Every kid needs a champion | Rita Pierson | TED · TED
Rita Pierson分享了她40年教学经验中的深刻见解，强调教师与学生之间真实的人际关系对学习的重要性。适合练习情感表达和教育理念。
Transcriber: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast
转录者：约瑟夫·杰尼 审稿人：莫顿·巴斯
I have spent my entire life either at the schoolhouse, on the way to the schoolhouse, or talking about what happens in the schoolhouse.
我的整个人生都在学校里度过；要么在学校里学习，要么在去学校的路上；要么就是在谈论学校里发生的事情。
Both my parents were educators, my maternal grandparents were educators, and for the past 40 years, I've done the same thing.
我的父母都是教育工作者，我的外祖父母也都是教育工作者；在过去的40年里，我也在从事同样的工作。
And so, needless to say, over those years I've had a chance to look at education reform from a lot of perspectives.
因此，不用说，在这些年里，我有机会从多个角度来审视教育改革。
Some of those reforms have been good.
其中一些改革确实起到了积极的作用。
Some of them have been not so good.
其中一些产品的质量并不太好。
And we know why kids drop out.
我们也知道为什么孩子们会辍学。
We know why kids don't learn.
我们知道为什么孩子们学不好（或学不会）。
It's either poverty, low attendance, negative peer influences...
原因要么是贫困，要么是学生出勤率低，要么是同伴的负面影响……
We know why.
我们知道原因。
But one of the things that we never discuss or we rarely discuss is the value and importance of human connection.
但有一件事我们从未讨论过，或者很少讨论：那就是人与人之间的情感联系（即人际关系的价值与重要性）。
Relationships.
人际关系。
James Comer says that no significant learning can occur without a significant relationship.
詹姆斯·科默（James Comer）指出，如果没有建立起深厚的关系，就不可能实现真正的学习（即学到有意义的知识或技能）。
George Washington Carver says all learning is understanding relationships.
乔治·华盛顿·卡弗曾说过：“所有的学习其实都在于理解各种事物之间的关系。
Everyone in this room has been affected by a teacher or an adult.
这个房间里的每个人，都曾经受到过某位老师或成年人的影响（即他们的言行或态度对某人产生了影响）。
For years, I have watched people teach.
多年来，我一直观察着人们是如何进行教学的。
I have looked at the best and I've looked at some of the worst.
我看过那些最优秀的作品，也看过一些最糟糕的作品。
A colleague said to me one time, "They don't pay me to like the kids.
有一次，一位同事对我说：“他们付给我工资，可不是为了让我喜欢那些孩子。
They pay me to teach a lesson.
他们付钱给我，让我“教训”某人（或某个群体）。
The kids should learn it.
孩子们应该学会这一点。
I should teach it, they should learn it, Case closed."
我应该教授这个知识，他们也应该学习这个知识，问题就这么解决了。
Well, I said to her, "You know, kids don't learn from people they don't like."
嗯，我对她说：“你知道吗，孩子们是不会从他们不喜欢的人身上学到东西的。
She said, "That's just a bunch of hooey."
她说：“那纯粹是一派胡言。
And I said to her, "Well, your year is going to be long and arduous, dear."
我对她说：“亲爱的，你这一年将会非常漫长且充满艰辛。
Needless to say, it was.
不用说，情况确实如此。
Some people think that you can either have it in you to build a relationship, or you don't.
有些人认为，一个人要么天生具备建立人际关系的能力，要么就根本没有这种能力。
I think Stephen Covey had the right idea.
我认为斯蒂芬·柯维的想法是正确的。
He said you ought to just throw in a few simple things, like seeking first to understand, as opposed to being understood.
他说你应该简单地加入一些原则或理念，比如“首先要努力去理解他人，而不是期待别人来理解自己”。
Simple things, like apologizing.
一些简单的事情，比如道歉。
You ever thought about that?
你有没有想过这个问题？
Tell a kid you're sorry, they're in shock.
当你向一个孩子道歉时，他们会感到震惊。
I taught a lesson once on ratios.
我曾经教过一堂关于比例的课程。
I'm not real good with math, but I was working on it.
我数学不太好，但一直在努力提高自己的数学水平。
And I got back and looked at that teacher edition.
然后我回到学校，重新查看了那份教师用书。
I'd taught the whole lesson wrong.
我整个课程的讲解都错了。
So I came back to class the next day and I said, "Look, guys, I need to apologize.
于是第二天我回到教室，对大家说：“听着，各位，我需要向大家道歉。
I taught the whole lesson wrong.
我把整个课程的内容都教错了。
I'm so sorry."
我非常抱歉。
They said, "That's okay, Ms. Pierson.
他们说：“没关系，皮尔森女士。
You were so excited, we just let you go."
你当时兴奋极了，所以我们就让你去了。