Name: 如何戰勝劣勢 ► 絕地翻生？ - Jonathan Mooney 中英字幕
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I was a kid in high school who had such a hard time learning to read, and specifically a torturous time reading out loud, that I spent most of my high school days hiding in the bathroom to escape reading out loud with tears streaming down my face.

I was diagnosed with dyslexia, or a language-based learning disability, in fourth grade.

I was diagnosed with ADD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, in fifth grade.

And I dropped out of school for a year in sixth grade, because I was a kid who believed that because I was different, I was deficient, that I was the stupid, crazy, and lazy kid.

And you can imagine, by the time I re-enrolled in high school, there were a lot of low expectations that surrounded me.

And I was told by my dad that I would probably be a high school dropout.

I was told by a guidance counselor that I would flip burgers for a living, and I was told by a teacher, unfortunately, that I would most likely end up in jail or incarcerated.

I beat those odds, you know, transcended those low expectations.

I want to spend my time with you talking about what are the things, investments, commitments that help young folks like me beat those low expectations and prove them wrong.

You know, I'm here today because of multiple teachers, but I want to tell you about one of them.

I met Father Young at a tipping point in my life where I could have went left, but I went right.

You know, first college before Brown, Marymount University.

Went there on soccer scholarship, thought I was a dumb jock, couldn't be anything but that.

And on the first day on campus, the soccer coach made us go around to the different departments and listen to the presentations.

And I went around and I didn't listen to anything until I got to the English department, and the chair of the department, Father Young, was up there talking about literature and learning like his head was on fire, and I was moved.

So I went up to him afterwards, and I said, Father Young, you moved me.

I think I might want to be an English major here at LMU, but I don't know if I can do it.

And the guy looked right at me and said, I believe in you.

Some of the most gifted thinkers in the world, WBH, John Irving, they were thinkers like you.

That moment, I walked across campus to the other side, to the dean of academic enrollment.

I walked into that guy's office, and I said, I'm going to study me some English literature here at LMU, right?

And that guy, he pulled out my file, right?

If you go to a special ed like I did, you have the Individualized Education Plan, the

They've been doing deep intel on me my whole life.

He laughs, and he says, it ain't good news.

He laughs, and he says, English literature?

You should consider something less intellectual.

Walked back across campus to Father Young, and said, don't worry about that piece of paper I asked you to sign.

I said, that guy thinks it's too hard because of my disabilities.

Then he looked at me, and he said, in a way that only I could understand.

He said, I'm not going to be an English major.

I said, I'm not going to be an English major.

And I said, well, let's just say that he has an autographed copy of both of my books on his desk right now, that I know to be true in my life, a foundation of my journey of change was a deep commitment to not just fixing kids problems, but finding and celebrating and scaling their strengths.

And if you listen to any journey of change by somebody like me who grew up in the hallway, it's all about finding that thing that they are good at.

And I believe to my core that every single human being has a strength, talent, or interest that you can find and you can build a life on.

Find your strengths and compensate for your weaknesses.

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如何戰勝劣勢 ► 絕地翻生？ - Jonathan Mooney 中英字幕

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