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From Kansas, I moved on to lovely Arizona,
離開堪薩斯后，我搬到美麗的亞利桑納州，
where I taught in Flagstaff for a number of years, this time with middle school students.
我在Flagstaff小鎮(zhèn)教了幾年書，這次是教初中的學(xué)生。
Luckily, I didn't have to teach them American government.
幸運(yùn)的是，我這次不用教美國政治。
Could teach them the more exciting topic of geography.
這次我教的是更令人興奮的地理。
Again, "thrilled" to learn. But what was interesting about this position I found myself in in Arizona,
再一次，非常期待的要學(xué)習(xí)。但有趣的是，我發(fā)現(xiàn)在這個亞歷桑納州的教職，
was I had this really extraordinarily eclectic group of kids to work with in a truly public school,
我所面對的是一群非常多樣化的、彼此之間差異懸殊的孩子們，在一所真正的公立學(xué)校，
and we got to have these moments where we would get these opportunities.
在那里，有些時(shí)候我們會得到了一些機(jī)會。
And one opportunity was we got to go and meet Paul Rusesabagina,
其中一個機(jī)會是我們得以和Paul Russabagina見面，
which is the gentleman that the movie "Hotel Rwanda" is based after.
這位先生正是電影"盧安達(dá)飯店"根據(jù)描述的那位主人翁。
And he was going to speak at the high school next door to us.
他當(dāng)時(shí)正要到隔壁的高中演講。
We could walk there. We didn't even have to pay for the buses.
我們可以步行到那所學(xué)校。我們甚至不用坐公共汽車。
There was no expense cost. Perfect field trip.
完全不需要額外的支出，非常完美的校外教學(xué)。
The problem then becomes how do you take seventh- and eighth-graders to a talk about genocide
然后接著的問題是，你要怎么和七八年級的學(xué)生談?wù)摲N族屠殺，
and deal with the subject in a way that is responsible and respectful, and they know what to do with it.
用怎么樣的方式來處理這個問題才是一種負(fù)責(zé)任和尊重的方式，讓學(xué)生們知道該怎么面對這個問題。
And so we chose to look at Paul Rusesabagina as an example of a gentleman who singularly used his life to do something positive.
所以我們決定去觀察Paul Rusesabagina是怎么做的，把他當(dāng)作一個例子，一個平凡人如何利用自己的生命做些積極的事情的例子。
I then challenged the kids to identify someone in their own life, or in their own story,
接著，我挑戰(zhàn)這些孩子，要他們?nèi)フ页鲈谒麄兊纳?，在他們自己的故事中?/div>
or in their own world, that they could identify that had done a similar thing.
或是在他們自己的世界里，找出那些他們認(rèn)為也做過類似事情的人。
I asked them to produce a little movie about it. It's the first time we'd done this.
我要他們?yōu)檫@些人和事跡制作一部短片。這是我們第一次嘗試制作短片。
Nobody really knew how to make these little movies on the computer, but they were into it.
沒有人真的知道如何利用電腦制作短片，但他們非常投入。
And I asked them to put their own voice over it.
我要他們在片子里用自己的聲音。
It was the most awesome moment of revelation that when you ask kids to use their own voice
那實(shí)在是最棒的啟發(fā)方式，當(dāng)你要孩子們用他們自己的聲音，
and ask them to speak for themselves, what they're willing to share.
當(dāng)你要他們?yōu)樽约赫f話，說那些他們愿意分享的故事。
The last question of the assignment is: how do you plan to use your life to positively impact other people?
這項(xiàng)作業(yè)的最后一個問題是：你打算怎么利用你自己的生命去正面的影響其他人？
The things that kids will say when you ask them and take the time to listen is extraordinary.
孩子們說出來的那些話，在你詢問他們后并花時(shí)間傾聽那些話后，是非常了不起的。
