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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.83,0:00:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give a man a fish \Nand he'll eat for a day,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.19,0:00:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but teach a man to fish \Nand he'll eat for a lifetime.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.02,0:00:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nowhere is that proverb more true \Nthan today's educational system.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.44,0:00:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, we are exposing kids to life, \Nbut not teaching them how to live it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.60,0:00:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're giving them information, \Nbut not teaching them how to use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.46,0:00:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're giving them the "what", \Nbut not teaching them the "why".
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.32,0:00:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John Gardner agreed with me:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.58,0:00:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Much education today \Nis monumentally ineffective.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.77,0:00:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All too often we are giving \Nyoung peeople cut flowers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.79,0:00:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we should be teaching them \Nto grow their own plants".
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.78,0:00:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should be teaching them to fish.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.87,0:00:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, what makes me feel \Nqualified to talk about this?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.59,0:00:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sure as hell don't speak \Nfrom an ivory tower.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.77,0:01:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I speak from here. \NThis is where I grew up.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.42,0:01:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a trailer with a 6 foot \Nby 7 foot addition that was my bedroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.78,0:01:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what you can't see \Nbeyond there is a junkyard.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.35,0:01:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where I grew up, \Nin a trailer, in a junkyard.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.57,0:01:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make all your jokes now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.06,0:01:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.06,0:01:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it wasn't all bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.05,0:01:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was voted smartest kid \Nin my fourth-grade class.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.98,0:01:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two out of three years.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.74,0:01:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.84,0:01:27.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I had to teach myself how to fish.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.81,0:01:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is today's educational system.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.67,0:01:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are taking grade-school kids \Nin at the bottom,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.46,0:01:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and teaching them the basics: \Nreading, writing and arithmetic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.80,0:01:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, a little pet peeve of mine,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.33,0:01:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who the hell's bright idea \Nwas it to call those the three R's?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.99,0:01:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.85,0:01:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As they get older, we expose them \Nto more and more things.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.30,0:01:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the time they're in high school, \N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.67,0:01:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hopefully, we've exposed them to enough
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.06,0:01:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they can make some \Ndecisions on what they want to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.69,0:01:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem is study, \Nafter study, after study
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.25,0:02:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tells us kids learn better \Nwhen they're younger.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.86,0:02:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that was definetely \Nthe case with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.12,0:02:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In third grade, we had to take \Na half an hour of Spanish once a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.39,0:02:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had to take a half an hour \Nof sign language once a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.39,0:02:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in high school, I took an hour \Nof French everyday, for two years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.97,0:02:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's twenty hours of sign language,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.98,0:02:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,twenty hours of Spanish \Nand 400 hours of French.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.54,0:02:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think I'm more fluent in?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.08,0:02:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.56,0:02:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.72,0:02:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about, instead, we take that \Ntriangle and turn it upside down,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.12,0:02:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and give kids a strong foundation \Nby exposing them to things
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.86,0:02:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they're young, \Nbefore their prejudices can set in?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.48,0:02:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before they can say: \N"Science isn't cool, Math isn't cool,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.70,0:02:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Art isn't cool."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.12,0:02:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They love this stuff when they're young, \Nbut as they get older,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.71,0:02:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,society tells them it's not \Na good thing to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.68,0:02:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, if we can expose that \Nto them when they're young,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.61,0:03:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll say: "Well, I'm interested \Nin this; I'm not interested in that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.54,0:03:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm good at that; I suck at this, \Nso I'm going to avoid these things."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.62,0:03:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the time they get up to high school,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.22,0:03:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've got a much better idea\Nof what they want to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.54,0:03:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they're focused.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.16,0:03:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we can help them focus, \Nmaybe we can increase this number.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.21,0:03:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My second idea -- this isn't a real program,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.96,0:03:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just invented it on my couch \Nwithin the last couple of weeks --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.45,0:03:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learn & Earn in Michigan.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.35,0:03:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the numbers work that...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.01,0:03:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they say that Michigan could say, \N"We are going to pay anybody's tuition.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.46,0:03:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Books and tuition.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.46,0:03:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In exchange, you'll live \Nand work here for two years."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.15,0:03:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The taxes from those hiping jobs \Nwould more than make up
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.94,0:03:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for any tuition outlay \Nfrom the government.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.27,0:03:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, by the time they get down \Nwith four years of college
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.11,0:03:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eight years of payback, \Nthey'll be thirty years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.70,0:03:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll have a house, \Na spouse and 2.3 kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.31,0:03:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will be here to stay,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.48,0:04:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so will the businesses that are \Nattracted by educated people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.48,0:04:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One half who graduate from college \Nnever read another book.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.99,0:04:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's an amazing statistic
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.82,0:04:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was true, \Nand it's still true to a large degree.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.34,0:04:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, thirty years ago, that was ok.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.94,0:04:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirty years ago, the shelf life\Nof a college education
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.53,0:04:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was 15 to 25 years, which meant \Nwhatever you learned
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.32,0:04:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wouldn't become outdated\Nfor at least 20 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.69,0:04:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The shelf life of a college \Neducation now is 18 to 24 months,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.63,0:04:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means whatever \Nyou're learning today
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.60,0:04:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll probably have to relearn \Nin a couple of years,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.21,0:04:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the rate \Nof change is increasing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.77,0:04:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, colleges need to have \Na little more flexibility,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.24,0:04:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they need to faster to the draw,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.48,0:04:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and use a little bit of what I call \N"junkyard math".
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.39,0:04:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four equals one.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.97,0:05:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of a four-year degree, \Nwe do a one-year degree.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.92,0:05:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, if you take the first two years \Nof a college degree,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.68,0:05:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's pretty much basics anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.06,0:05:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the three R's you should \Nhave learned ten years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.40,0:05:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this another year full of electives,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.00,0:05:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,underwater basket weaving \Nand poetry history.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.27,0:05:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take those away, and you've got
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.68,0:05:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,12 to 18 months worth\Nof valid focused classes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.47,0:05:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'm not talking about learning \Nfor the sake of learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.07,0:05:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking about learning \Nfor the sake of earning.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.30,0:05:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I get insulted by \Nall the educators out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.70,0:05:41.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let it be known that \Nthe world is changing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.100,0:05:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of a four-year student, you can \Nnow have an eight to twelve-year student,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.85,0:05:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people change careers \N6 to 8 times during their life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.12,0:05:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they can come back to you, \Nthey need somebody to train them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.19,0:05:58.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The "top 10" jobs today weren't \Neven invented ten years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.03,0:06:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's going to continue.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.62,0:06:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And somebody's got to educate them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.46,0:06:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, instead of your revenue \Nbeing cut by 75%, \N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.92,0:06:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a four-year degree \Nto a one-year degree,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.90,0:06:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can be doubled or even tripled.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.16,0:06:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure the educators will love that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.77,0:06:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thomas Jefferson said every generation \Nneeds a new revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.78,0:06:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This can be our revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.32,0:06:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fixing the educational system \Ncan be our revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.69,0:06:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can teach the youth of today \Nhow to live in the world of tomorrow.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.44,0:06:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can not only give them the "what", \Nwe can teach them the "why".
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.60,0:06:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All we need to do is teach them to fish.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.06,0:06:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Gracias". \NThank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.19,0:06:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)