TEDxTelAviv 2010
Shimon Schocken: What a bike ride can teach you
Šimon Šoken i vožnje ispunjene nadom
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Profesor informatike Šimon Šoken je veoma strastven biciklista. Da bi podelio životne lekcije koje je naučio tokom vožnji, počeo je program na otvorenom sa maloletnim prestupnicima u Izraelu i bio dirnut kako njihovim velikim teškoćama, tako i dubokim uspesima.
Shimon Schocken - Computer Scientist, Educator
Shimon Schocken is a computer science professor and dedicated educator. Full bio
Shimon Schocken is a computer science professor and dedicated educator. Full bio
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Mountain biking in Israel
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Vrlo strastveno i posvećeno
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is something that I do with great passion
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se bavim vožnjom mauntin
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and commitment.
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bajka u Izraelu.
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And when I'm on my bike,
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Kada sam na biciklu,
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I feel that I connect
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osećam da se povezujem
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with the profound beauty of Israel,
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sa dubokom lepotom Izraela,
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and I feel that I'm united
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osećam da sam sjedinjen
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with this country's history
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sa istorijom ove zemlje
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and biblical law.
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i njenim biblijskim zakonima.
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And also, for me,
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Za mene je biciklizam
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biking is a matter of empowerment.
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takođe stvar osnaživanja.
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When I reach the summit
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Kada stignem na vrh neke
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of a steep mountain in the middle of nowhere,
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strme planine usred ničega
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I feel young,
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osećam se mladim,
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invincible, eternal.
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nepodebivim, večnim.
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It's as if I'm connecting with some legacy
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Kao da se povezujem sa nekim nasleđem
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or with some energy
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ili nekakvom energijom
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far greater than myself.
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mnogo većom od sebe.
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You can see my fellow riders
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Na kraju ove slike vidite
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at the end of the picture,
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moje kolege bicikliste
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looking at me with some concern.
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koji me gledaju nekako zabrinuto.
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And here is another picture of them.
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Evo ih na još jednoj slici.
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Unfortunately, I cannot show their faces,
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Na žalost, ne mogu da pokažem njihova lica
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neither can I disclose their true names,
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niti da otkrijem njihova prava imena,
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and that's because my fellow riders
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a to je zato što su oni
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are juvenile inmates,
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maloletni zatvorenici,
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offenders
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prestupnici, koji
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spending time in a correction facility
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provode vreme u popravnoj ustanovi
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about 20 minutes' ride from here --
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koja se nalazi na 20 minuta vožnje odavde.
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well, like everything in Israel.
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Pa, kao i sve u Izraelu.
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And I've been riding with these kids once a week,
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Poslednje četiri godine vozim sa ovim klincima,
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every Tuesday, rain or shine, for the last four years
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jednom nedeljno, svakog utorka, po kiši i suncu.
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and by now, they've become a very big part of my life.
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Već su postali veliki deo mog života.
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This story began four years ago.
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Priča je počela pre četiri godine.
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The correction facility where they are locked up
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Ta ustanova u kojoj su zatvoreni
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happens to be right in the middle
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se baš nalazi na sredini
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of one of my usual trips,
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jedne od mojih uobičajenih ruta
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and it's surrounded by barbed wires
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i okružena je bodljikavom žicom
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and electric gates and armed guards.
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i električnim kapijama i naoružanim stražarima.
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So on one of these rides,
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Tokom jedne vožnje uspeo
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I talked my way into the compound
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sam da ih ubedim da me puste
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and went to see the warden.
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i otišao sam da pričam sa upravnikom.
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I told the warden
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Rekao sam mu da želim
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that I wanted to start a mountain biking club in this place
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da pokrenem biciklistički klub na tom mestu
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and that basically I wanted to take the kids
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i da zapravo želim da vodim te klince
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from here to there.
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odavde dovde.
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And I told him, "Let's find a way
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I rekao sam mu, "Hajde da nađemo način
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in which I'll be able to take out 10 kids once a week
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da desetoro ovih klinaca jednom nedeljno
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to ride with in the summer in the country."
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vodim sa mnom na vožnje leti u prirodi."
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And the warden was quite amused,
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Upravniku je to bilo zabavno,
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and he told me he thought that I was a nut
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rekao mi je da misli da sam ludak.
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and he told me,
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I rekao mi je, "Ovo mesto
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"This place is a correction facility. These guys are serious offenders.
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je popravna ustanova. Ovi momci su ozbiljni prestupnici.
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They are supposed to be locked up.
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Trebalo bi da su zaključani.
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They aren't supposed to be out at large."
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Ne bi trebalo da budu na otvorenom."
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And yet, we began to talk about it,
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Ipak smo počeli da razgovaramo o tome,
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and one thing led to another.
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jedna stvar je vodila do sledeće.
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And I can't see myself
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Ne mogu da zamislim sebe kako
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going into a state prison in New Jersey
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odlazim u državni zatvor u Nju Džerziju
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and making such a proposition,
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i predlažem nešto ovakvo,
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but this being Israel,
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ali pošto je ovo Izrael,
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the warden somehow made it happen.
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upravnik je omogućio da se ovo desi.
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And so two months later,
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I dva meseca kasnije,
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we found ourselves "at large" --
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našli smo se na otvorenom -
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myself,
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ja,
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10 juvenile inmates
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deset maloletnih prestupnika
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and a wonderful fellow named Russ,
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i predivan momak po imenu Ras
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who became a very good friend of mine
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koji mi je postao veoma dobar prijatelj
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and my partner in this project.
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i partner u ovom projektu.
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And in the next few weeks, I had the tremendous pleasure
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Sledećih nekoliko nedelja imao sam neverovatno zadovoljstvo
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of introducing these kids
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da ovim klincima pokažem
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to the world of total freedom,
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svet potpune slobode,
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a world consisting of magnificent vistas
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svet sačinjen od predivnih panorama
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like these --
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kao što su ove -
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everything you see here is obviously in Israel --
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sve što vidite je, očigledno, u Izraelu -
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as well as close encounters
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kao i sa bliskim susretima
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with all sorts of small creatures
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sa svakakvim malim stvorenjima
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coming in all sorts of sizes,
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svih veličina,
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colors, shapes, forms
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boja, oblika,
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and so on.
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i tako dalje.
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In spite of all this splendor,
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Uprkos svim ovim divotama,
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the beginning was extremely frustrating.
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početak je bio veoma frustrirajuć.
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Every small obstacle,
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Svaka mala prepreka,
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every slight uphill,
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svaka lagana uzbrdica,
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would cause these fellows
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bile su razlog da ovi momci
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to stop in their tracks and give up.
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zastanu na putu i odustanu.
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So we had a lot of this going on.
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Mnogo ovoga se događalo.
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I found out that they had a very hard time
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Otkrio sam da im je veoma teško
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dealing with frustration and difficulties --
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da se nose sa frustracijom i teškoćama -
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not because they were physically unfit.
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ne zato što nisu fizički u kondiciji.
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But that's one reason why they ended up where they were.
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Ali to je jedan razlog zašto su završili tu gde jesu.
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And I became increasingly more and more agitated,
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Postajao sam sve više iznerviran
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because I was there
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jer sam bio tamo,
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not only to be with them,
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ne samo da bih bio s njima,
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but also to ride and create a team
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nego da bih vozio i stvarao tim.
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and I didn't know what to do.
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I nisam znao šta da radim.
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Now, let me give you an example.
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Dozvolite da vam dam jedan primer.
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We're going downhill in some rocky terrain,
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Spuštamo se niz brdo na brdovitom terenu
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and the front tire of Alex
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i Aleksova prednja guma
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gets caught in one of these crevasses here.
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se zaglavi u jednoj od ovih pukotina.
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So he crashes down,
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On padne
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and he gets slightly injured,
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i malo se povredi, ali
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but this does not prevent him from jumping up
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to ga ne sprečava da skoči
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and then starting to jump up and down on his bike
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i počne da skače po svom biciklu
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and curse violently.
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i da nasilno psuje.
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Then he throws his helmet in the air.
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Onda zavitla kacigu uvis.
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His backpack goes ballistic in some other direction.
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Njegov ranac ludački odleti na neku drugu stranu.
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And then he runs to the nearest tree
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A onda odleti do najbližeg drveta
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and starts to break branches and throw rocks
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i počne da lomi grane i baca kamenje
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and curse like I've never heard.
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i psuje kako nisam nikad čuo.
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And I'm just standing there,
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A ja samo stojim tamo
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watching this scene
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posmatrajući tu scenu
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with a complete disbelief,
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u potpunoj neverici,
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not knowing what to do.
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ne znajući šta da radim.
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I'm used to algorithms
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Navikao sam na algoritme
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and data structures
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i strukture podataka
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and super motivated students,
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i super motivisane studente
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and nothing in my background
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i ništa u mom životu me
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prepared me to deal
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nije pripremilo da se izborim
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with a raging, violent adolescent
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sa pobesnelim, nasilnim adolescentom
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in the middle of nowhere.
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usred ničega.
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And you have to realize that these incidents
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Morate shvatiti da se ovi incidenti
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did not happen in convenient locations.
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nisu događali na pogodnim mestima.
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They happened in places like this,
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Događali su se na mestima poput ovog,
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in the Judean Desert,
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u Judejskoj pustinji,
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20 kilometers away from the nearest road.
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20km udaljenoj od najbližeg puta.
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And what you don't see in this picture
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Ono što na ovoj slici ne vidite
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is that somewhere between these riders there,
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je da negde između ovih biciklista ovde
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there's a teenager sitting on a rock,
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sedi tinejdžer na nekom kamenu
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saying, "I'm not moving from here. Forget it.
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i govori, "Ne idem dalje. Zaboravi.
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I've had it."
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Dosta mi je."
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Well, that's a problem
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Pa, to je problem, jer
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because one way or another, you have to get this guy moving
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kako god okreneš, on mora da nastavi
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because it's getting dark soon and dangerous.
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jer pada mrak i postaje opasno.
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It took me several such incidents to figure out what I was supposed to do.
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Bilo je potrebno nekoliko ovakvih incidenata da bih shvatio šta da radim.
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At the beginning, it was a disaster.
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U početku je to bila propast.
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I tried harsh words and threats
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Pokušao sam oštrim rečima i pretnjama
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and they took me nowhere.
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i to me nigde nije odvelo.
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That's what they had all their lives.
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To su oni imali tokom celog života.
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And at some point I found out,
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U jednom trenutku sam shvatio
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when a kid like this gets into a fit,
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da kad se ovakav klinac razbesni,
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the best thing that you can possibly do
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najbolje što možete uraditi je
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is stay as close as possible to this kid,
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da ostanete što je bliže moguće,
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which is difficult,
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što je teško jer
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because what you really want to do is go away.
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ono što stvarno želite je da odete odatle.
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But that's what he had all his life,
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Ali to mu se dešavalo celog života,
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people walking away from him.
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ljudi su odlazili od njega.
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So what you have to do is stay close
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Dakle morate ostati blizu
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and try to reach in
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i pokušati da doprete do njega
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and pet his shoulder
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i potapšati ga po ramenu
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or give him a piece of chocolate.
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ili mu dati čokoladu.
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So I would say, "Alex, I know that it's terribly difficult.
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Rekao bih, "Aleks, znam da je užasno teško.
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Why don't you rest for a few minutes
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Zašto se malo ne odmoriš,
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and then we'll go on."
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pa ćemo nastaviti."
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"Go away you maniac-psychopath.
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"Skloni se, manijače, psihopato.
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Why would you bring us to this goddamn place?"
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Zašto si nas doveo na ovo prokleto mesto?"
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And I would say, "Relax, Alex.
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A ja bih rekao, "Polako, Aleks.
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Here's a piece of chocolate."
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Uzmi malo čokolade."
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And Alex would go, "Arrrrggg!"
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A on bi rekao "Aarrrgrg!"
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Because you have to understand
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Morate da razumete, tokom vožnji
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that on these rides we are constantly hungry --
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smo stalno gladni -
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and after the rides also.
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kao i posle vožnje.
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And who is this guy, Alex, to begin with?
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Za početak, ko je taj Aleks?
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He's a 17-year-old.
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On je jedan sedamnaestogodišnjak.
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When he was eight,
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Kada mu je bilo osam,
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someone put him on a boat in Odessa
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neko ga je stavio na brod u Odesi
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and sent him, shipped him to Israel
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i poslao u Izrael,
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on his own.
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samog.
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And he ended up in south Tel Aviv
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Završio je u južnom Tel Avivu
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and did not have the good luck
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i nije imao te sreće da
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to be picked up by a [unclear]
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ga neko pokupi,
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and roamed the streets
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pa je lutao ulicama i
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and became a prominent gang member.
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postao je zapaženi član bande.
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And he spent the last 10 years of his life
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Poslednjih deset godina je proveo
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in two places only,
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na samo dva mesta -
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the slums and the state prison,
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sirotinjskim četvrtima i državnom zatvoru,
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where he spent the last two years
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u kom je proveo poslednje dve godine
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before he ended up sitting on this rock there.
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pre nego što je završio sedeći na ovom kamenu.
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And so this kid
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Dakle njega je
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was probably abused,
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verovatno zlostavljala,
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abandoned, ignored, betrayed
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napustila, ignorisala, izdala,
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by almost every adult along the way.
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skoro svaka odrasla osoba koju je sreo.
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So, for such a kid,
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Dakle za takvog klinca,
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when an adult that he learns to respect stays close to him
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situacija u kojoj osoba u koju je stekao
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and doesn't walk away from him
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poverenje ostane s njim i ne napusti ga
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in any situation,
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u bilo kakvoj situaciji,
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irrespective of how he behaves,
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nezavisno od toga kako se ponaša,
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it's a tremendous healing experience.
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izuzetno je isceljujuće iskustvo.
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It's an act of unconditional acceptance,
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To je čin bezuslovnog prihvatanja,
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something that he never had.
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nešto što nikad nije imao.
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I want to say a few words about vision.
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Želim da kažem nekoliko reči o viziji.
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When I started this program four years ago,
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Kada sam započeo ovo pre četiri godine.
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I had this original plan
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Prvobitni plan
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of creating a team
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je bio da stvorim tim
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of winning underdogs.
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gubitnika koji pobeđuju.
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I had an image of Lance Armstrong
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U glavi sam imao sliku
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in my mind.
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Lensa Armstronga.
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And it took me exactly two months
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Bilo je potrebno tačno dva meseca
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of complete frustration
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potpune frustracije
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to realize that this vision
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da shvatim da ova vizija
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was misplaced,
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nije na mestu
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and that there was another vision
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i da postoji druga vizija
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supremely more important
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koja je mnogo važnija
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and more readily available.
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i izuzetno dostupnija.
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It all of a sudden dawned on me, in this project,
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Odjednom mi je tokom projekta sinulo
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that the purpose of these rides
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da svrha ovih vožnji
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should actually be
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ustvari treba da bude
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to expose the kids
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da ove klince izložim
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to one thing only: love.
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samo jednoj stvari: ljubavi,
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Love to the country, to the uphill
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ljubavi prema prirodi, prema uzbrdici,
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and the downhill,
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prema nizbrdici,
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to all the incredible creatures that surround us --
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prema svim izvanrednim bićima koja su oko nas -
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the animals, the plants,
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životinjama, biljkama,
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the insects --
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insektima,
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love and respect
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ljubavi i poštovanju
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to other fellow members in your team,
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prema ostalim članovima tvog tima,
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in your biking team,
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svog biciklističkog tima,
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and most importantly,
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i što je najvažnije,
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love and respect to yourself,
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ljubavi i poštovanju prema sebi,
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which is something
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što je nešto
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that they badly miss.
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što im je veoma nedostajalo.
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Together with the kids,
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Zajedno sa klincima i ja sam
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I also went through a remarkable transformation.
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prošao kroz izuzetan preobražaj.
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Now, I come from a cutthroat world
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Ja dolazim iz surovog sveta
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of science and high technology.
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nauke i visoke tehnologije.
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I used to think that reason and logic
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Nekada sam mislio da su razum i logika
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and relentless drive
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i nemilosrdan poriv
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were the only ways to make things happen.
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jedini načini da se nešto ostvari.
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And before I worked with the kids,
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I pre nego što sam s njima radio,
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anything that I did with them,
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sve što bih radio s njima
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or anything that I did with myself,
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ili što bih radio sa sobom,
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was supposed to be perfect,
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trebalo je da bude savršeno,
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ideal, optimal,
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idealno, optimalno,
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but after working with them for some time,
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ali posle nekog vremena rada s njima,
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I discovered the great virtues of empathy
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otkrio sam izuzetnu vrlinu empatije
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and flexibility
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i fleksibilnosti
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and being able to start with some vision,
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i sposobnosti da počnem sa nekom vizijom,
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and if the vision doesn't work, well nothing happened.
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pa ako vizija ne uspe, ništa strašno.
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All you have to do is play with it, change it a little bit,
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Sve što treba je da se igrate, malo je menjate,
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and come up with something that does help, that does work.
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i doći ćete do nečega što pomaže, što radi.
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So right now, I feel more
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Trenutno, više osećam
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like these are my principles,
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da su ovo moji principi
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and if you don't like them,
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i ako vam se ne sviđaju,
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I have others.
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imam i druge.
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(Laughter)
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(smeh)
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(Applause)
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(aplauz)
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And one of these principles
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Jedan od ovih principa
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is focus.
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je usredsređenost.
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Before each ride
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Pre svake vožnje
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we sit together with the kids,
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sedimo zajedno s klincima
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and we give them one word
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i damo im jednu reč da
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to think about during the ride.
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o njoj razmišljaju tokom vožnje.
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You have to focus their attention on something
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Morate im usredsrediti pažnju na nešto
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because so many things happen.
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jer se mnogo toga dešava.
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So these are words like "teamwork"
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To su reči kao timski rad,
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or "endurance"
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izdržljivost
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or even complicated concepts
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ili komplikovani koncepti
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like "resource allocation"
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kao preusmeravanje resursa
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or "perspective," a word that they don't understand.
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ili perspektiva, reč koju ne razumeju.
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You know, perspective
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Znate, perspektiva je
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is one of these critically important
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jedna od izuzetno važnih
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life-coping strategies
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strategija u životu, a
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that mountain biking can really teach you.
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ove vožnje vas tome mogu naučiti.
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I tell kids
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Govorim klincima da,
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when they struggle through some uphill
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kada se muče na nekoj uzbrdici
10:46
and feel like they cannot take it anymore,
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i osećaju da ne mogu više da izdrže,
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it really helps to ignore the immediate obstacles
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veoma pomaže da ignorišete trenutne prepreke
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and raise your head and look around
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i podignete glavu i pogledate okolo
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and see how the vista around you grows.
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i vidite kako se oko vas razvija panorama.
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It literally propels you upwards.
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To vas bukvalno pogura napred.
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That's what perspective is all about.
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O tome je zapravo perspektiva.
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Or you can also look back in time
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Ili možete da se vratite kroz vreme
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and realize that you've already conquered
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i shvatite da ste već ranije
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steeper mountains before.
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osvojili i srtmije planine.
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And that's how they develop self-esteem.
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Tako oni razvijaju samopouzdanje.
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Now, let me give you an example of how it works.
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Daću vam primer kako to funkcioniše.
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You stand with your bike at the beginning of February.
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Početkom februara stojite sa biciklom.
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It's very cold, and you're standing in one of these rainy days,
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Veoma je hladno i stojite usred kišnog dana
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and it's drizzling
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i pada kiša,
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and cold and chilly,
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hladno je i jeza vas prolazi
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and you're standing in, let's say, Yokneam.
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i stojite recimo u Joknamu.
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And you look up at the sky through a hole in the clouds
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Podignete pogled ka nebu i kroz oblake.
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you see the monastery at the top of the Muhraka --
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Vidite manastir na vrhu Muhrake -
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that's where you're supposed to climb now --
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tu bi trebalo da se popnete -
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and you say, "There's no way that I could possibly get there."
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i kažete, "Nema šanse da stignem tamo."
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And yet, two hours later
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A ipak, dva sata kasnije, vi
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you find yourself standing on the roof of this monastery,
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stojite na krovu ovog manastira
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smeared with mud,
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umazani blatom,
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blood and sweat.
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krvlju i znojem.
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And you look down at Yokneam;
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I gledate dole ka Joknamu,
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everything is so small and tiny.
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sve je tako malo i sićušno.
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And you say, "Hey, Alex. Look at this parking lot where we started.
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I kažete, "Hej, Aleks. Pogledaj parking sa kog smo krenuli.
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It's that big.
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Ovolicki je.
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I can't believe that I did it."
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Ne verujem da sam uspeo."
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And that's the point
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I u tome je suština
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when you start loving yourself.
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kad počnete da volite sebe.
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And so we talked about
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Razgovarali smo o posebnim
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these special words that we teach them.
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rečima kojima ih učimo.
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And at the end of each ride, we sit together
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I na kraju svake vožnje, sednemo zajedno
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and share moments
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i delimo trenutke u
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in which those special words of the day
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kojima su se te reči tog dana
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popped up and made a difference,
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javljale i imale nekog uticaja.
12:17
and these discussions
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Ti razgovori mogu
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can be extremely inspiring.
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biti veoma inspirativni.
12:21
In one of them, one of the kids once said,
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U jednom od njih, jedan dečak je rekao,
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"When we were riding on this ridge
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"Kada smo vozili onom ivicom
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overlooking the Dead Sea --
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koja gleda na Mrtvo More -
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and he's talking about this spot here --
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govori o ovom ovde mestu -
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"I was reminded
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prisetio sam se onog
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of the day when I left my village in Ethiopia
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dana kad sam napustio svoje selo u Etiopiji
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and went away together with my brother.
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i otišao zajedno sa svojim bratom.
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We walked 120 kilometers
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Hodali smo 120 kilometara
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until we reached Sudan.
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dok nismo stigli do Sudana.
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This was the first place where we got some water and supplies."
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Ovo je bilo prvo mesto gde smo dobili malo vode i namirnica."
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And he goes on saying, and everyone looks at him like a hero,
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I nastavlja da priča, a svi ga gledaju kao heroja,
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probably for the first time in his life.
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možda po prvi put u njegovom životu.
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And he says -- because I also have volunteers riding with me,
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A on kaže - imam i volontere koji sa mnom voze,
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adults, who are sitting there
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odrasle, koji sede tamo
12:54
listening to him --
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i slušaju ga.
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and he says, "And this was just the beginning
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A on kaže, "A to je bio samo početak
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of our ordeal
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naših patnji
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until we ended up in Israel.
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dok nismo završili u Izraelu.
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And only now," he says,
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I tek sada", nastavlja on,
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"I'm beginning to understand where I am,
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"počinjem da shvatam gde se nalazim
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and I actually like it."
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i stvarno mi se sviđa."
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Now I remember, when he said it,
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Zapamtite, kad je on to rekao,
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I felt goosebumps on my body,
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ja sam se ceo naježio, jer je
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because he said it overlooking the Moab Mountains here in the background.
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to rekao gledajući Moab Planinu u pozadini ovde.
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That's where Joshua descended
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Tu se Jehova spustio
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and crossed the Jordan
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i prešao Jordan
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and led the people of Israel into the land of Canaan
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i poveo ljude Izraela u zemlju Kanaana
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3,000 years ago
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pre 3000 godina,
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in this final leg
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u poslednjoj etapi
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of the journey from Africa.
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puta iz Afrike.
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And so, perspective
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Dakle perspektiva
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and context and history
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i kontekst i istorija
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play key roles
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igraju ključne uloge
13:36
in the way I plan my rides
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u mom načinu planiranja
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with the kids.
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vožnji sa ovom decom.
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We visit Kibbutzim
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Posećujemo Kibuce koje su
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that were established by Holocaust survivors.
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napravili oni koji su preživeli Holokaust.
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We explore ruins
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Istražujemo ruševine
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of Palestinian villages,
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palestinskih sela
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and we discuss how they became ruins.
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i pričamo o tome kako su postale ruševine.
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And we go through numerous remnants
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Prolazimo kroz brojne ostatke
13:57
of Jewish settlements, Nabatic settlements,
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jevrejskih naseobina, nabatskih naseobina,
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Canaanite settlements --
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kanaanksih naseobina -
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three-, four, five-thousand years old.
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starih tri, četiri, pet hiljada godina.
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And through this tapestry,
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I kroz ovu tapiseriju,
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which is the history of this country,
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koja je istorija ove zemlje,
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the kids acquire
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deca stiču ono
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what is probably the most important
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što je možda najvažnija
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value in education,
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vrednost u obrazovanju,
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and that is the understanding that life is complex,
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a to je shvatanje da je život složen
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and there's no black and white.
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i ne postoji crno i belo.
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And by appreciating complexity,
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I ako cene kompleksnost
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they become more tolerant,
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postaju tolerantniji,
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and tolerance leads to hope.
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a tolerancija vodi nadi.
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I ride with these kids once a week,
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Vozim sa ovom decom jednom
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every Tuesday.
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nedeljno, svakog utorka.
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Here's a picture I took last Tuesday -- less than a week ago --
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Evo slike od prošlog utorka - pre manje od nedelju dana -
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and I ride with them tomorrow also.
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i voziću sa njima i sutra.
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In every one of these rides
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Prilikom svake od vožnji uvek na kraju
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I always end up standing in one of these incredible locations,
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završim stojeći na nekom od ovih izuzetnih mesta,
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taking in this incredible landscape around me,
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upijajući ovaj predivan pejzaž oko sebe.
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and I feel blessed and fortunate
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I osećam se blagosloveno i srećno
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that I'm alive,
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što sam živ,
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and that I sense every fiber
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i da osećam svaki delić
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in my aching body.
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mog bolnog tela.
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And I feel blessed and fortunate
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Osećam se blagosloveno i srećno
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that 15 years ago
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što sam pre 15 godina
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I had the courage to resign
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imao hrabrosti da napustim
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my tenured position at NYU
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svoju poziciju na njujorškom univerzitetu
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and return to my home country
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i da se vratim u svoju domovinu
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where I can do these incredible rides
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gde mogu da idem na ove neverovatne vožnje
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with this group of troubled kids
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sa ovom grupom dece u nevolji
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coming from Ethiopia
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koja dolaze iz Etiopije
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and Morocco and Russia.
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i Maroka i Rusije.
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And I feel blessed and fortunate
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I osećam se blagosloveno i srećno
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that every week, every Tuesday --
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da svake nedelje, svakog utorka
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and actually every Friday also --
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i ustvari i svakog petka,
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I can once again celebrate
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iznova slavim
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in the marrow of my bones
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život u svojim kostima,
15:27
the very essence of living in Israel on the edge.
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samu suštinu života na ivici u Izraelu.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(Applause)
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(aplauz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Shimon Schocken - Computer Scientist, EducatorShimon Schocken is a computer science professor and dedicated educator.
Why you should listen
Shimon Schocken is a former dean at Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, a new Israeli private university which he helped found in 1995. He's also taught at NYU, Harvard and Stanford. Together with Noam Nisan he developed a freely available, open-source, self-paced program for learning applied computer science: The Elements of Computing Systems. Offered in 2005, this led to one of the first successful open online courses. Now, courses based on the approach are offered by traditional universities as well as in crowd-sourced settings, and have been taken freely by thousands of self-learners over the web. Registration, lecture and project schedules are managed by volunteer course coordinators, and student questions are answered by the course alumni community.
His current project focuses on developing instructional materials for early-age math education, which he thinks can be transformed using low-cost tablet computers. He uses his other life passion, mountain biking, to teach adolescent boys in Israelʼs juvenile detention centers valuable life lessons through challenging bike rides in remote locations. He was co-organizer and program chair of TEDxTelAviv 2010.
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