ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Adora Svitak - Child prodigy
A prolific short story writer and blogger since age seven, Adora Svitak (now 12) speaks around the United States to adults and children as an advocate for literacy.

Why you should listen

A voracious reader from age three, Adora Svitak's first serious foray into writing -- at age five -- was limited only by her handwriting and spelling. (Her astonishing verbal abilities already matched that of young adults over twice her age.) As her official bio says, her breakthrough would soon come "in the form of a used Dell laptop her mother bought her." At age seven, she typed out over 250,000 words -- poetry, short stories, observations about the world -- in a single year.

Svitak has since fashioned her beyond-her-years wordsmithing into an inspiring campaign for literacy -- speaking across the country to both adults and kids. She is author of Flying Fingers, a book on learning.

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Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids

Adora Svitak: Kaj se lahko odrasli naučijo od otrok

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Čudežen otrok Adora Svitak pravi, da svet potrebuje "otročje" razmišljanje: drzne ideje, divjo ustvarjalnost in še posebej optimizem. Velike sanje otrok si zaslužijo visoka pričakovanja, pravi, začenši s pripravljenostjo odraslih, da se od otrok učijo v enaki meri, kot so jih pripravljeni učiti.
- Child prodigy
A prolific short story writer and blogger since age seven, Adora Svitak (now 12) speaks around the United States to adults and children as an advocate for literacy. Full bio

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Now, I want to startZačni with a questionvprašanje:
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Torej, želim začeti z vprašanjem:
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When was the last time you were calledpozval childishotročje?
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Kdaj so vam nazadnje rekli, da ste otročji?
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For kidsotroci like me,
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Za otroke, kot sem jaz,
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beingbiti calledpozval childishotročje can be a frequentpogosto occurrencepojav.
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je takšna oznaka lahko pogost pojav.
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EveryVsak time we make irrationaliracionalno demandszahteve,
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Vsakič, ko imamo nerazumne zahteve,
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exhibitrazstavi irresponsibleneodgovorno behaviorvedenje
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se neodgovorno vedemo,
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or displayprikaz any other signsznaki
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ali pokažemo kakšen drug znak,
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of beingbiti normalnormalno AmericanAmeriški citizensdržavljani,
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da smo normalni ameriški državljani,
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we are calledpozval childishotročje.
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nas označijo za otročje,
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WhichKi really bothersmoti me.
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kar me resnično moti.
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After all, take a look at these eventsdogodki:
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Navsezadnje, poglejte te dogodke:
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ImperialismImperializem and colonizationkolonizacija,
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imperializem in kolonizacija,
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worldsvet warsvojne, GeorgeGeorge W. BushBush.
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svetovne vojne, George W. Bush.
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AskVprašajte yourselfsami, who'skdo je responsibleodgovoren? AdultsOdrasli.
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Vprašajte se: Kdo je odgovoren? Odrasli.
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Now, what have kidsotroci doneKončano?
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Kaj so torej naredili otroci?
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Well, AnneAnne FrankFrank toucheddotaknil se je millionsmilijoni
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No, Anne Frank je ganila milijone
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with her powerfulmočno accountračun of the HolocaustHolokavst,
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s svojo mogočno pripovedjo o holokavstu,
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RubyRuby BridgesMostovi helpedpomagal to endkonec segregationločevanje in the UnitedVelika StatesDržave,
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Ruby Bridges je pomagala končati segregacijo v Združenih državah,
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and, mostnajbolj recentlypred kratkim,
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in pred kratkim je
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CharlieCharlie SimpsonSimpson helpedpomagal to raisedvigni
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Charlie Simpson pomagal zbrati
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120,000 poundsfuntov for HaitiHaiti
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120.000 funtov (140.000 €) za Haiti
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on his little bikekolo.
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na svojem malem kolesu.
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So, as you can see evidenceddokazuje by suchtako examplesprimeri,
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Torej, kot lahko vidite, takšna dejanja dokazujejo,
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agestarost has absolutelyabsolutno nothing to do with it.
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da leta nimajo popolnoma ničesar s tem.
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The traitslastnosti the wordbeseda childishotročje addressesnaslovi
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Lastnosti, ki jih beseda otročje naslavlja,
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are seenvidel so oftenpogosto in adultsodrasli
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se tako pogosto opazijo pri odraslih,
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that we should abolishodpraviti this age-discriminatorystarostne diskriminacije wordbeseda
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da bi morali ukiniti to starostno-diskriminatorno besedo,
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when it comesprihaja to criticizingkritiziraš behaviorvedenje
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ko kritiziramo obnašanje
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associatedpovezan with irresponsibilityneodgovornosti and irrationaliracionalno thinkingrazmišljanje.
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povezano z neodgovornostjo
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(ApplauseAplavz)
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in nerazumnim mišljenjem. (aplavz)
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Thank you.
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Hvala.
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Then again, who'skdo je to say
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Sploh pa, kdo pravi,
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that certainnekateri typesvrste of irrationaliracionalno thinkingrazmišljanje
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da določene vrste nerazumnega mišljenja
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aren'tne exactlytočno what the worldsvet needspotrebe?
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niso ravno to, kar svet potrebuje?
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Maybe you've had grandgrand plansnačrtov before
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Mogoče ste že imeli sijajne načrte,
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but stoppedustavil yourselfsami, thinkingrazmišljanje,
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a ste se ustavili, misleč:
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"That's impossiblenemogoče," or, "That costsstroške too much,"
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to je nemogoče, to preveč stane,
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or, "That won'tne bo benefitkoristi me."
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ali pa, to mi ne bo koristilo.
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For better or worseslabše, we kidsotroci aren'tne hamperedovira as much
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Ne glede na posledice nas, otrok, ne ovira tako zelo
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when it comesprihaja to thinkingrazmišljanje about reasonsrazlogov why not to do things.
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razmišljanje o razlogih, zakaj česa ne narediti.
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KidsOtroci can be fullpolno of inspiringnavdihujoče aspirationsželje
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Otroci so lahko polni zanosnih teženj
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and hopefulupam thinkingrazmišljanje.
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in mišljenja, polnega upanja,
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Like my wishželim that no one wentšla hungrylačen
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kot je moja želja, da nihče ne bi bil lačen,
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or that everything were a freeprost kindvrste of utopiautopija.
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ali utopija, kjer bi bilo vse zastonj.
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How manyveliko of you still dreamsanje like that
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Koliko vas še vedno tako sanja
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and believe in the possibilitiesmožnosti?
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in verjame v možnosti?
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SometimesVčasih a knowledgeznanje of historyzgodovina
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Včasih je védenje o zgodovini
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and the pastpreteklost failuresnapake of utopianutopični idealsideale
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in preteklih neuspehih utopističnih
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can be a burdenbreme
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idealov lahko breme,
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because you know that if everything were freeprost,
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ker veste, da če bi bilo vse zastonj,
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then the foodhrano stockszaloge would becomepostane depletedosiromašeni
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bi se zaloge hrane porabile
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and scarcemalo and leadsvinec to chaoskaos.
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in postale redke, to pa bi vodilo v kaos.
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On the other handroka,
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Po drugi strani pa
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we kidsotroci still dreamsanje about perfectionpopolnosti.
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mi, otroci, še vedno sanjamo o popolnosti.
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And that's a good thing because in orderred
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To je dobro; da bi
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to make anything a realityrealnost,
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karkoli naredili za resnično,
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you have to dreamsanje about it first.
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moramo o tem najprej sanjati.
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In manyveliko waysnačinov, our audacitydrznost to imaginezamislite
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To, da si upamo predstavljati, na mnogo načinov
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helpspomaga pushpush the boundariesmeje of possibilitymožnost.
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pomaga premikati meje mogočega.
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For instanceprimer, the MuseumMuzej of GlassSteklo in TacomaTacoma, WashingtonWashington,
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Na primer, muzej stekla v Tacomi v Washingtonu,
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my home statedržava -- yoohooyoohoo WashingtonWashington!
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moji državi -- juhu, Washington --
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(ApplauseAplavz) --
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(aplavz)
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has a programprogram calledpozval KidsOtroci DesignOblikovanje GlassSteklo,
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ima program, ki se mu reče "Otroci oblikujejo steklo"
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and kidsotroci drawpripravi theirnjihovi ownlastno ideasideje for glasssteklo artumetnost.
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in otroci rišejo svoje zamisli za umetnine iz stekla.
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Now, the residentrezident artistumetnik said they got
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Umetnik, zaposlen v muzeju, je rekel, da so s programom
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some of theirnjihovi bestnajboljši ideasideje throughskozi the programprogram
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dobili nekaj najboljših idej,
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because kidsotroci don't think about the limitationsomejitve
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ker otroci ne razmišljajo o omejitvah,
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of how hardtežko it can be to blowudarec glasssteklo into certainnekateri shapesoblike;
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da je morda težko pihati steklo v določene oblike.
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they just think of good ideasideje.
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Mislijo samo o dobrih idejah.
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Now, when you think of glasssteklo, you mightmorda
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Če pomislite na steklo,
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think of colorfulbarvita ChihulyCHIHULY designsmodeli
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lahko pomislite na barvite izdelke Chihuly
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or maybe Italianitalijanščina vasesvaze,
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ali mogoče na italijanske vaze,
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but kidsotroci challengeizziv glasssteklo artistsumetniki to go beyondnaprej that
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vendar otroci izzovejo umetnike, da gredo dlje
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into the realmkraljestvo of broken-heartedNeutješan snakeskače
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v kraljestvo kač z zlomljenimi srci
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and baconslanino boysfantje, who you can see has meatmeso visionvizijo.
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in fantov iz slanine, ki ima, kot lahko vidite,
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(LaughterSmeh)
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mesno vizijo. (smeh)
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Now, our inherentneločljivo wisdommodrost
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Naša prirojena modrost
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doesn't have to be insider'snotranjimi knowledgeznanje.
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ne rabi biti interno znanje.
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KidsOtroci alreadyže do a lot of learningučenje from adultsodrasli,
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Otroci se veliko naučimo od odraslih
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and we have a lot to sharedeliti.
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in veliko lahko delimo.
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I think that adultsodrasli should startZačni learningučenje from kidsotroci.
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Mislim, da bi se odrasli morali začeti učiti od otrok.
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Now, I do mostnajbolj of my speakinggovori in frontspredaj of an educationizobraževanje crowdmnožica,
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Večino govorov imam pred publiko iz izobraževalne sfere,
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teachersučitelji and studentsštudenti, and I like this analogyanalogija:
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učitelji in učenci, in všeč mi je ta analogija.
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It shouldn'tne bi smel just be a teacheručitelj at the headglava of the classroomučilnica
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Ne bi smel biti samo učitelj na čelu razreda
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tellingpovedal studentsštudenti, "Do this, do that."
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govoreč učencem, naredite to, naredite tisto.
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The studentsštudenti should teachučiti theirnjihovi teachersučitelji.
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Učenci bi morali učiti svoje učitelje.
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LearningUčenje betweenmed growngoji upsups and kidsotroci
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Učenje med odraslimi in otroci
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should be reciprocalvzajemne.
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bi moralo biti vzajemno.
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The realityrealnost, unfortunatelyna žalost, is a little differentdrugačen,
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Resničnost je, žal, rahlo drugačna
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and it has a lot to do with trustzaupanje, or a lackpomanjkanje of it.
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in ima veliko opraviti z zaupanjem, ali pomanjkanjem le-tega.
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Now, if you don't trustzaupanje someonenekdo, you placemesto restrictionsomejitve on them, right?
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Če nekomu ne zaupate, mu postavite omejitve, kajne?
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If I doubtdvom my olderstarejši sister'ssestra je abilitysposobnost
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Če dvomim v sposobnost sestre,
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to payplačati back the 10 percentodstotkov interestinteres
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da mi vrne 10-odstotne obresti,
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I establishedustanovljen on her last loanposojilo,
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ki sem jih postavila na njeno zadnje posojilo,
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I'm going to withholdzadrži her abilitysposobnost to get more moneydenar from me
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ji bom odrekla možnost, da dobi več denarja od mene,
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untildo she paysplača it back. (LaughterSmeh)
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dokler ga ne vrne. (smeh)
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TrueRes storyzgodba, by the way.
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Mimogrede, to je resnična zgodba.
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Now, adultsodrasli seemzdi se to have
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Zdi se, da je med odraslimi
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a prevalentlypretežno restrictiveomejevalnih attitudeodnos towardsproti kidsotroci
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razširjen omejujoč odnos do otrok,
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from everyvsak "don't do that,
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od vsakega "ne smeš tistega",
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don't do this" in the schoolšola handbookpriročnik
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"ne smeš tega" v šolskem učbeniku,
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to restrictionsomejitve on schoolšola InternetInternet use.
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do omejitev glede uporabe interneta v šoli.
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As historyzgodovina pointstočke out, regimesrežimov becomepostane oppressivetlači
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Kot kaže zgodovina, režimi postanejo zatiralni,
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when they're fearfulboječ about keepingvzdrževanje controlnadzor.
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ko se bojijo, da bodo izgubili nadzor.
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And althoughčeprav adultsodrasli maylahko not be quitečisto at the levelravni
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Čeprav starši morda niso ravno na stopnji
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of totalitariantotalitarnih regimesrežimov,
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totalitarnih režimov,
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kidsotroci have no, or very little say in makingizdelavo the rulespravila,
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otroci nimajo besede, ali pa je imajo zelo malo, pri postavljanju pravil,
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when really the attitudeodnos should be reciprocalvzajemne,
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v resnici pa bi moral biti odnos vzajemen,
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meaningpomen that the adultodrasla oseba populationprebivalstvo should learnučiti se
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kar pomeni, da bi se odrasli morali učiti
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and take into accountračun the wishesželje
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in upoštevati želje
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of the youngermlajši populationprebivalstvo.
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mlajše populacije.
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Now, what's even worseslabše than restrictionomejitev
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Kar pa je še huje od omejevanja, je to,
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is that adultsodrasli oftenpogosto underestimatepodcenjuj kidsotroci abilitiessposobnosti.
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da odrasli pogosto podcenjujejo otrokove sposobnosti.
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We love challengesizzivi, but when expectationspričakovanja are lownizka,
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Radi imamo izzive, vendar ko so pričakovanja nizka,
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trustzaupanje me, we will sinkpotopite to them.
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mi verjemite, da se bomo spustili do njih.
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My ownlastno parentsstarši had anything but lownizka expectationspričakovanja
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Moji starši resnično niso imeli nizkih pričakovanj
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for me and my sistersestra.
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glede moje sestre in mene.
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Okay, so they didn't tell us to becomepostane doctorszdravniki
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Ok, nista nama rekla, naj postaneva zdravnici
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or lawyersodvetniki or anything like that,
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ali odvetnici ali kaj podobnega,
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but my dadOče did readpreberite to us
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ampak moj oče nama je bral
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about AristotleAristotel
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o Aristotlu
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and pioneerpionir germkalčki fightersborci
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in o pionirjih boja z mikrobi,
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when lots of other kidsotroci were hearingsluh
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ko je veliko ostalih otrok poslušalo
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"The WheelsKolesa on the BusAvtobus Go RoundKrog and RoundKrog."
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"Gosenica je lezla, visoko na drevo".
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Well, we heardslišal that one too, but "PioneerPionir GermKalčki FightersBorci" totallypopolnoma rulespravila.
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No, saj sva jo tudi midve slišali, vendar "Pionirski borci z mikrobi" so zakon.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(smeh)
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I lovedLjubil sem to writepiši from the agestarost of fourštiri,
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Rada sem pisala vse od svojega četrtega leta.
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and when I was sixšest
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Ko sem imela šest let,
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my mommama boughtkupil me my ownlastno laptoplaptop equippedopremljeni with MicrosoftMicrosoft WordBeseda.
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mi je mama kupila prenosni računalnik z nameščenim Microsoft Word.
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Thank you BillBill GatesVrata and thank you MaMa.
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Hvala, Bill Gates in hvala, mami.
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I wrotenapisal over 300 shortkratek storieszgodbe
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Napisala sem preko 300 kratkih zgodbic
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on that little laptoplaptop,
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na tistem majhnem prenosniku
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and I wanted to get publishedobjavljeno.
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in želela sem, da mi jih objavijo.
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InsteadNamesto of just scoffingscoffing at this heresyherezija
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Namesto da bi se norčevala iz tega krivoverstva,
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that a kidfant wanted to get publishedobjavljeno
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da je otrok hotel objaviti knjigo,
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or sayinggovoriti wait untildo you're olderstarejši,
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ali da bi mi rekla, naj počakam, da bom starejša,
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my parentsstarši were really supportivePodpora.
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so me starši resnično podpirali.
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ManyVeliko publisherszaložniki were not quitečisto so encouragingspodbujanje,
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Veliko založnikov pa ni bilo tako vzpodbujajočih.
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one largevelik children'sotroci publisherzaložnik ironicallyironično sayinggovoriti
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En velik otroški založnik je ironično rekel,
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that they didn't work with childrenotroci --
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da ne poslujejo z otroki.
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children'sotroci publisherzaložnik not workingdelo with childrenotroci?
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Otroški založnik, ki ne posluje z otroki?
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I don't know, you're kindvrste of alienatingodtujen a largevelik clientodjemalec there.
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Ne vem, s tem nekako odbijaš pomembne stranke.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(smeh)
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Now, one publisherzaložnik, ActionDejanje PublishingObjavljanje,
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No, en založnik, Action Publishing,
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was willingpripravljen to take that leappreskok and trustzaupanje me
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je bil pripravljen tvegati, mi zaupati
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and to listen to what I had to say.
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in poslušati, kaj imam za povedati.
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They publishedobjavljeno my first bookknjigo, "FlyingKi plujejo pod FingersPrsti," -- you see it here --
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Izdali so mojo prvo knjigo, "Leteči prsti" -- tukaj jo lahko vidite --
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and from there on, it's goneizginil to speakinggovori at hundredsstotine of schoolsšole,
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in od takrat naprej sem govorila na stotinah šol,
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keynotingkeynoting to thousandstisoče of educatorsvzgojitelji
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bila ključni govornik tisočim šolnikom,
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and finallykončno, todaydanes, speakinggovori to you.
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in končno, danes, govorim vam.
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I appreciatecenite your attentionpozornost todaydanes,
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Cenim vašo današnjo pozornost.
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because to showshow that you trulyresnično carenego,
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Da bi pokazali, da vam je res mar,
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you listen.
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me poslušate.
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But there's a problemproblem with this rosyrožnato pictureslika
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Vendar je težava s to rožnato sliko, da so otroci
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of kidsotroci beingbiti so much better than adultsodrasli.
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toliko boljši od odraslih.
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KidsOtroci growrastejo up and becomepostane adultsodrasli just like you.
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Otroci zrastejo in postanejo odrasli, tako kot vi.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(smeh)
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Or just like you? Really?
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Ali resnično tako kot vi?
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The goalcilj is not to turnobrat kidsotroci into your kindvrste of adultodrasla oseba,
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Cilj ni spremeniti otroke v odrasle, kot ste vi,
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but ratherprecej better adultsodrasli than you have been,
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ampak v boljše odrasle, kot ste bili vi,
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whichki maylahko be a little challengingizziv
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kar je lahko rahlo zahtevno,
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consideringglede na to your guys'fantje credentialspoverilnice (LaughterSmeh).
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glede na vaša priporočila,
06:45
But the way progressnapredek happensse zgodi
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vendar se napredek udejanja na način,
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is because newnovo generationsgeneracije and newnovo erasobdobij
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da nove generacije in nove dobe
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growrastejo and developrazviti and becomepostane better than the previousprejšnji onestiste.
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rastejo in se razvijajo in postanejo boljše od prejšnjih.
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It's the reasonrazlog we're not in the DarkTemno AgesStarosti anymoreveč.
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To je razlog, da nismo več v temnem veku.
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No matterzadevo your positionpoložaj or placemesto in life,
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Ne glede na vaš položaj v življenju,
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it is imperativenujno to createustvarite opportunitiespriložnosti for childrenotroci
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nujno je, da ustvarjate priložnosti za otroke,
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so that we can growrastejo up to blowudarec you away.
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da lahko odrastemo in vas odpihnemo.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(smeh)
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AdultsOdrasli and fellowkolega TEDstersTEDsters,
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Odrasli in kolegi TEDerji,
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you need to listen and learnučiti se from kidsotroci
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otroke morate poslušati, se od nas učiti,
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and trustzaupanje us and expectpričakovati more from us.
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zaupajte nam, od nas pričakujte več.
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You mustmoraš lendposojajo an earuho todaydanes,
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"Prisluhnite nam danes,
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because we are the leadersvoditelji of tomorrowjutri,
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kajti mi smo jutrišnji vodje",
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whichki meanssredstva we're going to be takingjemanje carenego of you
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kar pomeni, da bomo skrbeli za vas,
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when you're oldstar and senilesenilna. No, just kiddingšaliti se.
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ko boste stari in senilni. Ne, samo hecam se.
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No, really, we are going to be the nextNaslednji generationgeneracije,
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Ne, res, mi bomo naslednja generacija,
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the onestiste who will bringprinesi this worldsvet forwardnaprej.
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tisti, ki bomo peljali ta svet naprej.
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And in caseprimera you don't think that this really has meaningpomen for you,
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Če slučajno mislite, da to nima nobenega pomena za vas,
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rememberZapomni si that cloningkloniranje is possiblemogoče,
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se spomnite, da je kloniranje mogoče
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and that involvesvključuje going throughskozi childhoodotroštvo again,
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in da to vključuje ponovni prehod skozi otroštvo,
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in whichki caseprimera you'llboš want to be heardslišal
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in v tem primeru boste tudi vi želeli biti slišani,
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just like my generationgeneracije.
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tako kot moja generacija.
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Now, the worldsvet needspotrebe opportunitiespriložnosti
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Svet potrebuje priložnosti
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for newnovo leadersvoditelji and newnovo ideasideje.
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za nove voditelje in nove ideje.
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KidsOtroci need opportunitiespriložnosti to leadsvinec and succeeduspe.
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Otroci potrebujejo priložnosti, da vodijo in uspejo.
07:51
Are you readypripravljen to make the matchtekmo?
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Ste pripravljeni narediti povezavo?
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Because the world'ssvetovno problemstežave
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Ker težave sveta
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shouldn'tne bi smel be the humančlovek family'sdružina heirloomdediščina.
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ne bi smele biti dediščina človeštva.
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Thank you.
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Hvala.
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(ApplauseAplavz)
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(aplavz)
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Hvala.
Translated by Matej Divjak
Reviewed by Janja Sterle

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Adora Svitak - Child prodigy
A prolific short story writer and blogger since age seven, Adora Svitak (now 12) speaks around the United States to adults and children as an advocate for literacy.

Why you should listen

A voracious reader from age three, Adora Svitak's first serious foray into writing -- at age five -- was limited only by her handwriting and spelling. (Her astonishing verbal abilities already matched that of young adults over twice her age.) As her official bio says, her breakthrough would soon come "in the form of a used Dell laptop her mother bought her." At age seven, she typed out over 250,000 words -- poetry, short stories, observations about the world -- in a single year.

Svitak has since fashioned her beyond-her-years wordsmithing into an inspiring campaign for literacy -- speaking across the country to both adults and kids. She is author of Flying Fingers, a book on learning.

More profile about the speaker
Adora Svitak | Speaker | TED.com