Storytelling and Connection | Jennifer Gavin | TEDxEastchester School District

So, um, there I was in an old Soviet train h hurtling eastward somewhere in Czechoslovakia. For some reason, there were chickens running around and the thugs in the aisle are having a slap fight. It was 1993.I didn't have my passport and I was on the wrong train. And I just remember thinking, this is going to make such a great story. There's something about stories.What would we be without stories. Um, today I'm going to talk to you guys about the purpose of stories, the power, the absolute necessity of sto ...