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Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.12,0:00:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Assalamualaikum!\NGood morning everyone!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.91,0:00:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks for inviting me here today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.26,0:00:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of great speakers have spoken \Nbefore this as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.28,0:00:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Dzameer Dzulkifli and I am
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.77,0:00:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The co-founder and managing director \Nof Teach for Malaysia.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.69,0:00:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today I'll be talking to you guys \Nabout Teach for Malaysia,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.34,0:00:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and specifically, a program \Nwe are doing, which is
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.19,0:00:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Empower to Empower.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.67,0:00:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is this actually?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.77,0:00:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is actually an education?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.68,0:00:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For us in Teach for Malaysia, \Nwe believe excellent education
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.38,0:00:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Malaysia is where all children
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.30,0:00:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are empowered to be leaders \Nof their own learning,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.15,0:00:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their future, \Nand the nation's future.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.56,0:00:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what empowerment means:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.92,0:00:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the choice to do \Nwhatever you want,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.70,0:01:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wherever you want, \Nand not being afraid
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.29,0:01:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being told that \Nyou cannot do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.33,0:01:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here are some stats for Malaysia:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.07,0:01:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,44% of 14-year-olds in Malaysia \Ndo not meet minimum
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.35,0:01:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,international literacy \Nproficiency levels.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.77,0:01:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,60% do not meet \Nnumeracy proficiency levels.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.60,0:01:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 out of 5 of Malaysians\Ndo not complete
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.43,0:01:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their secondary school education.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.47,0:01:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the stats.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.40,0:01:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does it look in real life?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.72,0:01:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you feel this and see this \Nin the classrooms in Malaysia?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.98,0:01:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got a short video here that I \Nwould like to share with you guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.29,0:01:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Rakis
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.89,0:02:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I...old...old...old
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.79,0:02:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You try to read this. \NJust try only
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.98,0:02:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,, ...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.40,0:02:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.04,0:02:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I...wit...to be...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.43,0:02:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.33,0:02:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Totally do not understand?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.40,0:02:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, never mind.\NI'll ask you another question
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.42,0:02:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just give it a try.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.96,0:02:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One two three four five \Nsix seven eight nine ten
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.22,0:02:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eleven...twelve... I don't knoooow
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.72,0:02:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After twelve you don't know?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.11,0:02:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Jayalatumi.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.22,0:03:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I old is twenty... \Ntwenty years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.25,0:03:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twenty years old?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.34,0:03:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we pronounce 13 \Nin English?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.88,0:03:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twenteen years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.35,0:03:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirteen.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.41,0:03:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirteen years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.95,0:03:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, Jaya. \NCan you please read this for me?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.57,0:03:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.43,0:03:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.08,0:03:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You try?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.93,0:03:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.31,0:03:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are some of the kids \Nin Malaysia
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.14,0:03:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have been going through \Nthe education system
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.07,0:03:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so struggled.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.68,0:03:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their background often limits \Ntheir opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.82,0:03:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not they lack the ability.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.52,0:03:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I personally was very shocked once,\Nwhen I visited the classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.97,0:03:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went into a Form 2 \NGeography classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.02,0:03:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was an excercise going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.61,0:03:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the boys and girls \Nwere active in the class,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.77,0:03:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except for one of the boys, \Nwho was at the back,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.20,0:03:56.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sitting very quietly, \Nlooking down.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.63,0:03:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I asked him, \NWhat's up? What's going on?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.24,0:04:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kenapa berdiri di sini? \N(Why do you stand here?)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.84,0:04:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ada masalah tak? \N(Are you ok?)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.92,0:04:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Boleh saya tolong? \N(Do you need any help?)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.13,0:04:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he said:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.96,0:04:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cikgu saya tak tahu baca \N(Sir, I dont know how to read).
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.03,0:04:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was a Malay boy \Nwho could not read
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.91,0:04:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Malay Geography class
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.81,0:04:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that really shocked me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.24,0:04:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't the usual challenge, one\Nof a SJK (C) or SJK (T) challenges,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.48,0:04:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this was in his own language,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.40,0:04:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his mother tongue language,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.35,0:04:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he could not read.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.43,0:04:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you cannot read, you don't have \Naccess to the information.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.45,0:04:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are what the stats \Ndon't tell us about
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.91,0:04:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living in low-income \Ncommunities, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.17,0:04:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kids at the age of...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.90,0:04:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes even at the age of eight
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.06,0:04:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to start working for \Ntheir families.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.72,0:04:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't have any role models \Ngrowing up...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.01,0:04:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The university or the creative arts \Nor starting up barbershops as well
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.72,0:04:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't have the role model\Nand programs like JOHO are amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.21,0:04:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They did not pass UPSR and this has \Ncreated self-defeated attitude.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.41,0:04:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one has actually told them \N"You can succeed!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.69,0:04:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You can progress!" \N"You can be amazing!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.18,0:05:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is what the kids really need:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.00,0:05:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sense of hope and motivation.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.66,0:05:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So given all the challenges that we have \Nseen in the education stats,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.33,0:05:10.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what does the little organization \Nlike Teach for Malaysia want to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.67,0:05:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We believe that talent is at the key \Nin any successful organization
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.16,0:05:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more importantly in the \Neducation system.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.09,0:05:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you attract top graduates and \Nyoung professionals
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.38,0:05:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have never been considered \Nthe career of teaching
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.08,0:05:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they have been told \Nto be doctors, lawyers, engineers,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.91,0:05:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe startups founders \Nor now-a-days bankers and consultants,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.68,0:05:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is going to pass down the \Ncivilization to the next generation?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.46,0:05:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teach for Malaysia is going out there \Nto recruit top graduates to teach
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.82,0:05:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as full time teachers in underprivileged \Nschools for two years.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.94,0:05:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During that two years,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.30,0:05:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they all make an impact on the students,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.70,0:05:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but more importantly \Nthey understand what challenges
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.89,0:05:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,faced by the students and how to \Nremove those barriers in a long run.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.71,0:05:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can decide to stay in the \Neducation system
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.85,0:06:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they can decide to leave,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.55,0:06:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there will be always an alumni movement \Ndedicated towards systematic change.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.50,0:06:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only pushing the boundary of \None kid at a time,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.51,0:06:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but pushing all of Malaysia \Nforward, simultaneously.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.83,0:06:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I am going to show you a video \Nabout one of our fellows
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.59,0:06:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sharing a short reflection.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.22,0:06:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You met Jaya earlier on. \NShe's been talking about
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.83,0:06:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how she worked with Jaya for \Ntwo years in her fellowship
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.41,0:06:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on top of being a full time teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.55,0:06:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she did after school classes \Nwith Jaya as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.07,0:06:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my first year of teaching, \NI had a student named Jaya.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.75,0:06:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was thirteen years old when \NI first met her.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.20,0:06:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she was at Form 1 and what \Nreally strucked me with Jaya was
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.02,0:06:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She could not write and read at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.71,0:07:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She knew the alphabet, but \Nshe did not know how it sounded.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.28,0:07:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I offered to give her extra \Nclasses after school
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.69,0:07:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she took them up.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.99,0:07:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she will come to my house \Nevery day after school.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.12,0:07:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will go through all \Nthe books together.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.37,0:07:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we started at Peter and Jane \Nthis was at Level 1A.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.12,0:07:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I realized that she could not \Nread the first word in the book,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.21,0:07:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was Peter.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.46,0:07:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We started from there and \Nit was the level she began with
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.44,0:07:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we moved from there to \Nfew different levels as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.23,0:07:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So after four months,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.91,0:07:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she could finally finish \Nreading book 1A Peter and Jane
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.88,0:07:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she asked me if she could \Nbring her entire family along
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.47,0:07:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the reading session.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.54,0:07:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Erm, I said sure.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.06,0:07:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she brought her family along \Nand I realized that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.48,0:07:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her entire family could not read.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.68,0:07:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she has a brother \Nwho is 16 years old at this point
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.19,0:07:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he could not read as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.82,0:07:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was really shocked me \Nafter seeing all that was
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.34,0:07:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the moment when I saw her at book 3A.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.92,0:07:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was at 3A at this point, but
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.52,0:07:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was confidently reading to \Nher sister and her brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.24,0:07:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she was telling them \Nhow to pronounce certain words.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.46,0:07:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at that moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.99,0:07:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that I was not just \Nteaching her,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.48,0:08:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I empowered her to teach \Nher entire family as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.24,0:08:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is a ripple effect:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.13,0:08:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One teacher impacts one student \None bit in a time, and
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.03,0:08:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it impacts the whole family.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.70,0:08:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is what we are looking for
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.69,0:08:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so far, in the past 5 years
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.17,0:08:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teach for Malaysia has recruited \N253 fellows to be part of this program.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.52,0:08:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,31 of them are actually \Nbased in Pasir Gudang, Johor.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.80,0:08:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 22 schools not too far away \Nfrom Johor Bahru
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.23,0:08:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also Sungai Segget
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.23,0:08:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I just learn a lot about.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.99,0:08:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are here... I mean...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.68,0:08:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll be placed in an underprivileged school,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.50,0:08:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,low-income communities, \Nindustrial communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.51,0:08:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we want to be working with \Nall sorts of like players and stakeholders in Johor
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.39,0:08:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help these kids to see \Na different future for themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.19,0:08:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They need the exposure and
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.20,0:08:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most memorable line I had \Nthat a fellow told me
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.94,0:08:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they said,\NDzameer in the end of the day
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.82,0:08:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are just the routers.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.32,0:08:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We take the kids and\Nshow them the outside world
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.44,0:08:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we get the outside world\Nand we show them to the kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.49,0:09:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once the kids see that there \Nis already a natural spark in them
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.91,0:09:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that continues to glow.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.85,0:09:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now what happened after two years Dzameer?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.60,0:09:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can you do in two years, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.05,0:09:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can you do with 250 people?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.83,0:09:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So far, 150 fellows have completed \Ntheir two years
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.80,0:09:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is where the real magic of \NTeach for Malaysia happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.72,0:09:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens here is that \Nthey decide what to do the next
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.77,0:09:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and out of these 150 \Naround 45 of them
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.54,0:09:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are in the education sector
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.28,0:09:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they continue to be a full-time teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.54,0:09:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with MOE (Ministry of Education) \Nas a civil servants.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.84,0:09:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About another 40% are in the social sector \Nor education sector
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.60,0:09:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then another 30% \Nis in the private sector,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.13,0:09:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,places like Shell, CIMB, \NBank Negara, McKinsey, etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.09,0:09:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what they are going to \Ndo as a group?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.68,0:09:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here're a few examples.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.65,0:09:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,5 of them that remains as teachers \Ndemonstrated such great leadership
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.03,0:10:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they influenced their principals
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.25,0:10:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to start up an Innovative \NSchool Transformation Project,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.67,0:10:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Trust School Program.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.98,0:10:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are teaching and training \Nalmost 80 to 120 other teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.03,0:10:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that impact another 1000 students.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.68,0:10:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is only on the third or \Nfourth year of teaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.47,0:10:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them decided then \Nthat the classroom and
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.11,0:10:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the school environment is not for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.44,0:10:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wanted to start an after \Nschool program.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.34,0:10:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the after school program\Nis really pushing kids
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.54,0:10:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there is no curriculum
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.16,0:10:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is only problem \Nplus programming.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.29,0:10:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when they did this,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.82,0:10:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were so successful that they are \Ntaking kids from low-income communities
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.24,0:10:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were even challenging \Nthe Sekolah Berasrama Penuh
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.05,0:10:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the International School kids
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.27,0:10:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and programming and \Ncoding challenges
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.14,0:10:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were winning awards.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.20,0:10:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then spotted them\Nand telling them that
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.26,0:10:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey we have been thinking about
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.86,0:10:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rewriting the computer and \Nscience curriculum
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.08,0:10:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can you come help us do it?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.63,0:10:57.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You understand the system,\Nyou understand the computer science,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.99,0:10:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's do it together!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.17,0:11:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so they appointed them to rewrite
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.96,0:11:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the computer science curriculum
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.22,0:11:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as train 22 other pilot \Nschools to run this program.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.23,0:11:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another group of alumni said,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.61,0:11:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I have been teaching in classroom
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.23,0:11:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the most things that I struggle\Nwith is without resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.28,0:11:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have exciting book, \NI don't have exciting resources,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.62,0:11:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't take my kids for trip,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.85,0:11:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is so difficult...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.69,0:11:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we are going to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.58,0:11:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's start a crowd-funding platform \Nfor teachers.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.93,0:11:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just for Teach for Malaysia fellows
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.54,0:11:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but every teacher can sign up a program and fundraise.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.03,0:11:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so far they have raised \Nmore than 380000 MYR
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.01,0:11:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for different projects around schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.93,0:11:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is only with Alumni
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.18,0:11:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with in the third fourth to fifth year \Nof the program experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.20,0:11:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the next twenty or thirty years,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.12,0:11:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fact Teach for America,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.63,0:11:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teach for Malaysia is part of \Nthe global network
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.30,0:11:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called Teach for All
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.23,0:11:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Teach for America is one of \Nthe oldest partners there
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.41,0:11:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you have even \Nthe Minister of Education
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.92,0:11:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as the Head of the IRS
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.94,0:12:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a Teach for America alumni or \Nis a Teach for America alumni.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.05,0:12:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I just heard about a story that
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.71,0:12:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of them was even a fireman, \Nand if there is a fire in the school
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.08,0:12:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know you will be getting there first.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.14,0:12:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it takes everybody, it takes a village \Nto raise a child in that sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.06,0:12:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am going to leave you again
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.89,0:12:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talking about this thought how the empowerment \Nhas such a strong ripple effect.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.33,0:12:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You heard about Suet Lee teaching Jaya
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.65,0:12:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who then impacted her \N16 years old brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.20,0:12:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am going to leave you \Nwith one video to thank the teachers,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.69,0:12:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also to see how Suet Lee's little brother \NJason also became a fellow.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.39,0:16:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The amount of joy
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.26,0:16:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,satisfaction enjoyment
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.72,0:16:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audiences clapped)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.16,0:16:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also wish that I had a teacher \Nlike Ms. D or Jason as well
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.91,0:16:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know many of you do
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.67,0:16:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so as I leave today \NI just want to ask you
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.08,0:16:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who was that teacher that \Nleft a spark in you?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.05,0:16:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should tell them and thank them \Nwhile they are still around.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.91,0:16:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you want to empower a kid \Nor kids in Malaysia
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.83,0:16:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would you say to them?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.54,0:16:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Empower to empower.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.76,0:16:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.