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Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.83,0:00:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would you do when,\Nduring Science Camp,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.29,0:00:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're put together with three friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.36,0:00:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are given a piece of thread
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.89,0:00:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they ask you to calculate \Nthe width of a creek?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.17,0:00:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You discuss and try to see\Nwhat to do with the thread,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.71,0:00:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you cross the creek\Na thousand times,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.46,0:00:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and try to see how many times\Nwill the thread fit in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.40,0:00:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will be tired and wet for sure.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.01,0:00:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, almost frozen,\Nexhausted and soaking wet,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.14,0:00:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wondered if there was a way\Nto calculate that width
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.77,0:00:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without getting more wet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.61,0:00:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, I stood on the shore
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.81,0:00:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and started to watch.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.81,0:00:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I understood that three distances\Nwere formed there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.73,0:01:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From my feet to my eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.41,0:01:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from my eyes to the other shore
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.21,0:01:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from that shore \Nto where I was standing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.15,0:01:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remembered:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.91,0:01:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soh Cah Toa!\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.48,0:01:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A basic trigonometry concept
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.81,0:01:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that seemed unnecessary\Nuntil that moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.52,0:01:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was giving me the answer\Nto a real problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.58,0:01:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even though that situation\Nwas very simple
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.26,0:01:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the process I had to make at that time
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.74,0:01:30.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was very different to anything\NI had done before.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.45,0:01:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it was mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.24,0:01:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was real.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.89,0:01:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And something inside of me woke up,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.21,0:01:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that was asleep
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.70,0:01:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because I believed I couldn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.44,0:01:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that time I could\Nand I went crazy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.76,0:01:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about knowing more\Nabout things and reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.60,0:01:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I started searching for\Nsimilar experiences to this camp.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.21,0:01:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to the Balseiro Institute,\NI convinced my friends
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.35,0:01:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make a solar water distiller\Nfor a CONICET contest.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.55,0:01:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got into scholarships, Olympics\Nand camps to continue learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.57,0:02:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, through the year,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.16,0:02:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I became "science girl" at school.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.68,0:02:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then this happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.86,0:02:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got a 7 in almost all subjects.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.74,0:02:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess it was because\NI was growing, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.26,0:02:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.14,0:02:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's normal to lose those interests\Nthrough time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.88,0:02:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even more when you are a kid\Nthat suddenly
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.83,0:02:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gets to a new world, \Nfull of obligations
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.34,0:02:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and things that take time from\Nwhat you considered was essential.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.40,0:02:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, during all our high school years
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.84,0:02:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to pass all the subjects,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.85,0:02:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all Argentinean kids are asked\Nto get more than 6 or 7.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.45,0:02:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember that when I was little\NI had this concept of school
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.61,0:02:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a place to learn exclusively
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.54,0:02:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to be marveled with new stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.16,0:02:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I dreamed to be an astronaut,\Nto be a scientist,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.57,0:03:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember I used to play\Nwith my friends
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.19,0:03:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be what we wanted to be\Nwhen we grew old.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.77,0:03:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My friend RocĂo would always\Nstart to draw,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.08,0:03:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying that someday\Nshe would be an animator.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.52,0:03:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, RocĂo is almost 19
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.03,0:03:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and started the \NEnglish Translator degree.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.21,0:03:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happened with her dream\Nduring those 10 years of her life?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.19,0:03:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She must have changed her mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.35,0:03:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She realized she didn't like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.43,0:03:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked her and her answer\Nwas something like:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.45,0:03:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What happens is that to be \Nan animator you have to study math.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.30,0:03:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've always failed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.55,0:03:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, I always got \Nhigh grades at English.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.80,0:03:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is easier for me."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.02,0:03:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this happens because school
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.17,0:03:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the only official reference kids have
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.75,0:03:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about our intellectual\Nand academic performance.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.87,0:03:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the result\Nthat a simple grade has
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.98,0:03:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside the educational system:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.41,0:04:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you end up not following your passion.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.60,0:04:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because not only you get a 3 or a 4,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.14,0:04:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are a 3 or a 4.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.78,0:04:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you will continue to be that 3 or 4.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.88,0:04:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grades end up separating us from 1 to 10.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.22,0:04:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You, the 10 boy, are the best of all.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.96,0:04:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You, the 1, be ready for what will come.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.54,0:04:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That contradiction of being \Nthe science girl and a 7 at once,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.91,0:04:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made me realize that actually,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.95,0:04:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you finish school
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.62,0:04:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have the courage to go to university,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.69,0:04:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll probably fall into\Nwhat you were told before.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.81,0:04:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You make a balance\Nof the best grades you had
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.56,0:04:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the easiest subjects for you,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.36,0:04:49.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you look for a career\Nthat is similar to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.22,0:04:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a lot of times\Nwhat we learn at school is:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.19,0:04:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I get high grades in this subject,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.92,0:05:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I must like this, so this\Nis what I should do.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.30,0:05:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And during the rest\Nof high school,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.57,0:05:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just focus on passing subjects.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.79,0:05:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the end, students learn \Nto be students.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.35,0:05:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to answer only what we are asked.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.94,0:05:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, when do we actually learn?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.30,0:05:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took me a lot of effort to understand \Nthat I was more than my grade.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.79,0:05:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That I am more than those sevens.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.65,0:05:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I did,\Nmy grades didn't change much.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.89,0:05:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did change was\Nthat I started learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.20,0:05:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how long can you be a rebel\Nand not care about grades?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.18,0:05:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you can avoid them in December, \NMarch, or even the next year,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.89,0:05:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if your revolution fails\Nyou have to repeat the year.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.55,0:05:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't do this alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.24,0:05:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need help.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.70,0:06:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The educational system needs a change.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.98,0:06:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am sure that\Nthe passion and interest
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.84,0:06:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my friend has for drawing,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.07,0:06:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is worth more than a 3 or a 4.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.07,0:06:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,School must be the place\Nthat teach us to think.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.77,0:06:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To search for what we love.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.22,0:06:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be how we want to be
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.57,0:06:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not how the numbers tell us we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.68,0:06:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, my report will say I'm a 7.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.47,0:06:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My partners, teachers\Nand my whole school
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.28,0:06:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will still have the contradiction\Nof "science girl" full of sevens.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.88,0:06:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for myself, I am more than a number.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.44,0:06:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, grades,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.56,0:06:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are they really necessary?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.28,0:06:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.21,0:06:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to show us, during all\Nour learning process,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.36,0:06:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are and can much more\Nthan those numbers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.79,0:07:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm convinced that\Nit is absolutely essential.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.72,0:07:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.99,0:07:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)