政治抜きで軍務を認める

キングス・カレッジ・スクール（ウィンブルドン）の最上級生、ノア・デ・ボットン氏によるTEDxトークです。除隊後の経験について、3か国の退役軍人5人へのインタビューをもとに、英国と米国で兵役経験者がどのように受け止められているかを比較しています。さらに、兵役に対して「ありがとう」と伝えることに政治的な意味が伴う必要があるのかについても考察しています。本イベントは学校が独立して企画したTEDxイベントです。

• 除隊後の経験について、3か国の退役軍人5人にインタビュー
• 英国と米国で兵役経験者がどう見られているかを比較
• 兵役への感謝の言葉に政治的な意味が必然的に伴うのかを考察

Noah interviewed five veterans from three countries about what happened to them after they left the services. Alongside what he learned from them, he compares how Britain and the United States regard the people who have served, and asks whether thanking someone for their service has to mean anything about politics at all. Noah is a Year 12 pupil at King's College School, Wimbledon. He is studying the International Baccalaureate, taking Philosophy, French, and Economics at higher level, and Mathematics, Physics, and Literature and Performance at standard level. He rows for King's and is also a member of the school's Combined Cadet Force, where he was recently promoted to corporal. He hopes to go to university in the United States, and has not yet decided which subject he would like to major in. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx