Cranford_Review_June_2015

Hounslow Youth
2015
Hounslow Youth TED Talks which took place on
Wednesday 25th February 2015 is an annual
competition where young people are invited to
respond to an issue or theme they are passionate about. TED
began in America in 1984 as a conference where Technology,
Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost
all topics, from science to business to global issues in more
than 100 languages and young people are invited to take part
and have a voice.
The theme this year was “Hope, Dreams, Aspirations for the
Future” and I was invited to represent Cranford Community
College alongside students from other Hounslow Schools.
Taking part in a talk show like the TED Talks was an amazing
opportunity for me to develop my confidence
and thinking. It’s my first time, to take part in
an event that represents the school. It was a very
exciting yet nerve-wracking experience.
The subject I chose to speak about was
DIVERSITY, which involved a few things
that we notice in everyday life like; food,
superstition, languages and my personal
experience.
TED Talks was an opportunity for my concern
of the lack of respect to diversity to be heard and
how others are judged by the way people look
or speak, without realising the experiences’
that other person had to go through.
Extract from my
presentation on Diversity
“When I moved to England from a remote
village in India, not knowing a sentence of
English, my life took a 360 degrees turn. I
was shocked to be in an unknown world that
I used to see in the movies. It was nothing
like the world I had left behind.
“It’s amazing to have Diversity; it adds that
extra bit of worth to our own principles,
philosophies and creed. It gives a significance
to our community and how our world
operates”.
If you would like to know more about my
speech go to:
https://youtu.be/pLxWAc83psU
Priya Rajput (year 12)
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