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🗓️ 2 July 2019
⏱️ 64 minutes
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0:00.0 | When I was a kid and with my learning disabilities, you know, ADD, HDD, which is hyperactive |
0:04.8 | disorder and attention deficit disorder with dyslexia, you put all those things together |
0:10.9 | and they have a term for you. |
0:13.0 | And it's unfortunately not PC. |
0:14.9 | It's called the retarded kid. |
0:16.4 | The dumb kid in the corner, you can't learn, right? |
0:19.7 | And it's not a really great way to educate someone |
0:22.7 | because they just instantly write you off, right? You're going to go put your special needs kid, |
0:26.8 | go sit over there in the corner. You obviously don't know how to do this. I mean, I failed algebra |
0:30.5 | three times. Well, how am I going to pass algebra when Bs and eights and nines and P's and all |
0:37.2 | these sevens and everything starts looking the same. |
0:40.4 | They're flipping. |
0:41.4 | So do you think I'm going to get an answer right? |
0:43.5 | No. |
0:44.4 | But that at that time and place, as you well know, I mean the great part about now is these kids have help. |
0:50.2 | This next generation and two generations later have help. |
0:54.1 | So I had to take what I was told was a disability |
0:59.0 | and turn it into an ability. |
1:02.0 | It's showtime, everybody! Showtime! |
1:06.0 | You've been living in a dream world, Neil. |
1:10.0 | This is the world as it exists today life moves pretty fast |
1:17.2 | you don't stop and look around once in a while you could miss it listen we're talking about |
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