A era dos resultados imprevistos | Chris Holmes | TEDxRiverfield Country Day School

Um ex-Professor do Ano do Missouri percorre cerca de 10.000 quilômetros por vias navegáveis remotas e histórias esquecidas ao lado do neto neurodivergente. Os dois buscam seu lugar em um mundo que muitas vezes pressiona as pessoas a se conformarem. A palestra se concentra nas perguntas que a viagem levanta, e não em respostas definitivas. A jornada está sendo registrada em um documentário previsto para 2028.

• Uma viagem de cerca de 6.500 milhas por vias navegáveis remotas
• Aprendizado na estrada com um neto neurodivergente
• Temas de conformidade, pertencimento e perguntas em aberto

A former Teacher of the Year takes his neurodivergent grandson on a 6,500-mile journey through remote waterways and forgotten histories, as both struggle to find where they belong in a world that keeps trying to conform them. Both are left with more questions than answers... and that's a good thing. A veteran teacher with a wide range of classroom experience, Chris Holmes currently serves as a gifted education specialist, grades 8-12. A better description would be Humanities teacher, having also taught journalism, literature, government, history, psychology, and creative writing. His work includes giftedness, twice-exceptionality, autism spectrum disorder, learning disabilities, and dropout prevention. Most recently, it also includes a version of homeschooling, which applies a holistic approach to adolescent development for neurodivergent children. One of these "road schooling" journeys, this past July and August, is being captured in a documentary film scheduled for release in 2028. Chris is the 2015 Missouri Teacher of the Year, and the 2009 Missouri Governor's Council on Disability Educator of the Year. 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