Tomorrow will be a "recalibration day" based upon what I observed, listened to, and learned today.
Despite the fact that I have so much to say, I will save the praise and the lessons for tomorrow. What I think is funny, though, is the fact that Brene Brown's TED Talk rang true for me as a human - lessons show up every moment if we allow them. I saw lots of clenched fists in Room 853...without the ability to be vulnerable, absolutely nothing else will flourish.
We must enter into the arena with humility.
We absolutely cannot forget that each of us human beings are physical forms (meatsuits!) whose biases inform every nanosecond of our existence.
I will never know what it's like to be a 6 foot tall African American woman who can speak multiple languages, who was raped as a child, who wrote several books and spoke at President Clinton's inauguration.
Neither will you.
Unless you are a 6 foot tall African American woman who can speak multiple languages, who was raped as a child, who wrote several books and spoke at President Clinton's inauguration.
Love and Light,
Beltran
Today's Song: Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On"
"Complaining is not only graceless, it's dangerous. It can alert a brute that there's a victim in the neighborhood."
(I wonder who said that??)
Separate acts of vulnerability from the state of feeling vulnerable/insecure. Vulnerability does not make you weak. Everytime you raise your hand to express an opinion it is a vulnerable act- open for people to agree or disagree with. Every author you have ever read committed an act of vulnerability. Every song on your playlist required an act of vulnerability on the artist's part. If you think vulnerability is stupid, toss that iPhone. Steve Jobs had feelings and stories and ideas and gave voice to them in front of millions.
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Be receptive and you'll never run out of goodies. Open your hands.
Love,
Someone who had clenched fists
Someone you will eventually watch quoted that from one of the strongest figures used in the class.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the talk today, I think I speak for everyone when I say that was exactly what the class needed to hear to get their heads in the game. I hope will all work harder to meet and surpass the expectations of the class with open palms.
ReplyDeleteI watched the video and at the end when Steve says "Stay hungry. Stay foolish." I think he was trying to say keep trying. Stay hungry in succeeding/doing what you love, even if it seems foolish. Him dropping out of College was a huge risk and probably seen as foolish by many. It was an act of vulnerability. He was "safe" in college. And stepping out made him vulnerable. But it also made him stronger. Like he said "You cannot connect the dots looking forward...you have to trust that somehow the dots will connect in the future" And they did.
ReplyDeleteThank you today's class really opened my eyes as to what i need to be doing as a student. (please don't share)
ReplyDeleteThis talk today truly was a "recalibration". I had been telling myself these past couple of weeks, "alright, this class in intense, it's different," but I haven't really been behaving according to that. Realizing my own vulnerability in my want to continue passively memorizing notes gave me a micro-epiphany at lunch today. I want to start learning, I want to start thinking, and I'm positive at least a good handful of these students do as well. Here's to opening my fists.
ReplyDeleteThe talk today truly was a "recalibration". I've been telling myself for weeks now, "alright, this class in intense, it's different," but I haven't really been behaving according to that. Realizing my own vulnerability in my want to continue passively memorizing notes gave me a bit of a micro-epiphany at lunch today. I want to start learning for myself, I want to start thinking for myself, I want to start being my own motivation, and I'm positive at least a handful of these students in 4th period do as well. Here's to opening my fists a bit more each day.
ReplyDeleteI just finished watching Steve Jobs' speech. Just like he says in his speech, I can connect the dots backwards, I am able to see where you came to saying that in class about the work we will be doing this year. This speech automatically opened connections to our vulnerability lesson (TED Talk). Being vulnerable is how you go further, it is how you keep taking steps forward. Steve Jobs mentions that after being fired it gave him the better opportunity, to starty from the beginning with out the knowing he used to have. This beginning is being vulnerable and it is how he took hes steps forwards to his real successful life.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching Steve Jobs commencement speech I feel like I should always remember that I should try to see the "big picture" and that I'm not going to live forever. My favorite line from his speech was in his third story about death, It was the line "If you live every day as if it was your last someday you'll most certainly be right." That line really struck me because my biggest fears is dying and instead of that pushing me to be more than what I am now it keeps me locked up tight. Overall His speech was great and I'm pretty glad that I watched it.
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