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

TED Talks Daily

TED

Creativity, Business, Design, Inspiration, Society & Culture, Science, Technology, Education, Tech Demo, Ted Talks, Ted, Entertainment, Tedtalks

4.1 • 11.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Diane Wolk-Rogers teaches history at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, site of a horrific school shooting on Valentine's Day 2018. How can we end this senseless violence? In a stirring talk, Wolk-Rogers offers three ways Americans can move forward to create more safety and responsibility around guns -- and invites people to come up with their own answers, too. Above all, she asks us to take a cue from the student activists at her school, survivors whose work for change has moved millions to action. "They shouldn't have to do this on their own," Wolk-Rogers says. "They're asking you to get involved."

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're listening to a special archive presentation of TED Talks Daily.
0:05.4	This talk features educator Diane Walk Rogers, recorded live at TED 2018.
0:13.3	I teach history at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School.
0:19.1	On February 14th, 2018,
0:23.7	my school experienced
0:25.1	one of the worst mass school shootings
0:27.9	in American history.
0:32.0	People want to know what we saw,
0:35.6	what I felt.
0:43.8	I don't remember everything, but I do remember I went into crisis mode,
0:52.0	mother mode. There was no emotion. I lined up the kids. I held up a sign so they could follow me through the hall, just like a fire drill.
0:55.0	I heard shots from one direction.
0:58.0	Luckily, we were already moving in the opposite direction.
1:02.0	We made it outside.
1:05.0	We made it to safety.
1:07.0	I called my mother.
1:09.0	I'm okay. I called my husband. I'm okay. I called my husband.
1:12.6	I'm okay.
1:14.6	And my daughter called my voice cracked
1:16.6	and I knew I had to pull myself together.
1:22.6	I sat alone in my thoughts,
1:24.6	worried about my colleagues and students.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from TED, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of TED and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.