Docência: Um Futuro Fenomenal | Paulo Farto | TEDxEntroncamento

Paulo Farto's Personal Journey

• Paulo has been married to his wife Elisab for 27 years. (22s)
• Paulo describes himself as extremely shy, introverted, and someone who prefers their own company. (10m22s)

Paulo Farto's Education and Career

• Paulo became the first in his family to attend university, choosing to study physics, and later pursued a career in teaching, which was a highly valued profession at the time. (12m7s)
• Farto found returning to school as a teacher extremely difficult, describing it as "hellish," and he suffered anxiety, physical discomfort, and a strong aversion to being in front of large groups for extended periods. (13m29s)

Paulo Farto's Experience with Anxiety

• As a child, he played on his local soccer team but lacked certain experiences that led to social and relational anxieties. (11m20s)
• Francisco, a former student, noticed the speaker's anxiety while in the car and inquired about his well-being, but the speaker dismissed it as a minor ailment. (15m45s)
• The speaker's wife has observed a positive change in his demeanor, describing him as charming, jovial, and able to engage with anyone, a stark contrast to his previous anxious self. (16m42s)

Paulo Farto's Perspective on Education and Society

• The speaker believes that being present and engaged with students, sharing humor and experiences, has been crucial to their development. (19m6s)
• The speaker observes that people are living in a complicated time, feeling lost and lacking a sense of belonging, leading to indifference to global issues like war and violence. (19m46s)
• The speaker argues that people need validation and purpose, which is often lacking in today's society, and criticizes the contradictory behavior of individuals who engage in activities that harm the environment while advocating against climate change. (21m17s)
• The speaker believes that the feeling of joy, friendship, and laughter without reason is lost after school and proposes that everyone should return to school. (23m7s)
• The speaker was impressed by the movie "Last Full Measure" and drew parallels between the military experiences portrayed in the film and his own three-day experience with the military. (23m22s)
• The speaker believes that Portugal should institute mandatory teaching service, where everyone would be required to return to school for a day or two per year. (26m41s)
• Knowing someone well requires having shared the same classroom, a space for teaching, sharing, laughter, tears, and where true bonds are formed. (27m12s)
• While family is important, Paulo Farto believes that outside of family, school is where these strong connections are made. (27m22s)
• Farto advocates for a mandatory return to school, likening it to compulsory military service. (27m25s)

Paulo Farto's Views on Knowledge and its Growth

• Paulo believes that human knowledge used to double every 100 years or every five generations. (3m55s)
• By 1945, after World War II, human knowledge was doubling every 25 years. (4m27s)
• Human knowledge doubles every 13 months, increasing in both quantity and complexity. (4m51s)

Paulo Farto's Invitation to Speak

• Paulo Farto was invited to speak because he was a teacher of the organizers and because of his expertise in physics, although he acknowledges that he has been out of college for 30 years. (6m16s)
• Approximately 500 to 600 million people are diagnosed with depression or anxiety disorders annually. (5m26s)