Basic Questions For Rhetorical Analysis by Lawend Barzenji

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity

                   

                     The speaker of the speech ,Do Schools Kill Creativity, by Ken Robinson, a University professor contends that schools kill creativity. He brings about his own perspective towards the topic using real life examples he has witnessed and experienced. He speaks to an audience with the intention of convincing them that students loose creativity as they continue through today school system. Robinson proves that schools kill creativity by explaining the school system and using real life examples. He argues that all schools have the same hierarchy of subjects with language and mathematics at the the top and that the education system is based on academic ability, pretty much nothing else. He says that people are kept away from things they enjoy or things they are talented at. 

                      Robinson speaks directly to an audience. The speech is also targeted towards people of the education system such as teachers, principles, university professors, etc. It is also targeted towards all people in general. Robinson is serious as he speaks about this argument however he does joke a little to lighten the audience. He uses a bit of sarcasm which I found pretty funny. He also uses things like metaphors and he has a subtle tone.

TED Talks Speech (Rhetorical analysis) Lawend Barzenji

http://www.ted.com/playlists/171/the_most_popular_talks_of_all


                 I saw a really interesting TED talk on ted.com by Ken Robinson. The talk was on creativity of kids and students. Robinson explains that creativity is having original ideas that have values. The main argument or question was whether or not schools kill creativity. Ken Robinson contended that they do. He explained that education systems are basically all the same every where in the world. "They teach the same hierarchy for subjects with math and language at the top" (Robinson). It does not leave room for students to explore and learn about their talents.
                  According to Robinson, creativity is as important as literacy. He went on to talk about how kids are not frightened about being wrong. He said that as we get older and continue or education we are taught  to lose that capacity. The thing about not being afraid of being wrong is "if your not prepared to be wrong, you will never come up with anything original." Robinson contends that kids are taken away form things that they are most likely not going to get a job from such as dancing, sports, or music. We are not pressured to learn those things as much as math, language, or history. Towards the end of the speech, Robinson talked of a girl who he knew that could not sit still in class and was getting lower grades. Her mom took her to the doctor to see what was wrong. the doctor wanted to talk to her mom privately and as her mom and doctor were leaving the room, the doctor played the radio. when the doctor and the girls mom came back to the room they saw she was dancing. The doctor concluded "your child is not sick, she is a dancer." Robinson said that her mom put her in a dancing school and she is now a multi-millionaire from dancing. It was her creativity not her education that took her far in life.

Changing the World by Lawend Barzenji

              If there was one thing I could change about the world and I had unlimited resources I would find a cure to cancer. Cancer is a big deal to me because my mom passed away from it. It has affected my life and a ton of my friends lives. I can not even imagine what it feels like to live with something so horrid.  I feel like cancer is becoming more and more common and something should be done about it before it keeps growing. I think if I had unlimited resources I could cure it, not just me but anyone could. I believe the cure is out there, it just needs to be discovered.

              First thing that I would do is dedicate my entire time to researching cancer. I would start from the basics. I would study what cancer is and the different forms of cancer. Next I would study it in more detail. For example, how cancer attacks, how it develops in the body, and whether it is genetic. I would then go to school and study to become a doctor and get a job specializing in dealing with patients who have cancer. This way I would be able to not only study cancer from the internet or a book but also look at a real life person with cancer. I would see how the cancer is acting in their body. As a doctor I would have my own lab where I would construct different experiments everyday and test them on animals. Eventually I would discover a cure and test it on humans. Since I have unlimited resources it would be much easier for me. I would not need donations or anything like that. 

              It would change the world for the better. People would not have to live in fear of cancer anymore. I would make it so that being diagnosed with cancer would be the equivalent to being diagnosed the common cold. I can only begin to imagine all the lives that would be saved. I don't know if it would completely change the world but I could sleep better at night knowing millions of people out there could sleep with one less thing to worry about.