The speaker, who moved to America from another country twelve years ago, discusses various aspects of the American education system. They debunk the myth that Americans don't understand irony, citing instances where they've observed it. They critique the No Child Left Behind policy and its effects on education, emphasizing the need for a broad curriculum that values diversity, creativity, and curiosity. They highlight successful education models, like in Finland, that focus on personalized learning, highly regard teachers, and allow flexibility and creativity at the school level. The speaker urges a shift from a mechanistic view of education to understanding it as an organic, human system, emphasizing the critical role of culture and conditions in promoting learning and growth.
1. The speaker moved to America twelve years ago with his wife and two kids. [Source: Document(page_content="00:00:00.00: I moved to America twelve years ago with\n00:00:19.77: my wife Taryn our two kids actually\n00:00:22.14: truthfully we moved to Los Angeles\n00:00:27.29: thinking we're moving to America but\n00:00:29.67: then it's a it's it's a short plane ride\n00:00:33.60: from Los Angeles to America I got it at\n00:00:39.87: 12 years ago and when I got here I was\n00:00:43.35: told various things like Americans don't\n00:00:46.98: get irony have you come across this idea\n00:00:52.34: it's not true I've traveled a whole\n00:00:54.78: length and rats this country I have\n00:00:56.49: found no evidence that Americans don't\n00:00:58.11: get irony it's one of those cultural\n00:01:00.78: myths like the British are reserved I\n00:01:05.75: don't know why people think this we've\n00:01:08.76: invaded every country with encounters\n00:01:12.48: [Applause]\n00:01:14.09: but it's not - Americans don't get irony\n00:01:17.19: but I I just want you to know that\n00:01:18.90: that's what people are saying about you\n00:01:20.40: behind your back\n00:01:21.09: you know when you leave living rooms in\n00:01:24.06: Europe people say thankfully nobody was\n00:01:26.52: ironic in your presence but I knew that\n00:01:30.12: Americans get irony when I came across\n00:01:32.46: that legislation No Child Left Behind\n00:01:36.44: because whoever thought of that title\n00:01:39.02: gets irony\n00:01:42.04: don't they because\n00:01:49.33: because it's leaving millions of\n00:01:51.55: children behind now I can see that's not\n00:01:54.46: a very attractive name for legislation\n00:01:56.22: millions of children that care and I can\n00:01:58.33: see that country what's the plan while\n00:02:01.27: we propose leave millions of children\n00:02:02.68: behind them and here's how it's going to\n00:02:05.20: work and it's it's working beautifully\n00:02:06.73: in some parts the countries 60% of kids\n00:02:10.86: drop out of high school in the Native\n00:02:14.32: American community is it's 80 percent of\n00:02:16.99: kids if we have that number one estimate\n00:02:21.19: is it would create a net gain to the US\n00:02:25.18: economy over ten years of nearly a\n00:02:28.39: trillion dollars from an economic point\n