邹奇奇,演讲稿nowiwanttostartwithaquestion：whenwasthelasttimeyouwerecalledchildish。forkidslikeme，beingcalledchildishcanbeafrequentoccurrence.everytimewemakeirrationaldemands，exhibitirresponsiblebehavior，ordisplayanyothersignsofbeingnormalamericancitizens，wearecalledchildish，whichreallybothersme.afterall，takealookattheseevents.imperialismandcolonization，worldwars，goergew.bush.askyourself：who’sresponsible。adults.now，whathavekidsdone。well，annefranktouchedmillionswithherpowerfulaccountoftheholocaust，rubybridgeshelpedendsegregationintheunitedstates，andmostrecently，charliesimpsonhelpedtoraise120，000poundsforhaitionhislittlebike.so，asyoucanseeevidencedbysuchexles，agehasabsolutelynothingtodowithit.thetraitsthewordchildishaddressesareseensoofteninadultsthatweshouldabolishthisage-discriminatorywordwhenitcomestocriticizingbehaviorassociatedwithirresponsibilityandirrationalthinking.thankyou.thenagain，who’stosaythatcertaintypesofirrationalthinkingaren’texactlywhattheworldneeds。maybeyou’vehadgrandplansbefore，butstoppedyourself，thinking：that’simpossibleorthatcoststoomuchorthatwon’tbenefitme.forbetterorworse，wekidsaren’theredasmuchwhenitcomestothinkingaboutreasonswhynottodothings.kidscanbefullofinspiringaspirationsandhopefulthinking，likemywishthatnoonewenthungryorthateverythingwerefreekindofutopia.howmanyofyoustilldreamlikethatandbelieveinthepossiblities。sometimesaknowledgeofhistoryandthepastfailuresofutopianidealscanbeaburden.becauseyouknowthatifeverythingwe第1页共4页refree，thatthefoodstockswouldbecomedepleted，andscarceandleadtochaos.ontheotherhand，wekidsstilldreamaboutperfection.andthat’sagoodthingbecauseinordertomakeanythingareality，youhavetodreamaboutitfirst.inmanyways，ouraudacitytoimaginehelpspushtheboundariesofpossibility.forinstance，themuseumofglassintacoma，washington，myhomestate，yoohoowashington，hasaprogramcalledkidsdesignglass，andkidsdrawtheirownideasforglassart.nowtheresidentartistsaistheygotsomeoftheirbestideasthroughtheprogrambecausekidsdon’tthinkaboutthelimitationsofhowharditcanbetoblowglassintocertainshapes.theyjustthinkofgoodideas.nowwhenyouthinkofglass，youmightthinkofcolorfulchihulydesignsormaybeitalianvases.butkidschallengeglassartiststogobeyondthatintotherealmofbroken-heartedsnakesandbaconboys，whoyoucanseehasmeatvision.now，ourinherentwisdomdoesn’thavetobeinsiders’knowledge.kidsalreadydoalotoflearningfromadults，andwehavealottoshare.ithinkthatadultsshouldstartlearningfromkids.now，idomostofmyspeakinginfrontofaneducationcrowd，teachersandstudents，andilikethisanalogy.itshouldn’tjustbeateacherattheheadoftheclassroomtellingstudentsdothis，dothat.thestudentsshouldteachtheirteachers.learningbetweengrownupsandkidsshouldbereciprocal.thereality，unfortunately，isalittledifferent，andithasalottodowithtrust，oralackofit.now，ifyoudon’ttrustsomeone，youplacerestrictionsonthem，right.ifidoubtmyoldersister’sabilitytopaybackthe10percentinterestiestablishedonherlastloan，i’mgoingtowithholdherabilitytogetmoremoneyfrommeuntilshepaysitback.truestory，bytheway.now，adultsseemtohaveaprevalentlyrestrictiveattitudetowardskidsfromevery“don’tdothat，”“don第2页共4页’tdothis”intheschoolhandbook，torestrictionsonschoolinternetuse.ashistorypointsout，regimesbecomeoppressivewhenthey’refearfulaboutkeepingcontrol.and，althoughadultsmayn...
