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I AM SO GLAD THAT I GOT TO COME HERE TODAY. IT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY
PHENOMENAL, AWESOME, ALL OF THOSE WORDS.
OUR TEACHERS, THEY'RE VERY EXCITED AND PUMPED UP AND READY FOR A NEW TOMORROW.
WHAT IS "THE LEADER IN ME?" WE'VE STRUGGLED WITH THIS QUESTION, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO
NAME IT. I KNOW IT'S NOT CHARACTER EDUCATION; IT'S MORE THAN THAT. I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST A PROGRAM.
IT'S MORE THAN THAT. I BELIEVE... I LIKE THE METAPHOR OF AN OPERATING SYSTEM.
I BELIEVE IT'S THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED OPERATING SYSTEM. I ALSO BELIEVE THIS IS A MOVEMENT.
I REALLY DO. I THINK WE'RE ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF SOMETHING VERY NEW AND VERY DIFFERENT
THAT GETS AT THE ROOTS UNLIKE ANYTHING I HAVE SEEN BEFORE AND CAN REALLY CHANGE PUBLIC EDUCATION
EDUCATION IN GENERAL AROUND THE GLOBE.
DEVELOPING LEADERS IN CHALLENGING TIMES. FOLKS, THIS IS OUR GREATEST OPPORTUNITY.
BECAUSE OFTEN THROUGH THE GREATEST CHALLENGES, COME THE GREATEST HOPE AND PROMISE FOR TOMORROW.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, WHAT THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW NEED TO LEARN TODAY. I KNOW YOU TEACHERS
ARE GOING TO TEACH THEM IS ONE: IS LOVE. THEY HAVE TO LOVE THEMSELVES BEFORE THEY LOVE OTHER PEOPLE.
IT'S VERY KEY...YOU CAN LOVE PEOPLE WITHOUT LEADING THEM, BUT YOU CAN'T LEAD THE PEOPLE WITHOUT LOVING THEM
THANK YOU FOR BEING AN OUTSTANDING WOMAN AND I CAN'T--I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ELSE BUT BE JUST LIKE YOU.
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AND I WATCHED 150 KIDS FIND THE COURAGE TO PUT DOWN THAT FIST, TO PUT DOWN THAT GUN
AND START TELLING THEIR STORY AND TELLING THEIR STORY IN THE HOPES THAT SOME OTHER KID AT SOME OTHER
CLASSROOM WOULD PICK UP THAT BOOK AND SAY "THAT'S MY STORY. I'M NOT ALONE. MAYBE I, TOO, CAN
CHANGE THE CAST OF CHARACTERS. MAYBE I, TOO, CAN REWRITE MY OWN ENDING. MAYBE I, TOO, CAN FIND ONE
CARING ADULT THAT SEES SOMETHING IN ME THAT I DON'T EVEN SEE IN MYSELF.
WE'RE ALSO EXCITED TO SEE THIS MODEL BEING USED AT THE HIGHER EDUCATION LEVEL...OKAY. SO THIS SCHOOL HERE,
CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY, I'M EXCITED TO REPORT, IS GOING TO BE DOING THE LEADER IN ME. IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT,
BUT THEY WILL CALL IT "LEADERS FOR LIFE". SO, THIS IS OFFICIAL NOW...UMM, WE ARE ANNOUNCING THAT
CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY IS PROUD TO BE THE WORLD'S FIRST AND ONLY --RIGHT NOW-- FRANKLIN COVEY LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY.
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NOW UNIVERSITIES, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THIS IS NOT NEWS TO ANYONE CAN TRANSFORM PUBLIC EDUCATION
THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE UNIVERSITIES HAVE SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION
THAT ARE PRODUCING TEACHERS AND SO ON., BUT I BELIEVE WITH PROGRAMS LIKE CAL U LEADER FOR LIFE,
ALL UNIVERSITIES CAN TRANSFORM THE K-12 EDUCATION GREATLY FOR THE BETTER.
NOW HAVING READ "LEADER IN ME", I HAD GREAT EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE, WOW, SOMETHING POPPED.
THIS WAS A GOOD THING THAT I THOUGHT MY SCHOOL COULD BENEFIT FROM, BUT WHEN
I CAME HERE, I MUST SAY THAT I GOT A LOT MORE THAN I EXPECTED... A LOT LOT MORE
I FEEL LIKE THE THEME OF THIS CONFERENCE WAS UMM...LOVE.
LOVE...LOVE THE KIDS, LOVE THE KIDS, AND FORGIVE THEM
BECAUSE IF YOU LOVE THEM BEFORE, YOU GET TO KNOW THEM AND TEACH THEM.
THEN YOU ARE ABLE TO BRING OUT OF THE BEST IN THEM.
I HAD NEVER HEARD OF CAL U, ACTUALLY, BEFORE I CAME HERE, AND IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A NICE EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU WALKED IN AND CAME INTO THE CAMPUS. IT WELCOMED YOU.