Name: 【TEDx】TEDxDirigo - Zoe Weil - The World Becomes What You Teach
Uploaded: 2012-12-15T16:04:10.000Z
Duration: 17 min 25 s

When I was fifteen I asked William Shatner,

當我15歲的時候，我問威廉-夏特納。

who played Captain Kirk on the original Star Trek series,

他在原《星際迷航》系列中扮演柯克船長。

現在，在當時，《星際迷航》可能是

And like a lot of psychologists and sociologists at the time,

而且像當時很多心理學家和社會學家一樣。

who were trying to understand the Star Trek phenomenon,

試圖理解 "星際迷航 "現象的人。

and why these characters were so profoundly important to me

以及為什麼這些人物對我如此深刻地重要

that I would be willing to publicly humiliate myself as a 15 year old.

我願意作為一個15歲的孩子公開羞辱自己。

Well, I've given it a lot of thought and I've come to the conclusion

好吧，我已經考慮了很久，我得出了結論

that the reason why Star Trek has so many millions of fans

這就是為什麼《星際迷航》有那麼多的粉絲的原因

is because of the future that it depicts.

A future in which we've solved our earthly problems.

一個我們已經解決了塵世問題的未來。

我們的星球是有生命力的，並且在蓬勃發展。

we're no longer myopic, and mean spirited,

我們不再是近視眼，也不再是刻薄的人。

we're part of the United Federation of Planets, -

我們是行星聯盟的一部分，----。

and we're actually explorers without being conquerors.

而我們實際上是探險家，而不是征服者。

這個願景實際上讓我一直在堅持

when I felt my most despondent about the state of the world,

當我對世界的狀況感到最絕望的時候。

which is easy to do, in the face of global warming,

這很容易做到，在全球變暖的情況下。

和世界範圍內不斷升級的奴隸制。

and alarming rates of species extinction,

and institutionalized forms of oppression and cruelty

towards both people and animals in a host of industries.

在許多行業中，對人和動物都是如此。

It is very hard to imagine that we can actually create that Star Trek future.

很難想象我們真的可以創造出那個 "星際迷航 "的未來。

And yet, I've spent my whole adult life working toward that future.

然而，我的整個成年生活都在為這個未來而努力。

and I'm going to share it with you today.

There's actually just one system that we just need to tweak a little bit,

實際上只有一個系統，我們只需要稍微調整一下。

and if we do that, we can solve every problem in the world.

如果我們這樣做，我們可以解決世界上的所有問題。

而這個關鍵系統就是學校教育。

Now, there's a deafening silence in the room.

現在，房間裡出現了震耳欲聾的寂靜。

Because I realize that the word schooling is probably

因為我意識到，學校教育這個詞可能是

the most uninspiring word in the English language.

But that's because we have a very small perception

但這是因為我們有一個非常小的認知。

If we ask people, "What's the purpose of schooling?",

如果我們問人們，&quot;上學的目的是什麼？&quot;。

most of them are going to say something like this,

他們中的大多數人將會說這樣的話。

"Well, it's to provide the basics of verbal, mathematical and scientific literacy,

嗯，這是為了提供基本的語言、數學和科學素養。

so that our graduates can find jobs and compete in the global economy."

以便我們的畢業生能夠找到工作並在全球經濟中競爭。

是以，讓我們做一個思想實驗。

Let's imagine that every child graduates from high school,

讓我們想象一下，每個孩子都從高中畢業。

and does so, having passed their "No Child Left Behind" test with flying colors.

並這樣做了，以優異的成績通過了他們的&quot;不讓一個孩子掉隊&quot; 測試。

And let's imagine further that every single one of them

讓我們進一步想象，他們中的每一個人

is able to find a decent job,  paying a livable wage,

是能夠找到一份體面的工作，支付可維持的工資。

或者上大學並找到這樣的工作。

or go to college and graduate school and find such a job,

或者去大學和研究生院，找到這樣的工作。

Would we think that we have been successful in our goals for schooling?

我們是否會認為我們在學校教育的目標上取得了成功？

I think that most of us would say, "Yes".

我想我們大多數人都會說："是的"。

The problem is that many of those graduates,

問題是，這些畢業生中有許多人。

would go on to perpetuate and perhaps even exacerbate

some of those problems that I just mentioned earlier.

我剛才提到的那些問題中的一部分。

The problem is that that purpose is too small,

而且對於今天的世界來說，它已經過時了。

We need a bigger vision for the purpose of schooling.

我們需要對學校教育的目的有一個更大的願景。

that we provide every student with the knowledge,

conscientious choice makers and engaged change-makers

for a restored and healthy and humane world for all.

爭取為所有人建立一個恢復、健康和人道的世界。

Or another way of putting it, I believe that we need to graduate

或者換一種說法，我認為我們需要畢業

Now, some people have asked, "Well, is this good for kids?

現在，有些人問，&quot;嗯，這對孩子有好處嗎？

And is it really fair to them, to burden them with the responsibility

讓他們擔負起責任，這對他們真的公平嗎？

to fix all the problems that generations before them have created?"

來解決他們之前幾代人所造成的所有問題。

Well, to answer those questions, I want to tell you

那麼，為了回答這些問題，我想告訴你

some stories about my experience as a humane educator,

一些關於我作為人道教育者的經驗的故事。

somebody who teaches about the interconnected issues of human rights,

有人講授有關人權的相互關聯的問題。

我早在1987年就成為了一名人道教育者

當我在尋找一份暑期工作的時候。

And I found this program that was offering week-long courses

我發現這個項目正在提供為期一週的課程

to middle school students in Philadelphia.

So that's were I taught my first humane education courses.

是以，我在那裡教授了我的第一個人道教育課程。

And I watch in amazement as these kids were transformed

I taught about product testing on animals one day,

有一天，我講授了在動物身上進行產品測試的知識。

and I talked about how soaps and lotions and oven cleaners

我談到了肥皂、乳液和烤箱清潔劑的作用。

are squeezed into the eyes of conscious rabbits,

被擠到有意識的兔子的眼睛裡。

and forced fed them in quantities that kill.

並強行給他們餵食，其數量之多令人震驚。

And a boy from the class went home that night

而班上的一個男孩當晚就回家了

and he made his own homemade leaflets about product testing.

他還自制了關於產品測試的傳單。

Well, he came into class the next morning

and he show them to me and he asked if he can hand them out.

他給我看了這些東西，並問我他是否可以把這些東西分發出去。

I said, sure, I thought he wanted to hand them out to his fellow classmates.

我說，當然，我以為他想把它們分給他的同學。

He wanted to hand them out on the street.

So while the rest of us were having lunch,

所以當我們其他人在吃午飯的時候。

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