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These talks were given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community: TEDxValenciaHighSchool.
Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
Dear People of the World: A Message About Overcoming Bullying
Turns out you have been judged since the first day of kindergarten. Yet, the worst part was when you realized, four years later, that you have been bullied ever since that day. Persistent teen, Jenika Kolacz, overcomes social issues and bullying through self-discovery.
High school senior Maher Abukhader shares his journey of how his Autism prevented him from being able to truly communicate with words prior to 3rd grade. But with support from his family, new friends he's met along the way, and an amazing teacher helped him build up his confidence enough to give a TEDx Talk. He is a teen who TRULY knows the power of words.
Pushing Through
What do you do when the going gets tough? Or less dramatically, when you don't want to do what you have to do? Ethan Thio explores this concept and empowerment as a whole to make his argument that feeling good and empowerment itself just might be a little overrated. What do you do when the going gets tough? Or less dramatically, when you don't want to do what you have to do? Ethan Thio explores this concept and empowerment as a whole to make his argument that feeling good and empowerment itself just might be a little overrated. Ethan Thio is senior at Valencia. He has a younger sister in the seventh grade and has lived in Yorba Linda for most of his life. Ethan is a highly decorated speech-and-debater who also leads the Speech and Debate club at VHS. Outside of speech, Ethan is in the IB program at Valencia, which basically means he studies a lot. If he's not studying or practicing speech, you can probably find him reading comics or anything he can get his hands on, playing fantasy football, or volunteering at a local hospital. He also aims to attend college in the fall.
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