Caroline Paul: To raise brave girls, encourage adventure
Caroline Paul: Vychovávajme odvážne dievčatá a podnecujme dobrodružstvo
Brimming with insights gained on her picaresque journey from firefighter to best-selling author, Caroline Paul’s "The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure" is a revolutionary guide for raising brave young women. Full bio
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Guinnesovou knihou rekordov
with the Guinness Book of World Records,
to set a world record myself.
a world record in something
svetový rekord v niečom,
svetový rekord v plazení.
was 12 and a half miles,
this seemed totally manageable.
že nie je problém to zvládnuť.
we didn't even need to train.
že ani nepotrebujeme trénovať.
on the outside of our good luck jeans
were bleeding through my jeans,
krvácali cez džínsy
of the suffer-fest that I was undergoing,
o tom, ako veľmi som trpela,
the high school track took 10 minutes.
the 12-and-a-half-mile record.
this was a story of abject failure,
o svetový rekord,
attempting the world record,
the attributes of failure.
in a department of 1,500 men.
na oddelení s 1500 mužmi.
about whether we could do the job.
či ženy zvládnu túto prácu.
150-pound collegiate rower,
vysoká 180 metrov, s hmotnosťou 70 kg,
12 hours of searing knee pain --
pálivej bolesti kolien,
dokázať svoju silu a spôsobilosť.
my strength and fitness.
when my engine group pulled up,
dorazila na miesto požiaru,
from a building off an alleyway.
veľký chlap menom Skip.
and I was right behind,
ja som stála hneď za ním.
was supposed to do:
od každého hasiča:
by a water heater,
and ultimately it was not a big deal,
the fire hadn't been difficult physically,
with something like astonishment?
veľmi milý chlap a skvelý požiarnik,
that women could not be strong,
could not be brave either.
muži i ženy
všetko to nebezpečenstvo,
a male firefighter asked this.
že by sa to spýtali hasiča-muža.
ženy môžu byť statočné?
was a big scaredy-cat,
the parents were anxious.
when she was outside began with,
keď bola vonku, začínalo:
alebo „Nie“.
oveľa viac než svojich synov.
much more than they caution their sons.
a playground fire pole, ironically,
preliezačiek na detských ihriskách,
were very likely to be warned
že rodičia oveľa častejšie
about the fire pole's risk,
veží s požiarnickými tyčami,
že sa tam hrať chcú,
still wanted to play on the fire pole,
to play on the fire pole
aby sa na veži hrali,
that they might have,
guidance on how to use it on their own.
prekážku zdolať samostatne.
to both boys and girls?
and more in need of help,
a potrebujú pomoc
poradiť s ťažkými úlohami sami.
master difficult tasks by themselves.
fyzicky veľmi podobní.
very alike physically.
do puberty dokonca silnejšie
stronger until puberty,
tak ako chlapci.
that we absorb as kids,
that fully permeates as we grow up.
prenikne počas dospievania.
we pass it on to our children,
posúvame tento odkaz na naše deti
dokonca aj od požiarničiek,
won't believe me when I tell you this,
mi nebudú veriť, keď poviem,
and it's there to keep us safe.
ktorý nás drží v bezpečí.
when fear is the primary reaction
stane primárnou reakciou,
vštepujeme dievčatám,
outside their comfort zone.
for many years --
it looks just like a bedsheet
by ti tu nezaškodilo.“
a little fear would make sense here.
to come in just right,
veľa ďalších pocitov:
or I wouldn't be there.
ináč by som tam nebola.
a thousand feet in the air.
byť tisíc stôp nad zemou.
your girls must be firefighters
vaše dcéry musia byť hasičky,
our girls to be timid, even helpless,
aby boli bojazlivé, dokonca bezbranné
against physical risk.
pred fyzickým rizikom.
and the experiences we don't
that we face and try to shed:
s ktorými zápasíme celý život:
pri verejných vystupovaniach,
len aby sme boli obľúbené,
in our own decisions.
vlastných rozhodnutiach.
a liezli po stromoch
na detskom ihrisku.
on that playground fire pole.
pre všetky deti dôležité,
is really important for kids, all kids,
and practice bravery,
cautioning our girls willy-nilly.
upozorňovať naše dievčatá.
keď nabudúce poviete:
what you're really telling her
v skutočnosti vravíte je,
practicing bravery, too.
until we teach ourselves.
pokiaľ sa to sami nenaučíme.
the heightened heart rate,
you were scared out of your wits,
mostly exhilaration,
outside to learn to be gutsy,
učiť sa byť odvážnymi,
to get on hoverboards or climb trees,
a liezť po stromoch.
niekomu, koho obdivujete.
she's too scared to go down,
zhodnotila svoju odvahu.
really is too steep,
naozaj príliš strmý,
through courage, not fear.
vďaka odvahe a nie zo strachu.
about the steep hill in front of her.
strmom kopci, ktorý je pred ňou.
that we cannot protect her from,
ju ochrániť nemôžeme,
be there to guide her through,
jej nebudeme môcť radiť,
pokúsiť sa prekonať ho.
to see a girl go break that.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Caroline Paul - AuthorBrimming with insights gained on her picaresque journey from firefighter to best-selling author, Caroline Paul’s "The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure" is a revolutionary guide for raising brave young women.
Why you should listen
Before launching her career as a writer, Caroline Paul embarked on a long list of unlikely adventures, ranging from flying experimental planes to whitewater rafting unexplored rivers in Borneo and Australia.
Paul was one of the first women to work for the San Francisco Fire Department -- a job that inspired her first work of nonfiction, Fighting Fire. Her latest book, The Gutsy Girl, uses stories from her own life as a gutsy woman to inspire girls to break the rules, take risks and accept seemingly insurmountable challenges.
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