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1、TED成年人能从孩子身上学到什么Now,Iwanttostartwithaquestion:whenwasthelasttimeyouwerecalledchildish?Forkidslikeme,beingcalledchildishcanbeafrequentoccurrence.Everytimewemakeirrationaldemands,exhibitirresponsiblebehavior,ordisplayanyothersignsofbeingnormalAmericancitizen
2、s,wearecalledchildish.Whichreallybothersme.Afterall,takealookattheseevents:Imperialismandcolonization,WorldWars,GeorgeW.Bush.Askyourself:whoisresponsible?Adults.Now,whathavekidsdone?Well,AnneFranktouchedmillionswithherpowerfullaccountoftheHolocaust,RubyBri
3、dgeshelpedendsegregationintheUnitedStates,andmostrecently,CharlieSimpsonhelpedtoraise120,000poundsforHaitionhislittlebike.So,asyoucanseeevidencedbysuchexamples,agehasabsolutelynothingtodowithit.Thetraitsthewordchildishaddressesareseensoofteninadultsthatwes
4、houldabolishthisage-discriminatorywordwhenitcometocriticizingbehaviorassociatedwithirresponsibilityandirrationalthinking.Thankyou.Thenagain,whohastosaythatcertaintypesofirrationalthinkingarenotexactlywhattheworldneeds?Maybeyouhavehadgrandplansbefore,butsto
5、opedyourself,thinking:thisisimpossibleorthatcoststoomuchorthatwon'tbenefitme.Forbetterorworse,wekidsarenothamperedasmuchwhenitcomestothinkingaboutreasonswhynottodothings.Kidscanbefullofinspiringaspirationsandhopefullthinking,likemywishthatnoonewenthungryor
6、thateverythingwerefreekindofUtopia.Howmanyofyoustilldreamlikethatandbelieveinthepossibilities?SometimesaknowledgeofhistoryandthepastfailureofUtopiaidealscanbeburden,becauseyouknowthatifeverythingwerefree,thatthefoodstockwouldbecomedepletedandscareandleadto
7、chaos.Ontheotherhand,wekidsstilldreamaboutperfection.Andthatisagoodthing,becauseinordertomakeanythingareality,youhavetodreamaboutitfirst.Inmanyways,ouraudacitytoimaginehelpspushtheboundariesofpossibility.Forinstance,theMuseumofGlassinTacoma,Washington,myho
8、mestate,yoohooWashingtonhasaprogrammecalledkidsDesignGlass,andkidsdrawtheirownideasforglassart.Now,theresidentartistsaidtheygotsomeoftheirbestideasthroughtheprogrambecausekidsdonotthinkaboutthelimitationsofho
