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1、Now,Iwanttostartwithaquestion:Whenwasthelasttimeyouwerecalledchildish?Forkidslikeme,beingcalledchildishcanbeafrequentoccurrence.Everytimewemakeirrationaldemands,exhibitirresponsiblebehavior,ordisplayanyothersignsofbeingnormalAmericancitizens,wearecalledchildish,whichreall
2、ybothersme.Afterall,takealookattheseevents:Imperialismandcolonization,worldwars,GeorgeW.Bush.Askyourself:Who'sresponsible?Adults.Now,whathavekidsdone?Well,AnneFranktouchedmillionswithherpowerfulaccountoftheHolocaust,RubyBridgeshelpedendsegregationintheUnitedStates,and,mos
3、trecently,CharlieSimpsonhelpedtoraise120,000poundsforHaitionhislittlebike.So,asyoucanseeevidencedbysuchexamples,agehasabsolutelynothingtodowithit.Thetraitsthewordchildishaddressesareseensoofteninadultsthatweshouldabolishthisage-discriminatorywordwhenitcomestocriticizingbe
4、haviorassociatedwithirresponsibilityandirrationalthinking.(Applause)Thankyou.Thenagain,who'stosaythatcertaintypesofirrationalthinkingaren'texactlywhattheworldneeds?Maybeyou'vehadgrandplansbefore,butstoppedyourself,thinking:That'simpossibleorthatcoststoomuchorthatwon'tbene
5、fitme.Forbetterorworse,wekidsaren'thamperedasmuchwhenitcomestothinkingaboutreasonswhynottodothings.Kidscanbefullofinspiringaspirationsandhopefulthinking,likemywishthatnoonewenthungryorthateverythingwerefreekindofutopia.Howmanyofyoustilldreamlikethatandbelieveinthepossibil
6、ities?Sometimesaknowledgeofhistoryandthepastfailuresofutopianidealscanbeaburdenbecauseyouknowthatifeverythingwerefree,thatthefoodstockswouldbecomedepleted,andscarceandleadtochaos.Ontheotherhand,wekidsstilldreamaboutperfection.Andthat'sagoodthingbecauseinordertomakeanythin
7、gareality,youhavetodreamaboutitfirst.Inmanyways,ouraudacitytoimaginehelpspushtheboundariesofpossibility.Forinstance,theMuseumofGlassinTacoma,Washington,myhomestate--yoohooWashington--(Applause)hasaprogramcalledKidsDesignGlass,andkidsdrawtheirownideasforglassart.Now,theres
8、identartistsaidtheygotsomeoftheirbestideasthroughtheprogrambecausekidsdon'tthinkaboutthelimitati
