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Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.92,0:00:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm obsessed with the question:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.57,0:00:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What makes a good teacher great?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.23,0:00:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've collected 26,000 responses\Nto this question,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.68,0:00:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in eight different schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.06,0:00:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the poorest schools in Los Angeles,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.45,0:00:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to suburban schools in Texas,\Nto elite private schools abroad.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.98,0:00:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after 24 years of teaching students,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.31,0:00:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm still perplexed by this question.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.29,0:00:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, I'm going to teach you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.68,0:00:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lessons I learned\Nfrom those thousands of students,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.24,0:00:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and learn what I found out from them\Nif we just listen to students.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.65,0:00:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing about it is
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.06,0:01:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that during my time\Nof asking kids this question,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.72,0:01:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that we don't ask this question\Nfor a particular reason:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.72,0:01:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,schools are afraid.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.15,0:01:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Based on fear, they don't really\Nwant to know what kids think.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.17,0:01:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Partially because they don't think\Nkids will take it serious.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.98,0:01:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to share with you\None of the most profound quotes,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.85,0:01:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,answers to this question\Nthat I've ever received.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.88,0:01:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[A great teacher eats apples]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.52,0:01:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.71,0:01:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I know what you're thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.54,0:01:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doesn't this prove my point?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.29,0:01:33.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Great teachers eat apples."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.08,0:01:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I first saw this,\NI dismissed it as silliness,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.95,0:01:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it appeared again and again.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.09,0:01:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.10,0:01:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"There's got to be something to this,\Nbut what are they trying to tell me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.76,0:01:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one day, I decided\NI would start eating apples.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.79,0:01:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ate them in the morning, at lunch,\Nduring class, in the hall.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.46,0:02:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kids began to give me apples.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.46,0:02:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The'd see me eating them\Nand say, "You're eating an apple!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.72,0:02:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I know!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.42,0:02:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would smile, and I would smile back.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.77,0:02:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't until I understood\Nthat kids wanted to see me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.69,0:02:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as somebody who is willing\Nto receive a gift from them,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.09,0:02:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the apple was a symbol\Nfor our relationship.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.73,0:02:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was goodness in that, and trust.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.12,0:02:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for a long time, I wasn't listening\Nand I hadn't understood this.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.50,0:02:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[A great teacher is chill]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.02,0:02:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have their own language.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.61,0:02:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they say, "A great teacher is chill,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.65,0:02:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they really mean is:\N"Don't take it too serious.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.31,0:02:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be calm in all situations.\NDon't get overwhelmed."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.38,0:02:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.19,0:02:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have a way of speaking to us\Nabout what they really want to tell us,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.58,0:02:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we have to listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.17,0:03:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.17,0:03:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the father of two grown kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.87,0:03:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're out of school now and in college.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.86,0:03:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when they were at home\Nand they were teenagers,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.56,0:03:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to learn a whole new language.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.41,0:03:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they would come home\Nfrom school, I might ask them:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.04,0:03:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How was your day?"\Nand they would say, "Fine,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.86,0:03:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which usually meant:\N"It was not bad. It was pretty good.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.38,0:03:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing happened eventful.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.16,0:03:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I probably learned something.\NMaybe I didn't."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.03,0:03:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if they came home\Nand said, "Fine," what they meant was:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.34,0:03:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It wasn't really great, but don't ask me,\Nbecause you wouldn't understand anyways."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.72,0:03:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I asked them how their day was\Nand they said "OK,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.40,0:03:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they were trying to tell me was:\N"It wasn't good at at all,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.60,0:03:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you should probably\Nask me more questions,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.13,0:03:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but don't expect me to answer."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.43,0:03:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.73,0:03:59.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kids have their own language;\Nthey have their own way of thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.74,0:04:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They want us to think like them
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.67,0:04:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and understand\Nwhat's inside of their head.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.48,0:04:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have so many ways\Nof thinking that things are great.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.91,0:04:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They want us to see\Ntheir world inside of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.50,0:04:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they don't want us to act like them;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.46,0:04:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they want us to be calm\Nand protect them and keep them safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.75,0:04:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kids have a way of communicating,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.37,0:04:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and adults just haven't spent\Nthe time listening.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.13,0:04:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if we did?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.06,0:04:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we really listen\Ndeeply to students?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.69,0:04:33.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things I noticed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.99,0:04:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after all the years\Nof collecting these responses
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.18,0:04:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that there is patterns that emerge.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.76,0:04:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I asked the question\Nof what makes a good teacher great,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.21,0:04:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oftentimes I heard,\N"A great teacher loves to teach."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.100,0:04:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,70 percent of the time, the quote\Nor the answer that followed was:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.40,0:04:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A great teacher loves to learn."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.60,0:04:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason this is significant\Nis they don't see this happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.98,0:05:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't see teachers\Nlearning in front of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.73,0:05:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They see them teaching,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.43,0:05:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they wish they would learn\Nalong with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.54,0:05:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.55,0:05:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Principals hire teachers\Nto be content experts,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.34,0:05:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have all of the knowledge,\Nnot to be learners.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.28,0:05:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if they did?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.27,0:05:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if you showed up in the classroom,\Nand the teacher had something prepared,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.01,0:05:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,said, "I don't know exactly\Nwhat we're going to do today,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.87,0:05:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I can't wait to learn with you."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.70,0:05:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or that they saw their teacher struggle
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.63,0:05:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through something\Nthey didn't actually know
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.79,0:05:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then eventually discover the answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.40,0:05:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kids want to be inspired by this idea\Nthat learning is important.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.67,0:05:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they don't see it in schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.13,0:05:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[A great teacher isn't a teacher]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.58,0:05:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I saw this quote:\N"A great teacher isn't a teacher,"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.28,0:05:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually was a little bit offended.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.70,0:05:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What do you mean?! I'm a teacher!"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.06,0:05:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're like, "We know."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.04,0:05:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What they were trying to tell me is:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.36,0:06:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a great teacher isn't in the classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.90,0:06:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.19,0:06:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about a time that you have\Nsome enduring understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.26,0:06:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a time when you learned something
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.08,0:06:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you still remember\Nand you use to this day,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.42,0:06:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like throwing a baseball or riding a bike.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.26,0:06:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember learning\Nto ride a bike from my mom
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.45,0:06:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was five years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.74,0:06:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She took off the training\Nwheels of my bike,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.40,0:06:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she got behind me, and began to push.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.98,0:06:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we ran, and we ran,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.73,0:06:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until she finally let go,\Nand I began to ride a bike.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.07,0:06:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what I did;\Nthat's how I learned to ride a bike.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.74,0:06:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can still ride a bike to this day\Nfrom that moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.78,0:06:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But can you imagine if I tried to learn\Nto bike from my mom in a classroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.40,0:06:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it would look like?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.81,0:06:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Copy this\NBike riding 101]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.44,0:06:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.32,0:06:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Son, first, you need to learn\Nall the parts of a bike.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.30,0:06:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's the pedals and the crank,\Nand there's a chain that turns the wheel.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.48,0:07:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to have a significant force;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.70,0:07:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once the force has enough momentum,\Nyou can keep your balance.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.91,0:07:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how a bike works.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.49,0:07:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to learn all the parts,\Nbe able to label them and draw them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.82,0:07:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you're going to learn\Nand write a research paper
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.35,0:07:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the history of bike riding.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.96,0:07:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.71,0:07:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the important elements,\Nthe adventure, the development of bikes.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.46,0:07:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the end of that,\Nyou're going to take a final examination.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.84,0:07:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you pass and get an A,\Nyou can ride a bike.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.22,0:07:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.49,0:07:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At five years old,\NI think I would've said,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.17,0:07:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Never mind, I'll just walk."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.84,0:07:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.78,0:07:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is exactly what we do to children.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.96,0:07:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We put them in a classroom and tell them,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.52,0:07:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is what I want you to learn.\NIt's important. Do it."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.90,0:07:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And kids know that it's not true,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.62,0:07:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we don't really value\Nlearning this way.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.54,0:07:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So no wonder they're disruptive,\Nor bored, or disengaged.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.29,0:08:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kids want us to be teachers\Nthat aren't teachers.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.55,0:08:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to tell you a story about Yvette.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.43,0:08:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A great teacher understands\Nthat they have a life outside of school."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.64,0:08:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They really do.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.46,0:08:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They want us to know\Nthat their life in school
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.83,0:08:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is way more different\Nthan the life outside of school.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.05,0:08:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just thought, "Well,\Nhow hard is your life?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.74,0:08:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your job is to do school;\Nmy job is to teach."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.99,0:08:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yvette was a tough student,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.50,0:08:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was feisty, and she had\Nan infamous reputation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.78,0:08:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She walked around\Nwith a jacket to prove it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.17,0:08:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whenever she walked around,\Nthe kids would follow.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.24,0:08:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would come in and sit\Nin the front row and lean
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.95,0:08:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just so that she can have\Neye contact to intimidate me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.60,0:08:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would call me "mister"\Nand not even use my full name.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.43,0:08:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When she'd get up to go to the bathroom,\Nall the girls would follow.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.83,0:09:01.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eventually, I learnt from Yvette\Nwhat she needed to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.40,0:09:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought I became\Npretty good at what I was doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.48,0:09:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I noticed one day, she stopped\Nturning in her homework.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.98,0:09:11.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had become a great leader\Nin the classroom:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.27,0:09:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she turned in her homework,\Nshe participated in class;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.27,0:09:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she actually was quite good.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.00,0:09:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when this happened,\NI was surprised.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.62,0:09:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went up to her and said,\N"Yvette, I'm very disappointed in you."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.49,0:09:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "I know mister; I'm sorry."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.54,0:09:32.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I expect it turned in tomorrow."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.25,0:09:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tomorrow came, and just a few sheets\Nof unfinished work were turned in.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.63,0:09:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also went up to her and said,\N"Yvette, this is disappointing."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.29,0:09:48.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "I normally do\Nmy homework in the bathroom
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.100,0:09:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's the quietest\Nplace in my house,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.22,0:09:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this week the electricity\Nwas turned off, and it's dark in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.47,0:10:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a candle, but it burned out.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.30,0:10:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm sorry."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.43,0:10:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She gazed down, not her prideful self.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.81,0:10:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had missed the point.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.78,0:10:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had not listened when she said,\N"I'm trying, mister."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.27,0:10:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard the words, but I didn't listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.38,0:10:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Great teachers notice\Nwhen there's a struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.82,0:10:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't make assumptions\Nabout what kids can and cannot do.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.91,0:10:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wait and watch,\Nand they rescue them when they're stuck.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.60,0:10:33.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good teachers hear them,\Nbut they don't listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.01,0:10:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll never forget Yvette,\Nand I'm grateful
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.76,0:10:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because whenever I see\Nan answer of a student like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.38,0:10:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember her, and I listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.95,0:10:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[A great teacher sings]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.14,0:10:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the most perplexing answer\NI think I ever received.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.00,0:10:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It happened every year for ten years;\Nat least one student would put this.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.70,0:10:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A great teacher sings."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.84,0:11:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are they talking about?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.61,0:11:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't sing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.14,0:11:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I started thinking,\N"Wait a second. What do they mean?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.92,0:11:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't until Danny turned it in\Nas one of his responses.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.53,0:11:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was the class clown.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.74,0:11:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know he was the one\Nthat when we took the class picture,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.55,0:11:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he put ear fingers behind your head.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.27,0:11:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would make faces\Nat me during lectures
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.30,0:11:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I would laugh.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.67,0:11:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything was a joke to Danny.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.27,0:11:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when he turned in his responses,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.40,0:11:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were all serious\Nand actually really good,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.00,0:11:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was surprised when this\Nshowed up in the middle.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.16,0:11:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I knew there was something to it;\NI just didn't know what.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.56,0:11:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the next day,\NI put the agenda on the board,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.99,0:11:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listing all the activities of the day,\Nthe expectations, and the homework.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.13,0:11:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And instead of actually reading them,\Nvery seriously, I sang,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.52,0:11:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.79,0:11:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an operatic style, big as I could.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.97,0:12:02.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The eyes of the students were wide,\Ntheir mouths dropped.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.24,0:12:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.63,0:12:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what happened\Nat the end of that?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.40,0:12:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I expected pointing and laughing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.98,0:12:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the classroom erupted\Nin cheers and applause.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.50,0:12:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a standing ovation.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.25,0:12:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could not believe it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.28,0:12:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of class, they walked out,\Ngave me high fives and handshakes,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.92,0:12:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here came Danny.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.60,0:12:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He walked in, and he leaned in,\Nand patted me on the shoulder, and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.42,0:12:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I told you a great teacher sings."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.50,0:12:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.20,0:12:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.16,0:12:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Great teachers make themselves\Nhumble before their students.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.38,0:12:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They take risks.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.57,0:12:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They put aside their fear to try.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.85,0:12:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They trust that they are going\Nto be supported if they fail.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.65,0:13:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they don't see this;\Nthey see experts, remember?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.10,0:13:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Content experts.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.26,0:13:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we hire teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.31,0:13:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to be deep understanders\Nof content, knowledge keepers,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.56,0:13:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but deep understanders of students?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.20,0:13:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How our schools\Nwould change and transform?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.04,0:13:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's no wonder students don't care\Nor that teachers don't really listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.92,0:13:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they have never been taught.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.34,0:13:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if we did listen?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.41,0:13:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, we spend three years\Nof a student's life,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.61,0:13:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teaching students to read.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.92,0:13:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About 12 years of those students' lives,\Nteaching them to write.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.41,0:13:43.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe if they're lucky,\Nthey get a semester or half a year
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.37,0:13:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning to public speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.15,0:13:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they get virtual zero years\Nof formal listening instruction.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.25,0:13:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zero.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.62,0:13:57.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.37,0:13:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When was the last time\Nyou were at a dinner party,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.71,0:14:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and someone asked a question:\N"So what do you do for a living?"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.18,0:14:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the response was,\N"Oh, I'm a listening teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.40,0:14:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I teach advanced listening\Nat the high school events,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.42,0:14:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listening communications,\Nor beginning listener for elementary?"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.70,0:14:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't hear this.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.45,0:14:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we just don't believe\Nthat in schools it's important,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.65,0:14:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.66,0:14:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listening is one of the number one skills\Nessential for business and life.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.16,0:14:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we just don't teach it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.68,0:14:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to listen to our students.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.95,0:14:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our classrooms are the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.59,0:14:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Maya Angelous, the Mother Theresas,\Nthe Elon Musks of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.17,0:14:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And can you imagine\N
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.91,0:14:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we took the time to ask those students,\N"What would make a good teacher great?"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.69,0:14:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we actually listened,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.98,0:14:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could transform schools and education.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.09,0:14:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.39,0:15:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)