“We need to stop in the course of our busy lives and look at what we already have done and ask, ‘What else is possible?’”
“To deny the chaos of reality is a disservice to our students.”
“I am what I share.”
Generation Y “will be the one that needs to tackle global and economic issues” and they are a group of “strategic optimists” with “more dreams than memories.”
“There is $50 billion in 4th graders’ pocket change. Imagine what they could do with that.”
“We need to empower kids to become social entrepreneurs who make a difference for themselves and the world.”
"When you create value, you can claim value.”
“Character is not a trait. It is as malleable as anything else.”
“You and I are as infallible as anyone else and there are moral circumstances that will test this.”
“How do you cultivate your moral humility?”
The above quotes came from the scribbles I hurriedly made in my program yesterday as I sat in the audience at WGBH studios in Boston (and so I cannot claim complete accuracy…apologies to anybody whose words I butchered or accidently re-invented), watching the first ever TEDx NewEngland. I believe they repres ent the level of thoughtfulness and exploration that then guided conversations well into the evening and the wee hours of morning. Artists, scientists, researchers, sociologists, PhD candidates, and educators took the stage in what proved to be a highly successful event, leading us down paths of thought that filled us with admiration for a new generation, questions about our own fallacies, intrigue for the future, and hope that once-thought impossibilities could be seemingly possible. I don’t think my words can or should compete with theirs, and so I’ll leave my commentary brief. But I do want to congratulate the coordinators of TEDx NewEngland on their brilliant inaugural event and thank them for their support of the New England teachers of the year. Your generosity and new friendship is greatly appreciated and adored. Thank you.
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