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View full lesson on TED-Ed BETA: ed.ted.com At TEDYouth 2011, Performance artist Carvens Lissaint shows how to use language, metaphor and imagery to express a powerful idea — as in this spoken word performance, a stirring plea to make college education more accessible.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
A piece of paper in exhange for a piece of paper. Jobs are not the problem, education is not the problem, tradition is. If grandma’s and grandpa’s told us the reasons for the traditions, they probably would have just said, they didn’t have the same options at the time, but if they did, they might have changed the tradition.
a bit too good at this
it will work in providing you with an education, it won’t work in getting you a job
That won’t work. You need to learn the hard way.
Has a very strong voice.
quit buying diplomas and educate yourself with all the resources on the internet.
Thank you Carvens, added to a playlist…
luv it
Shame most of those people didn’t get the KRS-One reference.
In fairness, American Indians have had just as many if not more struggles and get far less publicity for their struggles. But your point is valid.
I found it deep and touching, and by the end I was tearing up. As a struggling college student, I know too well… and my student loans will follow me the rest of my life. And I’m one of the lucky ones.
Try listening to some of the words or phrases that he quotes and then try to google it. They are either from famous rappers, band groups, slave owners, and comedians… Just some thoughtful advice…
wtf i can’t understand a single word
Women? Native Americans? Oblivious, maybe?
* “I” not refering to me, but to the individual.
to me a plea to allow us to be able to get the information and knowledge to live off our own work, but we are phycologicaly setup to fail when we get near success. tormenting us to have to create a steriotipical ploy to even get people to.understand our situation. I want to live off my hard work and labor not to “get by” but to live and enjoy life. not as a slave that continues to get deeper in debt. but as a person who wants to do what I want for a living.
by 13 amedment in revers he didn’t nesesarly directed toward african ameruicans.
The 13 amendment abolish slavery in revers mens the comback of slavery, but this time slavery toward the political and educational sistems; slaigtly refering to their effectivness.
Thats what I think.
I love this work
this is beautiful and heartbreaking, i want to fix it damn it
his performance was based one community’s point of view. he used stereotypes to grab the attention and then started explaining how some within that community feel when it comes to education and paying for it. at least that was my take on it. I agree with what a few others have said. he brought out how important education is in the black community, as being ta means to move pass the past. he used poetry which doesn’t always flow in the same manner as a logical academic arguments.
I agree. Great performance though.
Really listening, it’s not entirely his fault though as most economic education in this country is crap. That’s not to say he doesn’t have several points; however, my original comment stands. I will even go so far as to say I can build a fairly strong case that college is too accessible for most people, and that is part of why the tuition bubble keeps growing.
I’m sorry were you REALLY listening or just watching?
Bless the guy who stopped his clock from running out.
right