nikad ne izostaju.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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Never. You won't like them all,
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Nikad. Nećete ih sve voljeti,
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and the tough ones show up for a reason.
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a ona zahtjevna su vam tu s razlogom.
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It's the connection. It's the relationships.
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To je povezanost. To je odnos.
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And while you won't like them all,
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I iako ih nećete sve voljeti,
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the key is, they can never, ever know it.
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ključno je da ona to nikad, nikad ne osjete.
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So teachers become great actors and great actresses,
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I zato učitelji postaju veliki glumci i velike glumice,
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and we come to work when we don't feel like it,
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i na posao dolazimo i kad nam se to ne da,
06:50
and we're listening to policy that doesn't make sense,
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i slušamo politike i smjernice koje i nemaju baš puno smisla,
06:53
and we teach anyway.
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i svejedno poučavamo.
06:56
We teach anyway, because that's what we do.
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Svejedno poučavamo, jer to je ono radi čega smo ovdje.
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Teaching and learning should bring joy.
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Poučavanje i učenje trebalo bi nas radovati.
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How powerful would our world be
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Koliko bi moćan bio naš svijet
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if we had kids who were not afraid to take risks,
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kad bismo imali djecu koja se ne boje preuzeti rizik,
07:10
who were not afraid to think,
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koja se ne boje misliti,
07:11
and who had a champion?
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i koja su imala uzora?
07:12
Every child deserves a champion,
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Svako dijete zaslužuje uzora,
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an adult who will never give up on them,
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odrasloga koji od njih nikad neće odustati,
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who understands the power of connection,
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koji razumije moć povezanosti,
07:20
and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.
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i ustrajava u tome da oni postanu najbolji što mogu postati.
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Is this job tough? You betcha. Oh God, you betcha.
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Je li to teško? Itekako. O, Bože, itekako je teško.
07:28
But it is not impossible.
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Ali nije nemoguće.
07:32
We can do this. We're educators.
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Mi to možemo. Mi smo odgajatelji.
07:33
We're born to make a difference.
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Mi smo rođeni da bismo izazivali promjene.
07:36
Thank you so much.
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Hvala vam lijepa.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rita F. Pierson - EducatorRita F. Pierson spent her entire life in or around the classroom, having followed both her parents and grandparents into a career as an educator.
Why you should listen
Rita F. Pierson, a professional educator since 1972, taught elementary school, junior high and special education. She was a counselor, a testing coordinator and an assistant principal. In each of these roles, she brought a special energy to the role -- a desire to get to know her students, show them how much they matter and support them in their growth, even if it was modest.
For the past decade, Pierson conducted professional development workshops and seminars for thousands of educators. Focusing on the students who are too often under-served, she lectured on topics like “Helping Under-Resourced Learners,”“Meeting the Educational Needs of African American Boys" and "Engage and Graduate your Secondary Students: Preventing Dropouts."
Pierson passed away in June 2013.
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