Ted Talk Summary

This Tedx talk was by Ron Espiritu, an educator of ethnic, Chicano and African American studies for high school students in south Los Angeles. He has found that ethnic studies is empowering, liberating and transformative for young people. Ron talks about researchers finding that ethnic studies has positive academic and social results for students of all races and ethnic backgrounds. He talks about his grandmother being forced to wear a sign on her chest saying she won't speak Spanish. I never knew that schools were against different languages to this extent. I thought it was acceptable to speak different languages, I was very wrong. Ron goes on to talk about his mother who used her mother as an inspiration. He talks about his mother becoming

“Stop trying to be good people.” It is only human to be biased. However, the problem begins when we allow our bigotry to manifest into an obstacle that hinders us from genuinely getting to know people. Long time diversity lawyer, Verna Myers, in her 2014 Ted Talk, “How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them” discusses the implicit biases we may obtain when it comes to race, specifically black men. Myers purpose is quite like the cliché phrase “Face your fears.” Her goal is to impress upon us that we all have biases (conscious or unconscious). We just have to be aware of them and face them head on, so that problems such as racism, can be resolved. Throughout the Ted Talk, Verna Myers utilizes an admonishing

“The Danger of a Single Story” perfectly captures the idea behind the “two sides to every story” cliché. The title itself advises us that based on her experiences, Adichie used storytelling, multiple stories of a person or place, it confuses an understanding of a context/situation. The danger of reducing other people and cultures to stereotypes deprives them from seeking diverse perspectives, which can help stop the stereotypes and clichés that aren’t true and incomplete. The crux that Adichie wanted to appoint was that until you are enlightened on two viewpoints or perspectives to a situation, you will not understand how to end misunderstood interpretation.

In “Why I keep speaking up, even when people mock my accent,” Safwat Saleem, shows his passion and his courageous side when speaking in his Ted Talk, describing the main idea of there not being such a thing of normalcy, as well as arguing that individuals should be confident and accept who they are from their special qualities. Agreeing with Saleem (2016), however to also consider it has become common in today’s society to want to be normal. Therefore many people would not agree with wanting to be exactly known as quote on quote ‘normal’ but they may want to assimilate to norms because that person is or may be in a unique way socially accepted.

In this TED Talk by Robert Sapolsky, a neurobiologist, Sapolsky describes his outlook on humans and what makes up unique and not unique. His outlook stems from in depth studies that he has performed on baboons. Humans are primates. He then goes on to describe that what makes us unique has nothing to do with our genes or neurons.

When it comes to choice it always seems to be a love hate relationship: we hate making them, but we can’t live without them. Anyone can all look back to a time in our lives where they wish someone could just pick for us, or times when we wish there were more to choose from. All Americans have many choices, and it is such a part of our daily lives that we don’t even realize it. Barry Schwartz and Sheena Iyengar‘s TED talks bring up interesting ideas about choice, how people deal with them and their affects. They both state that although choice is good, it can also have negative effects. Schwartz explains what most people believe and experience with choice, while Iyengar shows cultural differences in choice making. Both Schwartz and Iyengar

In the Ted Talk, Every kid needs a champion, by Rita Pierson goes over the importance of a teacher and student connection. I have watched this Ted Talk many times since but never get tired because of the passion and motivation Ms. Pierson demonstrate. There are many instances when Ms. Pierson demonstrated how she implemented Glasser’s theory of fulfillment in the classroom. When Ms. Pierson talks about the class she was given of lower level students but still made them feel worthy. “I am somebody. I was somebody when I came and I’ll be a better somebody when I leave. I am powerful and I am strong. I deserve the education that I get here. I have things to do people to impress and places to go.” This saying helped the student feel belong, freedom, and power.

In the TED Talk “How Augmented Reality Will Change Sports... and Build Empathy,” by Chris Kluwe, it is stated that augmented reality will have many effects on sports and on society. For example, if an athlete was to use this form of technology, it could give him/her an extra second that he/she would need to react. In his talk, Kluwe states, “Well, imagine you're the quarterback. You take the snap and you drop back. You're scanning downfield for an open receiver. All of a sudden, a bright flash on the left side of your visor lets you know, blind side linebacker is blitzing in” (18). In this case, the quarterback is given a little extra time to get out of the way as the linebacker rushes in. These seemingly insignificant advantages can actually

In the Ted Talk video, "Want to help someone? Shut up and listen", Ernesto Slurry does an excellent job in explaining the three fundamental criteria’s that should be used by any sale person. He states that for a wise sale person he should apply the Ask, Shut Up and Listen to approach. The ask statement is used to engage a prospect into a conversation. A question is asked to makes the prospect answer the question. The sales person is supposed to listen to the response offered by the candidate. According to Ernesto, the journey does not only start at asking the question and the listening to the answer but in between there exist a sage of shutting up. The shut-up stage is relevant as it is the stage where the prospect is thinking about what to

Andres Tapia brings up a unique viewpoint on diversity during his TedX Talk. When he first introduces the idea that diversity is upside down, it’s slightly shocking. He begins to destroy everything we thought we knew about our world. White men may be called the majority, but in many cases, other racial groups outnumber them. He speaks about example after example to prove to the audience that being a majority does not mean that you are in fact the majority of the population.

The TED Talk video that I watched was Why do we sleep by Russel Foster. This TED talk was about why we need sleep and how getting less than the suggested amount affects the brain. There are three main reasons why we need sleep; restoration, energy conservation, and brain function. Only certain genes are turned on when you sleep so you need to sleep in order for those genes to turn on and allow you other genes to be restored, while sleeping you save about 110 calories, sleep helps enhance creativity, and your brain is less likely to retain information if you’re sleep deprived and trying to cram information. On average a teen needs 9 hours of sleep, in the 1950s the average teen was getting 8 hours of sleep, today on average teens are getting 5 hours of sleep, which is half the amount that we need. If you’re not receiving the amount of sleep that you need your body will uncountable got into micro-sleeping which will happen to at least 31% of drivers in their lifetime.

In the Ted Talk Fun, Fierce, and fantastical African Art by Wanuri Kahiu, Wanuri Kahiu’s purpose is to explain the importance of AfroBubbleGum art. She starts by explaining the stories her mother, who was a pediatrician, told her about her patients. She called this her first experience with science fiction. She was inspired to write stories of her own. As Kahiu presented these stories, she was told they were not African enough and not focused on the important issues.

The TED Talk “The Danger of a Single Story” from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is talking about what is a single story by telling a few personal stories. The single story is a stereotype of one group of people. In the video, Adichie says when she the year she turns eight, her family got a new houseboy, name Fide. The only thing her mother talks about his family was poor and this makes Adichie feel enormous pity for Fide’s family. When she went visit Fide’s village, she saw something else expect poor. This demonstrates a single story as a stereotype. Adichie has oversimplified thought of Fide’s family. This is important because the single story can easily affect a person’s thought thus affect the attitude and treatment to one specific type of

The ted talk “The Linguistic Genius of Babies” by Kuhl (2010) tells about babies are genius on language learning, and shows some results of research as proof of this idea. The article “Learning a Language as an Adult” by Pakenham, McEntire, and Williams (2013) shows an idea about the “critical period hypothesis”, children during this period learn much better than people older than this age, especially in pronunciation, because their brain activities are different than adults during this time. Personally, I totally believe the idea of children younger learn better, because the scientific research and data are shown to audiences, and they are persuasive enough. And I do see proof in my life, like four of my Korean friends who came China around

During a TED talk in 2014, Jarrett Krosoczka explained his book that he wrote about lunch ladies. The book illustrated the lunch ladies as superheroes. He chose the lunch ladies to be superheroes because that is was he imagined them as everyday. Lunch ladies all around the US became an inspiration for his book to show appreciation. In his TED talk, Krosoczka uses emotions and his tone to enforce his argument and show his appreciation towards lunch ladies.