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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.
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