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Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.84,0:00:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've loved school.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.96,0:00:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until the time I took my first test.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.01,0:00:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I loved my teachers and I loved my friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.42,0:00:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I hated reading. It made my head hurt.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.68,0:00:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Specialists started pointing me \Nout of my classroom
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.10,0:00:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and labeled me "reading and writing disabled."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.59,0:00:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for years I was totally freaked out \Nand anxious about school.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.26,0:00:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in middle school it got worse.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.31,0:00:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until I started home school.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.55,0:00:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when I realized I just needed \Nan alternative way to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.24,0:00:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I studied ancient civilizations in Egypt,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.59,0:00:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,biology on safaris in Kenya,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.90,0:00:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and real life math at grocery stores, \Ncurrency exchanges on Craigslist.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.13,0:01:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After homeschooling, \Nmy grade point average came up,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.42,0:01:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my self esteem came back \Nand I felt empowered.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.26,0:01:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And once I became responsible \Nfor my own time management,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.75,0:01:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I kinda got used to that,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.57,0:01:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't imagine a future \Non somebody else's schedule.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.81,0:01:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So last year I created my own business.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.82,0:01:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea came to me in Liverpool
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.84,0:01:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was watching amphibious \NWorld War II vehicles called ducks
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.38,0:01:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,giving land and water tours.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.54,0:01:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back home at Homer Alaska.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.42,0:01:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came up with...\NI researched and wrote a similar tour
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.63,0:01:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though there was no way \NI could afford a duck.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.32,0:01:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two years later though, I came up\Nwith a more affordable tour.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.81,0:01:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Entered a business idea contest,\Nwon some cash,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.68,0:01:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and became the owner of a replica \Nof a San Francisco trolley.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.54,0:01:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've learned about regulations, \Nmarketing and ordinances,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.59,0:01:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what it takes to get\Nold moving parts moving again.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.95,0:01:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The morning before my first tour,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.01,0:01:56.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was underneath the trolley \Nfixing a fuel leak,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.59,0:01:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gas dripping down my elbows.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.29,0:02:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember thinking to myself
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.08,0:02:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I could be sleeping in right now."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.93,0:02:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, aside from worrying about \Nan occasional fuel leak
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.51,0:02:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or work interfering \Nwith my fishing schedule,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.84,0:02:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm happy to know how empowering \Nit is to start with a dream
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.85,0:02:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and end with something tangible.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.54,0:02:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have learned \Nthat I can't let people label me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.01,0:02:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my own limits are the limits \Nthat I set for myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.60,0:02:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alternative thinking has made it\Nthat I can reach my dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.78,0:02:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I hope that some day \Nby alternative thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.38,0:02:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can be a part of a greater dream \Nto create positive solutions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.12,0:02:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the rest of the world
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.79,0:02:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)