Pratica di Shadowing: Đừng đánh giá con cá bằng khả năng leo cây của nó - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Albert Einstein once said, everybody's a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,

it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, today on trial we have modern day schooling.

Glad you could come.

Not only does he make fish climb trees, but also makes them climb down and do a 10 mile run.

Tell me, school, are you proud of the things you've done?

Turning millions of people into robots, do you find that fun?

Do you realize how many kids relate to that fish swimming upstream in class, never finding their gifts, thinking they are stupid, believing they are useless?

Well, the time has come, no more excuses.

I call school to the stand and accuse him of killing creativity, individuality, and being intellectually abusive.

He's an ancient institution that has outlived his usage.

So, Your Honor, this concludes my opening statement, and if I may present the evidence of my case, I will prove it.

Proceed.

Exhibit A.

Here's a modern-day phone.

Recognize it?

Here's a phone from 150 years ago.

Big difference, right?

Stay with me.

Here's a car from today, and here's a car from 150 years ago.

Big difference, right?

Well, get this.

Here's a classroom of today, and here's a class we used 150 years ago.

Now ain't that a shame?

In literally more than a century, nothing has changed.

Yet you claim to prepare students for the future?

But whatever that's like that, I must ask.

Do you prepare students for the future or the past?

I did a background check on you and let the record show

that you were made to train people to work in factories.

Which explains why you put students in straight roles, nice and neat.

Tell them sit still, raise your hand

if you want to speak Give them a short break to eat

and for 8 hours a day tell them what to think Oh, and make them compete to get an A A letter which determines product quality Hence, grade A of meat I get it,

back then times were different We all have a past, I myself am no Gandhi

But today we don't need to make robot zombies The world has progressed And now we need people who fit creatively,

innovatively, critically, independently With the ability to connect See, every scientist will tell you that no two brains are the same.

And every parent with two or more children will confirm that claim.

So please explain why you treat students like cookie cutter frames or snapback hats, giving them this one size fits all crap.

Watch your legs.

Sorry, your honor.

But if a doctor prescribed the exact same medicine to all of his patients, the results will be tragic.

So many people would get sick yet.

When it comes to school, this is exactly what happens.

This educational malpractice.

Where one teacher stands in front of 20 kids, each one having different strengths, different needs different gifts different dreams And you teach the same thing the same way that's horrific

Ladies

and gentlemen the defendant should not be acquitted This may be

one of the worst criminal offenses ever to be committed and let's mention the way you treat your employees Objection overruled.

I want to hear this.

It's a shame.

I mean teachers have the most important job on the planet yet they're underpaid?

No wonder so many students are short-changed.

Let's be honest, teachers should earn just as much as doctors, because a doctor can do heart surgery and save the life of a kid.

But a great teacher can reach the heart of that kid and allow him to truly live.

See, teachers are heroes that often get blamed, but they're not the problem.

They work in a system without many options or rights.

Curriculums are created by policy makers, most of which have never taught a day in their life.

Just obsessed with standardized tests.

They think bubbling in a multiple choice question will determine success.

That's outlandish.

In fact, these tests are too crude to be used and should be abandoned.

But don't take my word for it.

Take Frederick J.

Kelly, the man who invented standardized testing, who said, and I quote, These tests are too crude to be used and should be abandoned.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, if we continue down this road, the results will be lethal.

I don't have much faith in school, but I do have faith in people.

And if we can customize healthcare, cars and Facebook pages Then it is our duty to do the same for education To upgrade it,

change it, do away with school spirit Cause that's useless

Unless we're working to bring the spirit out of each

and every student That should be our task No more common core Instead, let's reach the core of every heart in every class Sure,

math is important, but no more than art

or dance Let's give every gift an equal chance I know this sounds like a dream, but countries like Finland are doing impressive things.

They have shorter school days, teachers make a decent wage, homework is non-existent, and they focus on collaboration instead of competition.

But here's the kicker, boys and girls.

Their educational system outperforms every other country in the world.

Other places like Singapore are succeeding rapidly.

Schools like Montessori, programs like Khan Academy.

There is no single solution, but let's get moving.

Because while students may be 20% of our population, they are 100% of our future.

So let's attend to their dreams, and there's no telling what we can achieve.

This is a world in which I believe, a world where fish are no longer forced to climb trees.

I rest my case.

Thank you.

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?

Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.

Pratica di Shadowing: Đừng đánh giá con cá bằng khả năng leo cây của nó - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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