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I'm Julia, and I'm 17.
我是 Julia， 我十七歲。
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My parents are from Argentina,
我的父母來自阿根廷，
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and I've grown up in Manhattan my whole life
我在曼哈頓生活長大，
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and go to school in the Bronx.
在布朗克斯（Bronx）唸書。
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I think a lot of high schools
我覺得許多的中學
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are trying to get their students
一直努力讓它們的學生
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into the best colleges.
申請到最好的大學。
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And because the way students are being measured
於是評量學生的方式
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is through numbers that are so harsh,
只剩下殘酷的數字，
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I think public schools are killing creativity.
我覺得公立學校抹殺創造力
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They're quantifying students.
它們把學生量化了。
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Students are only given an incentive
學生的學習動機
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to learn for a good grade,
只是得到好成績，
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but nothing more.
而沒有別的了。
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I probably just skim the surface
許多時候我只是隨便翻翻書
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just to pass exams a lot of the time.
只求應付考試。
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'Cause what you hear mostly in the hallways
你在走廊上聽到的常常都是
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are what projects are due,
有什麼作業要交、
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what grades you got,
得到幾分、
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how you're going to fit it all in your day.
怎樣把這些事全擠進生活裡。
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And, in class, half the students have their head down sleeping
課堂上，有一半的學生在打瞌睡，
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because they've been up all night
因為他們整晚熬夜
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trying to study for their exams.
讀書準備考試。
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The only support we really get
我們唯一真正得到的幫助
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is from our guidance counselors
是輔導老師指導我們
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about which college to apply to,
要申請哪個大學、
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what classes to take.
要修哪門課。
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"You need an AP science if you want to go to nahdahdah."
「如果你想申請上什麼什麼學校的話 你需要先修進階自然科學這門課。」
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But that's not me.
但這不是我。
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I'm very, very much engaged in art history
我對藝術史非常非常有興趣，
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and 'mic/mac', which is micro/macroeconomics.
還有 mic/mac，也就是 個體和總體經濟學。
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Both the teachers are extremely intelligent,
老師們不但非常聰明，
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and they like to talk about what they know about the subject.
也很樂於把他們知道的告訴我們。
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My 'mic/mac' teacher, he sits at his desk,
我的經濟學老師，他會坐在講桌那，
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and he gives not only all his opinions,
然後他不只會分享他的心得意見，
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but all the videos he's watched,
還有所有他看過的影片、
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all the articles he's read,
他讀過的文章、
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everything that's going on right now
世界上正在發生的實事，
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that's somehow related,
它們之間的關聯性，
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and pulls everything out of the air
像變魔法一樣，
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and brings it all in to the topic that we're talking about,
結合時事和課題，
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which will not be tested on
考試不會考這些，
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but makes the topic something real.
但是卻讓課題變得更具體。
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I never imagined myself to enjoy economics.
我從沒想過自己會那麼喜歡經濟學。
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The best way I learn is in an actual, hands-on experience,
我認為最有效的學習 是透過實際操作的經驗，
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something that can bring me out of the classroom.
讓我們走出課堂。
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I think the best kind of education
我覺得最好的教育
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is one that teaches you how to speak
乃是教導你如何表達自我
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and think for yourself.
和獨立思考。
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That's much more valuable
這比起通過考試
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than just passing your exams.
更有價值。
