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Rita Pierson: Every kid needs a champion
麗塔.皮爾森 (Rita Pierson): 每個孩子都需要一位守護者
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麗塔.皮爾森已經教咗40年書，有一次佢聽到一個同事講：「我份人工唔包我鐘意班細路。」佢回應：「細路唔會喺佢哋唔鐘意嘅人身上學到嘢。」佢呼籲教育家相信佢哋嘅學生，真正咁同學生建立人際關係，拉近彼此距離。
Rita F. Pierson - Educator
Rita F. Pierson spent her entire life in or around the classroom, having followed both her parents and grandparents into a career as an educator. Full bio
Rita F. Pierson spent her entire life in or around the classroom, having followed both her parents and grandparents into a career as an educator. Full bio
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I have spent my entire life
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我哩一生人嘅時間
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either at the schoolhouse, on the way to the schoolhouse,
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唔係用喺學校度，就係用係返學途中
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or talking about what happens in the schoolhouse.
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再唔係就係談論學校發生嘅事上。
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Both my parents were educators,
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我父母都係教师，
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my maternal grandparents were educators,
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我公公外婆都係教师，
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and for the past 40 years I've done the same thing.
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而我係過去40年嘅工作亦同佢地嘅一样。
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And so, needless to say, over those years
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所以，唔使多講，喺咁多年來
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I've had a chance to look at education reform
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我可以从唔同角度
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from a lot of perspectives.
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睇教育改革。
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Some of those reforms have been good.
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有啲教育改革係好嘅。
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Some of them have been not so good.
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有啲就唔係咁好。
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And we know why kids drop out.
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我哋知道點解有啲學生輟學。
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We know why kids don't learn.
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我哋知道點解有啲學生學唔到嘢。
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It's either poverty, low attendance,
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原因不外乎係贫窮、低出席率、
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negative peer influences. We know why.
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朋辈嘅壞影響。我哋都知道哩啲原因。
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But one of the things that we never discuss
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但有件事我哋從來都無討論過
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or we rarely discuss
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或者講我哋好少提起
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is the value and importance of human connection,
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就係人與人之間嘅聯繫和關係
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relationships.
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嘅價值和重要性。
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James Comer says that no significant learning
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占士.甘馬 (James Comer)講過，有效嘅學習
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can occur without a significant relationship.
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係少不了良好嘅師生關係。
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George Washington Carver says all learning
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佐治.華盛頓.嘉華 (George Washington Carver) 話
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is understanding relationships.
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所有教育都係從建立關係開始。
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Everyone in this room has been affected
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在座嘅每一位，都曾經被
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by a teacher or an adult.
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某位老師或者大人影響過。
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For years, I have watched people teach.
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咁多年嚟，我一直觀察老師點教學生。
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I have looked at the best and I've look at some of the worst.
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我見過最好嘅教學，亦都見識過最差嘅。
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A colleague said to me one time,
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有位同事同我講過，
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"They don't pay me to like the kids.
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「老細比錢我唔係要我去鍾意細路仔，
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They pay me to teach a lesson.
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佢哋出糧比我教書㗎咋。」
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The kids should learn it.
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班細路應該學嘢。
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I should teach it. They should learn it. Case closed."
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我應該教書。佢哋應該學。就係咁簡單。」
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Well, I said to her,
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我同佢講，
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"You know, kids don't learn from people they don't like."
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「你知唔知呢，細路係唔會喺佢唔鐘意嘅人身上學嘢㗎。」
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(Laughter) (Applause)
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(笑聲及掌聲)
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She said, "That's just a bunch of hooey."
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佢話：「你唔好亂咁嗡。」
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And I said to her, "Well, your year is going to be long
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我同佢講：「如果係咁…你哩一年會過得好漫長
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and arduous, dear."
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同好艱難咯，親。」
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Needless to say it was. Some people think
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唔使我多講，的確係。有啲人覺得
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that you can either have it in you to build a relationship
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可唔可以同其他人建立關係
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or you don't.
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係天生嘅。
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I think Stephen Covey had the right idea.
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史提芬.哥威 (Stephen Covey) 嘅觀念好正確。
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He said you ought to just throw in a few simple things,
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佢話，你只係需要做幾件事，
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like seeking first to understand
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例如，嘗試主動了解他人，
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as opposed to being understood,
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而唔係要求人哋去了解你，
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simple things like apologizing.
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好簡單嘅事，好似道歉咁。
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You ever thought about that?
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你從來都無諗過可以咁做？
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Tell a kid you're sorry, they're in shock.
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同個細路講對唔住，佢哋會好震驚。
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I taught a lesson once on ratios.
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我曾經教過一堂數學課，教比例。
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I'm not real good with math, but I was working on it.
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我數學唔係咁好，不過努力緊。
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And I got back and looked at that teacher edition.
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我返去睇翻我本教師版教科書。
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I'd taught the whole lesson wrong. (Laughter)
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我成堂教嘅嘢都係錯嘅。(笑聲)
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So I came back to class the next day, and I said,
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所以我第二日番去上堂嘅時候，我話
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"Look, guys, I need to apologize.
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「各位，我要同大家道歉。
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I taught the whole lesson wrong. I'm so sorry."
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我上一堂教嘅嘢係錯嘅。真係對唔住。」
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They said, "That's okay, Ms. Pierson.
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佢哋話：「唔緊要，老師。
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You were so excited, we just let you go."
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你教得好投入，我哋會原諒你。」
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(Laughter) (Applause)
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(笑聲及掌聲)
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I have had classes that were so low,
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我有教過好差嘅班
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so academically deficient that I cried.
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佢哋嘅成續好差，我直情喊咗出嚟。
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I wondered, how am I going to take this group
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我諗，我點可以將哩一班學生
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in nine months
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喺九個月之內
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from where they are to where they need to be?
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將佢哋由而家嘅學術程度提升到佢哋需要達到嘅成績？
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And it was difficult. It was awfully hard.
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真係一件好難嘅事，真係好難。
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How do I raise the self-esteem of a child
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我點樣可以提高一個小朋友嘅自信嘅同時
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and his academic achievement at the same time?
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又提高佢嘅成績呢？
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One year I came up with a bright idea.
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有一年我諗咗個好計仔。
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I told all my students,
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我同所有學生講，
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"You were chosen to be in my class
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「你係被選中先會嚟到我哩班
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because I am the best teacher
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因為我係最好嘅老師
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and you are the best students,
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你係最好嘅學生，
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they put us all together
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所以佢哋將我哋擺埋一齊
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so we could show everybody else how to do it."
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去做其他人嘅榜樣。」
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One of the students said, "Really?"
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有個學生問：「真係？」
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
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I said, "Really. We have to show the other classes
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我話：「係，我哋要身體力行比其他班睇
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how to do it, so when we walk down the hall,
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我哋行出門口時，
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people will notice us, so you can't make noise.
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啲人都會注意我哋，所以你唔可以發出噪音。
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You just have to strut."
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要撐住。」
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And I gave them a saying to say: "I am somebody.
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我要佢哋講：「我得嘅。
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I was somebody when I came.
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我嚟呢度嘅時候已經掂。
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I'll be a better somebody when I leave.
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我離開嘅時候要比之前叻。
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I am powerful, and I am strong.
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我又叻又堅強。
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I deserve the education that I get here.
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我值得喺度接受教育。
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I have things to do, people to impress,
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我有做事的抱負，要另人刮目相看，
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and places to go."
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要天高任我行。」
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And they said, "Yeah!"
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佢哋全部大嗌「YEAH!」
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You say it long enough,
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如果你講得夠多次，
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it starts to be a part of you.
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佢就會變成你嘅一部分。
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And so — (Applause)
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所以﹣﹣
(掌聲)
(掌聲)
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I gave a quiz, 20 questions.
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我做咗一次小測，一共有20題。
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A student missed 18.
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有個學生錯咗18題。
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I put a "+2" on his paper and a big smiley face.
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我寫咗「+2」喺佢份卷上面，仲畫咗個笑嘅表情公仔。
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He said, "Ms. Pierson, is this an F?"
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佢問：「老師，咁我係咪即係攞F？」
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I said, "Yes."
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我話：「係。」
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He said, "Then why'd you put a smiley face?"
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佢又問：「咁點解你要畫個笑嘅公仔？」
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I said, "Because you're on a roll.
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我話：「因為你有進步。
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You got two right. You didn't miss them all."
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你答啱咗兩題。你無全部錯晒。」
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I said, "And when we review this,
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我話：「如果我哋再溫習番哩一部分，
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won't you do better?"
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你會唔會做得再好啲？」
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He said, "Yes, ma'am, I can do better."
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佢話：「會，老師，我可以做得好啲。」
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You see, "-18" sucks all the life out of you.
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你睇，”-18“會令人失去衝勁。
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"+2" said, "I ain't all bad."
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但係“+2”會令人感覺唔係最差，仲有得救。
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(Laughter) (Applause)
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(笑聲及掌聲)
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For years I watched my mother
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多年來我睇見我媽媽
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take the time at recess to review,
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小息時間都同學生溫習，
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go on home visits in the afternoon,
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下晝就去做家訪，
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buy combs and brushes and peanut butter and crackers
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買梳、刷、花生醬同餅乾
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to put in her desk drawer for kids that needed to eat,
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放喺櫃桶比肚餓嘅細路食同用，
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and a washcloth and some soap for the kids who didn't smell so good.
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仲準備咗啲清潔用品比有需要嘅學生。
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See, it's hard to teach kids who stink.
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你知啦，身上有臭味嘅學生好難教。
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And kids can be cruel.
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而且細路對人可以好惡。
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And so she kept those things in her desk,
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所以佢將呢啲嘢收喺櫃桶，
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and years later, after she retired,
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而好多年之後，當佢退咗休之後，
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I watched some of those same kids come through
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我見過啲細路過嚟
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and say to her, "You know, Ms. Walker,
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同我媽媽講：「你知唔知呀老師，
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you made a difference in my life.
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你改變咗我嘅人生。
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You made it work for me.
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你令所有嘢變得有可能。
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You made me feel like I was somebody,
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你令我覺得我係得嘅，
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when I knew, at the bottom, I wasn't.
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當我喺人生低谷嘅時候，都對自己有信心。
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And I want you to just see what I've become."
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我希望你可以睇到今日嘅我。」
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And when my mama died two years ago at 92,
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當我媽媽兩年前以92高齡過世嘅時候，
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there were so many former students at her funeral,
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好多學生嚟參加佢嘅葬體，
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it brought tears to my eyes, not because she was gone,
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呢件事令我好感動到哭，唔係因為佢離開咗，
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but because she left a legacy of relationships
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而係因為佢留低嘅無形資產，
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that could never disappear.
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佢同其他人建立嘅關係永遠唔會消失。
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Can we stand to have more relationships? Absolutely.
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我哋可唔可以建立更多關係呢？絕對可以。
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Will you like all your children? Of course not.
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你係未所有學生都鍾意？梗係唔會。
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And you know your toughest kids are never absent.
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而且你知道最難教嗰班每日都會出現。
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
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Never. You won't like them all,
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每日。你唔會個個都鐘意，
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and the tough ones show up for a reason.
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但係佢哋出現總有理由。
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It's the connection. It's the relationships.
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重要嘅係你哋之間嘅聯繫、關係。
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And while you won't like them all,
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就算你唔係每一個學生都鐘意，
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the key is, they can never, ever know it.
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重點係，永遠唔好比佢哋知。
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So teachers become great actors and great actresses,
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所以老師會係演技最精湛嘅演員，
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and we come to work when we don't feel like it,
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我哋番工，即使唔想做都好，
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and we're listening to policy that doesn't make sense,
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即使教育政策幾咁荒謬都好，
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and we teach anyway.
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我哋都會繼續教。
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We teach anyway, because that's what we do.
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我哋繼續教，因為呢件係我哋該做嘅事。
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Teaching and learning should bring joy.
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教學生都應該係開心嘅事。
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How powerful would our world be
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呢個世界會充滿力量，
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if we had kids who were not afraid to take risks,
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只要我哋教出嚟嘅學生唔怕冒險，
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who were not afraid to think,
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大膽思考，
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and who had a champion?
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仲有人一直支持佢！
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Every child deserves a champion,
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每個細路都應該有一個守護者，
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an adult who will never give up on them,
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一個永遠唔會放棄佢嘅大人，
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who understands the power of connection,
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呢個大人明白聯繫嘅重要，
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and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.
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同埋堅持佢哋要盡力做到最好。
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Is this job tough? You betcha. Oh God, you betcha.
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呢件工作係咪好難？你話呢…真係好難。
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But it is not impossible.
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但唔係無可能。
07:32
We can do this. We're educators.
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我哋可以做到。我哋係教育家。
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We're born to make a difference.
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我哋生來就係要改變世界。
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Thank you so much.
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多謝。
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(Applause)
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(掌聲)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rita F. Pierson - EducatorRita F. Pierson spent her entire life in or around the classroom, having followed both her parents and grandparents into a career as an educator.
Why you should listen
Rita F. Pierson, a professional educator since 1972, taught elementary school, junior high and special education. She was a counselor, a testing coordinator and an assistant principal. In each of these roles, she brought a special energy to the role -- a desire to get to know her students, show them how much they matter and support them in their growth, even if it was modest.
For the past decade, Pierson conducted professional development workshops and seminars for thousands of educators. Focusing on the students who are too often under-served, she lectured on topics like “Helping Under-Resourced Learners,”“Meeting the Educational Needs of African American Boys" and "Engage and Graduate your Secondary Students: Preventing Dropouts."
Pierson passed away in June 2013.
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