Is Hope Worth Having? | Junah Jang | TEDxPhillipsAcademyAndover

Is it smart to be cynical? In her talk, Junah Jang explores what it means to be both informed and hopeful in an era where bad news is more accessible than ever. Junah is a student at Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, USA. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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  • @hellosunshine305
    @hellosunshine3056 жыл бұрын

    This kid is INSANE. She is an academic genius, she was on Broadway when she was 10, and here she is doing a TED talk. Talk about well-rounded!

  • @JaysonT1

    @JaysonT1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Broadway is hardly a definition of genius.

  • @aniyahowell2256
    @aniyahowell22563 жыл бұрын

    Syep?

  • @ibrahimkhaleel437

    @ibrahimkhaleel437

    3 жыл бұрын

    yuppp

  • @grassleychen2938

    @grassleychen2938

    3 жыл бұрын

    sup

  • @jolinlin3307

    @jolinlin3307

    3 жыл бұрын

    hey!!!

  • @younicekeepgoing9373

    @younicekeepgoing9373

    3 жыл бұрын

    lmao

  • @sarahherz7418

    @sarahherz7418

    3 жыл бұрын

    same

  • @anthonystars8933
    @anthonystars89333 жыл бұрын

    A STORY OF HOPE A long time ago, there was an Inuit family high up in the Arctic. It was a terrible year for hunting, and for months the weather was extremely cold. There were very few animals to hunt in the area, and so the family decided they would have to travel south in search of better hunting grounds. When they started their journey south, the walk became long and hard, and they had very little food to eat. Their grandmother was very old and slowing them down. It was a tradition in those days to leave the old folks behind in hopes that the rest of the family might survive. So they said their goodbyes and left her standing alone on the ice. Later that day, a polar bear saw her and started to hunt her down, but she was too slow to escape. As the polar bear got close to her, she took off her big fur mitt and put it on the end of her narwhal walking stick. She then stood there very still and quiet, making no sound or movement. As the polar bear got within feet of her, it opened its mouth to bite her, and at that very moment, she shoved the mitten down the polar bear’s throat choking him. It wasn’t able to breathe, and it died. She walked all day and through the night and was able to catch up with her family, and she told them what had happened. They went back to the polar bear, and it gave them enough food to survive until the spring. So you see, there is always hope, even in the very last moments of certain death, there is always a chance things can get better. There is always hope because there is always God. ... There is a book written by Tony Tymstra titled: What is possible? What is impossible? And What is probable? Proof that God exits. Here is a small chapter you might find interesting....the book is on amazon

  • @mustang5431

    @mustang5431

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @RebelTvShka

    @RebelTvShka

    Жыл бұрын

    He had me willing to buy it until he mentioned god. I'll have to get over my peeving before I do.

  • @blj1523
    @blj15234 жыл бұрын

    This is why working on yourself which changes the internal and thus, external is so much. Balance in the middle.

  • @Uptowndizzy
    @Uptowndizzy3 жыл бұрын

    what this gotta do with project based learning

  • @tyrone2551

    @tyrone2551

    3 жыл бұрын

    WORD

  • @fazo4561

    @fazo4561

    3 жыл бұрын

    da

  • @tzeggers9514
    @tzeggers95146 жыл бұрын

    Lovely, thoughtful talk for trying times.

  • @WhatsVibez
    @WhatsVibez3 жыл бұрын

    when syep is giving out free clout to ted talks

  • @ManuelMartinez-uv7ei
    @ManuelMartinez-uv7ei Жыл бұрын

    thank you that was awesome

  • @snopesshop1903
    @snopesshop19036 жыл бұрын

    Love her

  • @theweirdllama3708
    @theweirdllama37084 жыл бұрын

    this was amazing, I love her

  • @lindakorir1074

    @lindakorir1074

    3 жыл бұрын

    Actions brings about hope

  • @gigiglover121
    @gigiglover1214 жыл бұрын

    YES JUNAH I LOVE YOU

  • @ilhammahmoud9453
    @ilhammahmoud94533 жыл бұрын

    such a good speech ♥️👍

  • @Ladileo1
    @Ladileo1 Жыл бұрын

    This is great. Thank you. 😁

  • @Weifenyejie
    @Weifenyejie6 жыл бұрын

    Wait didn't she play someone in Annie? (This is a great speech too!)

  • @amanday3103

    @amanday3103

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yep, she played Tessie

  • @arlinegeorge6967
    @arlinegeorge69673 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful impressive amazing soul. Hope is a way of life to keep moving. Do with the best of one ability with love kindness and honestly. Thank you, bless you. All your dreams come true .

  • @tyrone2551
    @tyrone25513 жыл бұрын

    where do we send the pictures to the projects?

  • @ashmeadali
    @ashmeadali10 ай бұрын

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  • @sumitprabhakar7703
    @sumitprabhakar77035 ай бұрын

    Hope Surely means do best amid all chaos. Lot of good around us in world have been created by hopeful people only. Cynicism may sound logical at times but surely will not create any good for today's or future world.

  • @monokuma_madness2975
    @monokuma_madness29753 жыл бұрын

    SPOILER ALWRT THE AWNSER IS NO

  • @JaysonT1
    @JaysonT12 жыл бұрын

    "Hope is as hollow as fear" -Loa Tsu

  • @eliekessler2225
    @eliekessler22253 жыл бұрын

    Dose anyone remember her from annie?

  • @epicslimefails

    @epicslimefails

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @marryweedjane
    @marryweedjane11 ай бұрын

    Why is the camera moving so much

  • @yazmurata.4311
    @yazmurata.43113 жыл бұрын

    Dont be doing your SYEP now it was supposed to be done yesterday

  • @marisoljones01

    @marisoljones01

    3 жыл бұрын

    damn😔

  • @yazmurata.4311

    @yazmurata.4311

    3 жыл бұрын

    Marisol Jones yeah ik some of you guys gonna be here 😐

  • @Mirazes

    @Mirazes

    3 жыл бұрын

    That’s not true it’s due on Saturdays at 11:59pm

  • @yazmurata.4311

    @yazmurata.4311

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Mirazes You probably in a different class.

  • @Mirazes

    @Mirazes

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yazmurat A. Oh ok that makes sense

  • @goldenretriever6440
    @goldenretriever6440 Жыл бұрын

    I’ll save you this speech with the truth Hope is a delusion and the people who have it are more dangerous than terrorists Hope can drive someone insane and it has no use in life other then to enhance your pain when life inevitably throws the worst it has to offer at you Put simply according to the myth Hope was the last thing to come out of Pandora’s box Saving the worst for last imo

  • @tatoriety

    @tatoriety

    10 ай бұрын

    you are very wrong but that's just my opinion

  • @goldenretriever6440

    @goldenretriever6440

    10 ай бұрын

    @@tatoriety Let me tell you a story Years ago I had probably the sweetest dog you can possibly imagine One day he started peeing in the house so we took him to the vet After spending a whole day there they decided to keep him for a couple days I was hoping he would be ok but long story short a couple days later I woke up to have my parents tell me he had died overnight Like I mentioned I was hoping he would be ok and he was just sick with something The pain I felt that day was so unbearable that I lost all hope Which was probably the most liberating feeling I had ever had

  • @tatoriety

    @tatoriety

    10 ай бұрын

    @@goldenretriever6440 i'm sorry to hear that honestly, but i think hope is a beautiful thing to have. I little bit of hope, little bit of faith can change the course of things, like i said just my opinion. All the best too you and for you!

  • @glitchydoll
    @glitchydoll3 жыл бұрын

    lol no

  • @Blaze-578
    @Blaze-5783 жыл бұрын

    This- im in this ted talk and i don't like it