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Dave Eggers: My wish: Once Upon a School
Dave Eggers fremsætter sit TED Prize ønske: Der var engang en Skole
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Under modtagelsen af sin TED Prize i 2008 beder forfatter Dave Eggers TED-samfundet om personligt og kreativt at engagere sig i lokale skoler. Med fortryllende ivrighed taler han om, hvordan hans tutor-center, 826 Valencia, inspirerede andre i verden til at åbne deres egne frivilligt drevne, vildt kreative skrive-laboratorier.
Dave Eggers - Author, publisher, education activist
Writing is only his day job: Dave Eggers moonlights as a publisher, philanthropist and advocate for students and teachers. Full bio
Writing is only his day job: Dave Eggers moonlights as a publisher, philanthropist and advocate for students and teachers. Full bio
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Thank you so much everyone from TED, and Chris and Amy in particular.
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Tusinde tak til alle fra TED, især Chris og Amy.
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I cannot believe I'm here.
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Jeg kan ikke fatte, at jeg er her.
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I have not slept in weeks.
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Jeg har ikke sovet i ugevis.
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Neil and I were sitting there comparing how little we've slept
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Neil og jeg sad og sammenlignede, hvor lidt vi har sovet
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in anticipation for this. I've never been so nervous --
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i forventning til i dag. Jeg har været så nervøs -
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and I do this when I'm nervous, I just realized. (Laughter)
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og gør åbenbart sådan her, når jeg er nervøs.
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So, I'm going to talk about sort of what we did at this organization
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Jeg vil fortælle om, hvad vi gjorde i organisationen
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called 826 Valencia, and then I'm going to talk
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kaldet 826 Valencia, og så vil jeg snakke om,
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about how we all might join in and do similar things.
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hvordan vi alle kan være med til at gøre lignende ting.
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Back in about 2000, I was living in Brooklyn,
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Tilbage i 2000 boede jeg i Brooklyn.
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I was trying to finish my first book,
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Jeg prøvede at færdiggøre min første bog,
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I was wandering around dazed every day
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jeg gik dagligt omtåget omkring,
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because I wrote from 12 a.m. to 5 a.m.
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fordi jeg skrev fra midnat til 5 om morgenen.
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So I would walk around in a daze during the day.
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Så jeg var omtåget om dagen.
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I had no mental acuity to speak of during the day, but I had flexible hours.
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Jeg evnede ikke rigtig at tænke om dagen, men jeg havde fleksible timer.
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In the Brooklyn neighborhood that I lived in, Park Slope,
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I Park Slope kvarteret i Brooklyn, hvor jeg boede,
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there are a lot of writers --
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er der mange forfattere -
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it's like a very high per capita ratio
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Antallet af forfattere i forhold til antallet af
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of writers to normal people.
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normale mennesker er meget højt.
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Meanwhile, I had grown up around a lot of teachers.
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Nå, men jeg voksede op med mange lærere omkring mig.
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My mom was a teacher, my sister became a teacher
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Min mor var lærer, min søster blev lærer
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and after college so many of my friends went into teaching.
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og efter universitetet blev mange af mine venner lærere.
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And so I was always hearing them talk about their lives
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Så jeg hørte dem altid snakke om deres liv,
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and how inspiring they were,
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og hvor inspirerende de var,
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and they were really sort of the most hard-working
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og de var virkelig de mest hårdt-arbejdende
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and constantly inspiring people I knew.
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og konstant inspirerende mennesker, jeg kendte.
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But I knew so many of the things they were up against,
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Men jeg kendte så mange af de ting, de var oppe imod,
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so many of the struggles they were dealing with.
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og så mange af de kampe, de måtte kæmpe.
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And one of them was that so many of my friends
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En af disse var, at så mange af mine venner
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that were teaching in city schools were having trouble
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der underviste i skoler i byen, havde problemer
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with their students keeping up at grade level,
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med at få eleverne til at nå et alderssvarende niveau,
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in their reading and writing in particular.
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især i læsning og skrivning.
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Now, so many of these students had come from households
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Mange af disse elever kom fra hjem,
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where English isn't spoken in the home,
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hvor der ikke tales engelsk,
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where a lot of them have different special needs,
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og hvor mange af dem har særlige behov,
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learning disabilities. And of course they're working in schools
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problemer med at lære. Og de arbejde selvfølgelig på skoler,
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which sometimes and very often are under-funded.
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som sommetider og ofte er underfinancierede.
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And so they would talk to me about this and say,
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Så de talte med mig om det og sagde,
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"You know, what we really need is just more people,
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"Ved du hvad, det vi egentlig har brug for er bare flere folk,
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more bodies, more one-on-one attention,
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flere kroppe, mere en-til-en tid,
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more hours, more expertise from people
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flere timer, mere kundskab fra folk,
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that have skills in English and can work with these students one-on-one."
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der kan engelsk og kan arbejde med eleverne en-til-en."
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Now, I would say, "Well, why don't you just work with them one-on-one?"
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Så sagde jeg altid, "Jamen, hvorfor arbejder I ikke bare med dem en-til-en?"
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And they would say, "Well, we have five classes of 30 to 40 students each.
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Og de svarede, "Jamen, vi har fem klasser med 30 til 40 elever i hver.
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This can lead up to 150, 180, 200 students a day.
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Det kan føre til 150, 180, 200 elever per dag.
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How can we possibly give each student
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Hvordan skulle vi nogensinde kunne give hver elev
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even one hour a week of one-on-one attention?"
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blot en time af vores opmærksomhed om ugen?"
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You'd have to greatly multiply the workweek and clone the teachers.
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Du ville være nødt til at udvide arbejdsugen enormt og klone lærerne.
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And so we started talking about this.
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Så vi begyndte at tale om det.
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And at the same time,
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Og på samme tid,
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I thought about this massive group of people I knew:
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tænkte jeg på denne store gruppe mennesker jeg kendte:
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writers, editors, journalists, graduate students,
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skribenter, redaktører, journalister, overbygningsstuderende,
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assistant professors, you name it.
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lektorer - alle mulige mennesker.
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All these people that had sort of flexible daily hours
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Alle disse mennesker, som havde forholdsvis fleksible timer
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and an interest in the English word --
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og interesse for det engelske sprog -
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I hope to have an interest in the English language,
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Jeg har selv en interesse for det engelske sprog,
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but I'm not speaking it well right now. (Laughter)
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men jeg taler det ikke særligt godt lige nu.
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I'm trying. That clock has got me.
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Jeg prøver. Uret dér arbejder imod mig.
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But everyone that I knew had an interest in the primacy of the written word
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Men alle, jeg kendte, havde en interesse i vigtigheden af det skrevne ord
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in terms of nurturing a democracy, nurturing an enlightened life.
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med henblik på at nære et demokrati, at nære et oplyst liv.
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And so they had, you know, their time
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Så de havde, I ved, deres tid
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and their interest, but at the same time
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og deres interesse, men samtidig
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there wasn't a conduit that I knew of in my community
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var der så vidt jeg vidste ingen kanaler i mit samfund,
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to bring these two communities together.
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som kunne koble disse to grupper sammen.
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So when I moved back to San Francisco, we rented this building.
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Så da jeg flyttede tilbage til San Francisco, lejede vi en bygning.
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And the idea was to put McSweeney's --
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Og ideen var at putte McSweeney's --
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McSweeney's Quarterly, that we published twice or three times a year,
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McSweeney's Quarterly, som vi udgav to eller tre gange årligt,
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and a few other magazines --
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og nogle få andre blade --
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we were going to move it into an office for the first time.
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vi ville flytte det ind på et kontor for første gang.
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It used to be in my kitchen in Brooklyn.
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Det plejede at være i mit køkken i Brooklyn.
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We were going to move it into an office,
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Vi ville flytte det ind på et kontor,
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and we were going to actually share space with a tutoring center.
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og dele pladsen med et tutor-center.
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So we thought, "We'll have all these writers and editors and everybody --
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Så vi tænkte, "Vi har alle disse skribenter og redaktører og --
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sort of a writing community -- coming into the office every day anyway,
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en slags skrive-samfund, der alligevel er på kontoret dagligt,
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why don't we just open up
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hvorfor åbner vi kke bare
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the front of the building for students to come in there after school,
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dørene, så elever kan komme ind efter skole,
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get extra help on their written homework,
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og få ekstra hjælp til de skriftlige lektier,
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so you have basically no border between these two communities?"
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så der faktisk ikke er nogen grænser mellem de to grupper?"
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So the idea was that we would be
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Så ideen var, at vi ville
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working on whatever we're working on,
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arbejde med hvad vi nu arbejdede med,
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at 2:30 p.m. the students flow in and you put down what you're doing,
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kl 14.30 ville eleverne komme, og man lægger hvad man laver,
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or you trade, or you work a little bit later or whatever it is.
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eller bytter, eller arbejder lidt senere eller hvad man nu gør.
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You give those hours in the afternoon
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Man giver de timer om eftermiddagen
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to the students in the neighborhood.
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til eleverne fra kvarteret.
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So, we had this place, we rented it,
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Så, vi fandt det her sted, vi lejede det,
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the landlord was all for it. We did this mural,
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udlejeren var med på det. Vi havde et vægmaleri,
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that's a Chris Ware mural, that basically explains the entire history
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lavet af Chris Ware, der faktisk forklarer hele historien
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of the printed word, in mural form -- it takes a long time
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bag det trykte ord, igennem et vægmaleri -- det tager lang tid
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to digest and you have to stand in the middle of the road.
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at fordøje, og man er nødt til at stå midt på vejen.
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So we rented this space.
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Så vi lejede det her sted.
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And everything was great except the landlord said,
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Og alt var fantastisk bortset fra, at udlejeren sagde,
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"Well, the space is zoned for retail; you have to come up with something.
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"Området er forbeholdt handel; I må finde på noget.
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You've gotta sell something.
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I må sælge noget.
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You can't just have a tutoring center."
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I kan ikke bare have et tutor-center."
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So we thought, "Ha ha! Really!"
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Så vi tænkte, "Ha ha! Virkelig!"
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And we couldn't think of anything necessarily to sell,
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Og vi kunne ikke umiddelbart finde på noget at sælge,
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but we did all the necessary research.
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men vi gjorde al den fornødne research.
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It used to be a weight room, so there were rubber floors below,
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Lokalet plejede at være et rum til vægttræning, så der var gummimåtter nedenunder,
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acoustic tile ceilings and fluorescent lights.
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akustiske lofte, lysstofrør.
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We took all that down, and we found beautiful wooden floors,
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Vi rev det hele ned og fandt smukke trægulve,
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whitewashed beams and it had the look --
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hvidkalkede bjælker, og det så ud som --
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while we were renovating this place, somebody said,
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mens vi renoverede stedet var der én der sagde,
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"You know, it really kind of looks like the hull of a ship."
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"Ved I hvad, det ligner faktisk et skibsskrog."
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And we looked around and somebody else said,
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Og vi kiggede rundt og en anden sagde,
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"Well, you should sell supplies to the working buccaneer." (Laughter)
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"I burde sælge forsyninger til arbejdende sørøvere."
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And so this is what we did. So it made everybody laugh,
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Så det er, hvad vi gjorde. Det fik alle til at grine,
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and we said, "There's a point to that.
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og vi sagde, "Der er en pointe dér.
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Let's sell pirate supplies." This is the pirate supply store.
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Lad os sælge pirat-forsyninger." Dette er piratforsyningsbutikken.
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You see, this is sort of a sketch I did on a napkin.
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Det er fra en skitse, jeg lavede på en serviet.
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A great carpenter built all this stuff and you see,
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En fantastisk snedker byggede alt dette,
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we made it look sort of pirate supply-like.
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og vi fik det til at se lidt piratforsyningsagtigt ud.
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Here you see planks sold by the foot
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Her ser I planker, der sælges som metervare,
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and we have supplies to combat scurvy.
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og vi har forsyninger til at bekæmpe skørbug;
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We have the peg legs there, that are all handmade and fitted to you.
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vi har træbenene her, de er håndlavede og tilpasses individuelt;
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Up at the top, you see the eyepatch display,
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øverst ses udstillingen af øjenklapper;
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which is the black column there for everyday use
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den sorte søjle dér er til dagligt brug,
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for your eyepatch, and then you have the pastel
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en standard øjeklap, og så er der pastelfarver
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and other colors for stepping out at night --
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og andre farver til når du skal i byen --
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special occasions, bar mitzvahs and whatever.
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særlige anledninger, bar mitzvaher og så videre.
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So we opened this place. And this is a vat
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Så vi åbnede det her sted. Og det her er en bøtte,
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that we fill with treasures that students dig in.
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som vi fylder med skatte, eleverne kan lede i:
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This is replacement eyes in case you lose one.
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Her er reserveøjne i tilfælde af, at du mister et;
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These are some signs that we have all over the place:
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Her er nogle af de skilte, vi har over det hele:
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"Practical Joking with Pirates."
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"Spøg og skæmt med pirater."
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While you're reading the sign, we pull a rope behind the counter
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Mens man læser skiltet, trækker vi i et reb bag disken
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and eight mop heads drop on your head.
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og otte moppehoveder falder ned i hovedet på én.
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That was just my one thing -- I said we had to have something that drops on people's heads.
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Det var bare min ene ting -- Jeg sagde, at vi måtte have noget, der falder ned over folk.
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It became mop heads. And this is the fish theater,
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Det blev så moppehoveder. Og her er fiske-teateret,
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which is just a saltwater tank with three seats,
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som bare er en saltvandstank med tre sæder,
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and then right behind it we set up this space,
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og lige bag dét lavede vi dette rum.
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which was the tutoring center.
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Som var tutor-centeret.
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So right there is the tutoring center,
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Så lige dér er tutor-centeret,
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and then behind the curtain were the McSweeney's offices,
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og bag det er McSweeneys kontorer,
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where all of us would be working on the magazine and book editing and things like that.
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hvor vi alle arbejdede på blade og bogredigering og så videre.
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The kids would come in --
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Børnene kom --
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or we thought they would come in. I should back up.
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eller rettere, vi troede, de ville komme. Jeg går lige lidt tilbage.
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We set the place up, we opened up, we spent months and months
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Vi gjorde stedet klar, vi åbnede, vi brugte måneder
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renovating this place.
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på at renovere stedet.
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We had tables, chairs, computers, everything.
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Vi havde borde, stole, computere, alt.
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I went to a dot-com auction at a Holiday Inn in Palo Alto
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Jeg tog til en dot-com auktion på et hotel i Palo Alto
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and I bought 11 G4s with a stroke of a paddle.
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og købte 11 G4-computere ved at vifte med en padle.
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Anyway, we bought 'em, we set everything up and then we waited.
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Nå, vi købte dem, satte alting op, og så ventede vi.
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It was started with about 12 of my friends,
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Det blev startet med omkring 12 af mine venner,
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people that I had known for years that were writers in the neighborhood.
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folk, jeg havde kendt i årevis, som var skribenter i kvarteret.
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And we sat. And at 2:30 p.m. we put a sandwich board out on the front sidewalk
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Og vi ventede. Og kl. 14:30 satte vi et skilt ud på fortovet,
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and it just said, "Free Tutoring for Your English-Related
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hvor der stod "Gratis undervisning til dine engelsk-
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and Writing-Related Needs -- Just Come In, It's All Free."
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og skrive-relaterede behov -- Kom bare ind, det er helt gratis."
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And we thought, "Oh, they're going to storm the gates,
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Og vi tænkte, "Ah, de vil komme væltende
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they're gonna love it." And they didn't.
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de vil elske det." Det gjorde de ikke.
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And so we waited, we sat at the tables, we waited and waited.
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Så vi ventede, vi sad ved bordene, og ventede og ventede.
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And everybody was becoming very discouraged
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Og alle begyndte at miste modet.
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because it was weeks and weeks that we waited, really, where nobody came in.
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Fordi der gik uge efter uge med at vente, seriøst, hvor ingen kom ind.
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And then somebody alerted us to the fact
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Så var der nogen, der påpegede, at
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that maybe there was a trust gap,
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der måske var en tillidskløft,
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because we were operating behind a pirate supply store. (Laughter)
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fordi vi drev en piratforsyningsbutik.
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We never put it together, you know?
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Det var aldrig faldet os ind.
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And so then, around that time, I persuaded a woman named Nineveh Caligari,
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Så på det tidspunkt overtalte jeg en kvinde ved navn Nineveh Caligari,
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a longtime San Francisco educator --
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en erfaren underviser fra San Francisco --
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she was teaching in Mexico City,
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hun underviste i Mexico City,
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she had all the experience necessary,
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hun havde al den fornødne erfaring,
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knew everything about education,
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kendte alt til undervisning,
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was connected with all the teachers and community members in the neighborhood --
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havde kontakt til alle folk og lærere i kvarteret.
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I convinced her to move up from Mexico City where she was teaching.
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Jeg overtalte hende til at flytte op fra Mexico City, hvor hun underviste;
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She took over as executive director.
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Hun tog over som administrerende direktør.
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Immediately, she made the inroads with the teachers
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Hun fik øjeblikkeligt fat i lærerne
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and the parents and the students and everything,
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og forældrene og eleverne og så videre,
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and so suddenly it was actually full every day.
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og pludselig var der faktisk fyldt op dagligt.
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And what we were trying to offer every day
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Og hvad vi prøvede at tilbyde hver dag
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was one-on-one attention.
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var en-til-en undervisning.
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The goal was to have a one-to-one ratio with every one of these students.
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Målet var at have forholdet én til én med hver enkelt af eleverne.
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You know, it's been proven
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that 35 to 40 hours a year with one-on-one attention,
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at 35 til 40 timer om året med en-til-en undevisning
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a student can get one grade level higher.
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kan løfte en elev ét klassetrin.
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And so most of these students, English is not spoken in the home.
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Så de fleste af disse elever taler ikke engelsk derhjemme.
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They come there, many times their parents --
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De kom dér, ofte kom forældrene og --
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you can't see it, but there's a church pew
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man kan ikke se det, men der er en kirkebænk,
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that I bought in a Berkeley auction right there --
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som jeg købte på en auktion i Berkeley lige der --
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the parents will sometimes watch while their kids are being tutored.
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deres forældre så nogle gange på, mens deres børn blev undervist.
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So that was the basis of it,
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Så grundlaget for det hele
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was one-on-one attention.
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var en-til-en undervisning.
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And we found ourselves full every day with kids.
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Og butikken blev fyldt med børn hver dag.
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If you're on Valencia Street within those few blocks at around 2 p.m.,
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2:30 p.m., you will get run over, often,
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14:30, vil du ofte blive løbet over ende
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by the kids and their big backpacks, or whatever, actually running to this space,
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af børn med deres store rygsække osv., som faktisk løber til det her sted.
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which is very strange, because it's school, in a way.
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Hvilket er meget underligt, fordi det er skole, på en måde.
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But there was something psychological happening there
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Men der sker noget psykologisk her,
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that was just a little bit different.
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som er bare en smule anderledes.
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And the other thing was, there was no stigma.
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Og det forskellige var, at der ikke var noget stigma.
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Kids weren't going into the "Center-for-Kids-That-Need-More-Help,"
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Børn gik ikke ind på "Centeret-for-børn-der-har-brug-for-Hjælp"
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or something like that. It was 826 Valencia.
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eller sådan noget. Det var 826 Valencia.
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First of all, it was a pirate supply store, which is insane.
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For det første var det en piratforsyningsbutik, hvilket er vanvittigt.
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And then secondly, there's a publishing company in the back.
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For det andet er der et forlag i baglokalet.
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And so our interns were actually working
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Så vores praktikanter arbejdede faktisk
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at the same tables very often,
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ofte ved de samme borde,
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and shoulder-to-shoulder, computer-next-to-computer with the students.
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skulder ved skulder, computer ved computer med eleverne.
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And so it became a tutoring center --
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Så det blev til et tutor-center --
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publishing center, is what we called it --
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forlagscenter er, hvad vi kaldte det --
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and a writing center.
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og et skrive-center.
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They go in, and they might be working with a high school student
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De går ind, og de arbejder måske med en gymnasieelev,
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actually working on a novel -- because we had very gifted kids, too.
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som faktisk arbejder på en roman -- for vi havde også meget begavede børn.
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So there's no stigma.
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Så der er ikke noget stigma.
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They're all working next to each other. It's all a creative endeavor.
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De arbejder alle side om side. Det er alt sammen en kreativ bestræbelse.
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They're seeing adults. They're modeling their behavior.
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De ser voksne. De følger deres adfærd.
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These adults, they're working in their field.
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Disse voksne, de arbejder inden for deres felt.
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They can lean over, ask a question of one of these adults
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De kan læne sig over og stille et spørgsmål til en af disse voksne,
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and it all sort of feeds on each other.
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og på den måde vokser det hele ligesom af sig selv.
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There's a lot of cross-pollination. The only problem,
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Der sker en masse tværfaglig udvikling. Det eneste problem,
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especially for the adults working at McSweeney's
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især for de voksne, der arbejder ved McSweeney's,
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who hadn't necessarily bought into all of this when they signed up,
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og som ikke nødvendigvis var med på ideen, da de begyndte der,
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was that there was just the one bathroom. (Laughter)
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var, at der kun var ét toilet.
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With like 60 kids a day, this is a problem.
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Med omkring 60 børn dagligt er dét et problem.
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But you know, there's something about the kids finishing their homework
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Men der er noget ved, at børnene får lavet deres lektier
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in a given day, working one-on-one, getting all this attention --
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på en given dag, får al denne opmærksomhed --
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they go home, they're finished. They don't stall.
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når de går hjem, er de færdige. De udskyder ikke,
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They don't do their homework in front of the TV.
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de laver ikke lektierne foran TV'et.
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They're allowed to go home at 5:30 p.m., enjoy their family,
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De kan gå hjem kl 17:30, være sammen med familien,
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enjoy other hobbies, get outside, play.
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nyde deres hobbier, gå udenfor, lege.
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And that makes a happy family.
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Og det skaber en lykkelig familie.
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A bunch of happy families in a neighborhood is a happy community.
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En flok lykkelige familier i kvarteret skaber et lykkeligt samfund.
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A bunch of happy communities tied together is a happy city and a happy world.
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En flok lykkelige samfund skaber sammen en lykkelig by og en lykkelig verden.
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So the key to it all is homework! (Laughter) (Applause)
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Så nøglen til det hele er lektier!
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There you have it, you know -- one-on-one attention.
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Det er hvad der skal til -- en-til-en undervisning.
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So we started off with about 12 volunteers,
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Vi begyndte med omkring 12 frivillige,
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and then we had about 50,
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og så havde vi omkring 50.
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and then a couple hundred.
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og så et par hundrede.
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And we now have 1,400 volunteers on our roster.
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Og nu har vi 1400 frivillige på vores liste.
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And we make it incredibly easy to volunteer.
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Og vi gør det utrolig nemt at melde sig som frivillig.
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The key thing is, even if you only have a couple of hours a month,
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Sagen er, at selvom du kun har et par timer hver måned,
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those two hours shoulder-to-shoulder,
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så vil de to timer, skulder ved skulder
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next to one student, concentrated attention,
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ved siden af en elev - koncentreret opmærksomhed,
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shining this beam of light on their work,
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med fokus på deres arbejde,
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on their thoughts and their self-expression,
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på deres tanker og deres selv-udtryk,
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is going to be absolutely transformative,
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være utroligt formende,
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because so many of the students have not had that ever before.
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fordi så mange af eleverne ikke har oplevet det nogensinde før.
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So we said, "Even if you have two hours one Sunday every six months,
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Så vi sagde, "Selv om du kun har to timer én søndag hver 6. måned,
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it doesn't matter. That's going to be enough."
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er det ligemeget. Det er nok."
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So that's partly why the tutor corps grew so fast.
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Så det er en del af grunden til, at tutor-holdet voksede så hurtigt.
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Then we said, "Well, what are we
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Så sagde vi, "Jamen, hvad skal vi
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going to do with the space during the day,
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gøre med rummet om dagen,
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because it has to be used before 2:30 p.m.?"
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det skulle jo bruges til noget før 14:30?"
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So we started bringing in classes during the day.
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Så vi begyndte at trække klasser ind om dagen.
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So every day, there's a field trip where they together create a book --
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Så hver dag var der en udflugt, hvor de sammen skaber en bog;
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you can see it being typed up above.
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I kan se den blive skrevet ind oppe ovenpå.
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This is one of the classes getting way too excited about writing.
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Her er én af klasserne, der er alt for opstemte af at skrive.
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You just point a camera at a class,
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Hvis du peger et kamera på en klasse,
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and it always looks like this.
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vil det altid se sådan her ud.
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So this is one of the books that they do.
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Så her er én af de bøger, de har lavet.
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Notice the title of the book,
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Bemærk bogens titel,
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"The Book That Was Never Checked Out: Titanic."
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"Bogen, der aldrig blev lånt ud: Titanic."
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And the first line of that book is, "Once there was a book named Cindy
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Og bogens første linje er, "Engang var der en bog, der hed Cindy,
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that was about the Titanic."
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som handlede om Titanic."
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So, meanwhile, there's an adult in the back typing this up,
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Så imens sidder der en voksen i bagved og skriver det her ind,
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taking it completely seriously, which blows their mind.
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og tager det helt alvorligt, hvilket slår benene væk under dem.
12:43
So then we still had more tutors to use.
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Men vi havde stadig flere tutorer at bruge.
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This is a shot of just some of the tutors during one of the events.
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Her er et billede af nogle tutorer under en begivenhed.
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The teachers that we work with --
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Lærerne, som vi arbejder med --
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and everything is different to teachers -- they tell us what to do.
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og alt er anderledes for lærere -- de fortæller, hvad vi skal gøre.
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We went in there thinking,
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Vi gik derind og tænkte,
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"We're ultimately, completely malleable. You're going to tell us.
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"Vi er grundlæggende komplet formbare. I instruerer os.
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The neighborhood's going to tell us, the parents are going to tell us.
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Forældrene og folk i kvarteret vil fortælle os det,
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The teachers are going to tell us how we're most useful."
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lærerne vil fortælle os, hvordan vi er til mest nytte."
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So then they said, "Why don't you come into the schools?
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Så sagde de, "Hvorfor kommer I ikke ind på skolerne?
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Because what about the students that wouldn't come to you,
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For hvad med de elever, der ikke nødvendigvis kommer til jer,
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necessarily, who don't have really active parents that are bringing them in,
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som ikke har aktive forældre, der kan bringe dem,
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or aren't close enough?" So then we started saying,
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eller som ikke bor tæt nok på?" Så begyndte vi at sige,
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"Well, we've got 1,400 people on our tutor roster.
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"Vi har 1400 folk på vores liste.
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Let's just put out the word." A teacher will say,
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Lad os sprede ordet." En lærer kan sige
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"I need 12 tutors for the next five Sundays.
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"Jeg har brug for 12 undervisere de næste fem søndage.
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We're working on our college essays. Send them in."
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Vi arbejder på stile til universitetsoptagelsesprøverne. Send dem ind."
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So we put that out on the wire: 1,400 tutors.
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Så vi sendte den besked ud: 1400 undervisere.
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Whoever can make it signs up. They go in about a half an hour before the class.
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Hvem end der kan, skriver sig på. De går ind omkring en halv time før timen.
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The teacher tells them what to do,
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Læreren fortæller dem, hvad de skal gøre,
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how to do it, what their training is, what their project is so far.
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hvordan det skal gøres, hvad deres niveau er, hvad projektet handler om.
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They work under the teacher's guide,
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De arbejder under lærerens anvisninger,
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and it's all in one big room.
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og det hele sker i ét stort rum.
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And that's actually the brunt of what we do is,
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Og det er dybest set hvad vi gør,
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people going straight from their workplace, straight from home,
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folk tager direkte fra arbejde, direkte fra deres hjem,
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straight into the classroom and
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direkte ind i klasselokalerne og
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working directly with the students.
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arbejder direkte med eleverne.
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So then we're able to work with thousands and thousands of more students.
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På den måde er vi i stand til at arbejde med tusindvis af elever.
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Then another school said, "Well, what if we
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Så sagde en anden skole, "Hvad hvis vi
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just give you a classroom and you can staff it all day?"
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bare giver jer et lokale, som I kan bemande hele dagen?"
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So this is the Everett Middle School Writers' Room,
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Så det her er Everett Mellemskoles Skribentrum,
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where we decorated it in buccaneer style.
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som vi udsmykkede i sørøverstilen.
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It's right off the library. And there we serve
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Det er lige ved biblioteket. Og derfra betjener
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all 529 kids in this middle school.
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vi alle 529 børn på mellemskolen.
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This is their newspaper, the "Straight-Up News,"
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Her er deres avis, "Straight-Up News,"
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that has an ongoing column from Mayor Gavin Newsom
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som har en løbende klumme af borgmester Gavin Newsom
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in both languages -- English and Spanish.
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på to sprog -- engelsk og spansk.
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So then one day Isabel Allende wrote to us and said,
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Så en dag skrev Isabel Allende til os og sagde,
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"Hey, why don't you assign a book with high school students?
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"Hej, hvorfor sætter I ikke gymnasieeleverne til at skrive en bog?
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I want them to write about how to achieve peace in a violent world."
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Jeg vil se dem skrive om, hvordan man opnår fred i en voldelig verden."
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And so we went into Thurgood Marshall High School,
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Så vi gik ind på Thurgood Marshall High School,
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which is a school that we had worked with on some other things,
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som er en skole, vi havde arbejdet med om nogle andre ting,
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and we gave that assignment to the students.
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og vi gav denne opgave til eleverne.
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And we said, "Isabel Allende is going to read all your essays at the end.
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Og sagde, "Isabel Allende vil læse alle jeres stile bagefter.
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She's going to publish them in a book.
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Hun vil udgive dem i en bog.
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She's going to sponsor the printing of this book in paperback form.
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Hun vil sponsorere udgivelsen af bogen i paperback-udgave.
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It's going to be available in all the bookstores in the Bay Area
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Den vil være tilgængelig hos alle boghandlere i San Francisco Bay området,
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and throughout the world, on Amazon and you name it."
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og i hele verden gennem Amazon."
14:44
So these kids worked harder
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Så børnene arbejdede hårdere
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than they've ever worked on anything in their lives,
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end de nogensinde havde på noget andet i deres liv,
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because there was that outside audience,
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fordi der var sådan et udenforstående publikum,
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there was Isabel Allende on the other end.
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der var Isabel Allende i den anden ende.
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I think we had about 170 tutors that worked on this book with them
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Jeg tror, vi havde omkring 170 undervisere, der arbejdede på denne bog med dem,
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and so this worked out incredibly well.
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så det her gik utrolig godt.
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We had a big party at the end.
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Vi holdt en stor fest til sidst.
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This is a book that you can find anywhere. So that led to a series of these.
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Her er bogen, som kan findes overalt. Det førte til en serie.
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You can see Amy Tan sponsored the next one,
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I kan se, at Amy Tan sponserede den næste,
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"I Might Get Somewhere."
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"Jeg kan måske nå steder Hen."
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And this became an ongoing thing. More and more books.
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Og det blev en tilbagevendende ting. Flere og flere bøger.
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Now we're sort of addicted to the book thing.
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Nu er vi næsten afhængige af den her bog-ting.
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The kids will work harder than they've ever worked in their life
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Børnene arbejder hårdere, end de nogensinde har gjort,
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if they know it's going to be permanent,
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hvis de ved, at det bliver til noget blivende,
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know it's going to be on a shelf,
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ved, at det ender på en hylde,
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know that nobody can diminish what they've thought and said,
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ved, at ingen kan reducere, hvad de har tænkt og sagt,
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that we've honored their words, honored their thoughts
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at vi har æret vores ord, æret deres tanker
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with hundreds of hours of five drafts, six drafts --
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med hundreder af timer til fem udkast, seks udkast --
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all this attention that we give to their thoughts.
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al den opmærksomhed, vi giver deres tanker.
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And once they achieve that level, once they've written at that level,
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Og når de først opnår det niveau, når de først har skrevet på det niveau,
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they can never go back.
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så kan de ikke gå tilbage.
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It's absolutely transformative.
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Det er absolut omdannende.
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And so then they're all sold in the store. This is near the planks.
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Så de bliver alle solgt i butikken. Det her er nær plankerne.
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We sell all the student books.
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Vi sælger alle de studerendes bøger.
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Where else would you put them, right?
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Hvor ville du ellers stille dem?
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So we sell 'em, and then something weird had been happening
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Så vi sælger dem, og så begyndte noget underligt at ske
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with the stores. The store, actually --
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i butikkerne. Butikken begyndte --
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even though we started out as just a gag -- the store actually made money.
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selvom vi startede den som en spøg -- butikken begyndte faktisk at tjene penge.
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So it was paying the rent.
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Så den betalte huslejen.
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And maybe this is just a San Francisco thing --
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Og måske er det her bare en San Francisco ting --
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I don't know, I don't want to judge.
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Jeg ved det ikke, jeg vil ikke dømme.
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But people would come in --
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Men folk kom ind --
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and this was before the pirate movies and everything!
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og det her var før alle piratfilmene og alting!
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It was making a lot of money. Not a lot of money,
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Den tjente masser a penge. Ikke masser,
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but it was paying the rent, paying a full-time staff member there.
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men det betalte huslejen, betalte en fuldtidsmedarbejder.
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There's the ocean maps you can see on the left.
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Det er søkortene, I kan se til venstre.
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And it became a gateway to the community.
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Og den blev en port for samfundet,
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People would come in and say, "What the --?
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Folk kom ind og sagde, "Hvad fa... --?
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What is this?" I don't want to swear on the web. (Laughter)
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Hvad er det her?" Jeg vil ikke bande på internettet.
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Is that a rule? I don't know.
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Er det en regel? Jeg ved det ikke.
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They would say, "What is this?"
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De sagde, "Hvad er det her?"
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And people would come in and learn more about it.
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Og folk kom ind og lærte mere om det.
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And then right beyond -- there's usually a little chain there --
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Og lige bagved -- der er som regel en lille kæde dér --
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right beyond, they would see the kids being tutored.
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lige bagved kunne de se børnene blive undervist.
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This is a field trip going on. And so they would be shopping,
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Det her er en udflugt. Så shoppede de,
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and they might be more likely to buy some lard,
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og var måske mere tilbøjelige til at købe noget spæk,
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or millet for their parrot, or, you know, a hook,
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eller noget hirse til deres papegøje, eller, I ved, en krog,
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or hook protector for nighttime, all of these things we sell.
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eller krog-beskytter til når man sover, alle ting vi sælger.
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So the store actually did really well.
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Så butikken klarede sig faktisk rigtig godt.
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But it brought in so many people --
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Men den bragte så mange mennesker ind:
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teachers, donors, volunteers, everybody --
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Lærere, gavegivere, frivillige, alle.
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because it was street level. It was open to the public.
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Fordi den var på gadeniveau. Den var åben for offentligheden.
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It wasn't a non-profit buried, you know, on the 30th floor
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Den var ikke en non-profit, I ved, skjult på 30. sal
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of some building downtown. It was right in the neighborhood
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af en bygning i midtbyen. Den var midt i det kvarter,
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that it was serving, and it was open all the time to the public.
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som den tjente, og den var altid åben for offentligheden.
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So, it became this sort of weird, happy accident.
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Så, det endte som et underligt, lykkeligt sammentræf.
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So all the people I used to know in Brooklyn, they said,
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Så alle de her folk jeg kendte i Brooklyn, de sagde,
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"Well, why don't we have a place like that here?"
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"Hvorfor har vi ikke sådan et sted her?"
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And a lot of them had been former educators
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Og mange af dem havde været undervisere
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or would-be educators, so they combined
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eller på vej til at blive det, så de mødtes
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with a lot of local designers, local writers,
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med en masse lokale designere, lokale skribenter,
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and they just took the idea independently
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og de tog ideen uafhængigt
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and they did their own thing.
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og gjorde det på deres egen måde.
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They didn't want to sell pirate supplies.
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De ville ikke sælge piratforsyninger;
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They didn't think that that was going to work there.
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de mente ikke, det ville fungere der.
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So, knowing the crime-fighting community in New York,
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Så, bekendte med New Yorks forbrydelsesbekæmpende samfund
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they opened the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company.
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åbnede de Brooklyn Superhelteforsyningsfirmaet.
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This is Sam Potts' great design that did this.
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Her er Sam Pott's fantastiske design, som blev brugt.
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And this was to make it look sort of like one of those
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Og det her var for at få det til at ligne en af de
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keysmith's shops that has to have every service
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nøglesmede, som reklamerer med enhver service
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they've ever offered, you know, all over there.
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de nogensinde har tilbudt, I ved, over det hele.
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So they opened this place. Inside, it's like a Costco
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Så de åbnede det her sted. Indeni er det som en Bilka
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for superheroes -- all the supplies in kind of basic form.
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for superhelte -- alle forsyninger i deres grundlæggende form.
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These are all handmade.
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Disse er alle håndlavede.
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These are all sort of repurposed other products, or whatever.
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Disse er alle omskabte produkter, på en eller anden måde.
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All the packaging is done by Sam Potts.
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Al indpakning er lavet af Sam Potts.
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So then you have the villain containment unit,
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Her er så forbryder-tilbageholdelsesenheden,
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where kids put their parents. You have the office.
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hvor børnene afleverer deres forældre. Her er kontoret.
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This is a little vault -- you have to put your product in there,
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Her er et lille boksrum -- man lægger det, man vil købe
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it goes up an electric lift
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derind, og det kører op i en lift
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and then the guy behind the counter tells you
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og så siger fyren bag disken,
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that you have to recite the vow of heroism,
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at du skal recitere helteløftet,
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which you do, if you want to buy anything. And it limits, really, their sales.
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hvilket man skal, hvis man vil købe noget. Det begrænser virkelig deres salg.
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Personally, I think it's a problem.
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Personligt synes jeg, det er et problem.
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Because they have to do it hand on heart and everything.
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Fordi de skal gøre det med hånden på hjertet og det hele.
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These are some of the products. These are all handmade.
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Her er nogle af de andre produkter. De her er alle håndlavede.
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This is a secret identity kit.
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Her er et sæt til hemmelige identiteter.
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If you want to take on the identity of Sharon Boone,
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Hvis du vil påtage dig Sharon Boones identitet,
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one American female marketing executive
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en amerikansk, kvindelig markedsføringschef
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from Hoboken, New Jersey. It's a full dossier
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fra Hoboken, New Jersey. Der er et fuldt generalieblad
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on everything you would need to know about Sharon Boone.
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med alt, hvad du har behov for at vide om Sharon Boone.
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So, this is the capery where you get fitted for your cape,
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Her er kapperiet, hvor du får tilpasset din kappe,
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and then you walk up these three steel-graded steps
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og så går du op ad disse tre trappetrin af stål,
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and then we turn on three hydraulic fans
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og så tænder vi tre hydrauliske blæsere
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from every side and then you can see the cape in action.
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rundt om, så du kan se kappen i brug.
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There's nothing worse than, you know,
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Der er intet værre end, du ved,
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getting up there and the cape is bunching up or something like that.
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at gå derop og se kappen kludre sammen eller sådan noget.
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So then, the secret door --
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Så er der den hemmelige dør --
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this is one of the shelves you don't see
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det her er en af hylderne, som du ikke
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when you walk in, but it slowly opens.
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bemærker, når du går ind, men den åbner langsomt.
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You can see it there in the middle next to all the grappling hooks.
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I kan se den dér i midten, ved siden af alle gribekrogene.
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It opens and then this is the tutoring center in the back. (Applause)
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Den åbner, og her bagved er tutor-centeret.
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So you can see the full effect!
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Så her ser I den fulde effekt!
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But this is -- I just want to emphasize --
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Men det her er -- vil jeg lige understrege --
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locally funded, locally built.
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lokalt finanseret, lokalt bygget.
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All the designers, all of the builders,
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alle designene, alle håndværkerne,
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everybody was local, all the time was pro-bono.
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alle var lokale, al tiden var pro bono.
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I just came and visited and said, "Yes, you guys are doing great,"
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Jeg besøgte dem og sagde, "Ja, I klarer det glimrende,"
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or whatever. That was it. You can see the time
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eller sådan noget. Det var det. I kan se klokken
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in all five boroughs of New York in the back. (Laughter) (Applause)
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i alle fem bydele af New York bagved.
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So this is the space during tutoring hours.
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Så her er lokalet i undervisningstiden.
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It's very busy. Same principles: one-on-one attention,
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Der er meget travlt. Samme principper: en-til-en undervisning,
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complete devotion to the students' work
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komplet fokus på elevernes arbejde
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and a boundless optimism and sort of a possibility
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og ubegrænset optimisme og et potentiale
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of creativity and ideas.
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for kreativitet og ideer.
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And this switch is flicked in their heads
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Og den her kontakt tændes i deres hoveder,
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when they walk through those 18 feet of this bizarre store, right?
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når de går igennem de 6 meter af den besynderlige butik, ikke?
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So it's school, but it's not school.
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Så det er skole, men det er ikke skole.
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It's clearly not school, even though
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Det er helt klart ikke skole, selvom
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they're working shoulder-to-shoulder on tables, pencils and papers, whatever.
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de arbejder skulder ved skulder på borde med blyanter og papir osv.
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This is one of the students, Khaled Hamdan.
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Her er en af eleverne, Khaled Hamdan.
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You can read this quote.
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I kan læse dette citat.
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Addicted to video games and TV. Couldn't concentrate at home.
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Afhængig af videospil og TV. Kunne ikke koncentrere sig hjemme.
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Came in. Got this concentrated attention.
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Kom ind. Fik denne koncentrerede opmærksomhed.
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And he couldn't escape it.
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Og han kunne ikke slippe væk.
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So, soon enough, he was writing. He would finish his homework early --
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Så snart nok skrev han. Han færdiggjorde sine lektier tidligt --
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got really addicted to finishing his homework early.
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blev helt afhængig af at blive tidligt færdig med lektierne.
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It's an addictive thing to sort of be done with it,
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Det er en vanedannende ting at blive færdig med det,
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and to have it checked, and to know he's going to achieve
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og få det gennemgået og vide, at han vil opnå
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the next thing and be prepared for school the next day.
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det næste skridt og være forberedt på skole næste dag.
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So he got hooked on that, and then he started doing other things.
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Så han blev afhængig af det, og så begyndte han på andre ting.
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He's now been published in five books.
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Nu er han udgivet i fem bøger.
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He co-wrote a mockumentary about failed superheroes
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Han var medforfatter af en ironisk dokumentar om forfejlede superhelte
20:31
called "Super-Has-Beens."
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kaldet "Super-Afdankede".
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He wrote a series on "Penguin Balboa,"
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Han skrev en serie om "Pingvin Balboa",
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which is a fighting -- a boxing -- penguin.
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som er en slåssende -- en boksende -- pingvin.
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And then he read aloud just a few weeks ago to 500 people at Symphony Space,
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Og så læste han højt for bare et par uger siden for 500 mennesker ved Symphony Space,
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at a benefit for 826 New York. So he's there every day.
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ved en velgørende begivenhed for 826 New York. Så han er der hver dag.
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He's evangelical about it. He brings his cousins in now.
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Han er evangelisk omkring det. Han tager kusiner og fætre med nu.
20:52
There's four family members that come in every day.
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Der er fire familiemedlemmer, som kommer hver dag.
20:55
So, I'll go through really quickly.
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Så, jeg gennemgår lige hurtigt.
20:57
This is L.A., The Echo Park Time Travel Mart:
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Her er L.A., Echo Park Tidsrejsemarkedet:
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"Whenever You Are, We're Already Then." (Laughter)
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"Hvornår end du er, er vi der engang".
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This is sort of a 7-Eleven for time travelers.
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Det er en slags døgnkiosk for tidsrejsende.
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So you see everything: it's exactly as a 7-Eleven would be.
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Som I ser, er alting præcis som en 7-11 døgnkiosk.
21:11
Leeches. Mammoth chunks. They even have their own Slurpee machine:
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Igler. Mamutlunser. De har endda deres egen slush-ice maskine:
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"Out of Order. Come Back Yesterday." (Laughter) (Applause)
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"Virker ikke. Kom tilbage igår."
21:26
Anyway. So I'm going to jump ahead.
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I alt fald. Jeg vil springe fremad.
21:29
These are spaces that are only affiliated with us,
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Dette er lokaler, der er forbundet med os,
21:32
doing this same thing: Word St. in Pittsfield, Massachusetts;
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som gør det samme: Word St. i Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
21:35
Ink Spot in Cincinnati; Youth Speaks, San Francisco, California,
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Ink Spot i Cincinatti. Youth Speaks, San Francisco, California,
21:37
which inspired us; Studio St. Louis in St. Louis;
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hvilket inspirerede os. Studio St. Louis i St. Louis.
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Austin Bat Cave in Austin;
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Austin Bat Cave flagermusehulen i Austin.
21:43
Fighting Words in Dublin, Ireland, started by Roddy Doyle,
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Fighting Words i Dublin, Irland, startet af Roddy Doyle;
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this will be open in April.
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den åbner til April.
21:48
Now I'm going to the TED Wish -- is that okay?
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Nu går jeg videre til TED ønsket -- er det ok?
21:52
All right, I've got a minute. So, the TED Wish:
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OK; jeg har et minut. Så, TED ønsket:
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I wish that you -- you personally and every creative individual
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Jeg ønsker at du -- du personligt og ethvert kreativt individ
21:58
and organization you know -- will find a way
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og organisation du kender -- vil finde en måde
22:00
to directly engage with a public school in your area
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at engagere sig direkte i folkeskolen i dit område,
22:03
and that you'll then tell the story of how you got involved,
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og at du vil fortælle historien om, hvordan du blev involveret,
22:06
so that within a year we have a thousand examples --
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sådan, at vi om et år har tusinde eksempler --
22:08
a thousand! -- of transformative partnerships.
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et tusinde! -- af omdannende samarbejder.
22:10
Profound leaps forward!
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Markante spring fremad!
22:12
And these can be things that maybe you're already doing.
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Og dette kan være ting som du allerede gør.
22:14
I know that so many people in this room
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Jeg kender så mange folk i dette lokale,
22:16
are already doing really interesting things.
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som allerede gør spændende ting.
22:18
I know that for a fact. So, tell us these stories and inspire others on the website.
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Det ved jeg. Så fortæl os disse historier og inspirer andre på hjemmesiden.
22:22
We created a website.
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Vi lavede en hjemmeside,
22:24
I'm going to switch to "we," and not "I," hope:
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Jeg vil skifte til "vi" i stedet for "jeg" håber:
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We hope that the attendees of this conference will usher in
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Vi håber at deltagerne af denne konference vil indvarsle
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a new era of participation in our public schools.
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en ny æra af medvirken i vores folkeskoler.
22:32
We hope that you will take the lead
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Vi håber, at I vil føre an
22:34
in partnering your innovative spirit and expertise
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og sammenføre jeres innovative ånd og ekspertise
22:36
with that of innovative educators in your community.
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med den fra innovative undervisere i jeres samfund.
22:39
Always let the teachers lead the way.
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Lad altid lærerne vise vejen.
22:41
They will tell you how to be useful. I hope that you'll step in and help out.
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De fortæller dig, hvordan du kan være bevendt. Jeg håber, du vil gå ud og hjælpe.
22:45
There are a million ways.
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Der er en million måder.
22:47
You can walk up to your local school
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Du kan gå ind på din lokale skole
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and consult with the teachers. They'll always tell you how to help.
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og snakke med lærerne. De kan altid fortælle dig, hvordan du kan hjælpe.
22:51
So, this is with Hot Studio in San Francisco,
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Så -- dette er med Hot Studio i San Francisco,
22:54
they did this phenomenal job.
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De gjorde et fænomenalt stykke arbejde.
22:55
This website is already up, it's already got a bunch of stories,
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Denne hjemmeside har allerede en masse historier,
22:58
a lot of ideas. It's called "Once Upon a School,"
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en masse ideer. Den hedder "Der var engang en Skole",
23:01
which is a great title, I think.
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hvilket jeg synes er en fantastisk titel.
23:02
This site will document every story, every project that comes
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Hjemmesiden vil dokumentere alle de historier og projekter, der kommer
23:04
out of this conference and around the world. So you go to the website,
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ud af denne konference og rundt om verden. Så gå til hjemmesiden;
23:08
you see a bunch of ideas you can be inspired by
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se en masse ideer. Du kan blive inspireret af dem,
23:10
and then you add your own projects once you get started.
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og tilføje dine egne projekter, som du har startet.
23:13
Hot Studio did a great job in a very tight deadline. So, visit the site.
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Hot Studio gjorde et fantastisk arbejde med en meget stram deadline, så besøg siden.
23:17
If you have any questions, you can ask this guy,
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Har I spørgsmål, kan i spørge denne fyr,
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who's our director of national programs. He'll be on the phone.
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som er vores leder af nationale programmer. Han vil være på telefonen.
23:23
You email him, he'll answer any question you possibly want.
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E-mail ham, han vil besvare ethvert af dine spørgsmål.
23:25
And he'll get you inspired and get you going
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Og han vil inspirere dig og få dig sat i gang,
23:28
and guide you through the process so that you can affect change.
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og lede dig gennem processen, så du kan skabe forandring.
23:31
And it can be fun! That's the point of this talk --
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Og det kan være sjovt! Det er pointen med denne tale --
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it needn't be sterile. It needn't be bureaucratically untenable.
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det behøver ikke være sterilt. Behøver ikke være bureaukratisk uholdbart.
23:40
You can do and use the skills that you have.
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Du kan gøre brug af de færdigheder, du har.
23:44
The schools need you. The teachers need you.
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Skolerne har brug for dig. Lærerne har brug for dig.
23:46
Students and parents need you. They need your actual person:
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Elever og forældre har brug for dig. De har brug for din person:
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your physical personhood and your open minds
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din fysiske individualitet og dit åbne sind
23:51
and open ears and boundless compassion,
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og åbne ører og grænseløse medfølelse,
23:54
sitting next to them, listening and nodding
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at du sidder ved siden af dem, lytter og nikker,
23:56
and asking questions for hours at a time.
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og stiller spørgsmål i timevis.
23:59
Some of these kids just don't plain know how good they are:
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Nogle af disse børn ved simpelthen ikke hvor gode de er:
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how smart and how much they have to say.
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hvor kloge, og hvor meget de har at sige.
24:06
You can tell them. You can shine that light on them,
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Du kan fortælle dem det. Du kan skinne det lys på dem,
24:09
one human interaction at a time. So we hope you'll join us.
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én menneskelig interaktion ad gangen. Så vi håber, du vil slutte dig til os.
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Thank you so much.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dave Eggers - Author, publisher, education activistWriting is only his day job: Dave Eggers moonlights as a publisher, philanthropist and advocate for students and teachers.
Why you should listen
Dave Eggers' first book, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Since then he's written two more novels and launched an independent publishing house, which publishes books, a quarterly literary journal (McSweeney's), a DVD-based review of short films (Wholpin), a monthly magazine (The Believer) and the Voice of Witness project.
Meanwhile, Eggers has established himself as a philanthropist and teacher-at-large. In 1998 he launched 826 Valencia, a San Francisco-based writing and tutoring lab for young people, which has since opened six more chapters across the United States. He has extended his advocacy of students by supporting their educators, instituting a monthly grant for exceptional Bay Area teachers. His TED Prize wish is for more people to follow him into getting involved in your local school -- and talk about it -- through the website Once Upon a School.
Dave Eggers | Speaker | TED.com