Selected to further our diversity, equity, and inclusion work, the following TED talks are offered to help us reflect on and engage in conversation of how we understand ourselves and others.
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Julie Lythcott-Haims: How to raise successful kids — without over-parenting
Dena Simmons: How students of color confront impostor syndrome
Andrew Solomon: Love, no matter what
Rosie King: How autism freed me to be myself
Shonda Rhimes: My year of saying yes to everything
Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice
Clint Smith: The danger of silence
Aimee Mullins: My 12 pairs of legs
John Hunter: Teaching with the World Peace Games
Kimberly Bryant: Black Girls Code (transcript not available)
Todd Rose: The Myth of Average (transcript not available)
I’m watching Rosie King: How autism freed me to be myself.
Sentence: Why are people pouring their brilliant individual light into a mold? (4:12)
Phrase: ability rather than a disability (1:55)
Word: labeled (4:00)
I watched Dena Simmons – “…Imposter Syndrome..”
Sentence: Don’t underestimate the power of a mother determined to keep her children safe.”
Phrase: learning about themselves
Word: As- King
I’ve now watched Dena Simmons, too, Javonne. I love Don’t underestimate the power of a mother determined to keep her children safe. I was inspired by your SPW choices. Here are mine:
Sentence: Every child deserves an education that guarantees the safety to learn in the comfort of one’s own skin. (7:35)
Phrase: …create emotionally and physically safe classrooms … (8:10)
Word: thrive (8:10)
I’m watching, “love no matter what” and there are a few pieces that really stood out to me.
Sentence: The fact that my favorite color now is blue, but I’m still gay is evidence of both my mother’s influence and its limits.
Phrase: “We don’t lack hearing, we have membership in a culture,” in reference to the perspective of people looking at being deaf as a disability.
Word: identity
I’m watching “The danger of silence” which is a powerful spoken word about the power of our voices.
Sentence: I challenge my students to explore the silences in their own lives.
Phrase: Tell your truth.
Word: voice
I am watching, “My 12 pairs of legs”
Sentence: “They {kids} only learn to be frightened of those differences when an adult influences them to behave that way”
Phrase: “You know Aimee, you’re very attractive. You don’t look disabled.”
Word: “Fashion-able”
I watched Julie Lythcott-Haims “How to raise successful kids — without over-parenting.” I am not a parent yet, but growing up in this Buckhead culture this really spoke to me.
Sentence: We say we just want them to be happy, but maybe we are just scared they wont have a future we can brag about.
Phrase: Checklist Childhood
Word: Self-efficacy
I’m watching Shonda Rhimes: My year of saying yes to everything
Sentence: My tiny human’s show me how to live and the hum of the universe fills me up.
Phrase: the real hum
Word: play
I am watching Andrew Solomon: Love no matter what
Sentence: Diversity of affection and diversity of family strengthen the ecosphere of kindness
Phrase: acceptance takes time
Word: identity
I watched: Rosie King – How autism freed me to be myself
sentence: “People are so afraid of variety that they try and put them into a box.”
phrase: Cheer when someone releases their imagination
word: celebrate uniqueness
Clint Smith : The Danger of Silence
Sentence: “Silence is the residue of fear.”
Phrase: “speak your truth”
Word: voice
Shonda Rhimes: My year of saying yes to everything
Sentence: We can all use a little more love
Phrase: less work and more play
Word: hum
Aimee Mullins – My 12 pairs of legs
Sentence: People that society once considered disabled can now become the architects of their identities.
Phrase: Celebrate Glorious disabilities
Word: fair
Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about injustice
Sentence: Our identity is at risk when we don’t care.
Phrase: power in identity
Word: hope
John Hunter: Teaching with the World Peace Game
Sentence: Create a space to create and make meaning out of your own understanding.
Phrase: Collective wisdom is greater
Word: if
Kimberly Bryant: Black Girls Code
Sentence: Women are change agents.
Phrase: Become creators
Word: revolution
Todd Rose: The Myth of Average
Sentence: Students vary on dimensions of learning.
Phrase: Design to the edges
Word: Nurture
The Danger of Silence
Sentence – “Silence is the residue of fear.”
Phrase – “…touching the screen of my Apple than feeding him one
Word – Truth
Black Girls Code
Sentence: Women and girls are change agents naturally in their families and in their communities and in the world.
Phrase: a movement to empower young girls
Word: underrepresented
Aimee Mullins: My 12 Pairs of Legs
Sentence: They only learn to be frightened of those differences when an adult influences them to behave that way, and maybe censors that natural curiosity, or you know, reins in the question-asking in the hopes of them being polite little kids.
Phrase: a conversation about potential
Word: superable
Clint Smith: The Danger of Silence
Sentence(s): Tell your truth. Silence is the residue of fear.
Phrase: consequences of silence
Word: microphone
John Hunter: Teaching with the World Peace Games
Sentence: They find out what is right their own way their own selves.
Phrase: spontaneous compassion
Word: collective wisdom
Todd Rose: The Myth of Average
Sentence: Students are not one dimensional.
Phrase: jagged learning profile
Word: edges
Dena Simmons: How students of color confront impostor syndrome
Sentence: There is emotional damage done when young people can’t be themselves.
Phrase: impostor syndrome
Word: faith
Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice
Sentence: Ultimately, our humanity depends on everyone’s humanity.
Phrase: power of identity
Word: disconnected
Andrew Solomon: Love, no matter what
Sentence: And I believe that in the same way that we need species diversity to ensure that the planet can go on, so we need this diversity of affection and diversity of family in order to strengthen the ecosphere of kindness.
Phrase: love vs. acceptance
Word: parenting
Rosie King: How autism freed me to be myself
Sentence: People are so afraid of variety that they try to fit everything into a tiny little box with really specific labels.
Phrase: brilliant individual light
Word: uniqueness
I’m watching “The myth of average.”
Sentence: If you design learning experiences based on average, odds are, you designed them for nobody.
Phrase: average hurts everyone
Word: adjustable-seat
I’m watching “The Myth of Average”
Sentence – I think back to the Air Force example and I can’t help but wonder, how much of this problem is just bad design?
Phrase – ban the average, design the edges
Word – jagged learning profile (yes its three 😉
Julie Lythcott-Haims: How to raise successful kids — without over-parenting
Sentence: Happiness in life comes from love of humans.
Phrase: Build a childhood foundation based on love and chores.
Word: Self-efficacy
Dena Simmons: How students of color confront impostor syndrome
Sentence: Every child deserves an education that guarantees the safety to learn in the comfort of one’s own skin.
Phrase: Emotionally and physically safe classroom
Word: Ass-king
Rosie King: How autism freed me to be myself
Sentence: People are so afraid of variety
Phrase: celebrate uniqueness
Word: Normal
Aimee Mullins: My 12 pairs of legs
Sentence: You’re very attractive, you don’t look disabled.
Phrase: understanding our collective humanity
Word: super-able
Shonda Rhimes: My year of saying yes to everything
Sentences: I don’t like to play. What kind of person likes working more than being at home.
Phrase: Work doesn’t work without play
Word: hum
Kimberly Bryant: Black Girls Code (transcript not available)
Sentence: If we teach one girl to code, she will teach 10 more.
Phrase: Changing the trajectory of communities
Word: 3% black girls
Todd Rose: The Myth of Average
Sentence: What if we ban the average and design to the edges?
Phrase: the learning equivalent of adjustable seats
Word: ability
Clint Smith: The danger of silence
Sentence: We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying, that we rarely pay attention to the things they don’t.
Phrase: silence is the residue of fear
Word: voice