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Jok Church - Cartoonist
Jok Church created the science-education comic strip "You Can with Beakman and Jax" and the zany TV series "Beakman's World."

Why you should listen

In his work, Jok Church loved helping kids learn basic concepts of science and experimentation -- with a healthy dash of fun. He created his comic strip You Can with Beakman & Jax in 1991 for his local newspaper in Marin County, California -- inspired by a stint answering kids' letters for Lucasfilm. The comic strip does not answer readers' questions directly. Rather, it gives directions to do a thing, a procedure, an experiment to learn the answer. It's about learning by doing. Active. Not passive.

Six Beakman & Jax books are best-sellers. Church created the long-running TV series Beakman's World, a hit in English and Spanish, and helped create the Beakman's World on Tour exhibit for science centers and museums. A longtime techie, he also served as the webmaster for artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Church died April 29, 2016, and will be much missed.

 

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Jok Church: A circle of caring

जाॅक चर्च: सद्भावनेचे वर्तुळ

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ह्या ३ मिनिटाच्या संवादात , व्यंगचित्रकार आणि शिक्षक वं लेखक जाॅक चर्च आपल्याला एका अशा शिक्षिकेची गोष्ट सांगतात जिने एकटीने लेखकाची नितांत काळजी घेतली आणि त्या उपकाराची परतफेड लेखकाने कशी केली .
- Cartoonist
Jok Church created the science-education comic strip "You Can with Beakman and Jax" and the zany TV series "Beakman's World." Full bio

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You know, what I do is write for children,
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तुम्हाला माहित असेल ,
मी लहान मुलांसाठी लिहितो
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and I'm probably America's
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आणि अमेरिकेत जास्तीत जास्त वाचला जाणारा
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most widely read children's author, in fact.
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बालसाहित्य लेखक आहे
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And I always tell people
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मी लोकांना कायम सांगतो
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that I don't want to show up looking like a scientist.
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मला शास्त्रज्ञ म्हणून घ्यायला आवडत नाही.
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You can have me as a farmer, or in leathers,
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तुम्ही मला शेतकरी म्हणा अथवा चर्मकार
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and no one has ever chose farmer.
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पण कुणीही शेतकरी म्हणायला तयार नाहीये
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I'm here today to talk to you
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मी इथे तुमच्याशी गप्पा मारायला आलो आहे
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about circles and epiphanies.
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समाजजीवनातील सत्याच्या जाणीवांबद्दल
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And you know, an epiphany
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तुम्हाला ठाऊक आहे काय असते सत्याची जाणीव?
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is usually something you find that you dropped someplace.
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जी कदाचित तुम्ही कुठेतरी हरविली असेल,
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You've just got to go around the block
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तुम्हाला थोडा विचार करावा लागेल
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to see it as an epiphany.
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सत्याची जाणीव होण्यासाठी,
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That's a painting of a circle.
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हे खरे वर्तुळ रंगवण्यासारखे आहे.
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A friend of mine did that -- Richard Bollingbroke.
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माझ्या एका मित्राने हा अनुभव घेतलाय
रिचर्ड बॉलींगब्रोक ह्याने.
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It's the kind of complicated circle
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खरे तर हे गुंतागुंतीचे वलय आहे
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that I'm going to tell you about.
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मी तुम्हाला त्याबद्दल सांगणार आहे
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My circle began back in the '60s
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माझ्याभोवती हे वलय १९६० साली निर्माण झाले
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in high school in Stow, Ohio
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ओहिओ राज्यातील, स्टोव येथील हायस्कूल मध्ये
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where I was the class queer.
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मी एक अवली विद्यार्थी होतो.
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I was the guy beaten up bloody
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मुलांच्या खोलीत
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every week in the boys' room,
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मी रोज बेसुमार पीटला जात असे.
01:07
until one teacher saved my life.
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तोपर्यंत जोवर एक अध्यापिका मला वाचवत नसे
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She saved my life by letting me go to the bathroom
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ती मला शिक्षकांंच्या बाथरूममध्ये पाठवी
अन मी वाचायचो !
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in the teachers' lounge.
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हे ती लपून छपून करत असे.
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She did it in secret.
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आणि तेही तब्बल तीन वर्षे.
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She did it for three years.
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मला गावाबाहेर जावे लागले
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And I had to get out of town.
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मी एकाच्या मोटारीने फुकट प्रवास केला.
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I had a thumb, I had 85 dollars,
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कारण माझ्याकडे फक्त ८५ डॉलर होते.
01:24
and I ended up in San Francisco, California --
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मी सॅनफ्रान्सिस्कोमध्ये
कॅलीफोर्नियात पोहोचलो.
01:28
met a lover --
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एका प्रेयसीला भेटलो.
८० च्या दशकात मी एड्स उपचार
केंद्रात काम केले.
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and back in the '80s, found it necessary
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to begin work on AIDS organizations.
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जवळजवळ ३ ते ४ वर्षापूर्वी,
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About three or four years ago,
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मला मध्यरात्री एक दूरध्वनी आला.
01:40
I got a phone call in the middle of the night
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त्या शिक्षिकेचा, मिसेस. पोस्टनचा
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from that teacher, Mrs. Posten,
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ती म्हणाली .
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who said, "I need to see you.
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"तुम्हाला भेटायचंय ."
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I'm disappointed
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मी निराश झालो .
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that we never got to know each other as adults.
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प्रौढ म्हणून आम्ही एकमेकांशी परिचित नव्हतो
01:52
Could you please come to Ohio,
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तुम्ही ओहायोला याल का?
01:55
and please bring that man
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येताना त्याला बरोबर घेऊन या.
01:57
that I know you have found by now.
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जो तुम्हाला भेटला असेल आतापर्यंत,
02:00
And I should mention
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मी तुम्हाला सांगणे आवश्यक आहे
02:02
that I have pancreatic cancer,
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मला स्वादुपिंडाचा कर्करोग आहे ,
02:05
and I'd like you to please
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मी विनंती करते
02:07
be quick about this."
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काहीतरी लवकर उपाय करा.
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Well, the next day we were in Cleveland.
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दुसऱ्या दिवशी आम्ही क्विस्लंडला होतो ,
02:12
We took a look at her, we laughed, we cried,
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आम्ही तिला पाहून हसलो व र्रडलोही .
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and we knew that she needed to be in a hospice.
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तिला तत्काळ इस्पितळात नेणे
आम्हाला गरजेचे वाटले .
तेथे तसे एक इस्पितळ मिळाले
आम्ही तिला तेथे दाखल केले .
02:19
We found her one, we got her there,
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and we took care of her
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आम्ही तेथे तिची काळजी घेतली .
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and watched over her family,
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आपल्या कुटुंबातील समजून ,
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because it was necessary.
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तसे करणे गरजेचेच होते .
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It's something we knew how to do.
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हे कसे करायचे हे आम्ही जाणत होतो,
02:29
And just as the woman who wanted to know me as an adult
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एक प्रौढ महिला माझ्याकडून
जशी अपेक्षा करेल तशीच
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got to know me,
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माझी ओळख व्हावी.
02:35
she turned into a box of ashes
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तिचे राखेच्या ढिगाऱ्यात रुपांतर होऊन.
02:37
and was placed in my hands.
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ती आमच्या हाती आली होती,
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And what had happened
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त्यानंतर काय घडले पहा
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was the circle had closed,
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एक वलय वर्तुळ पूर्ण झाले ...
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it had become a circle --
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एक वर्तुळ पूर्ण झाले.
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and that epiphany I talked about
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ज्या साक्षत्काराबाबत मी बोललो
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presented itself.
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ते मी येथे सादर केले
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The epiphany is
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साक्षात्कार हा
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that death is a part of life.
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मृत्यू जीवनाचा अतूट भाग आहे.
02:55
She saved my life;
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प्रत्यक्षात, तिने माझेच आयुष्य वाचविले होते
02:58
I and my partner saved hers.
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मी आणि माझ्या सहकाऱ्याने तिला वाचविले
03:02
And you know, that part of life needs everything
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जीवनाच्या या अवस्थेत सर्व पणाला लागते.
03:04
that the rest of life does.
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जे उर्वरित आयुष्याची गरज असते.
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It needs truth and beauty,
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ही गरज असते सत्यम शिवम सुंदरमची
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and I'm so happy it's been mentioned so much here today.
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हे सर्व मला येथे सांगता आले
याने मी आनंदी झालो
03:11
It also needs --
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आणखी एकाची आवश्यकता आहे.
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it needs dignity,
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अशाना प्रतिष्ठा मिळायला पाहिजे,
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love and pleasure,
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प्रेम व आनद मिळायला पाहिजे.
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and it's our job to hand those things out.
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आणि ते मिळवून देणे
हे आपल्या सर्वांचे कर्तव्य आहे,
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Thank you.
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आभारी आहे.
03:23
(Applause)
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(टाळ्या )
Translated by Smita Kelkar
Reviewed by arvind patil

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jok Church - Cartoonist
Jok Church created the science-education comic strip "You Can with Beakman and Jax" and the zany TV series "Beakman's World."

Why you should listen

In his work, Jok Church loved helping kids learn basic concepts of science and experimentation -- with a healthy dash of fun. He created his comic strip You Can with Beakman & Jax in 1991 for his local newspaper in Marin County, California -- inspired by a stint answering kids' letters for Lucasfilm. The comic strip does not answer readers' questions directly. Rather, it gives directions to do a thing, a procedure, an experiment to learn the answer. It's about learning by doing. Active. Not passive.

Six Beakman & Jax books are best-sellers. Church created the long-running TV series Beakman's World, a hit in English and Spanish, and helped create the Beakman's World on Tour exhibit for science centers and museums. A longtime techie, he also served as the webmaster for artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Church died April 29, 2016, and will be much missed.

 

More profile about the speaker
Jok Church | Speaker | TED.com