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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.15,0:00:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have spent my entire life
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.87,0:00:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either at the schoolhouse,\Non the way to the schoolhouse,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.20,0:00:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or talking about what happens\Nin the schoolhouse.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.82,0:00:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.94,0:00:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both my parents were educators,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.26,0:00:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my maternal grandparents were educators,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.50,0:00:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for the past 40 years,\NI've done the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.35,0:00:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, needless to say, over those years
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.71,0:00:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had a chance\Nto look at education reform
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.23,0:00:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a lot of perspectives.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.06,0:00:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of those reforms have been good.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.01,0:00:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them have been not so good.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.28,0:00:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know why kids drop out.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.48,0:00:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know why kids don't learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.96,0:00:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's either poverty, low attendance,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.88,0:00:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,negative peer influences...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.25,0:00:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know why.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.89,0:00:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one of the things\Nthat we never discuss
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.24,0:00:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we rarely discuss
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.55,0:00:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the value and importance\Nof human connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.84,0:00:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Relationships.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.08,0:00:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,James Comer says\Nthat no significant learning
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.67,0:01:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can occur without\Na significant relationship.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.87,0:01:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,George Washington Carver says all learning
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.25,0:01:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is understanding relationships.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.35,0:01:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone in this room has been affected\Nby a teacher or an adult.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.95,0:01:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For years, I have watched people teach.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.52,0:01:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have looked at the best\Nand I've looked at some of the worst.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.90,0:01:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A colleague said to me one time,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.72,0:01:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"They don't pay me to like the kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.24,0:01:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They pay me to teach a lesson.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.83,0:01:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The kids should learn it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.08,0:01:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should teach it, they should learn it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.02,0:01:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Case closed."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.93,0:01:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I said to her,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.20,0:01:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know, kids don't learn\Nfrom people they don't like."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.31,0:01:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.63,0:01:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.22,0:01:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "That's just a bunch of hooey."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.62,0:01:51.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said to her,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.67,0:01:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, your year is going to be\Nlong and arduous, dear."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.09,0:01:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Needless to say, it was.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.58,0:02:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people think that you can either\Nhave it in you to build a relationship,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.36,0:02:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.08,0:02:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think Stephen Covey had the right idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.17,0:02:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said you ought to just\Nthrow in a few simple things,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.72,0:02:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like seeking first to understand,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.02,0:02:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as opposed to being understood.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.48,0:02:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simple things, like apologizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.37,0:02:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You ever thought about that?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.72,0:02:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell a kid you're sorry, they're in shock.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.90,0:02:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.09,0:02:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I taught a lesson once on ratios.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.52,0:02:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not real good with math,\Nbut I was working on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.55,0:02:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.71,0:02:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got back and looked\Nat that teacher edition.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.52,0:02:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd taught the whole lesson wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.35,0:02:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.67,0:02:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I came back to class\Nthe next day and I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.99,0:02:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Look, guys, I need to apologize.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.22,0:02:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I taught the whole lesson wrong.\NI'm so sorry."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.07,0:02:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said, "That's okay, Ms. Pierson.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.92,0:02:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You were so excited, we just let you go."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.95,0:02:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have had classes that were so low,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.42,0:02:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so academically deficient, that I cried.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.83,0:03:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wondered, "How am I\Ngoing to take this group,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.81,0:03:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in nine months,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.88,0:03:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from where they are\Nto where they need to be?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.53,0:03:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was difficult, it was awfully hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.20,0:03:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do I raise the self-esteem of a child
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.70,0:03:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his academic achievement\Nat the same time?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.73,0:03:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One year I came up with a bright idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.79,0:03:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told all my students,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.64,0:03:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You were chosen to be in my class
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.28,0:03:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I am the best teacher
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.83,0:03:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you are the best students,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.37,0:03:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they put us all together
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.82,0:03:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we could show\Neverybody else how to do it."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.38,0:03:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the students said, "Really?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.29,0:03:35.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.58,0:03:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Really. We have\Nto show the other classes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.60,0:03:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to do it, so when\Nwe walk down the hall,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.06,0:03:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people will notice us,\Nso you can't make noise.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.61,0:03:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just have to strut."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.24,0:03:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.46,0:03:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I gave them a saying to say:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.14,0:03:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am somebody.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.43,0:03:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was somebody when I came.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.79,0:03:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll be a better somebody when I leave.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.72,0:03:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am powerful, and I am strong.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.71,0:03:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I deserve the education that I get here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.40,0:03:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have things to do, people to impress,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.79,0:04:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and places to go."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.56,0:04:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they said, "Yeah!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.81,0:04:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.34,0:04:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say it long enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.76,0:04:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it starts to be a part of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.19,0:04:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.01,0:04:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I gave a quiz, 20 questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.79,0:04:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A student missed 18.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.62,0:04:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put a "+2" on his paper\Nand a big smiley face.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.95,0:04:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.53,0:04:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Ms. Pierson, is this an F?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.28,0:04:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Yes."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.63,0:04:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.90,0:04:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Then why'd you\Nput a smiley face?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.08,0:04:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Because you're on a roll.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.33,0:04:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You got two right.\NYou didn't miss them all."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.21,0:04:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.40,0:04:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "And when we review this,\Nwon't you do better?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.82,0:04:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Yes, ma'am, I can do better."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.35,0:04:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, "-18" sucks\Nall the life out of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.98,0:04:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"+2" said, "I ain't all bad."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.100,0:05:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For years, I watched my mother\Ntake the time at recess to review,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.06,0:05:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go on home visits in the afternoon,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.89,0:05:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,buy combs and brushes\Nand peanut butter and crackers
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.65,0:05:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put in her desk drawer\Nfor kids that needed to eat,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.39,0:05:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a washcloth and some soap\Nfor the kids who didn't smell so good.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.65,0:05:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, it's hard to teach kids who stink.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.94,0:05:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.32,0:05:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And kids can be cruel.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.83,0:05:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so she kept those things in her desk,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.40,0:05:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and years later, after she retired,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.93,0:05:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I watched some of those\Nsame kids come through
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.54,0:05:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say to her, "You know, Ms. Walker,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.53,0:05:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you made a difference in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.04,0:05:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You made it work for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.28,0:05:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You made me feel like I was somebody,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.32,0:05:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I knew, at the bottom, I wasn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.70,0:05:46.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want you to just\Nsee what I've become."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.83,0:05:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when my mama died two years ago at 92,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.96,0:05:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were so many former\Nstudents at her funeral,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.16,0:05:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it brought tears to my eyes,\Nnot because she was gone,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.87,0:05:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because she left\Na legacy of relationships
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.28,0:06:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that could never disappear.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.79,0:06:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can we stand to have more relationships?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.54,0:06:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Absolutely.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.71,0:06:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Will you like all your children?\NOf course not.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.85,0:06:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.13,0:06:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know your toughest\Nkids are never absent.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.05,0:06:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.04,0:06:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.68,0:06:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You won't like them all,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.14,0:06:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the tough ones show up for a reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.55,0:06:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the connection.\NIt's the relationships.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.23,0:06:35.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So teachers become\Ngreat actors and great actresses,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.02,0:06:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we come to work\Nwhen we don't feel like it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.28,0:06:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're listening to policy\Nthat doesn't make sense,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.33,0:06:43.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we teach anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.52,0:06:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We teach anyway,\Nbecause that's what we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.58,0:06:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teaching and learning should bring joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.82,0:06:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How powerful would our world be
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.28,0:06:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we had kids who were\Nnot afraid to take risks,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.03,0:06:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were not afraid to think,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.43,0:07:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who had a champion?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.79,0:07:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every child deserves a champion,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.26,0:07:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an adult who will never give up on them,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.46,0:07:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who understands the power of connection,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.46,0:07:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and insists that they become\Nthe best that they can possibly be.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.37,0:07:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this job tough? You betcha.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.62,0:07:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh God, you betcha.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.86,0:07:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is not impossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.10,0:07:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can do this. We're educators.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.85,0:07:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're born to make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.14,0:07:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.53,0:07:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)