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Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.12,0:00:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dr. Alexiou Thomai
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.26,0:00:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The crisis we are experiencing nowadays \N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.87,0:00:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is first and foremost a crisis\Nof moral values.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.75,0:00:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Values stem from our education.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.12,0:00:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cultivation we all receive.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.45,0:00:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Education and principles start\Npredominantly within the family.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.77,0:00:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On a second level, they stem from school\Nand then pass on to our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.81,0:00:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Believe me, if we prioritize education\Neven during periods of adversity,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.31,0:00:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,miracles will happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.05,0:00:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, believe me, it is never\Ntoo late for miracles.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.32,0:00:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe a lot in teaching,\Nbut I believe even more in education.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.90,0:00:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the morals and values of individuals\Nand their holistic development.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.29,0:01:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to Plato, education\Ncan change and define lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.49,0:01:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a second sun for people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.21,0:01:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's start with the first part,\Nwhich has to do with the family.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.10,0:01:11.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the main core \Nof the society, after all.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.19,0:01:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do we need to provide for a child
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.97,0:01:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to ensure \Na proper and balanced upbringing?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.78,0:01:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.34,0:01:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Care?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.74,0:01:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Protection?\NSecurity?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.19,0:01:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indeed, but these are self-evident.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.20,0:01:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know of any parents \Nwho don't love their children.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.89,0:01:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the exception\Nof clinical cases, of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.90,0:01:37.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What children really need\Nto grow up in a proper and balanced way
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.02,0:01:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is roots and wings.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.15,0:01:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Roots, to feel that they belong somewhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.74,0:01:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also wings, to feel that they can fly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.78,0:01:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This expression was first used around 1920\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.39,0:01:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was then used in 1950 by Carter,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.17,0:02:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, really,\Nit doesn't matter who said it first.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.92,0:02:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What matters is that \Nsomething as old as this
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.62,0:02:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is considered contemporary and timeless.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.52,0:02:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Roots and wings, quite contradictive.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.74,0:02:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From this, I will move on \Nto my personal story to convince you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.80,0:02:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in Kastoria.\NYes, I was lucky.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.93,0:02:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My schoolyard and house \Nhad a view of the lake,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.04,0:02:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the swans, and the ducks.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.97,0:02:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The value of this experience \Nfor my life and sense of taste
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.81,0:02:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something I realized much later.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.62,0:02:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because some things define our lives, \Nbut we recognize them much later.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.70,0:02:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The value of our childhood environment
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.73,0:02:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something that recurs \Nover and over again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.10,0:02:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even during the difficult times \Nin our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.71,0:02:59.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am lucky enough to travel a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.17,0:03:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But every time I go back to Kastoria, \N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.65,0:03:06.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this sense of "coming home"\Nis beyond all other feelings.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.78,0:03:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go home for a while.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.70,0:03:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, you go back to your self.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.97,0:03:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember when I was young, \Nwhile studying
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.50,0:03:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mother would quietly bring me\Nsome sage tea or orange juice.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.19,0:03:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even today, these smells\Nremind me of my childhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.54,0:03:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They bring back feelings of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.46,0:03:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,warmth, comfort, security, love.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.27,0:03:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father had his own business \Nand worked long hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.23,0:03:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still, I can't forget \Nthat he asked our mother
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.82,0:03:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep both me and my sister up at night\Nfor fifteen minutes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.43,0:03:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that he could play with us, \Nat least for fifteen minutes every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.90,0:03:53.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even today, thinking about this \Nmoves me deeply.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.16,0:03:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember \Nwhen I entered university,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.85,0:04:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Department \Nof Early Childhood Education in Ioannina,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.86,0:04:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mother had \Na very typical "mum" reaction.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.73,0:04:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you, especially the younger ones,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.55,0:04:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will recognize this reaction.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.80,0:04:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said "It's so far away,\Nyou aren't going anywhere!".
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.18,0:04:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, my father's reaction was
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.22,0:04:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No matter how far it is, \Nyou are going there to study."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.94,0:04:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four years later, I went to England\Nto do my master's degree.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.24,0:04:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My panic-stricken mother\Ncame to help me "settle in".
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.37,0:04:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The very first day, I remember,\Nshe made a tempting suggestion
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.56,0:04:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to spend some tuition money \Non shopping or whatever I wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.83,0:04:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and go back home to Kastoria the next day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.78,0:04:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father's instant reaction \Nto this suggestion was
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.20,0:04:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Send your mother back home packing\Non the first available flight."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.22,0:04:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is what I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.76,0:05:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few years later, I received \Na full scholarship at a U.K. university
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.88,0:05:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a three-year PhD.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.21,0:05:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was September \Nand I was working in Ioannina.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.86,0:05:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents lived in Kastoria.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.08,0:05:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I called to let them know\Nand my mom had again a typical reaction.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.95,0:05:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You can't leave for three years now, \Nwe just brought you winter rugs."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.33,0:05:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unbeatable arguments, as you can see.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.44,0:05:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father told me not to miss\Nthis once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.61,0:05:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From these stories, you can tell\Nwho gave me roots and who gave me wings.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.51,0:05:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both of which are important, however.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.88,0:05:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About three years later, \NI returned to Greece with my PhD.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.16,0:05:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I gave up a university position there, \Nbecause I wanted to contribute here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.65,0:05:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For about five years, I was working in different universities in Greece.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.56,0:05:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until I found a full-time position.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.45,0:06:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to say this\Nfor all the young people to hear.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.99,0:06:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had no contacts \Nor parents in the academic world.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.28,0:06:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, my father only finished \Nprimary school.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.11,0:06:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the place that I am now,\NI can say he's my greatest teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.86,0:06:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He gave me \Nthe strongest wings in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.04,0:06:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother comes from a similar \Neducational background.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.91,0:06:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she raised me not only with milk, \N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.51,0:06:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but with "milk and honey",\Nas Fromm rightly says.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.54,0:06:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With roots so strong, I always find \Nways and reasons to go back home.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.86,0:06:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I want to say is,\Nif a family is solid and strong,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.54,0:06:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nothing can shatter it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.78,0:06:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No child has a problem on its own. \NA child develops a problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.60,0:06:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if not properly guarded.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.44,0:06:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From a very young age, I learned \Nthat I don't need expensive brands
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.42,0:07:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to feel that I am of value\Nand, above all, to be happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.12,0:07:05.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also learned that education\Nmeans thinking on your own
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.22,0:07:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not always following the crowd.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.97,0:07:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only when you manage\Nnot to care about the image, thoughts,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.05,0:07:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and opinions of others,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.27,0:07:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will you manage to isolate the noise\Nand listen to your own voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.99,0:07:20.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not always easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.35,0:07:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As my grandma used to tell me, \Nwhen she was alive,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.27,0:07:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't ask me for advice about the future,\Nbut only about the present,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.36,0:07:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I have a lot \Nto offer you from the past."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.81,0:07:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But if you ask me about the future, \Nit is you who must decide."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.19,0:07:40.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Because your sun looks to the east, \Nwhile mine to the west."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.28,0:07:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's move on to school education.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.87,0:07:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's see what's going on here.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.68,0:07:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A month ago, we received\Nan official report.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.64,0:07:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It foreshadows a bright future\Nfor education in Greece.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.18,0:08:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really believe that this can happen \Nunder certain conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.62,0:08:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indeed, our school drop-out rates are low\Ncompared to other European countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.67,0:08:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means\Nthat our children don't leave school.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.65,0:08:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am very proud of this, \Nas well as of the fact that,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.52,0:08:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the report,\Nour educators are highly qualified.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.96,0:08:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially in this time of crisis\Nthat we are going through today,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.65,0:08:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offering high-quality public education,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.00,0:08:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for free, \Nas I would like to highlight,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.10,0:08:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something actually quite significant.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.86,0:08:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other hand, having travelled \Nto multiple universities and schools
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.85,0:08:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.51,0:08:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can personally assure you\Nthat our schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.25,0:08:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the education quality we offer,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.18,0:08:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as the qualification level\Nof our educators,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.33,0:08:58.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are by no means of lesser value\Ncompared to schools abroad.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.64,0:09:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are vastly inferior though \Nwith regard to infrastructure.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.93,0:09:05.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are reasons behind that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.68,0:09:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I would also like to mention
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.86,0:09:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the countless opportunities we offer\Nfor further education.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.20,0:09:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is by no means incidental, \Nand it is indeed inconcievable,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.75,0:09:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much progress\Nhas been done in this section.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.24,0:09:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance, with MOOCs, \Ndistance learning programmes, and so on,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.69,0:09:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,access to education and training \Nhas been simplified.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.73,0:09:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Namely, someone living in a remote village\Non a Greek mountain
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.71,0:09:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can enter an educational platform\Nand without any charge, or for very little
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.72,0:09:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attend courses from Yale, Sydney, \Nor anywhere else.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.51,0:09:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These were inconceivable in the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.76,0:09:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we have open access to education.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.27,0:09:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To make a comment \Nbased on my field of studies,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.60,0:10:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to say that \None of the reasons for such opportunities
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.84,0:10:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the fact that we have a high level \Nof English language knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.12,0:10:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The language of access to the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.92,0:10:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recently, since we are trying to emphasize\NEnglish language teaching,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.98,0:10:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English is now being taught\Nfrom the first grade of primary school.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.46,0:10:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to say, though, \Nthat with one teaching hour
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.93,0:10:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will see no difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.77,0:10:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are not breakthroughs. \NThey are half-measures.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.57,0:10:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was my field-specific comment. \NLet me ask something.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.84,0:10:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since we have a good education \Nand our educators are of a high level,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.63,0:10:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why is cultivation giving us \Nsuch a hard time?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.77,0:10:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's move on to the school.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.45,0:10:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we have love in schools?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.76,0:10:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we ever going to add it \Nto our reformation,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.20,0:10:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the dearly departed teacher, \NMr. Tsolakis, used to say?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.91,0:11:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our schools are, unfortunately,\Neven today, a sports field of grades.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.03,0:11:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their objectives are exam-based.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.90,0:11:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The recent report also pointed out \N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.82,0:11:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that less emphasis \Nis to be placed on exams.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.98,0:11:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We place too much emphasis on them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.15,0:11:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, we keep having obsessions.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.82,0:11:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grammar, maths, certificates of course, \Nand technology more recently.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.62,0:11:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ask children to memorize information\Nthey will probably never need.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.14,0:11:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ask for one question \Nonly one correct answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.57,0:11:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How against Socrates is this in learning?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.88,0:11:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We essentially ask children \Nto do things they won't need.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.03,0:11:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children lose their childhood.\NThey lose unique talents in school.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.71,0:11:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our schools, \Nchildren suffocate in their talents.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.50,0:11:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Picasso used to say:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.87,0:11:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It took me four years to learn \Nhow to paint like Raphael
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.13,0:11:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an entire lifetime to learn\Nhow to paint like a child."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.29,0:11:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet we insist.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.23,0:12:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We dictate pictures, shapes, letters\N
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.60,0:12:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we instruct them \Non how to logically remember history.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.40,0:12:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God forbid they change \Nanything in history.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.59,0:12:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mr. Trivizas is right when he says
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.49,0:12:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that what we need \Nto cultivate in schools is imagination
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.38,0:12:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and innovation.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.06,0:12:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a talent \Nthat we unfortunately strangle.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.85,0:12:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember my godchild,\Nback when she was three or four years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.36,0:12:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were drawing together,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.99,0:12:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I noticed that out of five markers, \Nshe was only using two: red and black.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.94,0:12:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No blue, light blue, or green.\NNothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.51,0:12:35.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I became alarmed.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.15,0:12:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was looking between the lines \Nfor any other issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.66,0:12:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I talked to her in person and asked:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.56,0:12:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sweetheart, why don't you\Nuse more colours?"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.53,0:12:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why only black and red?"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.55,0:12:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She looked at me like I asked\Nthe most stupid thing in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.13,0:12:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In her childlike naivety she said:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.49,0:13:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But my other markers \Nhave dried out, godmother."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.03,0:13:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't even think of the simplest thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.29,0:13:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's move on to the practical part.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.42,0:13:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can we do \Nto add cultivation in education?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.52,0:13:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can we do \Nto guard children inside schools?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.09,0:13:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disciplines change \Nand what we are teaching now
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.70,0:13:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might be outmoded \Nin five or ten years.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.91,0:13:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how things are, \Nbecause everything runs fast.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.08,0:13:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Humanitarian studies, however, \Nnever dissapoint.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.92,0:13:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need life lessons, as Mr. Yosafat \Nhas been saying for years,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.03,0:13:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we must begin in Kindergarten.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.19,0:13:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love lessons.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.80,0:13:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teach children empathy, ethics, \Nrespect for the other,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.85,0:13:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is actually the other, \Nwhat is finally emotional intelligence.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.66,0:13:54.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need lessons of basic world knowledge\Nthat children will always need.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.44,0:13:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From what to eat,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.72,0:13:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because even eighteen-year-olds \Ndon't know how to eat,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.96,0:14:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what fills their heart \Nduring hard times.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.22,0:14:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We emphasize all the rest so much, \Nthat we forget about the basics.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.90,0:14:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Music, dance, culture, arts.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.47,0:14:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These add quality to our life\Nand can truly help us
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.65,0:14:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during hard times.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.23,0:14:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, we also need digital education\Nand Internet lessons, especially today.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.08,0:14:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could, but I wouldn't like to mention\Nthe emphasis we place on technology
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.02,0:14:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in today's schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.31,0:14:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many dangers lurk, I can confirm that,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.87,0:14:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I am not \Namong those against technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.58,0:14:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am, however,\Nagainst one-sided obsession.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.62,0:14:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In robotics lessons only, \Nemotions cannot be cultivated.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.16,0:14:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm moving on to the heart \Nof cultivation in education.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.46,0:15:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.20,0:15:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody in this space teaches, \Nbut we forget that we are educators.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.78,0:15:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All teachers, \Nin all levels, and of all fields,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.01,0:15:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are above all educators, \Nand therefore role models.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.46,0:15:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their influence is permanent through time.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.08,0:15:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To convince you, close your eyes, \Nand think of your favourite teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.63,0:15:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of your childhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.74,0:15:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You all recalled someone, a name.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.10,0:15:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know why this happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.05,0:15:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, simply, \Nnobody forgets a good teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.45,0:15:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I ask each one of you \Nwhy you remember this particular teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.09,0:15:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you won't say you remember them\Nbecause of maths or grammar.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.78,0:15:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children don't remember \Nwhat we taught them,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.74,0:15:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they forever remember\Nhow we made them feel.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.91,0:16:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, the inspiring teacher,\Nthe one who envisions,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.00,0:16:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knows that they are don't just teach,\Nthey educate.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.74,0:16:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They facilitate learning \Nand they educate.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.11,0:16:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is their main role.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.75,0:16:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moreover, they accept \Nmistakes and failures,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.98,0:16:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they are part \Nof the next success.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.26,0:16:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people fail until they succeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.32,0:16:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, we don't condemn mistakes.\NWe embrace them.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.56,0:16:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, the right teacher knows \Nthat teaching stems from the heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.16,0:16:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not from the brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.68,0:16:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the example is always\Nmore effective than the lesson.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.40,0:16:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, and to conclude...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.69,0:16:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change everything, \Nnot just the education and family,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.54,0:16:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also the society,\Nin order for it to offer the child
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.08,0:16:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,roots and wings,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.81,0:17:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we must change our mindset \Nand take on our responsibilites.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.66,0:17:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Change, re-evaluation of role models,\Nbased on humanitarian values and culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.14,0:17:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have meaningful education.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.80,0:17:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's cultivate ourselves, \Nenough with our image.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.58,0:17:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exupéry told us this years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.51,0:17:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The meaningful is invisible to the eye.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.19,0:17:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question is...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.28,0:17:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The parents, educators, \Ncitizens of this world...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.92,0:17:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we want to give our children\Nroots and wings?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.09,0:17:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm asking you.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.51,0:17:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we want to?\NI didn't hear you, louder.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.92,0:17:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mediocrity and desire don't go together.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.92,0:17:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's get pumped, open our eyes, \Nopen our heart above all,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.29,0:17:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let's take on life differently.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.47,0:17:49.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing mediocre fits \Nor is worth it for our children.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.57,0:17:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.