2月19日，博納迎來2024新學期的開啟。在新學期的首場國旗下的演講上，高中部主任Michael老師給博納社區的老師和同學們帶來了《多元與包容》的主題演講，他說“只有了解世界的真實面貌，而不是你希望或認為應該是的樣子，才能真正迎接21世紀的挑戰。”

　　新的學期，期望同學們能夠從身邊開始，接觸和了解世界的復雜和多樣，努力讓自己和世界變得更美好!

　　Michael老師

　　深圳市博納學校 高中部主任

　　Michael老師在華盛頓州立大學獲得歷史碩士學位，他擁有11年的教學經驗，他是一位盡職盡責的管理者和教育工作者。他對以學生為中心的教育充滿著熱情，擁有馬薩諸塞州歷史老師教師資格，并擁有5-12年級的教學經歷和經驗。工作之余，Michael老師喜歡和妻子以及兩只貓在一起，他也熱愛國內外的旅行。

　　以下是演講全文：

　　Good morning faculty and students of SAIE, I hope you had a wonderful holiday. Whether you stayed in Shenzhen, travelled to another city or town in China or traveled abroad hopefully you made memorable experiences. For those of you who travelled abroad I hope you took opportunities to get outside of your own bubble and engage with the people and the environment of the places that you visited.

　　博納的老師和同學們，早上好!希望大家度過了一個美好的假期。無論你是留在深圳，前往中國的其他城市或鄉鎮，還是出國旅行，希望你都留下了難忘的經歷。對于那些出國旅行的同學們，我希望你們抓住機會走出自己的舒適圈，與所到之處的人們和環境交流與互動。

　　There is an old lie about globalization that a rising tide lifts all boats. It’s been touted for two generations in terms of broader macroeconomic trends, and while it’s not true there, the basic notion of interdependence and strength in diversity is true in terms of human societies. Now you might be asking, why am I talking about Macroeconomics in our monthly flag-raising ceremony? At a fundamental level I am not, I’m talking about Diversity and Inclusion.

　　關于全球化有一個古老的謊言，即“水漲船高”。在宏觀經濟趨勢的廣泛背景下，這一觀點已經被兩代人所信奉，雖然這并不成立。但相互依存的概念以及多樣性的力量，在人類社會中是成立的。現在你可能會問，為什么我要在我們每月升旗儀式上談論宏觀經濟學?從根本上說，我并不是在談論宏觀經濟學，我在談論的是多元性和包容性。

　　From a corporation to a school, organizations are improved by a diversity of opinions and perspectives. For most of human history education was the restricted to either a specific class of people or for those wealthy enough to afford education. A monopoly on ideas and innovations generally resulted as people could only imagine the world in a single way. Looking back to Chinese history, it was during the Spring and Autumn period that ideas flowed and philosophical innovations occurred. Moving further ahead the glory days of the Tang benefitted from the cosmopolitan nature of Chang’an and the Silk Road trade. This trend continues today, you are students at an international school in Shenzhen. Our very city is a product of open-minded thinking.

　　無論是公司還是學校，一個組織都會因意見和觀點的多樣性而得到改善。在人類歷史的大部分時間里，教育要么局限于特定階層，要么是富裕到足以負擔教育費用的人們所享有的特權。由于人們只能以單一方式想象世界，觀念和創新通常會壟斷在某一群體之中。回顧中國歷史，正是在春秋時期，思想流動和哲學創新得以發生。更進一步，唐代的輝煌也受益于長安的國際化特性和絲綢之路貿易。這種趨勢如今仍在延續，你們是深圳一所國際學校的學生。我們的城市本身就是開放思維的產物。

　　There is a direct correlation between universal public education and improved economic and societal outlooks for societies. At each step when more people were given access to education and provided equal opportunity in the workforce you have seen both societal and economic growth. This is true if we are talking about when all classes of men were provided schooling or women achieving equality of access to education. The benefit from a diversity of viewpoints isn’t necessarily that your own mindset will change; it’s that you can empathize with others and understand their viewpoint. Understanding how others’ lives and experiences shaped them can provide you useful context and perspective. Great inventions and ideas do not come from group-think or closed systems; they come a willingness to engage with the world, and to understand how things work.

　　普及公共教育與社會和經濟前景的改善之間存在直接關聯。每當更多人獲得教育機會并在職場中獲得平等機會時，我們都會看到社會和經濟的增長。無論是所有階層的男性獲得學校教育，還是女性實現教育機會均等，這都是正確的。從多元觀點中獲益的好處并不一定在于改變自己的思維方式，而在于你能夠產生同理心，并理解他們的觀點。了解他人的生活和經歷如何塑造了他們，可以為你提供有用的背景和視角。偉大的發明和想法并非來自集體思維或封閉系統，而是源自于愿意與世界接觸，并理解事物運作的原理。

　　In your life you will meet a variety of people who have differing opinions from yourself and your friends. Don’t waste time trying to change their views, you will only frustrate yourself and them. Understand why they feel the way they do and perhaps this will provide insight to your own views. Only by understanding the world for how it is and not how you hope/wish/feel it should be can you actually meet the challenges of the 21st century.

　　在你的生活中，你會遇到許多持有與你和你的朋友不同觀點的人。不要浪費時間試圖改變他們的觀點，這只會讓你和他們感到沮喪。了解他們為何持有這種觀點，也許這會啟示你自己的看法。只有了解世界的真實面貌，而不是你希望或認為應該是的樣子，才能真正迎接21世紀的挑戰。

　　This is not to say don’t try to change the world or make it a better place, but if you cannot understand the complexity of the world as it exists, all of those goals are not able to get off the ground floor. Step one in making the world a better place is an appreciation for the myriad perspectives and experiences that our fellow human beings have. You do not become weaker for accepting others as they are, you grow in strength because instead of trying to destroy or change what is different you forge connections and embrace that there is no one universal way of living.

　　這并不是說不要努力改變世界或讓其變得更美好，但如果你不能理解現實世界的復雜性，那么所有這些目標都無法起步。讓世界變得更美好的第一步是欣賞我們的同胞擁有多樣的觀點和經歷。接受他人并不會讓你變得脆落，相反，你會因為不再試圖摧毀或改變與自己不同的事物，而選擇與其建立聯系，并接受世界上不存在一致的生活方式這個現實，而變得更強大。

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