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1、鄒奇奇，演講稿Now,Iwanttostartwithaquestion:Whenwasthelasttimeyouwerecalledchildish?Forkidslikeme,beingcalledchildishcanbeafrequentoccurrence?Everytimewemakeirrationaldemands,exhibitirresponsiblebehavior,ordisplayanyothersignsofbeingnormalAmericancitizens,w
2、earecalledchildish,whichreallybothersme?Afterall,takealookattheseevents:Imperialismandcolonization,worldwars,GeorgeW.Bush?Askyourself:Who'sresponsible?Adults?Now,whathavekidsdone?We11,AnneFranktouchedmillionswithherpowerfulaccountoftheHolocaust,RubyB
3、ridgeshelpedendsegregationintheUnitedStates,and,mostrecently,CharlieSimpsonhelpedtoraisel20,OOOpoundsforHaitionhislittlebike?So,asyoucanseeevidencedbysuchexamples,agehasabsolutelynothingtodowithit.Thetraitsthewordchildishaddressesareseensoofteninadul
4、tsthatweshouldabolishthisage-discriminatorywordwhenitcomestocriticizingbehaviorassociatedwithirresponsibilityandirrationalthinking.Thenagain,who'stosaythatcertaintypesofirrationalthinkingaren5texactlywhattheworldneeds?Maybeyou，vehadgrandplansbefore,b
5、utstoppedyourself,thinking:That'simpossibleorthatcoststoomuchorthatwon'tbenefitme.Forbetterorworse,wekidsarerfthamperedasmuchwhenitcomestothinkingaboutreasonswhynottodothings.Kidscanbefullofinspiringaspirationsandhopefulthinking,likemywishthatnoonewe
6、nthungryorthateverythingwerefreekindofutopia.Howmanyofyoustilldreamlikethatandbelieveinthepossibilities?Sometimesaknowledgeofhistoryandthepastfailuresofutopianidealscanbeaburdenbecauseyouknowthatifeverythingwerefree,thatthefoodstockswouldbecomedeplet
7、ed,andscarceandleadtochaos.Ontheotherhand,wekidsstilldreamaboutperfection.Andthat'sagoodthingbecauseinordertomakeanythingareality,youha.vetodreamaboutitfirst.Inmanyways,ouraudacitytoimaginehelpspushtheboundariesofpossibility?Forinstance,theMuseumofGl
8、assinTacoma,Washington,myhomestate—-yoohooWashingtonhasaprogramcalledKidsDesignGlass,andkidsdrawtheirownideasforglassart.Now,theresidentartistsaidtheygotsomeoftheirbestideasthroughtheprogrambecausekidsdontthinkaboutthelimitationsofhowharditcanbetoblo
