Tuesday, January 18, 2011

TED talk for the kids - 3

I did a summary presentation of today's TED talk for my oldest daughter and spouse. The talk was by Charity Tillemann-Dick. Her story was that she had a two-lung transplant, which is uncommon, but for her it impacted her talent (and job) as an opera singer. She talked in a way that sounded like gasping, but she was active and engaging. The part of her story that I wanted my daughter to hear is how she overcame odds to sing again. Quite uplifting story. I didn't share this in its entirety because her descriptions of her illness and her operations were quite graphic - enough, I believe, to cause my youngest daughter bad dreams. So they got the abridged version from my and then they saw the final few minutes of the talk. I was disappointed that it didn't get the kids to talk right afterwards, but this one was one that might require some thought.

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