Learning to Speak ... Again
The School of Life
Jun 17, 2026 13:44
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As children, we spoke with unfiltered wonder and raw honesty. As adults, we’ve learned to "not speak"—swapping our deepest truths for social scripts and polite evasions. But by hiding our pain, anxiety, and desire, we lose our most charming and authentic selves. It’s time to remember how to speak again. In this film, we explore how to reclaim the courage of childhood, master the art of kind candor, and finally share the reality of our inner lives with the people who matter most.
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“It’s well known that between the ages of approximately one and five, the offspring of homo sapiens slowly and at times lopsidedly do something called ‘learn to speak’. They acquire some key words - lunch, cat, mummy, fart - assemble some basic grammar and are, by the time they are the size of a chair, well on the way to one of the key markers of human competence…”
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CREDITS
Written and Narration:
Alain De Botton
Animation:
Gemma Green Hope
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#self
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