"We need to rethink the fundamental principles on which we are educating our children,"(Ken Robinson). As Sir Ken Robinson opens his TED talk he immediately shows through the cookie cutter methods of teaching conformity in schools world wide, we have found ourselves to be living in societies which ruin the creativity and imagination of many. He continues to say we are "educating people out of their creative capacities,"(Ken Robinson). Negligence of society has lead down a road where children live in fear of being incorrect. It is in schools world wide, which are meant to challenge and expand the minds of children, where they are told that being wrong, or having an incorrect answer is the ultimate atrocity. Instead of letting their minds bloom with the innovative thoughts floating through their brains, they restrict them, tell them right from wrong, and emphasize the importance of being correct in this world. Those thoughts, the open-ended and creative ones, are crushed for fear of being wrong in a place driven by right.
Sir Ken Robinson draws our attention to each and everyone of these points through the candid delivery of his speech. The bare truth is spoken through his mouth in every word and one cannot deny the questions that are unleashed through his argument. "Am I guilty of suppressing the creativity in others? In myself?" By bringing his audience to a point where they question not only those around them, but also themselves, he captures their attention to the very last sentence. He speaks of Gillian Lynne, a young girl whom is thought by her teachers to have a learning disability, however, upon being observed by a doctor the conclusion is brought up that she is merely a dancer. As he continues, he shines validity on the rarity of what took place, stating that most other people would have just put her on medication and told her to sit still. But rather someone saw past what was considered right and wrong, and down to the creativity of the young girl. She took her creativity, which hadn't been thoroughly destroyed through the correctness of society, and expanded it to become the choreographer of plays such as Cats, and the Phantom of the Opera. Through her story he drives home the concept of changing our thinking, our standards, and our education.
How are we ever to prepare for a future society that we know nothing about if we are to continue down this path of right and wrong? We rely on creativity to expand and propel the world forward, and in this system of education where it is so frowned upon, there is only one route to our future, which Sir Ken Robinson says will negatively effect all of life on the planet. However allowing the gift of the human imagination to expand and thrive will lead to limitless and exponential developments unthinkable to man as of now. I take his words as incentive to open my mind, let my thoughts wander, and to expand my own creativity as should the world. I take them as a preventative measure to let no one tell me that something innovative I have thought of as wrong, and to not let the standard of conformity be a barrier for me or the people surrounding me. He has shown me that originality is the fuel to a better future, and although it remains unseen, the limitlessness human creativity can constantly lead the world, and education to a better tomorrow.
Sir Ken Robinson draws our attention to each and everyone of these points through the candid delivery of his speech. The bare truth is spoken through his mouth in every word and one cannot deny the questions that are unleashed through his argument. "Am I guilty of suppressing the creativity in others? In myself?" By bringing his audience to a point where they question not only those around them, but also themselves, he captures their attention to the very last sentence. He speaks of Gillian Lynne, a young girl whom is thought by her teachers to have a learning disability, however, upon being observed by a doctor the conclusion is brought up that she is merely a dancer. As he continues, he shines validity on the rarity of what took place, stating that most other people would have just put her on medication and told her to sit still. But rather someone saw past what was considered right and wrong, and down to the creativity of the young girl. She took her creativity, which hadn't been thoroughly destroyed through the correctness of society, and expanded it to become the choreographer of plays such as Cats, and the Phantom of the Opera. Through her story he drives home the concept of changing our thinking, our standards, and our education.
How are we ever to prepare for a future society that we know nothing about if we are to continue down this path of right and wrong? We rely on creativity to expand and propel the world forward, and in this system of education where it is so frowned upon, there is only one route to our future, which Sir Ken Robinson says will negatively effect all of life on the planet. However allowing the gift of the human imagination to expand and thrive will lead to limitless and exponential developments unthinkable to man as of now. I take his words as incentive to open my mind, let my thoughts wander, and to expand my own creativity as should the world. I take them as a preventative measure to let no one tell me that something innovative I have thought of as wrong, and to not let the standard of conformity be a barrier for me or the people surrounding me. He has shown me that originality is the fuel to a better future, and although it remains unseen, the limitlessness human creativity can constantly lead the world, and education to a better tomorrow.
Sir Ken Robinson's TED talk:
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