Sunday, April 17, 2011

Sir Ken Robinson's School Kills Creativity

Sir Ken Robinson presented a TED Talk about the importance of creativity and the effect of the current education system on it and the future of human survival. He explains how society is squandering the creativity and talents of children, when they should be celebrated.  From this, I've come to the conclusion that adults, teachers and parents especially, need to allow their children to be children... Allow them to express their insane urges to scream and play lava monster in the classroom and to dress themselves every morning in whatever new dress up outfit they prefer for that hour.  Along with his awesome argument, Robinson uses many techniques to engage his audience in his talk.  One of these techniques is his use of storytelling.  To support his point Robinson sprinkles in adorable anecdotes to keep the listener hooked.  He also employs his sense of humor which helps push the talk to its exciting level of enjoyment and importance.  It keeps listeners from losing interest and even surprises the audience because of how relaxed Robinson appears after telling one such story.  Robinson enjoys to add his personality into the talk, as well as the facts.  To him, I don't think the talks are merely just to get people to agree with him, they're to capture the listeners' imaginations and make them really see today's problems in education and helps them to see how we can fix those issues.  His comfort and confidence in what he is saying help him create that atmosphere.  What matter in this from Robinson's story is how all this information will suit the next generations in preparation for a constantly changing world.  For me, this all means that I need to initiative at getting my right brain working, and so do many other students because although the need for a revolution in the education system has been recognized, a change like that most likely wouldn't occur for later in time.  Over all, Sir Ken Robinson's School Kills Creativity provided logical support and solutions to the problems he sees, and it was all presented in a way which kept the listener engaged in the speech.

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