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Jok Church: A circle of caring
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În această conferinţă de 3 minute, desenatorul şi educatorul Jok Church spune povestea emoţionantă a unei profesoare care a avut grijă de el când nimănui nu-i păsa -- şi cum el i-a întors darul îngrijirii.
Jok Church - Cartoonist
Jok Church created the science-education comic strip "You Can with Beakman and Jax" and the zany TV series "Beakman's World." Full bio
Jok Church created the science-education comic strip "You Can with Beakman and Jax" and the zany TV series "Beakman's World." Full bio
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You know, what I do is write for children,
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Scriu pentru copii,
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and I'm probably America's
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şi, în America, sunt probabil
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most widely read children's author, in fact.
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cel mai citit autor pentru copii.
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And I always tell people
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Întotdeauna spun oamenilor
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that I don't want to show up looking like a scientist.
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că nu vreau să apar aratând ca un om de ştiinţă.
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You can have me as a farmer, or in leathers,
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Mă puteţi avea ca fermier sau îmbrăcat în piele,
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and no one has ever chose farmer.
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și nimeni n-a ales încă fermierul.
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I'm here today to talk to you
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Sunt azi aici să vorbesc
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about circles and epiphanies.
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despre cercuri şi revelaţii.
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And you know, an epiphany
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Şi o revelaţie este de obicei
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is usually something you find that you dropped someplace.
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ceva ce găseşti după ce-ai lăsat-o baltă undeva.
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You've just got to go around the block
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Trebuie doar să dai o tură prin cartier
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to see it as an epiphany.
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să o vezi ca pe o revelaţie.
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That's a painting of a circle.
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Asta e pictura unui cerc.
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A friend of mine did that -- Richard Bollingbroke.
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Un prieten de-al meu a făcut-o -- Richard Bollingbroke.
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It's the kind of complicated circle
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E genul de cerc complicat
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that I'm going to tell you about.
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despre care vă voi vorbi.
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My circle began back in the '60s
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Cercul meu a început în anii '60,
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in high school in Stow, Ohio
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în liceu, în Stow, Ohio
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where I was the class queer.
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unde eram homosexualul clasei.
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I was the guy beaten up bloody
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Eu eram tipul bătut crunt
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every week in the boys' room,
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în fiecare săptămână, în toaleta băieţilor,
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until one teacher saved my life.
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până când o profesoară mi-a salvat viaţa.
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She saved my life by letting me go to the bathroom
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Mi-a salvat viaţa lăsându-mă să merg la
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in the teachers' lounge.
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toaleta profesorilor.
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She did it in secret.
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A făcut-o în secret,
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She did it for three years.
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timp de 3 ani,
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And I had to get out of town.
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apoi a trebuit să plec din oraş.
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I had a thumb, I had 85 dollars,
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Am făcut autostopul, aveam 85 de dolari,
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and I ended up in San Francisco, California --
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şi am ajuns în San Francisco, California --
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met a lover --
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am întâlnit un iubit --
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and back in the '80s, found it necessary
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şi în anii '80 am găsit necesar
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to begin work on AIDS organizations.
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să încep să lucrez în organizaţii SIDA.
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About three or four years ago,
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Acum 3-4 ani,
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I got a phone call in the middle of the night
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am primit un telefon în mijlocul nopţii
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from that teacher, Mrs. Posten,
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de la acea profesoară, doamna Posten,
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who said, "I need to see you.
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care spunea: " Trebuie să te văd.
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I'm disappointed
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Îmi pare rău
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that we never got to know each other as adults.
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că n-am avut ocazia să ne cunoaştem ca adulţi.
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Could you please come to Ohio,
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Poţi te rog veni în Ohio?
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and please bring that man
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Și te rog adu-ți şi prietenul
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that I know you have found by now.
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pe care presupun că l-ai întâlnit până acum.
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And I should mention
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Trebuie să menţionez că
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that I have pancreatic cancer,
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am cancer pancreatic,
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and I'd like you to please
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şi aş dori, te rog,
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be quick about this."
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să vii repede."
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Well, the next day we were in Cleveland.
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Ei bine, a doua zi eram în Cleveland.
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We took a look at her, we laughed, we cried,
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Am privit-o, am râs, am plâns,
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and we knew that she needed to be in a hospice.
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şi am realizat că trebuia plasată într-un spital pentru muribunzi.
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We found her one, we got her there,
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I-am găsit unul, am dus-o acolo,
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and we took care of her
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şi am avut grijă de ea
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and watched over her family,
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şi de familia ei,
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because it was necessary.
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fiindcă era necesar,
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It's something we knew how to do.
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era ceva ce noi ştiam să facem.
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And just as the woman who wanted to know me as an adult
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Şi femeia care a dorit să mă cunoască ca adult
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got to know me,
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şi m-a cunoscut,
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she turned into a box of ashes
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s-a transformat într-o cutie de cenuşă
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and was placed in my hands.
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şi a fost pusă în mâinile mele.
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And what had happened
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Ce s-a petrecut
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was the circle had closed,
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a fost închiderea unui cerc,
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it had become a circle --
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devenise un cerc--
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and that epiphany I talked about
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şi acea revelaţie de care am menționat
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presented itself.
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a apărut de la sine.
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The epiphany is
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Revelaţia este că
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that death is a part of life.
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moartea e o parte din viaţă.
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She saved my life;
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Ea mi-a salvat viaţa,
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I and my partner saved hers.
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eu şi partenerul meu i-am salvat-o pe a ei.
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And you know, that part of life needs everything
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Partea de sfârșit de viaţă are nevoie de toate
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that the rest of life does.
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aspectele restului vieţii.
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It needs truth and beauty,
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Are nevoie de adevăr și de frumuseţe,
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and I'm so happy it's been mentioned so much here today.
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şi sunt fericit că a fost menționat de multe ori azi, aici.
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It also needs --
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De asemenea are nevoie --
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it needs dignity,
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de demnitate,
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love and pleasure,
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de iubire şi plăcere.
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and it's our job to hand those things out.
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Şi e de datoria noastră să oferim aceste lucruri.
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Thank you.
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Vă mulţumesc.
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(Applause)
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(Aplauze)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jok Church - CartoonistJok Church created the science-education comic strip "You Can with Beakman and Jax" and the zany TV series "Beakman's World."
Why you should listen
In his work, Jok Church loved helping kids learn basic concepts of science and experimentation -- with a healthy dash of fun. He created his comic strip You Can with Beakman & Jax in 1991 for his local newspaper in Marin County, California -- inspired by a stint answering kids' letters for Lucasfilm. The comic strip does not answer readers' questions directly. Rather, it gives directions to do a thing, a procedure, an experiment to learn the answer. It's about learning by doing. Active. Not passive.
Six Beakman & Jax books are best-sellers. Church created the long-running TV series Beakman's World, a hit in English and Spanish, and helped create the Beakman's World on Tour exhibit for science centers and museums. A longtime techie, he also served as the webmaster for artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Church died April 29, 2016, and will be much missed.
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