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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.06,0:00:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President Obama, I remember the night you became President.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.00,0:00:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was thrilled. Since you became President, I have watched
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.02,0:00:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your speeches, and notice you often talk about "Innovation."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.01,0:00:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I agree, it's important. History has often revealed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.06,0:00:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that innovation comes from those who experience
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.00,0:00:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world differently. For example, Thomas Edison.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.02,0:00:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Edison was a deaf man who recognized relationship between
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.02,0:00:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,light and communication. He invented something that is
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.01,0:00:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in nearly every single home: lightbulbs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.06,0:00:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How fitting, that this is the symbol for ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.00,0:00:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Innovation happens when people have the ability
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.02,0:01:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think, create, imagine, and when there is a
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.01,0:01:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means to express those ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.00,0:01:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That ability is developed through language, and it is less
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.08,0:01:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,important which language and more important that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.00,0:01:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one can access information. Whether it is through speaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.02,0:01:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,signing, a variety of languages-- does not matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.00,0:01:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've become so focused on teaching a specific way, in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.08,0:01:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a specific language, that the learning space has become
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.00,0:01:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so restrictive as to marginalize many who are denied the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.00,0:01:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opportunity to learn freely. And that is a crime.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.08,0:01:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President Obama, I implore you to take the lead in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.01,0:01:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creating space for American Sign Language in the classroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.04,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in offices, even in the White House. Thank you.