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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.42,0:00:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many days I hear my alarm\Nwaking me up for school,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.38,0:00:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I dread getting out of bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.33,0:00:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have more than I need.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.08,0:00:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm fed every day, I live\Nin a wonderful house in a beautiful city,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.52,0:00:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I attend a good school,\Nyet I still don't want to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.46,0:00:22.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is so easy to find\Nthe negatives in school.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.29,0:00:25.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things like stress\Nand lack of interest in my classes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.21,0:00:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are just some of the negatives\Nthat overpower the good.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.92,0:00:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, at the perspective of another,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.83,0:00:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their opinion\Nwould be completely different.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.46,0:00:36.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine a 14-year-old girl\Nliving in an African country:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.17,0:00:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her name is Adisa,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.06,0:00:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she is part of a family of six\Nliving in a one-room house.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.18,0:00:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would give anything\Nto have the opportunity to learn,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.11,0:00:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but her family can't afford it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.15,0:00:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To her, school would not be\Nthe terrible monster that I see.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.08,0:00:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would find the positives.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.23,0:00:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would see school
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.37,0:00:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a way to make new friends\Nand learn about the world around her.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.21,0:01:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thinking about Adisa and others\Nin her situation made me feel very guilty.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.51,0:01:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here I am, complaining about my life\Nwhen I have everything I need and more.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.10,0:01:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What she would only dream of\Nliving a life like mine?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.35,0:01:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been told to be successful in life\NI have to succeed in school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.54,0:01:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been told to get into a good college\NI have to make good grades
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.47,0:01:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and participate in\Nas many school activities as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.63,0:01:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way I see it, putting\Nthat much pressure on yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.84,0:01:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make good grades\Nand participate in every school activity
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.92,0:01:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not the best high school experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.12,0:01:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, this just adds\Nto the pressure and anxiety
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.98,0:01:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making it more difficult to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.50,0:01:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I struggle with stress
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.00,0:01:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the pressure of having\Nthe best grades is always present.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.41,0:01:48.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was thinking about\Nwhat the number 4.0 actually means to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.47,0:01:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I stumbled to answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.28,0:01:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does it mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.27,0:01:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to mean something if I'm putting\Nmyself through so much to get it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.16,0:01:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am one who strives to do my best,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.86,0:02:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the pressure and anxiety\Nis making me question why.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.33,0:02:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why am I putting\Nso much pressure on myself
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.46,0:02:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I struggle to go to school?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.06,0:02:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stress about the workload pressure\Non making good grades? It's a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.57,0:02:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even for me who has never found school\Nto be very difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.72,0:02:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't find myself struggling very often,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.20,0:02:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that doesn't make it any easier;\Nif anything, it makes it more difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.79,0:02:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many don't see how that could be the case.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.88,0:02:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had several conversations
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.46,0:02:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where someone will say\Nsomething along the lines
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.21,0:02:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of, "if you are so good at school,\Nwhy don't you like it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.64,0:02:34.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This question and the many\Ndifferent variations I've heard
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.77,0:02:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continue to confuse me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.35,0:02:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does working hard\Nto perform well at school
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.87,0:02:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take away the stress or dislike?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.90,0:02:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know from personal experience:\Nit just adds to the stress and dislike.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.10,0:02:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put myself through this\Nso I'll have more opportunities
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.90,0:02:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live a successful life,\Nand I'm trying to understand why.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.74,0:02:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I hear my alarm waking me up\Nfor school, I get ready for an entire day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.29,0:03:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm walking into day\Nfor those seven hours of learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.43,0:03:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yikes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.21,0:03:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seven hours of boredom,\Nfrustration, and judgment.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.42,0:03:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've many classes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.78,0:03:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that take so much energy\Nto keep from falling sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.88,0:03:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People that feel\Nthat, because it's a group project,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.89,0:03:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't have to do any of the work.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.07,0:03:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Presentations that make me\Nshake with nervousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.77,0:03:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peers that feel the need to make others\Nfeel bad about themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.00,0:03:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Add all this to the stress,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.52,0:03:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're looking\Nat the definition of misery.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.52,0:03:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look at school\Nand see a bubble of negativity,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.11,0:03:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet, at the perspective of another,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.90,0:03:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their opinion\Nwill be completely different.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.28,0:03:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Adisa would go to school\Nand be over the moon excited.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.14,0:03:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would want to experience\Nall the different classes and subjects.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.77,0:03:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She wouldn't be so focused on the grades,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.85,0:03:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she'll be so much more interested\Nin the actual learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.60,0:03:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would try her best to succeed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.48,0:03:52.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and only see the stress\Nas a small side effect of school.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.59,0:03:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I try to have\Nthis perspective about school,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.70,0:03:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially because I'm\Nso incredible lucky to have all that I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.88,0:03:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is a constant struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.19,0:04:03.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell myself to think about school\Nin the perspective of Adisa,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.50,0:04:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who'd give anything to take my place.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.84,0:04:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find the positives\Nbecause that's what she would do.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.46,0:04:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would work with the situation
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.06,0:04:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if she doesn't like\Neverything about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.35,0:04:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I feel this should be easier to do\Nthan it actually is, but it's not.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.48,0:04:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I challenge you to think about your life
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.82,0:04:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the perspective of someone\Nwho'd give anything to take your place.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.42,0:04:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Find the positives\Nand encourage others to do the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.19,0:04:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Know that it's only\Na portion of your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.56,0:04:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's not the worst thing\Nyou could be doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.14,0:04:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know it can be hard; trust me,\NI struggle with it everyday.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.56,0:04:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just remember:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.95,0:04:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't take anything for granted\Nand embrace the stuff you don't like
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.26,0:04:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there's someone out there\Nwho'd give anything to take your place.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.88,0:04:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)