Anindya Kundu: The boost students need to overcome obstacles
Anindya Kundu: Ajutorul de care au nevoie elevii pentru a depăși obstacolele
TED Resident Anindya Kundu is reframing our notions of achievement and ability through his sociological research, which suggests all students can succeed if provided the right support systems. Full bio
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about inequality and race in education,
despre inegalitate și rasă în educație
to any of my students
să fie deschis pentru orice student
students, Mahari,
cei mai veseli, Mahari,
a bit like an outcast because he's black.
deoarece e negru.
from a community college
de la un colegiu comunitar
of students at NYU are black.
din studenții de la NYU sunt negri.
of being an outsider
spre acest domeniu.
faculty members of color,
profesori de culoare
my family's social mobility,
cu mobilitatea socială a familiei mele.
into a nice house,
într-o casă frumoasă,
white neighborhood.
that I didn't smell like curry.
că nu miroseam a curry.
with feeling isolated.
cu sentimentul de izolare.
în jurul caracterului său hotărât
Dr. Angela Duckworth,
Dr. Angela Duckworth,
this stick-to-itiveness of grit
caracteristica „grit”
and passion for long-term goals."
pentru obiective pe termen lung”.
"grit" as a core value.
o valoare principală.
din biroul meu,
something more specific
de ceva mai specific
that he mentioned to me.
despre care mi-a vorbit.
I also study achievement,
immense obstacles
obstacole imense
incarcerated or perhaps undocumented,
încarcerați sau poate fără acte,
cu abuzul de substanțe
with substance abuse
sexuale sau violente.
din cei mai gritty oameni pe care-i știu.
of the grittiest people I've met.
he fell in with the wrong crowd.
de oameni nepotriviți.
să muncească din greu.
pentru facultate,
he was able to get a master's,
unei organizații non-profit.
to Staten Island to the Bronx.
în Staten Island și în Bronx.
by her extended family,
de rude îndepărtate,
had a heroin addiction.
era dependentă de heroină.
to go to community college,
la colegiul comunitar,
to finish her bachelor's.
la un colegiu de elită.
hear these stories and say,
by the bootstraps."
that helped to influence their agency,
care le-au influențat forța
the obstacles that they were facing
cu care se confruntau
given their circumstances.
în condițiile date.
was actually aimless at first,
nu și-a găsit locul inițial,
pe Rikers Island.
took him aside
l-a luat deoparte
with the youth program.
cu programul pentru tineret.
and possibilities in the teens.
greșeli și posibilități din tinereţe.
in taking college-credit courses.
cu credite pentru facultate,
who have been formerly incarcerated.
sunt foști deținuți.
în asistență socială,
a master's in social work,
at Columbia about prison reform.
despre reformarea închisorilor.
called Vocational Foundation
numit Vocational Foundation,
de două ori pe săptămână,
are what helped her get her GED,
să ia examenul GED,
from a very serious kidney failure,
de o gravă insuficiență renală,
because she was only born with one kidney.
deoarece se născuse cu un singur rinichi.
waiting for a successful transplant.
așteptând un transplant,
au ținut legătura cu ea,
had kept in touch with her,
that allowed her to become accepted
de-a fi acceptată
for women in the country,
pentru femei din țară,
for her young son.
pentru fiul său.
is that teaching is social
este că predarea este un act social
de pe urma sistemelor sociale.
pe cei doi în direcția greșită,
pushing these two in one direction,
mentorship and opportunities,
și al oportunităților găsite,
on their circumstances
like developing a network,
de exemplu cum să-și creeze o rețea
that we have needed from time to time,
că am avut nevoie din când în când
as exceptional, but not as exceptions.
nu excepții.
ne absolvim singuri
to help students in similar situations.
pe elevii aflați în situații similare.
and now even Trump,
și acum Trump
"the civil rights issue of our time,"
civile din zilele noastre”,
about the agency that their students have
la forța elevilor
atunci când e nevoie,
when they push them,
mai relevante pentru viețile acestora,
more relevant to their lives,
reservoirs of grit and character.
rezervele interne de grit și caracter.
with scholarships,
cu bursă
of recommendation.
de recomandare.
is what got him this achievement,
i-a adus această realizare,
his voice along the way,
vocea pe parcurs.
a little bit shy and awkward,
un tânăr timid și stângaci,
de timp și de ajutor.
he will rely a lot on his grit
să se bazeze mult pe grit
that first-year law school grind,
de facultate,
to succeed even more.
forța și să meargă tot mai departe.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Anindya Kundu - Sociologist, educator, writerTED Resident Anindya Kundu is reframing our notions of achievement and ability through his sociological research, which suggests all students can succeed if provided the right support systems.
Why you should listen
Anindya Kundu studies the potential of human agency to help people create positive change in their lives. His research involves learning how students can navigate around personal, social and institutional challenges to succeed. Kundu's book Achieving Agency is forthcoming.
At NYU, Kundu has taught the course, "American Dilemmas: Race, Inequality, and the Unfulfilled Promise of Public Education," originally designed by achievement gap scholar, Dr. Pedro Noguera. Kundu was the 2017 recipient of the NYU "Outstanding Doctoral Student Teaching Award." He also teaches high school students storytelling through The Moth in New York City.
Kundu frequently contributes to public discourse on education. His work has appeared in NPR Education, MSNBC and Huffington Post. Kundu says, "There is intellectual talent going uncultivated and unnoticed in our communities. If we remember education is our greatest public responsibility, we can better tackle the social problems that lie ahead, together."
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