Dr. Ken Robinson

-educated out of creativity
-Shakespeare in someones English class
-must try harder
-winners = produce university professors
-live in their head -body transport for their heads
-intelligence is distinct
-gift of human imagination
-careful that we use this gift wisely
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-creativity as important as literacy and numerousy
-revolution of type of living, how we related to each other
-misconception that you're creative or not
-confident in imagination when young -ten years later we've lost that confidence



Agreed. When children are talented in certain areas, they need to express their skills and use their abilities to the utmost extent. We've stopped thinking for ourselves... our work is made up of nothing but what is asked for. We're not educated to think outside the box, we're educated into essays and our education is already in a template for us.

Creativity is a long, ever changing road in the education system that has been blocked
off and bordered for too long. Sir Ken Robinson gives a few examples of children being creative and confident. One example is a little boy in a school play that messes up his lines. He makes up his lines when it's his turn to talk, despite the fact that he knows he isn't right. Children are confident in themselves to go through life and make mistakes.. and ten years later we feel this peer pressure that has been forced into our brains ... that a mistake is the worse thing you can make in life. If we keep living this way...we're not going to get too far

One aspect of Sir Ken's speech which I really enjoyed was when he mentions a common misconception... that you're either creative or not. This is so wrong! Everyone has their own style and way of using their creativity.
Maybe Amy can't sketch an amazing portrait but she can sure as hell design a pair of jeans! Maybe photography isn't Josh's thing but he can really organize his room creative and neat.
Everyone has creativity... it is shown through different things. "Intelligence is distinct."

One more note.. Sir Ken Robinson does a great job addressing important issues from his perspective. He uses his own stature with knowledge, humor, and understanding. We know that Sir Ken Robinson is a University Professor.. but he doesn't want the education system to produce 1000 of him... he really expresses that each person has their own distinct intelligence.