Born to learn

https://www.youtube.com/watch
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Part 1 . beginning to 1 :20
1. How does the character on the picture feel ?
2. How is school seen by teenagers according to the video, a place where
you are supposed to get good grades or where you exploit your passion to
learn ? pick out the expressions used to describe their feelings
3. What should be more important according to the video ? According to
you ?
4. What did Einstein do when he was 15 ?
5. Comment on Einsteins statement ; It is almost a miracle that modern
teaching methods have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of
inquiry
6. What did people tell you when you were a kid and
When you played around with stuff and pulled things apart and not
together
Sat still
When you could not bear to sit still any longer
7. Did the grownups want to hurt you
8. But nevertheless this attitude is ..
9. Why ?
10.How do we know ?
11.R or W we know more than before about how we learn
12.R or W we know more than before about human intelligence
13.What do you guess is the topic of the video ?
Part 2 1: 20 to 2:26
1. What makes a babys brain amazing ?
How long does it take to make it ? 9 months or more ?
What is stored inside it
What is compared to ?
2. How can it be activated ?
3. What happens if they are not activated at the most appropriate
time
4. Which example is given ?
5. Conclusion : our interactions are very because they
ignite ( = put on fire) our intelligence and ..
it too
6. What other ways of learning exists ? .
7. What should we keep in mind when raising up kids ?
8. Is it only true for babies ?
9. What did Charles Darwins teacher say ?
10.What advice is given here ?

Part 3 2:26 to 3:18

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Why is it difficult for parents to let the children play ?

Which period of life is the most important for learning ?
Why ?
What happens after 12?
What are the changes in the teenagers brain compared to ?
What is the reason for all these changes and the teenagers
attitude ?
7. Who says no ?
8. Who says yes ?
9. Complete the sentence : Because without this .. to do
things differently we would never have made it this ..
Part 4 3:19 to end
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What saved mankind during the ice age ?

What is the essential feature of adolescence ?
What should we honor adolescence for ? what is it actually?
What is the proposition made in the video
How does this look to adults?
According to the video what may happen if we ALLOW their
natural curiosity to flourish in childhood ?
7. What adjective describes this situation in the video ?
8. Why ?
9. What kind of human beings does it produce ?
10.What is adolescence according to the video ? a problem or an
opportunity ? (circle or underline the right answer )
11.Do you agree with the video ? Why , why not ?
12.Give some examples of how to develop your curiosity in or
outside class ? What could your teachers / parents do to help
you become well-adjusted and learning-motivated adolescents?

Born to learn answer key

Part 1 . beginning to 1 :20
14.How does the character on the picture feel ? more capable than what the
society expects of him = bored
15.How is school seen by teenagers according to the video, a place where
you are supposed to get good grades or where you exploit your passion to
learn ? ( the grades) pick out the expressions used to describe their
feelings ( bored , desperate to just get away )
16.What should be more important according to the video , according to
you ?
17.What did Einstein do when he was 15 ? ( when he was sitting in the
classroom , he decided all of a sudden that enough is enough, got up and
walked right out the door and never went back)
18.Comment on Einsteins statement ; It is almost a miracle that modern
teaching methods have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of
inquiry
19.What did people tell you when you were a kid and
When you played around with stuff and pulled things apart and not
together = no, no, no)
Sat still = good
When you could not bear to sit still any longer = naughty
20.Did the grownups want to hurt you ? no, was all well intended
21.But nevertheless this attitude is .. insane
22.Why ? because your capacity to create and learn knows no bounds and
these remarks limit it
23.How do we know ? a latest research proves it , because the invention of
MRI scans in the last 25 years has allowed scientists to see which parts
of the brain are used by different kinds of thinking
24.R or W we know more than before about how we learn
Right infinitely
more
25.R or W we know more than before about human intelligence right
26.What do you guess is the topic of the video ? How we learn , how to make
learning more efficient
Part 2 1: 20 to 2:26
11.What makes a babys brain amazing ?
How long does it take to make it ? 9 months or more ? 7
million years , and 350 000 generations
What is stored inside it ? all the skills , knowledge and
talents cultivated by our ancestors
What is compared to ? numerous software programmes
12.How can it be activated ? can only be activated by the baby
engaging with its environment
13.3. What happens if they are not activated at the most
appropriate time ? they simply disappear

14.Which example is given ? language , if a child doesnt hear

language by around the age of 8 it may never learn how to
speak
15.Conclusion : our interactions are very important because they
ignite ( = put on fire) our dormant intelligence and reinforce it
too
16.6. What other ways of learning exists ? looking at things from
different perspectives and making connections between things
through play .
17.What should we keep in mind when raising up kids ? let them
play
18.Is it only true for babies ? No, also when they are older
19.What did Charles Darwins teacher say ? that he would never
amount too much because he was playing too much with
insects .
20.What advice is given here ? let children play , because its not
just play .
Part 3 2:26 to 3:18
10.Why is it difficult for parents to let the children play ? because it
takes more time and energy
11.Which period of life is the most important for learning ? pre
puberty
12.Why ? because its when we learn by copying the people around
us
13.What happens after 12? All changes , becomes a rebellious ,
challenging teenager
14.What are the changes in the teenagers brain compared to ? an
earthquake
15.What is the reason for all these changes and the teenagers
attitude ? the adolescent brain needs to go its own way
16.Who says no ? parents
17.Who says yes ? evolutionary scientists
18. Complete the sentence : Because without this urge to do things
differently we would never have made it this far
Part 4 3:19 to end
13.What saved mankind during the ice age ? a handful of our
ancestors who decided to break away from their doomed parents
freezing to death in their ancestors caves = did not grow up
like their parents = rebelled against their parents went away to
find a place with a better climate .
14.What is the essential feature of adolescence ? risk taking
15.What should we honor adolescence for ? what is it actually? A
struggle , the moment when the next generation challenges the
status quo and pioneers new ways of thinking and being that
ensure our survival

16.What is the proposition made in the video ? What could happen

if we gave adolescence the freedom to undertake that struggle
and not to force them sit passively in class ,if we trusted that
their earlier clone-like learning enabled them to spread their
wings and work things out for themselves ?
17.How does this look to adults? Pick out 2 adjectives = terrifying
+ scary
18.According to the video what may happen if we ALLOW their
natural curiosity to flourish in childhood ? theyll be bursting with
a longing to learn and climb unscaled mountains of the mind
19.What adjective describes the situation in the video ? exhilarating
20.Why ? because it is what we have evolved to be
21.What kind of human beings does it produce ? it is what makes us
fulfilled , well adjusted human beings
22.What is adolescence according to the video ? a problem or an
opportunity ? (circle or underline the right answer )
23.Do you agree with the video ? Why , why not ?
24.Give some examples of how to develop your curiosity on or
outside class ? What could your teachers do to help you become
well-adjusted and learning-motivated adolescents?