Untapped Self: James Robert at TEDxUofM

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Jim Robert has been a public school teacher for over 24 years. He wrote and developed the curriculum for his high school Philosophy/Senior Passage Class that he has taught for over 17 years at Pioneer High School. He is the father of three and lives with his wife in Ann Arbor.
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@jackpakela-trumpet891 7 жыл бұрын

I feel so fortunate to have taken this class this past 2016... Wow.

@markberishaj6540 9 жыл бұрын

This class and man are two of the greatest things to ever come out of Ann Arbor, Thank you for everything JR! -Mark Berishaj Class of 2011

@13attlemax 10 жыл бұрын

This class will change you're life multiple times over. Glad to be a Pioneer Philosophy alum.

@chaseharris7582 10 жыл бұрын

This was definitely one of the best classes I have ever experienced.

@julian1000 10 жыл бұрын

Took this class in 2011. It continues to be the most important experience of my life. The class I had was really unlike any other group of people I think I will ever meet. I can't thank JR enough for making this happen. I can't thank the others in class enough for being as willing and open as they were. I learned so much in that class. I learned more about life in that class than any other. Thank you, JR!

@hannahcarl9763 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely loved this class and just played this video in a grad school course on helping promote relatedness among students. Thank you for continuing to inspire! Class of 2009 :)

@michaelsmalz 10 жыл бұрын

The best class I've ever took!

@dthrift3 10 жыл бұрын

I wish I was lucky enough to experience a class of his. What a brilliant man.

@SaraLongsChannel 10 жыл бұрын

His class was one of the best classes I have ever taken.

@TheLuxrosa 10 жыл бұрын

Very easily the most meaningful class I've ever taken.

@thomaskilpatrick3912 11 жыл бұрын

What's up Mr Robert! I had the privilege of taking his philosophy class in the 2000-2001 school year. As he says in the video, he really tried to make us look inward and think about our lives in a deep and meaningful way. It was a powerful experience and I can still remember some of my classmates' days in "council" very clearly. A great teacher.

@amwillard1990 9 жыл бұрын

i took this guys class in 2008 its worth it and i loved it. it help open your mind and i felt important.

@TheChadc94 10 жыл бұрын

Took this class last year. Loved every minute of it. Would highly recommended

@carolyncorey2993 10 жыл бұрын

So incredibly excited to take this class in 3 years.

@mattsavionicholas3239 11 жыл бұрын

My English teacher at DCC, Mr. Scheuermann, stressed that Socrates quote: "The unexamined life is not worth living" every day during our senior year. It's good to keep it in mind.

@EshwenAudanal 11 жыл бұрын

took this class in 2000. it was the most meaningful class i ever took

@TheAnimekitty013 6 жыл бұрын

How many people kept their ptips I still got mine. I had them for 8 years, lost them in the beginning of 2016. Messaged JR told him how much he touched me, taught me how I was. He showed me from 2009 I read what I wrote who I was, took that all in again i learned from him and that in my darkest hour i grew so much... he again taught me to see the bigger picture. then he rewarded me he had my ptips from 8 years ago he kept them for all that time, those are my treasure, because my red chair moment I told the story of me not who I was then but every me as a kid me as a punching bag, my hate, my love, my fears... and well at the time I just wanted it all let out. This image of a bubbly girl was a mask I made for 13 years and I perfected it, but those in that class ,some are dead now, but their words their thoughts are apart of me. that was the time I felt truly apart of something bigger than just a family it was like being one with everyone. it is something i wish everyone could experience.

@masterpierround 11 жыл бұрын

Amazing person

@PreppedandPolished 11 жыл бұрын

agree

@TheAnimekitty013 7 жыл бұрын

it was a amazing class i miss it so sad i lost the ptips

@web2122 2 жыл бұрын

Did you ever find them? JR emailed me mine when I reached out roughly a year ago. I believe he keeps a copy of everyone’s.

@TheAnimekitty013 2 жыл бұрын

@@web2122 Yes he responded to me and emailed them to me too now I got them printed and on a flash drive. I was pleasantly surprised he remembered me 8 years later lol. I take it they are also very important to you. That was the first time being in my life being seated in that red chair I told my story, of who I am and what happen to me, so when they wrote all those kind, inspiring things to me that became my treasure in this life. The first time I let the mask fall from my face to let people see the real me.

@web2122 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheAnimekitty013 They are. I don't read them often but whenever I do, I am struck by how much I have both changed and yet remained the same. By how much the perspectives of others at the time differed from my own self-perception. The experience was invaluable and one that I wish more high schoolers could experience for themselves. I am happy that you could. c: