"High School Training Ground"

Title:
"High School Training Ground"
Speaker:
Malcolm London
Description:

Young poet, educator and activist Malcolm London performs his stirring poem about life on the front lines of high school. He tells of the "oceans of adolescence" who come to school "but never learn to swim," of "masculinity mimicked by men who grew up with no fathers." Beautiful, lyrical, chilling.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
03:00
Format: HTML5
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Original