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Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.29,0:00:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent at least 30 years of my life
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.62,0:00:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traveling the world
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.98,0:00:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to study and search out\Nsuccessful educational experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.68,0:00:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I could bring back\Nto inspire Brazilian education
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.93,0:00:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to attempt to answer
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.63,0:00:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some very fundamental questions\Nthat we must confront
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.37,0:00:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change the very negative relationship\Nour students have with their studies.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.41,0:00:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother had a problem\Nduring my delivery,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.01,0:00:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because of that, I had cerebral palsy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.17,0:01:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The doctors informed my parents\Nthey should be prepared
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.91,0:01:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I would have\Na very challenging life:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.63,0:01:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was likely to have difficulty\Nspeaking and hearing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.76,0:01:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would certainly have\Nlearning disabilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.39,0:01:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other problems, my parents\Nwould have to help the doctors discover.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.36,0:01:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when it came time for me to walk,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.84,0:01:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my parents discovered that I had\Na severe problem in my lower limbs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.68,0:01:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to undergo a series of surgeries
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.13,0:01:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spent the first part of my childhood\Nin between procedures.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.95,0:01:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of that,\NI couldn't attend kindergarten,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.51,0:01:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I entered the first grade\Nafter the school year had started.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.02,0:01:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that time,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.60,0:01:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the doctors and my parents realized
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.10,0:01:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my speech and hearing\Nhadn't been affected.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.13,0:01:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started studying -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.24,0:01:58.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thanks to great effort from my parents\Nto get a school to accept me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.92,0:02:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first school said,\N"No, she won't be able to keep up."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.25,0:02:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents went to the next school
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.30,0:02:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and promised they would help\Nwith whatever was necessary
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.52,0:02:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the school accepted me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.96,0:02:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then two things happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.40,0:02:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, I was passionate about school
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.85,0:02:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I loved going to class.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.18,0:02:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And second, to everybody's surprise,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.60,0:02:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I quickly closed the gap\Nbetween me and the other students,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.54,0:02:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those who had gone to kindergarten
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.93,0:02:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those who had started\Nat the beginning of the school year.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.40,0:02:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From that point on, I was always\Nthe best student in class.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.68,0:02:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided that I wanted to follow\Na career in education
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.99,0:02:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I really wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.26,0:02:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give back to education\Nthe opportunity it had given me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.85,0:02:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided that I would study literature
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.72,0:02:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I always loved grammar,\Nthe Portuguese language, and literature.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.39,0:03:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the middle of my journey\Nthrough elementary school,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.96,0:03:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the teacher called my father\Nwhen I'd got to fifth grade,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.17,0:03:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said that I had a knack\Nfor learning English,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.24,0:03:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he asked if anyone at home\Nwas helping me with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.20,0:03:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father was a bricklayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.81,0:03:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mother was a housewife,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.67,0:03:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and English had never been\Nanywhere near our home.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.48,0:03:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When my father heard this from the school,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.50,0:03:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he sought out different language programs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.20,0:03:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until he found a school\Nthat accepted his proposal,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.56,0:03:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to trade his maintenance services\Nin return with English classes for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.27,0:03:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the only way he could afford it -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.26,0:03:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with his own work.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.17,0:03:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks to that,\Nwhen I entered college at 17,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.45,0:03:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I already spoke English.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.33,0:03:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I finished college,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.84,0:03:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was granted a scholarship\Nto do a specialization in England.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.78,0:03:57.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I came back to Brazil,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.37,0:04:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I worked at coordinating\Nsome language-teaching units
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.67,0:04:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was invited to grade master's\Nand doctorate papers of English students
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.03,0:04:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at one of the first Brazilian universities\Nto have access to high-speed internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.08,0:04:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I saw the internet at the university\Nand the computer in the school,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.26,0:04:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had an idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.52,0:04:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I brought these technologies together\Nto help improve language instruction,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.30,0:04:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowing more students to learn English.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.80,0:04:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This generated news articles\Nin two big newspapers
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.22,0:04:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from different Brazilian states.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.38,0:04:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these articles\Nled to an invitation I received
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.92,0:04:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work in a company\Nthat was coming to Brazil
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.31,0:04:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the initiative\Nof integrating technology
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.64,0:04:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into all fields of knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.69,0:04:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started working at this company\Nas a pedagogy assistant,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.60,0:04:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I went through all the steps to become\Nthe vice president of the company,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.50,0:04:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which operated in 89 countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.20,0:05:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started traveling\Nto international conventions,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.77,0:05:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,searching for answers -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.69,0:05:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in countries that had\Nthe world's best education -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.18,0:05:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on how we could get students involved
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.14,0:05:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help teachers deal\Nwith the enormous frustration
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.77,0:05:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of preparing a class,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.08,0:05:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,arriving at class all excited,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.92,0:05:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and leaving unhappy because\Nthey couldn't get the students involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.12,0:05:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more I got to know model schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.44,0:05:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more I'd seek for inspiration
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.53,0:05:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and would return to Brazil\Nto implement the projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.16,0:05:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So after a while -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.57,0:05:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite the "she won't hear,\Nshe won't talk, she won't learn" -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.07,0:05:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was there, professionally accomplished,\Nfulfilling my mission in education.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.31,0:05:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then came the time\Nto realize my life's dream:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.93,0:05:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become a mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.86,0:05:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I decided it was time\Nto realize this dream,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.31,0:06:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was told I wouldn't be able\Nto have a child.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.54,0:06:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of the issues I still have\Nfrom the cerebral palsy,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.10,0:06:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't have a problem\Ngetting pregnant.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.84,0:06:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I wouldn't be able\Nto carry the pregnancy to term.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.38,0:06:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took me some time\Nto process this information,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.04,0:06:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I ended up thinking:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.70,0:06:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this very person,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.96,0:06:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to whom doctors are saying
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.86,0:06:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it won't be possible \Nto realize her dream of having a child,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.80,0:06:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is also the person who was once told,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.49,0:06:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You won't walk, won't talk, won't learn."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.46,0:06:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was doing all of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.24,0:06:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I decided I'd try to make my dream\Nof becoming a mother come true.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.98,0:06:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got pregnant,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.05,0:06:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from the fifth month on,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.12,0:06:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I understood what the doctors\Nhad been trying to tell me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.56,0:06:57.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had a very complicated,\Nhigh-risk pregnancy
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.30,0:07:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that required four months\Nof absolute rest.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.66,0:07:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On June 30, 1989,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.66,0:07:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my biggest dream came true:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.20,0:07:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my daughter was born strong and healthy
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.43,0:07:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and began to accompany me\Non my educational mission.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.39,0:07:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So every time she was on school vacation,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.91,0:07:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would go together\Nto whatever country I was visiting
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.16,0:07:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to any Brazilian city\NI went to for educational work
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.13,0:07:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whenever she was on a break.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.75,0:07:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it was time for her to go to college,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.09,0:07:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to my delight,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.51,0:07:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she trained in pedagogy\Nat the University of São Paulo.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.31,0:07:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After she finished university,\Nshe had an idea:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.84,0:07:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help the families
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.06,0:07:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were always asking us\Nfor guidance, solutions, and ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.56,0:07:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how to help their children\Nget more involved with their education.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.94,0:07:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she started a project,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.13,0:07:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to families' houses
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.36,0:07:59.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and helping them to make\Nthe adjustments needed
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.57,0:08:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the kids would get more involved\Nwith their studies.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.72,0:08:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every time she'd visit a family,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.28,0:08:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she'd call me, wherever I was,\Nand ask for my help.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.51,0:08:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we realized that every time\Nwe planned together,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.72,0:08:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the family enjoyed great success.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.09,0:08:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That student - child or adolescent -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.08,0:08:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was able to study,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.77,0:08:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to perform better,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.98,0:08:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to be engaged with learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.19,0:08:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is our biggest dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.96,0:08:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then she invited me to work with her.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.07,0:08:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was how I went to this company,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.60,0:08:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I had worked\Nfor 18 years and 5 months,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.90,0:08:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I'd built a career,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.22,0:08:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I'd overcome several moments\Nof prejudice because I'm a woman
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.55,0:08:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because I'm disabled -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.11,0:08:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not inside the company,\Nbut in the market -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.78,0:08:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I resigned.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.52,0:08:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people thought I was crazy
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.72,0:09:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give up a career\NI'd built with such hard work,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.58,0:09:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I knew what I was doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.48,0:09:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had two main motivations.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.72,0:09:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, when my daughter invited me\Nto work with her in education,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.98,0:09:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw, before my eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.94,0:09:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my life's dream coming together\Nwith my life's mission:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.86,0:09:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my daughter in education,\Ninviting me to work with her.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.61,0:09:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was my first motivation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.52,0:09:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the second was the desire that I had
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.90,0:09:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find out if the doctors had been wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.84,0:09:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying that I would have\Nlearning difficulties,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.37,0:09:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if this diagnosis was correct,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.41,0:09:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what would have allowed me\Nto overcome this challenge?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.96,0:09:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At this time,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.63,0:09:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taís, my daughter, and I\Nbegan to study cognitive neuroscience
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.31,0:09:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to discover what happens in the brain\Nwhen we are learning
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.20,0:09:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe to find answers for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.27,0:10:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've found marvelous\Ndiscoveries in neuroscience
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.99,0:10:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that shed light on questions that teachers\Nconfront every day in the classroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.03,0:10:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that parents face at home when the child\Ndoesn't want to study or go to school,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.45,0:10:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for the challenges\Nour students confront today
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.08,0:10:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they're not able\Nto pay attention, focus,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.31,0:10:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have the desire and eagerness to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.87,0:10:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were able to share with parents
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.50,0:10:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that every child needs\Na shared responsibility inside the home;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.52,0:10:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,otherwise, they won't develop\Na passion for their studies.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.60,0:10:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A child who hears all their life\Nfrom their parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.44,0:10:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My child, your only job is to study.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.47,0:10:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll take care of the rest,"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.58,0:10:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't develop a sense of responsibility,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.86,0:10:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self-esteem,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.50,0:10:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the memory of procedures and facts
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.21,0:11:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they can have\Na positive relationship with learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.38,0:11:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I found out that I'm the living proof
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.35,0:11:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of one of the most recent\Ndiscoveries of neuroscience,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.23,0:11:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's neuroplasticity.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.86,0:11:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability\Nto restructure and recover itself
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.28,0:11:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at any stage of life,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.86,0:11:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially during childhood\Nand adolescence.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.68,0:11:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An environment rich in stimuli
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.52,0:11:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allows the brain to regenerate itself
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.05,0:11:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to generate social\Nand cognitive behaviors
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.22,0:11:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and motor skills
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.44,0:11:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would never have come about
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.22,0:11:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if this student or this child\Nhad never been exposed to challenges,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.17,0:11:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to praise,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.43,0:11:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the belief that they are capable.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.59,0:12:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I discovered that the way\Nmy parents had brought me up
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.76,0:12:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made me who I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.62,0:12:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They left the maternity room
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.81,0:12:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the decision that they\Nwould focus on my potential,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.03,0:12:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not on my deficiencies.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.32,0:12:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When my father took me to school\Nin the early days,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.73,0:12:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still struggled to walk.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.70,0:12:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd just been released\Nfrom a series of surgeries.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.14,0:12:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wore a very strange boot then,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.42,0:12:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when he walked with me\Non the street, holding my hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.47,0:12:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people followed us with their eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.06,0:12:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When a child was with them,\Nsometimes the kid would point at us.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.36,0:12:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time this happened,\Nmy father would look at me and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.14,0:12:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"They think your dress is very pretty,"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.82,0:12:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or "They are admiring your boot."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.18,0:12:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believed all that so much\Nthat I'd raise my head and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.19,0:12:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let me show off, right?"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.01,0:12:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father, one Christmas -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.21,0:13:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at that time, parents could afford\Njust one present for all their children.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.38,0:13:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They felt happy at this accomplishment,\Nand their children did too.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.43,0:13:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father bought a bicycle\Nas a gift for my three siblings and me.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.60,0:13:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My siblings unwrapped the bike\Nand ran out to the street to ride it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.52,0:13:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked at my father and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.64,0:13:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I want to ride the bicycle too."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.61,0:13:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said, "So go outside\Nand ask your siblings to help you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.47,0:13:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they can't help you,\Ncome back and I will help you."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.05,0:13:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I remember
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.02,0:13:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is my brother sitting me on the bicycle,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.31,0:13:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my oldest sister securing me,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.07,0:13:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my little brother pushing me,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.07,0:13:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I swear to you
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.38,0:13:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I have the memory\Nof riding the bicycle.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.54,0:13:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More than these attitudes and stances\Ncoming from my parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.65,0:14:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had the good fortune\Nthat the school that accepted me,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.32,0:14:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although they had never heard\Nof the term "inclusion"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.08,0:14:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it still didn't exist,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.92,0:14:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the school really included me.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.53,0:14:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the teachers accepted me
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.95,0:14:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a student capable of learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.04,0:14:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was not even dismissed\Nfrom physical education class.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.19,0:14:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My teacher would say to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.26,0:14:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Roberta, I need help tidying up\Nthe equipment and games.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.66,0:14:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could you help me while your classmates\Nrun around the court?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.35,0:14:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I helped out, very gladly, full of pride.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.48,0:14:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I'd finished, she'd say,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.44,0:14:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I want you to walk the last lap\Naround the court,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.79,0:14:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your classmates are waiting for you."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.30,0:14:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd go and do the activity\Nwith my friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.67,0:14:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I felt part of that group,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.86,0:15:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part of that class,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.84,0:15:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and capable of learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.75,0:15:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I discovered\Nin cognitive neuroscience
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.98,0:15:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that cognitive\Nneuroplasticity is a process
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.57,0:15:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that happens when a parent\Nsays to their child,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.40,0:15:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My child, go try. I know you can do it,"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.73,0:15:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a teacher says to a student,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.93,0:15:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you can't do it, ask for help.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.20,0:15:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll help you,"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.56,0:15:37.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a teacher tells the student,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.42,0:15:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you can't do it this way,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.22,0:15:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there must be another way\Nthat, together, we'll be able to do."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.36,0:15:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And cognitive neuroscience has shown
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.22,0:15:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the positive expectations\Na parent passes onto their child
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.34,0:16:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about their capacity\Nto overcome challenges
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.51,0:16:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,changes their brain physically.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.55,0:16:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The positive expectation\Nthat you, teachers,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.10,0:16:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pass onto your students every day
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.31,0:16:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what your students will carry with them\Nfor the rest of their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.83,0:16:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Much more than the content\Nyou need to teach them,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.52,0:16:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they need you to show\Nthat you believe they are capable,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.73,0:16:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and together you will find the way
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.35,0:16:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that each one\Ncan learn at their own pace
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.53,0:16:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and develop to their maximum potential.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.65,0:16:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the answer that I searched out\Nin so many different countries
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.85,0:16:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had already been given to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.03,0:16:48.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had already been brought to me\Nby a bricklayer and a housewife -
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.21,0:16:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a bricklayer who studied\Nup to the third grade in school
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.40,0:16:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my mother who studied\Nup to the fifth grade -
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.14,0:17:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the teachers who had never\Neven heard of inclusion
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.12,0:17:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but really turned me\Ninto the mother that I am today,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.78,0:17:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the teacher I've been all my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.38,0:17:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the professional I managed to be,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.92,0:17:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this person that today
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.48,0:17:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humbly comes to thank\Nall the parents and teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.02,0:17:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are really capable\Nof bringing about a change in education
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.53,0:17:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the students really discover\Nthe pleasure of learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.92,0:17:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.12,0:17:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)