Anindya Kundu: The boost students need to overcome obstacles
అనింద్యా కుండు: విద్యార్థులు మరింత అభివృధ్దిని సాధించడానికి గల మార్గాలు
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,
తారతమ్యాలను గూర్చి బోధిస్తుంటాను
to any of my students
చూడాలనుకునే వారి కోసం
students, Mahari,
మహరి,
a bit like an outcast because he's black.
బాధపడుతున్నానని
from a community college
NYU కి మారాడు
of students at NYU are black.
నల్లవారు
ప్రయత్నించాను
of being an outsider
నేను అనుభవించాను
faculty members of color,
ఫాకల్టీ మెంబర్లలో నేనొకడిని
my family's social mobility,
మొబిలిటీని నేను ఆనుభవించాను
into a nice house,
white neighborhood.
12 ఏళ్ళు
that I didn't smell like curry.
పిల్లలు ఆశ్చర్యపడేవారు
with feeling isolated.
Dr. Angela Duckworth,
this stick-to-itiveness of grit
కట్టుబడి వుండడాన్ని నిర్వచించారు
and passion for long-term goals."
నిరంతర శ్రమ కారణాలు
"grit" as a core value.
ఆసక్తి కనబరిచాయి
something more specific
కావాలని నేను బాథపడ్డాను
that he mentioned to me.
I also study achievement,
అధ్యయనం చేస్తాను
immense obstacles
నేను అధ్యయనం చేస్తాను
incarcerated or perhaps undocumented,
with substance abuse
of the grittiest people I've met.
he fell in with the wrong crowd.
ఎంచుకున్నాడు
he was able to get a master's,
పూర్తిచేయగలిగాడు
to Staten Island to the Bronx.
అక్కణ్ణించి బ్రాంక్స్ కు
by her extended family,
had a heroin addiction.
to go to community college,
to finish her bachelor's.
hear these stories and say,
by the bootstraps."
that helped to influence their agency,
ప్రవర్తనను ప్రభావితం చేసాయి
the obstacles that they were facing
given their circumstances.
రూపుదిద్దుకుంటాయి
was actually aimless at first,
కుండా వుండేవాడు
took him aside
with the youth program.
సహాయం అడిగాడు
చేయడానికి
and possibilities in the teens.
తెలుసుకోగలిగాడు
in taking college-credit courses.
ఆసక్తి కలిగింది
who have been formerly incarcerated.
a master's in social work,
పి.జీ డిగ్రీ తెచ్చుకోగలిగాడు
at Columbia about prison reform.
గూర్చి లెక్చర్లనిస్తాడు
called Vocational Foundation
ప్రోగ్రాంను గురించి తెలుసుకున్నది
are what helped her get her GED,
వచ్చేలా ఉపయోగించాయి
from a very serious kidney failure,
because she was only born with one kidney.
ఆమెకొకటే కిడ్నీ వుంది
waiting for a successful transplant.
10 ఏళ్ళు డయాలిసిస్ తో గడిపింది
had kept in touch with her,
అందుబాటులోకి వచ్చారు
that allowed her to become accepted
for women in the country,
for her young son.
is that teaching is social
టీచింగ్ అనేది సాంఘికమైనది
pushing these two in one direction,
కొన్ని కారణాలున్నాయి
mentorship and opportunities,
on their circumstances
like developing a network,
వంటివి నేర్చుకున్నారు
that we have needed from time to time,
మరిచిపోతుంటారు
భావిస్తుంటాము
as exceptional, but not as exceptions.
మనం తప్పించుకుంటాము
to help students in similar situations.
చేయడం మన సామూహిక బాధ్యత
and now even Trump,
చివరికి ట్రంప్ కూడా
"the civil rights issue of our time,"
హక్కు అన్నారు
about the agency that their students have
గురించిఆలోచిస్తే
when they push them,
more relevant to their lives,
reservoirs of grit and character.
సత్ప్రవర్తనలను ఎంచుకోగలరు
with scholarships,
సీటు సంపాదించాడు
of recommendation.
ఒకదాంట్లో నేనిది రాసాను
is what got him this achievement,
వచ్చాడని తెలిసినా
his voice along the way,
a little bit shy and awkward,
he will rely a lot on his grit
that first-year law school grind,
to succeed even more.
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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