Diane Wolk-Rogers : A Parkland teacher's homework for us all

Diane Wolk-Rogers at TED2018
A Parkland teacher's homework for us all  (transcript)
Summary
After all, I don't understand about a gun violence.
It's because people would not like to do their homework when they were students. However, in the talk, audiences were very glad to receive their homework. 　

The homework is to look at multiple choice about student's question how we stop the senseless violence.
The students go to school in Parkland where a gun accident happened on Valentine's Day 2018.

Choice A was entrusting.
Gun manufacturers have to design gun safety, stores have to sell those guns  responsibly, and someone has to own and use the gun responsibly.
The result was that no one in this chain assumed responsibility.

Choice B is asking ourselves rigorously. Whether it is possible for us not to think about pulling a trigger in times of mental illness, or not. 
However, who lays down their guns when they think that they might have it?

Choice C is solving many issues which affect why people buy and use guns.
The speaker tells us that people perhaps won't feel the need to buy and use a gun when they all equally feel safe, healthy, respected and cared for.

And then this is not our homework to choose one from them but we have to write our own Choice D or more.

No one learned to kill people and themselves, but people do. Does teaching this work?
We have to notice that this is not a gun problem but we all have to think about why we are born.

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rigorously
initiativeiˈ/niSH(ē)ətiv/noun/ pioneer, forerunner, lead

Dan Gross : Why gun violence can't be our new normal

Dan Gross at TED2016
Why gun violence can't be our new normal  (transcript)
Summary
I didn't understand many things about guns because I live in a place where having guns are banned and which is said a stupid country because of that.

Their opinion is that there is no way to protect yourself without having guns.
However, although there is the Brady Bill, over 900 children and teens take their own lives every year.
And then people said that it should be strengthened more. However, the corporate gun lobby has spent a lot of money. This lobby act is not to stop having guns but to block pediatricians from talking to parents about the dangers of guns in the home. 

The speaker tells us that the reason is an advertisement. A lie becomes the truth. It means that a gun can protect families because many tragic accidents are hidden.
In the talk, audiences respected this opinion and the talk was ended with great applause.

However, it's not said that stopping having guns and all tragic accidents will be announced.

I think that people think that they can have guns safely because the Brady Law must be strengthened more and bad and crazy people don't have guns.

And then after the talk, the tragic gun accidents happened again and more people bought guns.

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Brady Law: full Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, U.S. The legislation is to conduct background checks on individuals purchasing any firearm for the purchase.
threat /noun/ intimidation
law-abiding /adj/ legal, lawful
pediatrician /noun/ a medical practitioner specializing in children and their diseases

José Andrés : How a team of chefs fed Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

José Andrés at TEDxMidAtlantic
How a team of chefs fed Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria  (transcript)
Summary
After the disaster, even Red Cross Salvation Army went there, whether they can help all people who got damage, or not.
The areas where only local people knew, which are far places from cities, and where people think that they couldn't go there because the bridge was broken don't have enough food.

Puerto Rico is constructed by some small islands. After Hurricane Maria, the speaker continued finding people who couldn't have food and feeding them.

It gathered other volunteers naturally and served close to 70,000 meals a day that was the number we couldn't believe.

His really pure thoughts that he has to deliver hot food to people who are in disaster areas help many people. New ideas hit him that time also.

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destruction /noun/  demolition, wrecking
endeavor /noun/ attempt, try, bid, effort
stabilize /verb/ make or become unlikely to give way or overturn.

Laura Vanderkam : How to gain control of your free time

Laura Vanderkam at TEDWomen 2016
How to gain control of your free time  (transcript)
Summary
l didn't remember what l explained about the TED talk in the morning today because I was really sleepy.
In this, there were great words she said.

Truly believe that there is time, even if we are busy. We have time for what matters. When we focus on what matters, we can build the lives that we want in the time we’ve got.

More focus on what you want to do or have to do.

Is the priority right on what you do now?
It's okay for you to change your priorities you do today.

The reason I couldn't do my homework isn't that I didn't have time. It's that my homework wasn't chosen by me to do and I didn't want to do it. Hahaha 😅

Words in this story
tardiness /noun/ being late
judicious /adj/ having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense.
usage /noun/ the action of using something or the fact of being used.

Naomi Watanabe, the “Beyoncé of Japan,” Is Taking Down Sizeism inTokyo—And Becoming a Fashion Icon

Magazine Vogue

Naomi Watanabe, the “Beyoncé of Japan,” Is Taking Down Sizeism in Tokyo—And Becoming a Fashion Icon  (article)
Summary
Although models of the world often are too thin, it has not changed for a long time. The world would think that Japanese girls and women are small, shy and they won't show their minds straightly.
Those gaps would help and make Naomi Watanabe famous uniquely.
Now, her video copying Beyoncé comedically virally spreads on Youtube. She has 7.3 million followers on Instagram.
She has careers as a model, talk host, brand mascot,movie actress and a fixture on numerous TV networks, radio show, and commercials. Fixture means that she is anywhere and anytime definitely.
However, it's not easy to find fit clothes, dresses, and costumes for her, but she becomes a Fashion Icon.
She wanted to wear the same dresses every girl had. and just wants women to be natural.
It seems to change that people's hope. In the past, people wanted to be thin like models and actresses, but now, Naomi tells us that everybody should be happy in their own skin and you shouldn't reject the way you are.

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fixture /  piece of equipment or furniture that is fixed in position in a building or vehicle.
sizeism /noun/ prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person's size.
aesthetic /adj/ concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
inclusive /adj/ including or covering all the services, facilities, or items normally expected or required.

Arthur Benjamin : The magic of Fibonacci numbers

Arthur Benjamin at TEDGlobal 2013
The magic of Fibonacci numbers  (transcript)
Summary
What a beautiful number line it is!
I didn't know about Fibonacci numbers, but I  could answer a question why we should learn difficult mathematics. My friends often said that they wouldn't need it for their everyday life, my answer was that it must affect our ways of thinking, though.
l didn't have better scores of mathematics in school, however, l liked mathematics.
l love thinking about solving quizzes ingeniously, and l think that it teaches me that using my brain create new things.

The speaker also tells us why we learn mathematics. The reasons are calculations, application, and inspiration. He wants us to have the opportunity to know that mathematics is very fun. It must make us excited.

Fibonacci number: when some squares are gathered and one rectangle is created, it appears beautiful patterns about the side lengths and the areas.

Isabel Behncke : Evolution's gift of play, from bonobo apes to humans

Isabel BehnckeatTED2011
Evolution's gift of play, from bonobo apes to humans  (transcript)
Summary
The speaker is a primatologist who studies about bonobos.
The bonobo is a kind of chimpanzee in Congo who is our living closest relative, but it's not famous. We think that Congo and chimpanzees are dangerous and are related to aggression. However, Congo is a land of extraordinary biodiversity and beauty, and bonobo society is a highly tolerant society where fatal violence has not been observed and which is run by empowered females. The bonobo likes to play. It's not only for children games and the speaker tells us that we humans must forget that play is very important.
Playing is foundational for bonding relationships and fostering tolerance. We can learn about the rules of games, creativity, resilience, and diversity. It's included in the diversity of interactions, behaviors, and connections also.
The speaker is so sexy that it might be difficult to convey the true meaning.
We have to enjoy playing and we can learn it from bonobos, you wouldn't know it, though.

Words in this story
ape /noun/  primate, simian, monkey
aggression /noun/ hostile or violent behavior or attitudes toward another; readiness to attack or confront.
frivolous /adj/ petty