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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.27,0:00:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm here tonight to share my sincere hope\Nfor your complete and utter failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.54,0:00:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to fail,\Nand I want you to fail.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.21,0:00:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the back row\N- I didn't forget about you -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.60,0:00:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to fail as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.04,0:00:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want everyone here tonight to fail.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.74,0:00:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, as a dad\Nand an elementary school principal,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.80,0:00:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish for the same thing\Nfor all my kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.50,0:00:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I not only hope that they fail,\NI encourage them to do so.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.31,0:00:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason for this is simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.12,0:00:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that the way\Nsociety views failures
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.29,0:00:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be totally and completely wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.79,0:00:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most people, they view failure as final,\Nas a conclusion,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.86,0:00:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a reflection of who and what they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.27,0:00:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a word, for most people,\Nthey think failure sucks.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.53,0:00:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not their fault.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.06,0:01:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've had this drilled into our heads\Nfrom our earliest days in school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.51,0:01:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you might remember
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.04,0:01:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the time you came home\Nfrom kindergarten without a sticker
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.76,0:01:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you didn't master your ABCs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.84,0:01:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe it was an F\Nthat you got on a homework assignment,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.79,0:01:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or possibly a below-average score\Non a standardized test.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.97,0:01:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Failure has been seen as frightening,\Nand worst of all, defining.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.74,0:01:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My position is these attitudes are sending\Ndangerous and destructive message
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.74,0:01:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that tells that the failure is bad,\Nand that we should avoid it at all cost.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.79,0:01:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm here to tell you\Nthat message is wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.07,0:01:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our views of failure\Nare all wrong as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.28,0:01:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, history is filled\Nwith famous failures,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.80,0:01:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the student whose teacher said
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.27,0:01:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was too stupid to learn anything,\NThomas Edison,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.93,0:01:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the newspaper man\Nwho was fired by his editor
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.53,0:01:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he lacked imagination\Nand had no good ideas, Walt Disney.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.98,0:01:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, this gentleman,\Nperhaps the most famous failure of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.75,0:01:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was defeated when he ran\Nfor state legislature, failed at business,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.75,0:02:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was defeated when he ran for Congress,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.84,0:02:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and defeated twice\Nwhen he ran for U.S. Senate,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.04,0:02:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but who overcame all that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.27,0:02:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change the world\Nas our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.74,0:02:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, of course, not all failures\Ncan be this famous.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.75,0:02:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I failed many times in my life,\Nand I bet if I ask each of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.07,0:02:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would have your own story to tell.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.25,0:02:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The story I'll tell you here tonight\Ncomes from my own education.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.30,0:02:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, I breezed through elementary\Nand middle school, earning only As and Bs,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.79,0:02:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always thought of as one\Nof the smartest kids in my grade.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.78,0:02:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I hit high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.31,0:02:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can remember specifically\NMr. Malone's calculus class
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.78,0:02:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's when I earned my first C,\Nand then the Ds and the Fs followed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.47,0:02:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hadn't learned how to struggle\Nwith school work,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.81,0:02:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or really anything at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.52,0:02:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I started to pull away from the area\Nwhere I had previously excelled.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.56,0:02:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did finish high school,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.06,0:02:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I went on to Montclair State College\Nin New Jersey,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.12,0:02:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I promptly quit after one month.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.25,0:02:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorry mum and dad. Love you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.71,0:02:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't want\Nto be associated with something
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.82,0:02:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made me feel worthless.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.01,0:03:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took eleven years of soul-searching,\Nbad decisions, and lots of struggle
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.40,0:03:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before I earned\Nmy elementary education degree
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.78,0:03:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ended up doing something
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.14,0:03:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm passionate about\Neach and every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.24,0:03:12.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took those years of failure\Nto pave the way for my success.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.78,0:03:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I don't want our children\Nto wait that long.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.24,0:03:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because these examples,\Nthe famous and the not so famous,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.47,0:03:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they teach us that there's no reason\Nto fear failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.29,0:03:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not a character trait;\Nit's an event.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.25,0:03:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not an end; it's an opportunity\Nto learn, explore and improve.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.52,0:03:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most importantly,\Nit's not the opposite of success,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.10,0:03:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as most people believe;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.54,0:03:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is a key component of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.77,0:03:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being able to fight through,\Npick yourself up
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.06,0:03:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get yourself back on track\Nin and of itself is success.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.05,0:03:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we must teach this to our children.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.51,0:03:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I believe, out of all the things
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.47,0:03:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should be teaching\Nin our schools right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.66,0:03:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most important thing of all\Nis teaching our children how to fail,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.75,0:03:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showing them\Nthere's nothing wrong with failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.06,0:04:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know that famous phrase\Nabout death and taxes?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.52,0:04:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's all wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.99,0:04:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are not the only certainties in life;\Nfailure is also a certainty.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.29,0:04:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every single one of us will fail,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.34,0:04:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but being able to accept it,\Nlearn from it, and move on
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.35,0:04:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the life lesson\Nthat each of us must learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.06,0:04:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're never too young to start.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.44,0:04:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, encouraging\Nand embracing failure
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.54,0:04:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the single most important change\Nthat we need in education today.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.74,0:04:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens in schools\Nis previous failures,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.81,0:04:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they add up to doom\Na student to fail again.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.29,0:04:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or even worse, to get it lodged in here
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.25,0:04:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they're even afraid\Nto try again tomorrow,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.79,0:04:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what a shame that is,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.04,0:04:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the lost opportunities\Nbecause people felt labeled as failures.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.78,0:04:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But just imagine if schools started\Nteaching failure for what it really is,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.22,0:04:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a stop along the road of success,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.78,0:04:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a moment to pause, rethink and re-imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.73,0:04:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or how about this one?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.05,0:04:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An event exploding with opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.29,0:04:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to acquire knowledge,\Ndeepen understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.01,0:05:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to emotionally and intellectually\Nprepare for life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.29,0:05:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you like the sound of that one?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.12,0:05:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It happens to be the definition\Nof the word "education".
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.15,0:05:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what I’m saying to you tonight
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.93,0:05:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that education and failure\Nare synonymous.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.53,0:05:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we accept that as true,\Nschools have an unbelievable opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.25,0:05:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not only change what happens\Nwithin their own walls,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.06,0:05:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to spill out into society\Nand affect change within all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.06,0:05:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So tonight I am advocating\Nfor the express inclusion of failure
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.06,0:05:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into all schools curriculum\Nat each and every level.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.77,0:05:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what does that look like?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.56,0:05:32.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not as if I'm asking my teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.51,0:05:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give a test or material\Nthey haven't covered yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.04,0:05:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are ways\Nwe can intensely provide
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.16,0:05:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experiences for our students,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.71,0:05:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to both know and grow from failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.23,0:05:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me give you an example of a person\Nwhom I think is on a right track.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.77,0:05:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His name is Edward Burger.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.19,0:05:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a professor of mathematics\Nat Williams College.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.70,0:05:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Professor Burger tells his students
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.47,0:05:53.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if they want to earn an A,\Nthey must fail regularly,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.83,0:05:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he bases 5% of the final grade\Non the quality of their failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.74,0:06:03.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They must disclose, accept, discuss,\Nand reflect upon each failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.49,0:06:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love this practice because it encourages\Ncreativity and risk-taking.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.32,0:06:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And don't we need more of both of those\Nin the world in which we live in today?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.80,0:06:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This world is aching\Nfor innovators and innovations.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.58,0:06:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I think along those lines,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.11,0:06:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think about some aspects of our world
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.01,0:06:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that wouldn't be here\Nwithout some form of failure,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.96,0:06:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the engineer at 3M, who was trying\Nto create a super strong adhesive,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.53,0:06:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but instead got just the opposite,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.58,0:06:32.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an adhesive that barely stuck\Nand could easily be lifted off,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.100,0:06:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and post-it notes were born.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.99,0:06:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or Alexander Fleming, who was working\Nin his lab one night,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.82,0:06:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and before he left,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.98,0:06:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he forgot to properly clean\Nthe bacteria that filled Petri dishes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.81,0:06:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He left town and in return,\Nhe noticed there was mold
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.53,0:06:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was blocking\Nthe growth of the bacteria,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.82,0:06:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thereby discovered penicillin.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.97,0:06:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or how about Willson Greatbatch?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.79,0:06:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was trying to create\Na heart rhythm recording device
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.37,0:06:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he pulled the wrong part\Nout of a box of equipment.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.27,0:06:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he plugged it in a circuit,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.77,0:07:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he noticed he had created a sound
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.55,0:07:02.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was remarkably similar\Nto a heartbeat,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.100,0:07:04.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the pacemaker was invented.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.100,0:07:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, more than half a million pacemakers\Nare implanted each and every year.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.04,0:07:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not bad for a mistake.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.26,0:07:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I think along these lines,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.79,0:07:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish I could snap my fingers
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.23,0:07:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make the view of failure change\Nin all of our minds just like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.58,0:07:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I know we have to start small.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.27,0:07:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me give you an example from my school
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.24,0:07:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I hope illustrates this approach.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.19,0:07:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was our first school-wide STEM day,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.25,0:07:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the boys and girls in this\N4th-grade class I'll tell you about,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.40,0:07:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were trying to build a zip line\Nthat would drop a marble onto a target
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.92,0:07:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using a paper cup, paper clips,\Ntape and string.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.30,0:07:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I watched as the boys and girls\Nbuilt their contraptions,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.27,0:07:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after each miss,\Nthey would huddle together,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.52,0:07:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make a change or two,\Nand then try again.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.78,0:07:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Sofia's group failed\Nfor the fourth time,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.26,0:07:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she turned to me and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.76,0:07:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mr. Peters, hashtag,\Nthe struggle is real."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.78,0:07:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.24,0:07:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love that sentiment because it shows me
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.01,0:07:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Sofie and her classmates were never\Nat the end of a failed experiment.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.01,0:08:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather, they went in the midst\Nof ongoing struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.68,0:08:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They never felt defeated or demeaned\Nbecause they couldn't hit their target.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.28,0:08:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were motivated and inspired\Nto keep on going with the challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.75,0:08:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to be at the forefront
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.19,0:08:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of creating these types of opportunities\Nfor our students.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.94,0:08:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sooner they experience\Nand learn from their own failures,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.81,0:08:17.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sooner we will have students
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.95,0:08:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and individuals capable of overcoming\Nany obstacle in their way
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.26,0:08:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and handling any adversity\Nthat's thrown in front of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.26,0:08:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish I had a classic\NHollywood happy ending for you
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.04,0:08:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about Sofia and her group's efforts,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.16,0:08:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's just not the case.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.04,0:08:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Try as they might, they just couldn't hit\Nthat red and white target.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.83,0:08:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lost track of time,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.10,0:08:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lost track of how many attempts\Nthey made that day,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.71,0:08:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and through it all, they didn't approach\Nanything near success.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.75,0:08:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By every accepted definition,\Nthey had failed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.25,0:08:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, there is hope,\Nbecause before I left class that day,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.74,0:08:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I watched as Sofia and her group\Napproached their teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.46,0:08:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,begging to give up\Nthe recess time the next day.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.50,0:08:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These boys and girls were willing\Nto give up their own free time
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.69,0:08:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give the challenge another shot.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.39,0:09:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that's not the definition of success,\Nthen I don't know what is.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.75,0:09:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many ways that we can provide
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.62,0:09:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these types of opportunities\Nfor our students,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.80,0:09:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the most important aspect of all\Nis the attitude with which we,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.51,0:09:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the adults and the educators\Napproach failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.14,0:09:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At my school, I talk to my teachers\Nabout this concept,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.08,0:09:19.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask them to go back to the class,\Nand to celebrate, share, and learn
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.55,0:09:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from their failures\Nand their students' failures.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.13,0:09:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our teachers and students need\Nthe freedom to be fearless risk-takers.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.09,0:09:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too often, needed change in schools,\Nit's hampered by a lack of money,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.57,0:09:34.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supplies and resources\Nthat are not always easily accessible.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.67,0:09:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this change\Ndoesn't require any of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.06,0:09:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It simply requires to change\Nboth here and here,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.50,0:09:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how you think\Nand how you feel about failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.91,0:09:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other great thing\Nabout this change is that,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.33,0:09:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while we can celebrate failure\Non a STEM day,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.67,0:09:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't matter\Nif you're in a 3rd-grade math class,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.21,0:09:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a high-school history class,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.73,0:09:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or at master's level course\Nat the university,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.90,0:09:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,failure can and must be celebrated,\Nlearned from, shared
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.56,0:10:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each and every day\Nin each and every class.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.23,0:10:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we start thinking along those lines.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.38,0:10:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to start incorporating\Nthe word "yet" into our vocabulary,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.67,0:10:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both with our students and with ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.88,0:10:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with their goals and with our goals,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.97,0:10:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as in, "You did not meet\Nthat objective yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.94,0:10:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but with effort and analysis,\Nthought and commitment,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.02,0:10:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can overcome any obstacle\Nand ultimately find success."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.23,0:10:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish I could stand up in front of you
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.15,0:10:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say, "I really hope for your success,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.79,0:10:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want to hand the world off to you."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.98,0:10:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's just not the case,\Nbecause I want you to know struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.77,0:10:35.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to experience the frustration\Nof not solving your problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.100,0:10:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or creating your idea on the first try,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.29,0:10:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the second try,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.80,0:10:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even the fourteenth try.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.12,0:10:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want each and every one of you to fail.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.51,0:10:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fail magnificently. Fail spectacularly.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.27,0:10:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fail gloriously,\Nmind-blowingly, amazingly.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.27,0:10:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Failure is not only an option;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.26,0:10:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,failure is a necessity\Nso that you may succeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.67,0:11:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.68,0:11:01.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)