Education the Equaliser | Eden Atto | TEDxYouth@BrookhouseSchool
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovoCktQ8gp8 Video ID: ovoCktQ8gp8 ============================================================ Transcriber: Le Ha Reviewer: Trâm Bùi Do you think that everyone deserves education? Yes, I highly think that everyone deserves education. It doesn't matter whether you're privileged or not. Education is the key to success. Wisdom and opportunities in this world. We all come from different backgrounds. I want you to imagine the life of Tom, a 15 year old boy who wakes up in a house where food is limited because his parents barely have enough money to afford food for him and his siblings. Tom occasionally goes to school without eating breakfast only supplies he carries is only one book and two pens, which he packs in a red paper bag for all the subjects he does. Since he can't really afford an actual schoolbag, Tom knows he has the ability and the opportunity to get himself out of this challenging lifestyle. But it's only through education. So Tom works hard in school, receiving grades acceptable to his parents and himself, and eventually he graduates from high school. Then, after he gets accepted into a prestigious university, despite his background. Now I want you to imagine the life of Jamie. Jamie is very privileged than Tom. He's born into a family where he's privileged. Obviously, Jamie even has the opportunity to be taken to school with his own personal driver. Unlike Tom, who has to walk a long distance in order for him to arrive at his school. Even though Jamie's privileged, he takes his education seriously. Therefore, this is to Jamie also graduating from university, and he even gets accepted into the same prestigious university as Tom. As I was thinking about privileged and privileged children in the education system, I realized that two worlds can come together one day if only one can take advantage of the opportunity they have. Before I joined the fourth grade, I visited my grandparents. I remember my father and mother enrolling my sister and I into school in the village, which was located in Migori County in rural Kenya. At first I did not want to go to this school. Honestly, I thought it was a waste of time. But during the moments I spent there, all I remember seeing were the children who were engaging themselves with my sister and I, wanting to know what's better, and also us reciprocating the same energy. Now, as I got older, I realized that my parents wanted my sister and I to see a different side of the education system and for me to also take advantage of the opportunity I have. Well, I'm not here to shame the privileged or the underprivileged. I'm here to recognize the success for such people because even though they are from different backgrounds, the roles and became somewhat big. Who has impacted society in countless of ways. Kindly remember that people from different backgrounds can come together one day eventually, and education is the only way for someone to be successful. This is the connection between the privileged and the underprivileged. Thank you.