Finally, it was time for Yang Guo to appear on the stage of TED. Of course, before he came up, the host had already given him a simple but detailed introduction, so when Yang Guo came up, he was already applauded like thunder.

"Thank you!" Yang Guo said with a smile holding a small remote control.

There was no greetings, every minute and second on the TED stage was extra precious, and Yang Guo directly started his speech.

"When you ask the president of any country, 'What is your country's most precious resource?' , they will not be the first to answer yes children. But when you say it's children, they will almost immediately agree with you. Yang Guo's point is subtle, and he states a fact that almost everyone agrees on.

"In China, we have two kinds of children with different lives, one is the children in the city and the other is the children in the big mountain villages." Yang Guo used two pictures of different children, the one in the city was in color, and the other was in black and white, with a strong contrast.

"The education they receive is very different, the children in the city have the best teachers and training classes in China, while in the villages, they are more often looking forward to having a teacher, just have one, and never dare to expect too much!" The pictures and simple text in the PPT behind Yang Guo have shown very clearly.

"The Chinese government has been working hard to support the development of impoverished areas in the central and western regions, but the results have not been good. These children in the mountains, they lack education, and even if they do, it is an education with a huge gap in quality, not because the government is unwilling to support it, but because there are no teachers who are willing to go into the mountains. ”

Yang Guo said very heavily, but he lost a little baggage, and asked with a smile: "Because we all like cities and big cities." It's like young people don't want to stay on the farm, looking forward to the high-rise buildings and fashionable beauties in the city, or handsome guys, right? ”

Yang Guo's rhetorical question still made many listeners laugh good-naturedly, and all the people present are knowledgeable, learned, or with status and status, and they can understand what Yang Guo said about "young people's choice".

"The future of a country lies in its children, and the best way to change the current situation of poverty in a region is not to use cash support, in the same way, if they want to have a future that is no longer poor and backward, the breakthrough lies in their children!" Yang Guo said solemnly.

"Education is important, especially for children! Because you have knowledge, you have the possibility and motivation to change the future! ”

"I tried to think about how to bring education to the children in the mountains without teachers willing to stay in the mountains. At this time, I didn't think about better, because we have to have it before we can think better, right? Yang Guo said with a smile.

"Then I had an idea, why don't you give each of them a computer? In this way, through the Internet, a door and window to the world, they will be able to see the world beyond the mountains and learn all the knowledge they want to learn! ”

Yang Guo's thoughts began to unfold slowly here, and the audience had no other voices, and everyone held their breath and listened to Yang Guo's eloquent speech.

"Why computers? Some people questioned that computers are a luxury for these children who don't have enough to eat. Even, the price of a computer is enough for their family to live for a year, or for them to study for half a year at a school outside the mountains. ”

Yang Guo switched PPT, and a cobweb-shaped picture appeared on the big screen behind him. He continued: "Actually, as I just said, what matters is not the computer itself, but the meaning that the computer represents, which is education, better education!" ”

"To give a simple example, the price of a computer can buy a hundred books, but through the computer, through the Internet, our children can access 10,000, 10 million books. God, which school libraries can have 10 million books? ”

"The Harvard University Library, which has a collection of fifteen million books, you say? Well, it's okay, forget what I said. Yang Guo's little humor caused the audience to laugh.

"But education is not only about books, especially children's education and primary education, children need the guidance of teachers to learn the knowledge they need to go to better schools and enter the society in the future!" Yang Guo smiled, "If you just give them a computer, they may only use it to play games!" ”

"So I thought, why can't we let teachers who don't want to go into the mountains teach children through the Internet and through video?" Yang Guo jumped very fast, and suddenly released a photo of modern distance teaching in the Xiongjiazhai School on the big screen in the back, and there was a clue like a network cable, leading to a photo of a teacher teaching in the city.

In fact, there is no need for Yang Guo to introduce it, the principle is very simple, everyone can understand it at a glance, but not many people thought of it before! It was precisely because of this shock that the audience applauded Yang Guo from the bottom of their hearts.

But Yang Guo's speech was far from coming to an end.

"Yes, my idea has the support of many college student volunteers, who are willing to contribute to the education of these children - in the case that I have broken the shackles of spatial distance! They are really great! Yang Guo said with a smile.

There was another round of applause, but in fact, foreigners also pay much (or more) attention to the spirit of volunteerism. After the applause stopped, Yang Guo continued.

"Okay, now that we're out of the way, let's start looking ahead to 'better'!" Yang Guo changed to a PPT, which was a photo of the colorful educational content of children in the city.

"If they are only educated, it is still difficult for them to compete with the children in the city, because the children in the city have piano education, calligraphy and painting education, physical education and so on from an early age."

"Some people will say, since they already have an education, isn't that satisfying?" Yang Guo asked himself and replied, "Yes, maybe the children are satisfied, but I am not satisfied, I think these children can also have a good quality education, not just the knowledge required in the textbook!" Because all men are equal! （allmenarecreatedequal）”

Yang Guo's last sentence was not completely unfounded, this is the most classic sentence from the "Declaration of Independence" of the United States. Suddenly, this sentence seemed to poke the itch point of the audience present (although it was held in Canada, most of them were from the United States).

“Yes！” As if Yang Guo raised his arms and exhaled, the audience was excited, loudly agreed with Yang Guo's statement, and applauded desperately.

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