The newsletter excerpt below is from the Bosque School in Albuquerque, NM letting us know that TEDABQ isn’t just inspiration for adults! Enjoy …
Three Bosque students, one of our teachers and her husband, and I had the opportunity to attend the Second Annual TEDxABQ conference on Saturday, September 10th, and we learned many valuable lessons from this experience. The Annual TED Conference, which began in Malibu, CA, over twenty years ago, has offered a venue for leaders in the fields of technology, entertainment, and design to share their ideas and inspire others. In fact, the theme of this year’s conference was “Dare to Inspire.” In the past few years, TED has expanded to include more conversations from all over the world, and Albuquerque hosted its first conference last year. We heard presentations from educators attempting to reform elementary schools in New Mexico, farmers who are trying to make locally grown food more affordable, designers who are creating high fashion clothing out of trash, architects who are looking to New Mexico’s past for ideas on design in today’s world, as well as musicians, spoken word poets, and other pioneers in various fields.
Dr. Ries Robinson, who has invented a way to test people’s glucose level in a non-invasive manner, addressed the need for people to find their obsession and pursue it with vigor. According to Dr. Robinson, when people find their obsession, they can “think with purpose and act with impact.” We are impressed by the work that Bosque students do in their classes and in their extra-curricular pursuits; We hope we are aiding them in finding their obsession, so they can work with purpose and have an impact on the world. We also look forward to hearing Bosque School alumni describe their obsessions, share the great things they are accomplishing, and inspire others at future TED conferences.
Billy Handmaker
Head of School
