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Now, our inherent wisdom doesn't have to be insider's knowledge. Kids already do a lot of learning from adults, and we have a lot to share.
我們先天的智慧，堪比內行人的知識。小孩已經從大人身上學到許多，而我們也有很多東西可以和大人共享。
I think that adults should start learning from kids. Now, I do most of my speaking in front of an education crowd-- teachers and students,
我認為大人應該開始向小孩學習。聽我演講的觀眾大都是教育圈子里的，這其中有老師和學生。
and I like this analogy: It shouldn't be a teacher at the head of the class, telling students, "Do this, do that."
我喜歡這個類比。不應該只是老師站在教室講臺上告訴學生做這個做那個。
The students should teach their teachers. Learning between grown-ups and kids should be reciprocal.
學生亦應教育他們的老師。成人和兒童之間應該互相學習。
The reality, unfortunately, is a little different, and it has a lot to do with trust, or a lack of it.
不幸的是，在現實里，情況是截然不同的。這跟信任的關系很大，或者說是缺乏信任的結果。
Now, if you don't trust someone, you place restrictions on them, right? If I doubt my older sister's ability to pay back the 10 percent interest I established on her last loan,
如果你不信任某人，你就給他們設限，對吧。如果我懷疑我姐姐沒有能力償還我給她的上一筆貸款的百分之十的利息時，
I'm going to withhold her ability to get more money from me, until she pays it back. True story, by the way.
我將要限制她再向我借錢，直到她還清借款為止。順便提一下，這是個真實的例子。
Now, adults seem to have a prevalently restrictive attitude towards kids, from every "Don't do that, don't do this" in the school handbook, to restrictions on school Internet use.
大人呢，似乎普遍地對小孩持限制性的態度，從學校手冊里的 “不能做這個”、“不能做那個” 到學校互聯網使用的各種限制性規定。
As history points out, regimes become oppressive when they're fearful about keeping control.
歷史告訴我們，當政體害怕統治失控時，它就會變得暴虐。
And although adults may not be quite at the level of totalitarian regimes, kids have no or very little say in making the rules,
雖然大人可能不會像獨裁政權一樣心狠手辣，但小孩在制定規則方面是幾乎沒有話語權的。
when really, the attitude should be reciprocal, meaning that the adult population should learn and take into account the wishes of the younger population.
而正確的態度應該是兩者相互尊重的，也就是說成人群體應該了解，并認真對待年幼群體的愿望。
Now, what's even worse than restriction, is that adults often underestimate kids' abilities.
然而比限制更糟糕的是，大人常常低估小孩的能力。
We love challenges, but when expectations are low, trust me, we will sink to them.
我們喜歡挑戰，但假如大人對我們期望很低的話，說真的，我們就會不思進取。
My own parents had anything but low expectations for me and my sister. Okay, so they didn't tell us to become doctors or lawyers or anything like that,
我自己的父母對我和姐姐抱很高的期望。當然，他們沒有讓我們立志成為醫生或律師諸如此類的，
but my dad did read to us about Aristotle and pioneer germ-fighters, when lots of other kids were hearing "The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round."
但我爸經常讀關于亞里斯多德和先鋒細菌斗士的故事給我們聽，而其他小孩大多聽的是《公車的輪子轉呀轉》。
Well, we heard that one too, but "Pioneer Germ Fighters" totally rules.
其實我們也有聽這個，但《先鋒細菌斗士》實在是比那個強多了。
