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The first video I watched was, “Sparks: How Youth Thrive” by Peter Benson. This video was mainly about igniting a teenager’s spark or hidden talent. It gave parent’s advice on discovering their child’s hidden strengths. Dr. Benson started his TED-talk by asking the audience questions about today’s generation. Some of his questions included, “What is our vision for American kids?” and “What is your highest aspiration for your child?” While, watching Dr. Benson’s video the parts that fascinated me, were when he talked about how to find a youth’s spark. He mentioned that many people think that today’s youth have no future. But according to his theory, today’s youth are not a vessels, instead they are fires that are meant to be lit. I agree …show more content…
Dr. Benson also stated that there are more than two-hundred and twenty kinds of different sparks that a child can possess (who would have thought that there a so many talents). Another thing that I found interesting was that a child’s knows their spark, before anyone else. This is interesting to me because it is remarkable how a child knows their talents way before anyone else. It is also amazing how they just build up on their talent. Throughout his TED-talk he commented that when a child knows their spark, they are speaking a language that involves thriving and enrichment as well as growth—yes, this is all interesting and new to me! Something else that seized to astonish me was when he was naming the types of sparks there were (or the categories of different sparks). Some of the categories he named was: helping, serving and volunteering, leading, learning a subject in matter, service to the globe, athletics, and creating of life. Dr. Benson said that every child falls into one of these sparks. But the most common spark is the creating of life which includes, drawing, movement, art, and dance. The last interesting thing I found in his TED-talk was that in order to let a child find its spark you must let it makes its own
The first video I watched was, “Sparks: How Youth Thrive” by Peter Benson. This video was mainly about igniting a teenager’s spark or hidden talent. It gave parent’s advice on discovering their child’s hidden strengths. Dr. Benson started his TED-talk by asking the audience questions about today’s generation. Some of his questions included, “What is our vision for American kids?” and “What is your highest aspiration for your child?” While, watching Dr. Benson’s video the parts that fascinated me, were when he talked about how to find a youth’s spark. He mentioned that many people think that today’s youth have no future. But according to his theory, today’s youth are not a vessels, instead they are fires that are meant to be lit. I agree …show more content…
Dr. Benson also stated that there are more than two-hundred and twenty kinds of different sparks that a child can possess (who would have thought that there a so many talents). Another thing that I found interesting was that a child’s knows their spark, before anyone else. This is interesting to me because it is remarkable how a child knows their talents way before anyone else. It is also amazing how they just build up on their talent. Throughout his TED-talk he commented that when a child knows their spark, they are speaking a language that involves thriving and enrichment as well as growth—yes, this is all interesting and new to me! Something else that seized to astonish me was when he was naming the types of sparks there were (or the categories of different sparks). Some of the categories he named was: helping, serving and volunteering, leading, learning a subject in matter, service to the globe, athletics, and creating of life. Dr. Benson said that every child falls into one of these sparks. But the most common spark is the creating of life which includes, drawing, movement, art, and dance. The last interesting thing I found in his TED-talk was that in order to let a child find its spark you must let it makes its own