Life Lessons Learned on the Way Down

In this video Ric Elias describes his experience of being on the plane that crashed in the Hudson River. He said he learned three things while his plane started to crash and these three things are now life lessons that he tried to teach the audience.  My take aways from this video are to treat every day like it is your last because one day you could be gone. I also took away that everything changes in an instinct because life is unpredictable. I also took away that everyone should eliminate negative energy from their lives because it makes life happier. I also took away that dying is not scary it is only sad because you would miss everything else that goes on in life like growing up or being a great parent. His effective speaking techniques were to have the audience imagine they were in his place. He told them to think about what they would do in that situation and it engaged that audience. It made it more interesting because the audience could discover things about themselves they never would if they hadn't been put in that position. His presentation style was ignite because it inspired the audience to think about their lives and what would happen if one day everything was taken from you. He also used a story and empathy so that the audience would understand and connect to his story. It was empathetic because it made the story have emotional weight and therefore the audience would remember the lesson better. What matters is that everyone should live their life to the fullest because no one knows what will happen tomorrow or in a week. Life is unpredictable so everyone should live their life with no regrets. What matters is that everyone should eliminate negative energy from their lives and that everything can change in a second. These all matter to me because this is how I would like to live my life because it would be much happier than it is right now. It would make my life more enjoyable and therefore would affect everyone I was around. This matters to education because students would be happier at school and could decrease bullies because everyone could be happy if everyone learned from Elias's three lessons. This matters to the world because it would lead to a happier world and future. There would be less fights and less wars and therefore more people who get to live out their life to the fullest. These lessons that Elias lives by are very important and everyone should learn these lessons. These lessons were also learned by Elias when his plane crashed. On the way down he learned very important lessons that have forever changed his life and could change the world's future.

Parenting Taboos

In this video Rufus Griscom and Alica Volkman present their Ted Talk about parenting taboos of this decade. Rufus and Alica co-found Babble and Nerve.com. My take aways from this video are that parenting is not perfect for anyone even though there are certain beliefs that many pregnant couples believe to be true even though they are not. Another take away is that pregnant women should be told what is waiting for them when they get pregnant, how they might get depressed or feel disconnected from the society. The effective speaking techniques were to tell a story so the audience could make connections and understand the point of their Ted Talk. They also made the audience feel very empathetic for the couple when the story became sad. The presentation style was pecha kucha because they spent more time on each slide and were in charge of when the slides changed to a different point. They also gave a lot of information and statistics about happiness in the home with children and that helped illustrate the story more. What matters in this video is that parenting is not perfect and no one should go into it thinking that it will be absolutely perfect and how they dreamed it would be. What matters is that we should educate new parents and tell them everything they need to know about parenting and how it is hard so that they will not be as shocked as they would be without a class like this. This matters to me personally because one day I will hopefully be starting a family and I want to know the hard parts of parenting so I am prepared and know what to do when certain events happen. Why this matters to education is that education should offer classes that would teach this information so that parents can raise their children the best they could. I think that if a class like this was created then it should not be taught in high school because not many people will be having kids. I think that this class should be taught either in college for seniors or for only for adults who are expecting. This matters to the world because if we have parents that are better prepared to have kids then those kids can grow up and make a better future. The world would benefit because it would have a better future for everyone. However these parenting taboos seem to affect the preparedness of young parents and therefore these taboos should be stopped.

Right in the Neighborhood

In this video Dave Eggers talks about the importance of one on one time between a teacher and a student. In order to address this problem he created a tutoring center with some of his friends that were writers. What I took away from this video was that people should get involved in their community's public education system to help the children that will be our future. The speaker's effective speaking techniques were to use vocabulary that everyone would understand. It was a little hard to understand him though because he added in extra words such as "uh" that interrupted the flow of the speech and the idea. Egger's presentation style was ignite because it tried to inspire the audience to become more involved in public education. He also used humor to engage the audience and he related to many of viewers by admitting he was nervous. What matters from this video is the change in children's lives when they are given this one on one time with a teacher. What matters is that the kid's grades improved and a community started to build. What matters is that the tutoring centers were easily accessible and right in the neighborhood for help whenever the students needed it. Why all these matter to me is because that the children's lives that are being changed by these tutoring centers will lead our country in the future. This means a brighter future for students and therefore the world as a whole. This means that for me personally my future is brighter because of the one on one time between students and teachers. Why this matters to education is that these tutoring centers can increase students grades and understanding of the material they are learning. This matters to the world because if the younger generation growing up now has a better school experience and understands more it will lead to a brighter future. A brighter future matters matters to education because a brighter can and usually is created by excellent education. This matters to me because living in a brighter future can cause me to be more successful and provide a better future to the generation behind us. What matters is that this education movement could change our future for the better and it could just be right in the neighborhood. How do we know that the future will be more successful though? Do we just guess? Or do we have to make it our own and make it prosperous for ourselves?