The Power and Importance of...READING! | Luke Bakic | TEDxYouth@TBSWarsaw — Transcript

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1. 0:00Transcriber: Victor Borges Reviewer: David DeRuwe
2. 0:10Great readers make great writers,
3. 0:12whilst great writers make great communicators,
4. 0:15and great communicators make great persuaders.
5. 0:17And you know what great persuaders make?
6. 0:19They make good societies.
7. 0:21And that's what this world needs.
8. 0:23I think that it's totally crazy that all anyone ever talks about
9. 0:27is games, TV shows, WhatsApp, Instagram,
10. 0:32Bitmoji - I don't even know what that is; my brother just told me about it -
11. 0:36WeChat, Kiki, Sarahah, and I could go on forever.
12. 0:42Studies have shown that some kids these days
13. 0:44even spend six and a half hours on a screen a day.
14. 0:48I think we should draw attention to this problem.
15. 0:51However, not reading can even result
16. 0:53in making your brain less active or engaged.
17. 0:57Just over the past year, I've enjoyed reading:
18. 0:59'Winnetou' by Karl May,
19. 1:02the 'Harry Potter' series, with eight books,
20. 1:04the Roald Dahl series, with 12 books,
21. 1:07and 'The Unwanteds' series, with seven books.
22. 1:10And many, many single books in between.
23. 1:13Some I've liked less; some I've liked more.
24. 1:15But they all took me for such an adventure.
25. 1:18Ask my family members.
26. 1:20I'm a truly unhappy child
27. 1:21when I don't have a good book to read right next to me.
28. 1:25I love reading in places like my bed,
29. 1:28on the move while walking, in the toilet, in queues, in vehicles,
30. 1:34but more importantly, at home.
31. 1:36I hide behind various corners of my house,
32. 1:39so nobody can find me and make me do anything else.
33. 1:42Once I even hid behind a flower pot and pretended to be the flower,
34. 1:46not moving at all.
35. 1:48Nobody could find me for ages.
36. 1:50It was hilarious.
37. 1:52I read everywhere.
38. 1:53So for all of you skeptical people out there,
39. 1:57let me tell you,
40. 1:58when you have a good book to keep you company,
41. 2:01there is nothing better in the universe.
42. 2:04It takes you to places where you can't go, and lets you meet people you can't meet.
43. 2:09Reading is love in action.
44. 2:13And the positives are endless.
45. 2:15Like, I usually never have to study for spelling tests,
46. 2:19and it makes my vocabulary so good that it easily impresses any grown-up.
47. 2:24Sometimes,
48. 2:25the first thing I know, I've just had a short conversation with a grown-up,
49. 2:29and the next thing I know, there's a room full of adults talking about me.
50. 2:33I can't imagine my life without a book.
51. 2:36What I'm comparing is the lost art
52. 2:39of reading, writing, communicating and persuading
53. 2:42to some of the great societal ills
54. 2:45of the text message, the tweet and the snap.
55. 2:48While these wonders of modern technology
56. 2:51have their place,
57. 2:52we, the young generation, have to hold on to reading.
58. 2:56It's the key to our kingdom.
59. 2:58So go out there, find a good book,
60. 3:00not just any book, the best are the ones recommended by another kid,
61. 3:04and just go for it!
62. 3:06(Applause)