I mentioned earlier that one of the most important things in cultivating resilience is having a role model. I want to share with you now my role model.
我之前提到過培養心理彈性的要事之一 就是要有一個榜樣 現在我要告訴你們我的榜樣
In fact, the person who is the reason why I decided to become a teacher. Her name is Marva Collins.
實際上 正是因為她 我才決定成為一名教師 她叫Marva Collins
Marva Collins was born in Alabama in the 1930s. Her father was African American; her mother, Native American. She was born at a time in a place.
Marva Collins20世紀30年代生于阿拉巴馬州 她父親是非洲裔美國人 母親是印地安人 她出生的時候
Where there was a great deal of discrimination. Fortunately, for Marva, her father really believed in her.
種族岐視風行 幸運的是 對于Marva 她父親對她非常有信心
And said to her from a very young age, "Marva, you can make something of your life. You can become a secretary. "
從小他就對她說 "Marva 你將會有所作為" "你可以成為一名秘書"
Now the reason why he said secretary is because that was where the glass ceiling, or rather concrete ceiling exists.
他之說以說秘書是因為 那就是無形的障礙 或者說是有形的障礙
For a person of her ethnic background, a person of her gender. Marva Collins worked hard.
鑒于她的種族背景 鑒于她的性別 Marva Collins努力工作
She was smart. She succeeded. She made it. And she became a secretary. After a few years of working as a secretary, doing well.
她很聰明 她成功了 她成為了一名秘書 做了幾年秘書之后 雖然干得不錯