Wow I get to state right just whenever waiters ask me what to drink so this is
waiters ask me what to drink so this is
waiters ask me what to drink so this is gonna be cool
gonna be cool
gonna be cool first off it’s important oh I was in the
first off it’s important oh I was in the
first off it’s important oh I was in the belly of this beast that is the public
belly of this beast that is the public
belly of this beast that is the public education system just two years ago it’s
education system just two years ago it’s
education system just two years ago it’s also important to know I was a sucky
also important to know I was a sucky
also important to know I was a sucky student I was the type I’d bring home
student I was the type I’d bring home
student I was the type I’d bring home passing grades my family would put it on
passing grades my family would put it on
passing grades my family would put it on the fridge and we go out and eat and
the fridge and we go out and eat and
the fridge and we go out and eat and celebration that was a bad student but
celebration that was a bad student but
celebration that was a bad student but that’s not to say I didn’t receive an
that’s not to say I didn’t receive an
that’s not to say I didn’t receive an education I to find something that
education I to find something that
education I to find something that worked for me and my particular learning
worked for me and my particular learning
worked for me and my particular learning style and as it turns out you know I
style and as it turns out you know I
style and as it turns out you know I wasn’t engaged or interested or curious
wasn’t engaged or interested or curious
wasn’t engaged or interested or curious to learn more in school but as it turns
to learn more in school but as it turns
to learn more in school but as it turns out I wasn’t alone and a Gallup poll
out I wasn’t alone and a Gallup poll
out I wasn’t alone and a Gallup poll found that less than 44% of kids just in
found that less than 44% of kids just in
found that less than 44% of kids just in high school alone aren’t interested
high school alone aren’t interested
high school alone aren’t interested engaged we’re curious than any of the
engaged we’re curious than any of the
engaged we’re curious than any of the stuff that they’re learning whatsoever
stuff that they’re learning whatsoever
stuff that they’re learning whatsoever and that’s a problem it’s an epidemic
and that’s a problem it’s an epidemic
and that’s a problem it’s an epidemic now and you know I as a result of that
now and you know I as a result of that
now and you know I as a result of that was at risk of falling through the
was at risk of falling through the
was at risk of falling through the cracks and it was kind of like an S
cracks and it was kind of like an S
cracks and it was kind of like an S something caught me just at the last
something caught me just at the last
something caught me just at the last moment from falling through the nuts
moment from falling through the nuts
moment from falling through the nuts I’ll explain that in a moment now as I
I’ll explain that in a moment now as I
I’ll explain that in a moment now as I had said I was a bad student not like
had said I was a bad student not like
had said I was a bad student not like cell Popeye in the school or throw
cell Popeye in the school or throw
cell Popeye in the school or throw chairs at my teachers but I was bad in
chairs at my teachers but I was bad in
chairs at my teachers but I was bad in the academics a in academia as standard
the academics a in academia as standard
the academics a in academia as standard of it of no achievement I was the type
of it of no achievement I was the type
of it of no achievement I was the type to where whenever it came time to take
to where whenever it came time to take
to where whenever it came time to take tests and put facts and dates and my new
tests and put facts and dates and my new
tests and put facts and dates and my new details and trivial knowledge in my
details and trivial knowledge in my
details and trivial knowledge in my short-term memory
short-term memory
short-term memory hold it there till that Friday mornings
hold it there till that Friday mornings
hold it there till that Friday mornings test and regurgitate it and then forget
test and regurgitate it and then forget
test and regurgitate it and then forget 95% and what I learned always filled by
95% and what I learned always filled by
95% and what I learned always filled by that standard I was the type I didn’t
that standard I was the type I didn’t
that standard I was the type I didn’t care for the 29th the president was or
care for the 29th the president was or
care for the 29th the president was or when he was born but I felt like you
when he was born but I felt like you
when he was born but I felt like you know I could google it and I tell you in
know I could google it and I tell you in
know I could google it and I tell you in 10 seconds so I didn’t find that stuff
10 seconds so I didn’t find that stuff
10 seconds so I didn’t find that stuff important I didn’t find relevant seeing
important I didn’t find relevant seeing
important I didn’t find relevant seeing a lot of the things I wanted to know how
a lot of the things I wanted to know how
a lot of the things I wanted to know how to build a credit score how to start and
to build a credit score how to start and
to build a credit score how to start and grow business how to do a lot of these
grow business how to do a lot of these
grow business how to do a lot of these things that we typically don’t teach
things that we typically don’t teach
things that we typically don’t teach kids I wanted relevancy but most
kids I wanted relevancy but most
kids I wanted relevancy but most importantly my particular learning style
importantly my particular learning style
importantly my particular learning style was not really supported it was a
was not really supported it was a
was not really supported it was a standard learning style that I didn’t
standard learning style that I didn’t
standard learning style that I didn’t really fit into
really fit into
really fit into now luckily my senior year of high
now luckily my senior year of high
now luckily my senior year of high school there’s a teacher and he saw past
school there’s a teacher and he saw past
school there’s a teacher and he saw past the fact I had a 1.6 GPA luckily and he
the fact I had a 1.6 GPA luckily and he
the fact I had a 1.6 GPA luckily and he he invited me to participate in this
he invited me to participate in this
he invited me to participate in this mentorship program and I was hesitant at
mentorship program and I was hesitant at
mentorship program and I was hesitant at first I thought it was another sneak
first I thought it was another sneak
first I thought it was another sneak attack to get me into tutoring so I said
attack to get me into tutoring so I said
attack to get me into tutoring so I said no but he was persistent and eventually
no but he was persistent and eventually
no but he was persistent and eventually I agreed to and I’m glad I did because
I agreed to and I’m glad I did because
I agreed to and I’m glad I did because at that moment I realized that all the
at that moment I realized that all the
at that moment I realized that all the time I had a potential I never really
time I had a potential I never really
time I had a potential I never really had a vehicle to express that potential
had a vehicle to express that potential
had a vehicle to express that potential through public education and it was also
through public education and it was also
through public education and it was also clear to me at that time I didn’t need a
clear to me at that time I didn’t need a
clear to me at that time I didn’t need a school to learn any more than I needed a
school to learn any more than I needed a
school to learn any more than I needed a library to read but I needed kind of
library to read but I needed kind of
library to read but I needed kind of guidance and a personal education and
guidance and a personal education and
guidance and a personal education and knowing that after graduated after
knowing that after graduated after
knowing that after graduated after barely graduating high school I moved
barely graduating high school I moved
barely graduating high school I moved from my hometown of Farmington here to
from my hometown of Farmington here to
from my hometown of Farmington here to Albuquerque and I dropped out of college
Albuquerque and I dropped out of college
Albuquerque and I dropped out of college poured into my first semester because I
poured into my first semester because I
poured into my first semester because I came to the right realization that it
came to the right realization that it
came to the right realization that it wasn’t gonna work for me I suck at
wasn’t gonna work for me I suck at
wasn’t gonna work for me I suck at school so I decided to continue the
school so I decided to continue the
school so I decided to continue the mentorship route and I contacted a local
mentorship route and I contacted a local
mentorship route and I contacted a local entrepreneur he agreed to meet with me
entrepreneur he agreed to meet with me
entrepreneur he agreed to meet with me for lunch that next week and he’s been
for lunch that next week and he’s been
for lunch that next week and he’s been mentoring me ever since and it’s gone
mentoring me ever since and it’s gone
mentoring me ever since and it’s gone very well he held me you know meet
very well he held me you know meet
very well he held me you know meet locals in the community very valuable
locals in the community very valuable
locals in the community very valuable people and you know helped me start a
people and you know helped me start a
people and you know helped me start a business helped me really tapping them
business helped me really tapping them
business helped me really tapping them like my potential but he was also a
like my potential but he was also a
like my potential but he was also a guide and that was something I was
guide and that was something I was
guide and that was something I was really missing to know whenever I moved
really missing to know whenever I moved
really missing to know whenever I moved here I didn’t know words like interstate
here I didn’t know words like interstate
here I didn’t know words like interstate and exit they were foreign to me because
and exit they were foreign to me because
and exit they were foreign to me because I was in a small town so I had to use
I was in a small town so I had to use
I was in a small town so I had to use Google Maps for the first two good
Google Maps for the first two good
Google Maps for the first two good months that I lived here and I thought
months that I lived here and I thought
months that I lived here and I thought about it and I never really had that
about it and I never really had that
about it and I never really had that type of guidance in school I never
type of guidance in school I never
type of guidance in school I never really had a person to tell me based off
really had a person to tell me based off
really had a person to tell me based off of where I was to where I wanted to go
of where I was to where I wanted to go
of where I was to where I wanted to go in the different routes interstates
in the different routes interstates
in the different routes interstates exits turns obstacles and shortcuts to
exits turns obstacles and shortcuts to
exits turns obstacles and shortcuts to shave years off my learning curve this
shave years off my learning curve this
shave years off my learning curve this was the personal guidance that really
was the personal guidance that really
was the personal guidance that really helped me and that was really lacking
helped me and that was really lacking
helped me and that was really lacking but most importantly what he did and
but most importantly what he did and
but most importantly what he did and we’ll all of my best teachers and best
we’ll all of my best teachers and best
we’ll all of my best teachers and best mentors have done is they’ve all taken
mentors have done is they’ve all taken
mentors have done is they’ve all taken the time to diagnose my particular
the time to diagnose my particular
the time to diagnose my particular learning style not student number two
learning style not student number two
learning style not student number two 3-0 but first name last name
3-0 but first name last name
3-0 but first name last name here’s your strengths here’s your
here’s your strengths here’s your
here’s your strengths here’s your weaknesses and then almost customize and
weaknesses and then almost customize and
weaknesses and then almost customize and tailor up something you
tailor up something you
tailor up something you to me and that really worked and what I
to me and that really worked and what I
to me and that really worked and what I found was with the millions of the kids
found was with the millions of the kids
found was with the millions of the kids that are falling through the cracks
that are falling through the cracks
that are falling through the cracks the thing that protecting me than that
the thing that protecting me than that
the thing that protecting me than that was it was an education that that wasn’t
was it was an education that that wasn’t
was it was an education that that wasn’t really there because the net that
really there because the net that
really there because the net that catches most students is so specific
catches most students is so specific
catches most students is so specific where if you excel at rote memorization
where if you excel at rote memorization
where if you excel at rote memorization repetition note-taking and you know you
repetition note-taking and you know you
repetition note-taking and you know you thrive by academic standards by that and
thrive by academic standards by that and
thrive by academic standards by that and your continent net but what about
your continent net but what about
your continent net but what about everyone else that’s going around that
everyone else that’s going around that
everyone else that’s going around that we have so many people passing through
we have so many people passing through
we have so many people passing through and falling through the cracks because
and falling through the cracks because
and falling through the cracks because their net is they’re so narrow on the
their net is they’re so narrow on the
their net is they’re so narrow on the type of potential we deem acceptable and
type of potential we deem acceptable and
type of potential we deem acceptable and so the net that worked for me might not
so the net that worked for me might not
so the net that worked for me might not work for someone else because we have so
work for someone else because we have so
work for someone else because we have so many different learning styles you know
many different learning styles you know
many different learning styles you know we we know we have visual learners
we we know we have visual learners
we we know we have visual learners auditory learners kinesthetic we have
auditory learners kinesthetic we have
auditory learners kinesthetic we have left-brain individuals right brain
left-brain individuals right brain
left-brain individuals right brain introverts extrovert so many shapes and
introverts extrovert so many shapes and
introverts extrovert so many shapes and sizes
sizes
sizes yet we typically apply the same standard
yet we typically apply the same standard
yet we typically apply the same standard to all of them and I’d even be willing
to all of them and I’d even be willing
to all of them and I’d even be willing to say not only is it bad that we’re not
to say not only is it bad that we’re not
to say not only is it bad that we’re not oh you know open to all learning styles
oh you know open to all learning styles
oh you know open to all learning styles but the learning styles that we are
but the learning styles that we are
but the learning styles that we are neglecting has some of the most
neglecting has some of the most
neglecting has some of the most potential because so much of what we
potential because so much of what we
potential because so much of what we deem successful in academics is a
deem successful in academics is a
deem successful in academics is a student’s ability to follow a prescribed
student’s ability to follow a prescribed
student’s ability to follow a prescribed method of arriving at solutions but if
method of arriving at solutions but if
method of arriving at solutions but if you’re thinking differently if you’re an
you’re thinking differently if you’re an
you’re thinking differently if you’re an original thinker you’re thinking in ways
original thinker you’re thinking in ways
original thinker you’re thinking in ways that have yet to be thought if you’re
that have yet to be thought if you’re
that have yet to be thought if you’re inventing tomorrow you’re gonna fail
inventing tomorrow you’re gonna fail
inventing tomorrow you’re gonna fail whenever your created on an ability to
whenever your created on an ability to
whenever your created on an ability to follow someone else’s solutions or
follow someone else’s solutions or
follow someone else’s solutions or methods of tackling complex problems and
methods of tackling complex problems and
methods of tackling complex problems and the system of Education might not reward
the system of Education might not reward
the system of Education might not reward that but the system of life rewards the
that but the system of life rewards the
that but the system of life rewards the ability to come up with your own
ability to come up with your own
ability to come up with your own solution to complex problems and so I
solution to complex problems and so I
solution to complex problems and so I found this very important you know I I
found this very important you know I I
found this very important you know I I was a holistic learner conceptual
was a holistic learner conceptual
was a holistic learner conceptual learner a big-picture I did horrible
learner a big-picture I did horrible
learner a big-picture I did horrible with trivial knowledge those things I
with trivial knowledge those things I
with trivial knowledge those things I didn’t find that stuff very important
didn’t find that stuff very important
didn’t find that stuff very important but most importantly you know the
but most importantly you know the
but most importantly you know the one-size-fits-all solution it it doesn’t
one-size-fits-all solution it it doesn’t
one-size-fits-all solution it it doesn’t work and I’m very thankful it doesn’t go
work and I’m very thankful it doesn’t go
work and I’m very thankful it doesn’t go on beyond education and applies to other
on beyond education and applies to other
on beyond education and applies to other areas of our life like clothes or
areas of our life like clothes or
areas of our life like clothes or something if if
something if if
something if if I have a 29 waist in 34 legs so it’s
I have a 29 waist in 34 legs so it’s
I have a 29 waist in 34 legs so it’s very hard I’m shaped a lot like a swan
very hard I’m shaped a lot like a swan
very hard I’m shaped a lot like a swan so shopping for me is pretty hard but or
so shopping for me is pretty hard but or
so shopping for me is pretty hard but or take medicine you know a doctor with all
take medicine you know a doctor with all
take medicine you know a doctor with all of his patients each with their own
of his patients each with their own
of his patients each with their own diagnosis each with their own needs and
diagnosis each with their own needs and
diagnosis each with their own needs and problems and if you were to take a
problems and if you were to take a
problems and if you were to take a medication and prescribe it to all of
medication and prescribe it to all of
medication and prescribe it to all of his patients that’s a lot what we’re
his patients that’s a lot what we’re
his patients that’s a lot what we’re doing in education but he can’t because
doing in education but he can’t because
doing in education but he can’t because the reality is one patient’s care is
the reality is one patient’s care is
the reality is one patient’s care is another patients death sentence and the
another patients death sentence and the
another patients death sentence and the exact same concept applies to education
exact same concept applies to education
exact same concept applies to education but the side effects are different
but the side effects are different
but the side effects are different they’re not an omelet or kidney failure
they’re not an omelet or kidney failure
they’re not an omelet or kidney failure they are no curiosity or no engagement
they are no curiosity or no engagement
they are no curiosity or no engagement or no interest in any of the stuff
or no interest in any of the stuff
or no interest in any of the stuff they’re learning and that’s the reality
they’re learning and that’s the reality
they’re learning and that’s the reality for nearly eight million students just
for nearly eight million students just
for nearly eight million students just in high school alone that’s what happens
in high school alone that’s what happens
in high school alone that’s what happens whenever you’ve misdiagnosed and miss
whenever you’ve misdiagnosed and miss
whenever you’ve misdiagnosed and miss cure educational styles and so it’s very
cure educational styles and so it’s very
cure educational styles and so it’s very important that we have a customized for
important that we have a customized for
important that we have a customized for all learning styles because who’s to say
all learning styles because who’s to say
all learning styles because who’s to say one’s better than the other especially
one’s better than the other especially
one’s better than the other especially whenever some of the others have so much
whenever some of the others have so much
whenever some of the others have so much potential that we’re neglecting to value
potential that we’re neglecting to value
potential that we’re neglecting to value and it’s gonna take some work on a part
and it’s gonna take some work on a part
and it’s gonna take some work on a part most great things worth achieving
most great things worth achieving
most great things worth achieving usually do you know it’s going to take
usually do you know it’s going to take
usually do you know it’s going to take smaller student-to-teacher ratios it’s
smaller student-to-teacher ratios it’s
smaller student-to-teacher ratios it’s gonna take myers-briggs testing and
gonna take myers-briggs testing and
gonna take myers-briggs testing and personal diagnosis it’s gonna take
personal diagnosis it’s gonna take
personal diagnosis it’s gonna take teachers really kind of repositioning
teachers really kind of repositioning
teachers really kind of repositioning themselves a lot of teachers are still
themselves a lot of teachers are still
themselves a lot of teachers are still slide readers and babysitters they need
slide readers and babysitters they need
slide readers and babysitters they need to be potential spotting machines
to be potential spotting machines
to be potential spotting machines finding each student’s unique potential
finding each student’s unique potential
finding each student’s unique potential and then really developing the content
and then really developing the content
and then really developing the content based around them you know where better
based around them you know where better
based around them you know where better to start than New Mexico right now we
to start than New Mexico right now we
to start than New Mexico right now we are last a lot of you know statistics
are last a lot of you know statistics
are last a lot of you know statistics have us at number 50 in education number
have us at number 50 in education number
have us at number 50 in education number 50 and our call to fame is Breaking Bad
50 and our call to fame is Breaking Bad
50 and our call to fame is Breaking Bad we call but you know a show about meth
we call but you know a show about meth
we call but you know a show about meth so if we start anywhere it needs to be
so if we start anywhere it needs to be
so if we start anywhere it needs to be here and we really don’t get enough
here and we really don’t get enough
here and we really don’t get enough credit for what we really are I mean we
credit for what we really are I mean we
credit for what we really are I mean we have some of the best scientific labs
have some of the best scientific labs
have some of the best scientific labs and minds in the country here the atomic
and minds in the country here the atomic
and minds in the country here the atomic bomb was founded here Microsoft was
bomb was founded here Microsoft was
bomb was founded here Microsoft was founded just down the street and
founded just down the street and
founded just down the street and hopefully together
hopefully together
hopefully together we can help position our state to be
we can help position our state to be
we can help position our state to be this Lantern in this valley of darkness
this Lantern in this valley of darkness
this Lantern in this valley of darkness that is education reform for other
that is education reform for other
that is education reform for other states to follow as we become the most
states to follow as we become the most
states to follow as we become the most learning style inclusive public ages
learning style inclusive public ages
learning style inclusive public ages public education system in the country
public education system in the country
public education system in the country thank you
thank you
thank you [Applause]
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