Reflective Essay: Adora Svitak

I saw Adora vitak’s speech called on TED and thought, ‘When I just felt angry and unfair about the adults, she thought how to change them.’ That was a great shock to me and it followed with Adora’s ambitious feelings. Adora’s speech was about telling that adults should learn from children and they have to think more childish. Also she said lots of things I’ve really wanted to say to the adults. The only difference is that if I spoke, it would have been harsher. And it is “LISTEN TO US”.

Ithink she is a genius. Her way of thinking and grammar, and speaking skills are absolutely flawless and so mature, that I thought she was an adult! And even TED(Technology, Education, Design)let her to speak in their program. But she came with a great sense of creativity, I knew, that she is a 14 year old girl. I really want to give her two thumbs up for that.

Also Adora changed my thoughts. Before I heard her speech, what I could think of an adult was like this. Adults are ambitious with money, and power. And what they always say to the kids is that you have to be a nice kid. And what I thought was that adults always do bad things and farther more, showing us the bad things that they do. What does the children has to learn from the adults? And that changed to that we all have things to learn from each other. Maybe these adults teach you what not to do by showing those bad things.

To show you my case, when I was at kinder garden, I accidently learn the word: ‘revolution.’ The idea of it was fresh and I was itching to do it. So, because the only unfairness I could find was by the teacher, I decided to make a revolution on the teachers. I made a group of teams and made banners at my house, telling mom that it was homework. So the day arrived and we started to ask for more PE class, with banners and everything, and I was at the lead. And it was very fun. You should have seen the teacher, knowing what to do, trying to stop us. But I got a few smacks.

ADULTS SHOULD LEARN FROM KIDS, AND KIDS SHOULD LEARN FROM ADULTS TOO.

There, I said it and I‘m not afraid or ashamed of saying it. And I could even say it in the adults face. There are too many things that have to fix and polished. And ‘Thinking childish’ is the only, and the best way to stop the brutal things that are happening right now. And I will be leading the children, and helping adults to think childish. Seeing us is watching the future. We are like a seed which got one tiny leaf out of it and the adults should water it. And to do that, they have to know what kind of water we need, and give us pure water!!!!