Surprising constraints affecting how our youth think | Zoe Conolly Basdeo | TEDxSevenMileBeach
Published on Sep 2, 2015
This compelling talk by fourteen-year-old Zoe Conolly Basdeo explores two often overlooked significant factors influencing our youth: culture and religion. Zoe argues we must fully consider their impact on young people and the role they play in the ability of youthful leaders to shape a future that works for everyone.
Zoë Conolly Basdeo is a Year 10 student at Cayman Prep and High School. An assignment by her English teacher led her to reflect on Cayman’s social and cultural environment and its impact on her life. This inspired her talkat TEDxSevenMileBeach.
With a Montessori foundation, Zoë excels as a student and participates in several extra-curricular activities. She has especially enjoyed the Model United Nations (MUN) programme and recently attended the Yale Model Government Europe session in Budapest, Hungary. She appreciated this opportunity to tackle world problems with others who were willing to discuss and debate difficult topics. As a 7-year-old, Zoë was a community advocate to save the local Ironwood forest.
Zoë first took the stage as a 5 year old and this was the foundation of an interest in and appreciation of the creative arts.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more athttp://ted.com/tedx
