# "High School Training Ground"

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Talks Education
- Speaker: Malcolm London
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Literature and writing, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_london_high_school_training_ground)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Young poet, educator and activist Malcolm London performs his stirring poem about life on the front lines of high school. He tells of the "oceans of adolescence" who come to school "but never learn to swim," of "masculinity mimicked by men who grew up with no fathers." Beautiful, lyrical, chilling.

## Lectures

1. ["High School Training Ground"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/malcolm_london_high_school_training_ground/ae9d2ca36551), 3 min (TED's player)