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Pearl Arredondo: My story, from gangland daughter to star teacher
Perl Aredondo (Pearl Arredondo): Moja priča, od ćerke lokalnog vođe bande do uspešne nastavnice
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Perl Aredondo je odrasla u istočnom Los Anđelesu, kao ćerka visoko-rangiranog člana bande koji je stalno bio hapšen. Mnogi nastavnici su je otpisali jer je imala problem sa autoritetom. Sada, kao nastavnica, ona je osnovala drugačiju školu, i deli sa učenicima svoju priču kako bi znali da je u redu da ponekad domaći nije nešto što im je prvo na pameti.
Pearl Arredondo - Teacher
Pearl Arredondo helped establish a pilot middle school that teaches students to be good communicators in the 21st century. Full bio
Pearl Arredondo helped establish a pilot middle school that teaches students to be good communicators in the 21st century. Full bio
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So I grew up in East Los Angeles,
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Odrasla sam u istočnom Los Anđelesu,
00:16
not even realizing I was poor.
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ni ne shvatajući da sam siromašna.
00:18
My dad was a high-ranking gang member who ran the streets.
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Moj otac je bio visoko rangirani član
bande koja je vladala ulicama.
bande koja je vladala ulicama.
00:22
Everyone knew who I was,
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Svi su znali ko sam ja,
00:23
so I thought I was a pretty big deal, and I was protected,
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mislila sam da je to velika stvar.
Ja sam bila zaštićena.
Ja sam bila zaštićena.
00:27
and even though my dad spent most of my life
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Iako je moj otac proveo
veći deo mog života
veći deo mog života
00:29
in and out of jail,
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po raznim zatvorima,
00:31
I had an amazing mom who was just fiercely independent.
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ja sam imala predivnu majku,
koja je bila žestoko nezavisna.
koja je bila žestoko nezavisna.
00:35
She worked at the local high school
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Ona je radila
u lokalnoj srednjoj školi,
u lokalnoj srednjoj školi,
00:37
as a secretary in the dean's office,
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kao sekretarica
u direktorovoj kancelariji.
u direktorovoj kancelariji.
00:39
so she got to see all the kids that got thrown out of class,
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Bila je u prilici da vidi
svu decu koja su bila izbačena sa časa
svu decu koja su bila izbačena sa časa
00:42
for whatever reason, who were waiting to be disciplined.
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iz bilo kog razloga,
i koja su čekala disciplinsku kaznu.
i koja su čekala disciplinsku kaznu.
00:45
Man, her office was packed.
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Čoveče, njena kancelarija
je uvek bila prepuna.
je uvek bila prepuna.
00:48
So, see, kids like us, we have a lot of things to deal with
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Klinci kao ja, mi se suočavamo
sa raznim stvarima
sa raznim stvarima
00:52
outside of school,
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van škole,
00:54
and sometimes we're just not ready to focus.
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i ponekad, mi jednostavno
nismo spremni da se koncentrišemo.
nismo spremni da se koncentrišemo.
00:57
But that doesn't mean that we can't.
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To ne znači da ne možemo.
00:59
It just takes a little bit more.
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Samo nam treba više vremena.
01:01
Like, I remember one day I found my dad
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Sećam se jednog dana
kada sam pronašla oca
kada sam pronašla oca
01:04
convulsing, foaming at the mouth,
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zgrčenog, sa penom na ustima,
01:07
OD-ing on the bathroom floor.
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predoziranog na pločicama u kupatilu.
01:09
Really, do you think that doing my homework that night
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Milsite da je moj domaći bio
01:11
was at the top of my priority list?
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na listi prioriteta te večeri?
01:14
Not so much.
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Ne baš.
01:15
But I really needed a support network,
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Meni je zaista
bila potrebna podrška,
bila potrebna podrška,
01:18
a group of people who were going to help me
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grupa ljudi koji bi mi pomogli,
01:21
make sure that I wasn't going to be
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da ne postanem
01:23
a victim of my own circumstance,
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žrtva mojih sopstvenih okolnosti.
01:26
that they were going to push me
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Oni bi me gurali
01:27
beyond what I even thought I could do.
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dalje od onoga što sam
čak i ja mislila da mogu.
čak i ja mislila da mogu.
01:30
I needed teachers, in the classroom, every day,
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Meni su bili potrebni učitelji,
u učionici svakog dana,
u učionici svakog dana,
01:33
who were going to say, "You can move beyond that."
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koji bi govorili:
"Ti možeš više od ovog".
"Ti možeš više od ovog".
01:37
And unfortunately, the local junior high
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Nažalost, škola od petog
do osmog razreda
do osmog razreda
01:40
was not going to offer that.
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nije to nudila.
01:42
It was gang-infested, huge teacher turnover rate.
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Bilo je dosta bandi u školi,
i nastavnici su se stalno menjali.
i nastavnici su se stalno menjali.
01:46
So my mom said, "You're going on a bus
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Moja majka je onda rekla:
"Ići ćeš autobusom u školu,
"Ići ćeš autobusom u školu,
01:49
an hour and a half away from where we live every day."
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svaki dan, sat i po od naše kuće."
01:55
So for the next two years, that's what I did.
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Naredne dve godine,
ja sam tako putovala svaki dan.
ja sam tako putovala svaki dan.
01:57
I took a school bus to the fancy side of town.
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Išla sam autobusom
u skupi deo grada.
u skupi deo grada.
02:02
And eventually, I ended up at a school
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Završila sam u školi
02:04
where there was a mixture.
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koja je bila mešovita,
02:06
There were some people who were really gang-affiliated,
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bilo je ljudi
koji su bili povezani sa bandama,
koji su bili povezani sa bandama,
02:09
and then there were those of us
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i nas koji smo
02:10
really trying to make it to high school.
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želeli da pohađamo srednju školu.
02:12
Well, trying to stay out of trouble was a little unavoidable.
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Bilo je nezaobilazno da se uvališ
u probleme tu i tamo.
u probleme tu i tamo.
02:16
You had to survive.
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Morala sam da preživim.
02:17
You just had to do things sometimes.
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Morate nekad da uradite
neke stvari.
neke stvari.
02:20
So there were a lot of teachers who were like,
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Bilo je dosta nastavnika,
koji su mislili:
koji su mislili:
02:22
"She's never going to make it.
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"Ona nikad neće uspeti.
02:24
She has an issue with authority.
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Ima problem sa autoritetom.
02:25
She's not going to go anywhere."
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Neće postići ništa."
02:27
Some teachers completely wrote me off as a lost cause.
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Neki nastavnici su me potpuno otpisali
kao izgubljeni slučaj.
kao izgubljeni slučaj.
02:31
But then, they were very surprised
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A onda su bili jako iznenađeni
02:34
when I graduated from high school.
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kada sam završila srednju školu.
02:38
I was accepted to Pepperdine University,
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Bila sam primljena
na univerzitet u Peperdajnu,
na univerzitet u Peperdajnu,
02:40
and I came back to the same school that I attended
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i vratila sam se u istu školu
koju sam pohađala
koju sam pohađala
02:43
to be a special ed assistant.
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da budem pomoćnik nastavnika
za specijalno obrazovanje.
za specijalno obrazovanje.
02:45
And then I told them, "I want to be a teacher."
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Onda sam im rekla:
"Ja želim da budem nastavnik".
"Ja želim da budem nastavnik".
02:50
And boy, they were like, "What? Why?
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A oni su rekli:
"Šta? Zašto?
"Šta? Zašto?
02:53
Why would you want to do that?"
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Zašto bi želela to da radiš?"
02:55
So I began my teaching career
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Tako sam počela
moju učiteljsku karijeru,
moju učiteljsku karijeru,
02:57
at the exact same middle school that I attended,
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u istoj školi koju sam pohađala
od petog do osmog razreda.
od petog do osmog razreda.
03:01
and I really wanted to try to save more kids
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Zaista sam želela
da spasim više dece
da spasim više dece
03:04
who were just like me.
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koja su bila kao ja.
03:06
And so every year, I share my background with my kids,
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Svake godine, podelim ispovest
o mom poreklu sa učenicima,
o mom poreklu sa učenicima,
03:09
because they need to know that everyone has a story,
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jer oni treba da znaju
da svako ima neku priču,
da svako ima neku priču,
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everyone has a struggle,
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da svako ima neku
svoju borbu u životu,
svoju borbu u životu,
03:15
and everyone needs help along the way.
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i da je svakome potrebna
pomoć na tom putu.
pomoć na tom putu.
03:18
And I am going to be their help along the way.
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Ja ću biti njihova pomoć na tom putu.
03:23
So as a rookie teacher, I created opportunity.
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Kao nastavnik početnik,
stvorila sam priliku.
stvorila sam priliku.
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I had a kid one day come into my class
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Jednom je klinac došao u moj razred,
03:31
having been stabbed the night before.
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koji je prethodne noći bio izboden.
03:34
I was like, "You need to go to a hospital,
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Rekla sam mu:
"Moraš da ideš u bolnicu,
"Moraš da ideš u bolnicu,
03:37
the school nurse, something."
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do školske sestre, bilo gde."
03:40
He's like, "No, Miss, I'm not going.
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On je odgovorio:
"Ne gospođice, ja ne idem.
"Ne gospođice, ja ne idem.
03:42
I need to be in class because I need to graduate."
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Ja moram da budem na času
jer treba da diplomiram."
jer treba da diplomiram."
03:45
So he knew that I was not going to let him be a victim
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Znao je da mu neću dozvoliti
da bude žrtva
da bude žrtva
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of his circumstance,
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sopstvenih okolnosti,
03:50
but we were going to push forward and keep moving on.
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nego ćemo nastaviti
da se krećemo napred.
da se krećemo napred.
03:54
And this idea of creating a safe haven for our kids
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Ova ideja da stvorimo utočište
za našu decu,
za našu decu,
03:58
and getting to know exactly what they're going through,
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i da ih upoznamo i razumemo
kroz šta sve prolaze,
kroz šta sve prolaze,
04:02
getting to know their families -- I wanted that,
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da upoznamo njihove porodice -
ja sam želela to,
ja sam želela to,
04:06
but I couldn't do it in a school with 1,600 kids,
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ali nisam mogla u školi
sa 1600 dece,
sa 1600 dece,
04:11
and teachers turning over year after year after year.
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gde se nastavnici menjaju svake godine.
04:15
How do you get to build those relationships?
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Kako da se ostvari blizak odnos?
04:19
So we created a new school.
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Osnovali smo novu školu.
04:22
And we created
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Osnovali smo
04:24
the San Fernando Institute for Applied Media.
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San Fernando institut
za primenjene medije.
za primenjene medije.
04:27
And we made sure that we were still attached
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Postarali smo se
da budemo povezani
da budemo povezani
04:31
to our school district for funding, for support.
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sa našim školskim distriktom,
zbog finansiranja i podrške.
zbog finansiranja i podrške.
04:35
But with that, we were going to gain freedom:
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Ali sa novom školom,
obezbedili smo slobodu:
obezbedili smo slobodu:
04:38
freedom to hire the teachers
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slobodu pri zapošljavanju nastavnika,
04:40
that we knew were going to be effective;
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za koje smo znali
da će biti efikasni,
da će biti efikasni,
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freedom to control the curriculum
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slobodu da kontrolišemo
nastavni plan
nastavni plan
04:46
so that we're not doing lesson 1.2 on page five, no;
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kako ne bismo radili lekciju
direktno iz knjige, ne,
direktno iz knjige, ne,
04:52
and freedom to control a budget,
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i slobodu da kontrolišemo budžet,
04:55
to spend money where it matters,
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da trošimo pare tamo gde treba,
04:57
not how a district or a state says you have to do it.
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a ne kako okrug ili država
kaže da treba.
kaže da treba.
05:01
We wanted those freedoms.
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Mi smo želeli te slobode.
05:04
But now, shifting an entire paradigm,
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Ali sada, da pomerim čitavu paradigmu,,
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it hasn't been an easy journey, nor is it even complete.
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to nije bio lak put,
niti je potpuno završen.
niti je potpuno završen.
05:10
But we had to do it.
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Ali morali smo to da uradimo.
05:13
Our community deserved a new way of doing things.
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Naša zajednica zaslužuje
novi pristup stvarima.
novi pristup stvarima.
05:17
And as the very first pilot middle school
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Kao prvoj pilot školi
od petog do osmog razreda
od petog do osmog razreda
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in all of Los Angeles Unified School District,
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u celom losanđeleskom
ujedinjenom školskom distriktu,
ujedinjenom školskom distriktu,
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you better believe there was some opposition.
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bilo je dosta opozicije.
05:27
And it was out of fear --
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I to zbog straha -
05:29
fear of, well, what if they get it wrong?
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šta ako ne urade stvari kako treba?
05:32
Yeah, what if we get it wrong?
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Da, šta ako zabrljamo?
05:34
But what if we get it right?
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Ali šta ako odradimo sve kako treba?
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And we did.
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To smo i uradili.
05:38
So even though teachers were against it
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Iako su nastavnici bili protiv toga
05:41
because we employ one-year contracts --
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jer zapošljavamo samo sa
ugovorima na po godinu dana -
ugovorima na po godinu dana -
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you can't teach, or you don't want to teach,
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ako ne možeš da predaješ
ili ne želiš da predaješ
ili ne želiš da predaješ
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you don't get to be at my school with my kids.
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ne možeš da budeš u mojoj školi
sa mojim učenicima.
sa mojim učenicima.
05:51
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
05:58
So in our third year, how did we do it?
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U trećoj smo godini,
kako smo to postigli?
kako smo to postigli?
06:01
Well, we're making school worth coming to every day.
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Mi pravimo školu u koju
je vredno dolaziti svaki dan,
je vredno dolaziti svaki dan,
06:05
We make our kids feel like they matter to us.
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školu gde se naša deca
osećaju da su nam bitna.
osećaju da su nam bitna.
06:07
We make our curriculum rigorous and relevant to them,
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Mi kreiramo nastavni plan,
koji je rigorozan i relevantan.
koji je rigorozan i relevantan.
06:11
and they use all the technology that they're used to.
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Oni koriste svu tehnologiju
na koju su navikli.
na koju su navikli.
06:14
Laptops, computers, tablets -- you name it, they have it.
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Laptopovi, kompjuteri, tableti -
oni sve to imaju.
oni sve to imaju.
Softver za animaciju, za pravljenje filmova,
sve to imaju.
sve to imaju.
06:17
Animation, software, moviemaking software, they have it all.
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Mi povezujemo nastavni plan
sa onim što oni rade.
sa onim što oni rade.
06:21
And because we connect it to what they're doing —
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06:25
For example, they made public service announcements
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Na primer, oni su napisali
saopštenje za javnost
saopštenje za javnost
za "Društvo za borbu protiv raka".
06:28
for the Cancer Society.
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Ta saopštenja su puštana
u lokalnim trolejbusima.
u lokalnim trolejbusima.
06:29
These were played in the local trolley system.
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06:32
Teaching elements of persuasion,
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Učite ih načinima ubeđivanja,
ne može praktičnije od toga.
06:34
it doesn't get any more real than that.
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06:37
Our state test scores have gone up
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Naši rezultati državnih testova
su se poboljšali
su se poboljšali
za više od 80 poena
od kad imamo našu školu.
od kad imamo našu školu.
06:39
more than 80 points since we've become our own school.
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Ali je potrebno da svi učesnici
rade zajedno -
rade zajedno -
06:42
But it's taken all stakeholders, working together --
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nastavnici i direktori
sa jednogodišnjim ugovorima,
sa jednogodišnjim ugovorima,
06:45
teachers and principals on one-year contracts,
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06:49
working over and above and beyond their contract hours
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koji rade prekovremeno
06:52
without compensation.
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bez dodatne kompenzacije.
06:55
And it takes a school board member
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A potreban vam je i član školskog odbora
06:58
who is going to lobby for you and say,
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ko će da se zalaže za vas i kaže:
"Znate, distrikt pokušava
da nametne ovo,
da nametne ovo,
07:00
"Know, the district is trying to impose this,
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07:02
but you have the freedom to do otherwise."
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ali vi imate slobodu
da to uradite drugačije".
da to uradite drugačije".
Potrebni su vam angažovani roditelji,
07:05
And it takes an active parent center
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koji ne samo
da se pojavljuju u školi
da se pojavljuju u školi
07:08
who is not only there, showing a presence every day,
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nego su i deo uprave,
07:12
but who is part of our governance,
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donose odluke za svoju decu,
našu decu.
našu decu.
07:15
making decisions for their kids, our kids.
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07:20
Because why should our students have to go
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Zašto bi naši učenici
07:22
so far away from where they live?
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putovali tako daleko od kuće?
07:25
They deserve a quality school in their neighborhood,
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Oni zaslužuju kvalitetno obrazovanje
u svom naselju,
u svom naselju,
školu na koju mogu
da budu ponosni
da budu ponosni
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a school that they can be proud to say they attend,
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and a school that the community can be proud of as well,
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i školu na koju lokalna zajednica
može biti ponosna.
može biti ponosna.
Njima su potrebni nastavnici
da se bore za njih svaki dan,
da se bore za njih svaki dan,
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and they need teachers to fight for them every day
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i da ih osposobe da krenu
dalje od svojih okolnosti.
dalje od svojih okolnosti.
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and empower them to move beyond their circumstances.
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Because it's time that kids like me
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Došlo je vreme
da klinci kao ja,
da klinci kao ja,
prestanu da budu izuzeci
i postanu pravilo.
i postanu pravilo.
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stop being the exception, and we become the norm.
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Hvala vam.
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Thank you.
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(Aplauz)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Pearl Arredondo - TeacherPearl Arredondo helped establish a pilot middle school that teaches students to be good communicators in the 21st century.
Why you should listen
Pearl Arredondo grew up in the impoverished East Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights. She was raised by a single-mother, a long time Los Angeles Unified School District office secretary, who saw firsthand the challenges facing students in public schools. To ensure that she got the best education in the district, Arredondo was bussed to schools almost an hour away from home.
Arredondo graduated and moved on to Pepperdine University, where she received both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Education and Instructional Leadership. She was the first in her family to graduate from college and began her teaching career at San Fernando Middle School (SFMS) -- the very middle school she attended eight years prior.
At SFMS, she embraced the mission of enhancing educational opportunities for historically underserved students. To do so, she launched the school’s Multimedia Academy, which serviced 350 low-income students. After three successful years, the Multimedia Academy faculty decided it was time to make a full split and become a separate school. In 2010, she helped lead an ambitious reform agenda, through a pilot reform model, that focused on technology development, improving outcomes for children and strengthening families. The team founded San Fernando Institute for Applied Media (SFiAM), the first pilot school established in the Los Angeles Unified School District at the middle school level.
Arredondo is passionate about increasing student access to technology and closing the digital divide, and is a tireless advocate for technology-based curriculum that prepare students to enter a global economy. Her goal is to make SFiAM a model of educational reform.
Currently, Arredondo is pursuing a Master of Science in Educational Administration and is a 2013 National Board Certified Teacher candidate. She is also part of the 2013 Teach Plus Teaching Policy Fellowship and serves as the Vice President of SFiAM’s Governing Council. She is featured in the short documentary film TEACHED Vol.1: “The Blame Game,” and is a role model for young Latinas seeking to make a difference in their communities.
Pearl Arredondo | Speaker | TED.com