TEDxYouth@Bloomington 2021
03/31/2021
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The benefits of buying beef locally | Collin Zuckschwerd
The importance of life skills like checking and baking | Kylar Buskirk
What is Holoprosencephaly and why it should matter to you | Brooklyn Johnson
Does your brain decide what you are good at? | Jillyan Dickinson
The Stuff You’re Made of | Emmalise Roach
The Importance of the US Bill of Rights | Kelton O’Connell
Understanding Autism: Controlling chaos with structure | Sam Mitchell
How to change your past | Joel Wong
Our Esteemed Speakers
Collin Zuckschwerd
Title of Talk : The benefits of buying beef locally
This talk explores the benefits of buying beef locally. In addition to supporting local farmers, it can be a safer and healthier food option. At the time this talk was given, Collin was an 8th grade student at Eastern Greene Middle School. He shows livestock and plays football.
Kylar Buskirk
Title of Talk : The importance of life skills like checking and baking
This talk is about things kids need to know how to do to talk care of themselves. It includes tips on checking, baking, and other life skills. At the time this talk was given, Kylar was an 8th grade student at Eastern Greene Middle School. She owns her own bakery business, Kylar's Creations, and enjoys playing golf. She is also a member of 4-H.
Brooklyn Johnson
Title of Talk : What is Holoprosencephaly and why it should matter to you
This talk is about holoprosencephaly and how it changed the speaker's life. It gives a little bit of detail about how it is caused and what happened to a little boy she knew. At the time this talk was given, Brooklyn Johnson was an 8th grader at Eastern Greene Middle School. In her talk, she wanted to help people understand what holoprosencephaly is.
Jillyan Dickinson
Title of Talk : Does your brain decide what you are good at?
This talk is about how having a dominant side of the brain can change what you do and how you do things. I chose this topic because everyone in the world is affected by it. Everyone has a dominant side of the brain and it is a huge part of your life. I want people to do things smarter not harder based on their dominant side of the brain because everyone thinks differently and so if you think about your abilities and how you do things you can adjust how you work or learn based on what you can do. At the time this talk was given, Jillyan was an 8th grader at Eastern Greene Middle School. She plays soccer and loves to read.
Emmalise Roach
Title of Talk : The Stuff You’re Made of
This talk is about inner beauty and suggests that your outer appearance isn’t what matters most. At the time this talk was given, Emmalise was an 8th grade student at Eastern Greene Middle School. She loves to draw, read, and take her dogs on walks.
Kelton O'Connell
Title of Talk : The Importance of the US Bill of Rights
This talk is about holoprosencephaly and how it changed the speaker's life. It gives a little bit of detail about how it is caused and what happened to a little boy she knew. At the time this talk was given, Brooklyn Johnson was an 8th grader at Eastern Greene Middle School. In her talk, she wanted to help people understand what holoprosencephaly is.
Sam Mitchell
Title of Talk : Understanding Autism: Controlling chaos with structure
Sam’s talk highlights the importance of structure when one has autism. If somebody is on the spectrum, having a routine and structure helps the person mentally. Sam provides examples from his own lived experiences and information that he has shared in his podcast, "Autism Rocks and Rolls." Sam is a graduate of Eastern Greene High School and is college bound. He was diagnosed with autism when he was 4 years old. Even though, he has had trials and tribulations, Sam is very successful. He runs his own podcast called Autism Rocks and Rolls encouraging those around him to embrace autism as an ability and to his mission is to take the negative stigma off of autism.
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