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TEDxUCLA：“如果你连冲厕所都不会，你要如何改变世界？”
加州大学洛杉矶分校高级管理员丹尼尔·埃斯特拉达 (Daniel Estrada) 在 5 月 26 日的活动中带来了坦诚的人生教训和校园真相。
来源:UCLAFor 15 years, Daniel Estrada has spent his nights moving quietly through UCLA’s hallways and classrooms, cleaning up after a whole generation of students long after most of campus has gone home, gleaning knowledge along the way.
Now, the senior custodian will step into the spotlight as one of 10 speakers atTEDxUCLAon May 26, offering a perspective shaped not by lecture halls or laboratories but by years spent observing university life behind the scenes.
Over thousands of late-night shifts, Estrada has developed a candid philosophy about responsibility, shaped as much by abandoned e-scooters in elevators and clogged toilets as by the students he has quietly watched grow up on campus.
His critique comes with real affection for the students he encounters, including those he has seen studying into the early morning hours or those who reach out after graduation to thank him for the conversations they shared during late-night shifts.
Still, years spent cleaning up the consequences of small acts of carelessness and disregard for simple building rules eventually helped shape the blunt musing that now anchors parts of his TEDx talk:
“如果你连冲厕所都不会，你要如何改变世界呢？”埃斯特拉达在最近的一次采访中笑着回忆起校园拘留生活中的一些奇怪时刻。
大卫·埃斯基维尔/加州大学洛杉矶分校
Estrada 的保管职责包括 Boelter Hall 和数学科学大楼的部分区域。
Estrada 的问题体现了他近几个月来与 TEDxUCLA 组织者和教练进行的谈话的精神。 The presentation, which Estrada wrote with help from theUCLA Writing Programs,reflects on personal responsibility, work ethic and the importance of taking ownership of even the smallest tasks.
“我下午 5 点上班，凌晨 2 点下班，”埃斯特拉达说。 “我在每条走廊、每间浴室、我走出的每一个房间上签上自己的名字。”
承担责任，自豪
随后，谈话继续。
丹尼尔·埃斯特拉达