What are your thoughts regarding Sir Ken Robinson's video presentation regarding "schools killing creativity?" In your response, please reflect, think, ponder, question, or wonder. Please complete your this blog response in class today.
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I think this is very accurate because school doesn't promote creativity. All the smartest people in this world have studied in the arts and have been able to let their creativeness flow. The best math professors in history did not grow up focusing on math but on the arts.
Sir Ken Robinson's video really made me ponder about the effectiveness of public education. I agree with him when he stated that education only taps into part of the careers and interests that students may have. Music, athletics, art, theater, and other arts are ignored and are very low in status compared to other subjects like math, English, and science. This makes millions of brilliant students believe they are dumb or of no worth. I think we should change education with our evolving future and make every subject of equal importance and encourage creativity instead of look away from it.
I think he made many good points during his presentation. One of my favorite quotes that he said is when he said we do not know what the world will look like in 50 years or even 2 years. Then I like when he told the story about his friend and how now a days people won't go to do and figure out the more creative way to solve a problem, because now they just give you something and say ok now you can leave.
In todays education system, not just in the U.S. but around the world, creativity is subconsciously discouraged. Everything that is taught is taught for test scores. There is not enough problem solving taught, which will cause huge problems in the future. We do not know what problems will arise in the future, but they will not be the problems on the tests we have to take. The education system should be focused on solving problems not just getting good grades on tests.
The man had a lot of good points for example learning math every day and art and creativity is at the bottom. People today take kids creative spirits away. Students today don't get a chance to show who they are. School should make us different not the same. School should be a way where students learn and expand who they are not who the should be.
I agree very much with Sir Ken Robinson. If you think about it everything is taught the same. Math you learn something, take notes, do the homework, and then finish with a test and start on the next thing and I feel like that is true with most classes. Creativity is a important key for my life because it adds fun to everyday. Creativity differentiates every day life from the previous day and from the forthcoming days.
I believe that if schools helped creativity the world would be a much better place. If schools everyone's creativity the world is going to be a very boring in about 30 years. I think school should help creativity so the world can flourish.
Sir Ken Robinson's speech showed me that things are beginning to change. As the world starts to evolve we need to be more creative but instead of wanting that creativity we are trying to take it away. I think that we should start to embrace creativity instead of shutting it down. I find it interesting that with help you can find your passion and embrace your creative passion. Schools right know are trying to take away our creativity. Instead of having set classes for every one we should come up with a way to find everyone's interests and find a learning program that compliments it.
I think Mr. Robinson's speech was very accurate. I agree 100% with him. Creativity is slowly being replaced by what society believes everyone needs to know. Teachers should focus their lessons on classes like art just as much as they focus on math. We cannot evolve unless we use a combination of education AND creativity.
What he said had an element of truth. School doesn't promote creativity, at least not directly. The coir has more members than ever now; and the budget still doesn't recognize the need for the arts. Art has a budget but have no way for making money like coir, drama, or band. Yes some of the greatest composers knew how to do math. After all it is a necessary course. But another bit of hypothetical proof exists. Some people have done studies to prove that creativity decreases the older you live. This may be because in school you are discouraged to use your imagination.
I agree with the speaker, that school kills creativity. In school today, we are expected to memorize methods, articles, strategies, and spit back information that we do not necessarily care about having knowledge on. Receiving or earning an education, differs from learning and having an intent passion for gaining wisdom on desirable topics. In my personal life, I want to learn through traveling and experiencing amazing places. I desire to see for my own eyes, and hear with my own ears, the music of the African American culture, In Uganda, learn how to tango, in Mexico; I desire to taste sushi from Japan, in Japan. Listening to a teacher lecture about the mathematical importance of the pythagorean theorem is simply not interesting, or useful in my own opinion. I make this statement with all due respect to other students and staff. Learning about the wonders and history of our Earth, should be an adventure, and not an activity that one dreads. School has killed dreams, and has forced me to think way too realistically, I have to plan for a future I am not even sure I want. They say if you find the right job, you never work a day in your life; this I believe is true, but rare. We sometimes pass by the adventures life holds, simply because we have to write a paper about a topic we don’t even understand, or to study for a test on energy and atoms we do not find important. Life is passing by, and soon it will be over. And I have places to be, people to meet, children to inspire, wonders to enjoy, and I desire seeking knowledge and gaining wisdom, but not in a closed environment that captures the majority of my life I spend young and able. Jordan, hour Six
Sir Ken Robinson’s video presentation really left me thinking about todays education system. In school, students are expected to succeed in the main subjects that are required. But all kids are different and no one is perfect at every subject. Some kids also like to play sports, or participate in theater or a form of music. He pointed out how these things inspire creativity. And how in his opinion schools will keep decreasing creativity. I personally know many kids who would rather draw or play a sport than write a boring paper, or rush out some math problems. Many people don’t understand that your better and more motivated to learn about something that you're fascinated by then something you're not. I think schools and colleges should focus more on what the student is interested or inspired by, rather than the required classes they have to take. Students don’t know their future, but they should be able to explore the options they have for a career. Also it is more likely that your career will be something you love doing, and not something that you were forced to do.
My thoughts regarding Sir Ken Robinson's video presentation would be that his thinking is right on track. He says that in school, our learning is all about the need for math and language arts, but not dance or arts. I think that the way we’re taught today is a good way, but its not very flexible. Its mainly just facts. Its never based solely on P.E. or dance or theater. If school were run more like what he says it should be, then how would students turn up to be after 3, 4, or 5 years of schooling? I think that they would be more dynamic people, that could be able to solve problems in a more flexible way instead of the hard facts way.
Sir Ken Robinson’s video really made me think about how school really changes our lives. School has 4 main subjects that all students have to take. But some students aren’t interested in them. Making the subjects that students are interested in, not available all of the time. This lacks student’s creativity. This then leads to the bigger picture, not allowing creativity in our lives.
Sir Ken Robinson’s video brings several important and modern concepts to the table about today’s education. Some of these ideas were very explosive and new. One of the things that struck me what the story about the famous choreographer. This was important to me because I used to dance ballet. I quit going into sixth grade. I thought this woman’s story was so inspiring because when people shut her down and told her she wasn’t good enough, she found something that she loved and proved them all wrong. The fact that she became a multi-millionaire blows my mind. She started out with just a passion and turned it into a prosperous lifetime job. Overall, this video gave me some new perspective as to what the arts can do for kids like myself in today’s modern school systems.
I agree with Sir Ken Robinson’s points. Every school does teach the same principles, and for what? Seeing how kids can test and take notes just to decide how their life will turn out? We can’t decide a person's future from a test score. Everyone is different and stronger in other areas, so why not fund the Arts the same as Math or English? We do lose our creativity as we get older and school is for sure not helping us get it back. If we were to make Arts more important school would be a lot more enjoyable.
Throughout this video Sir Ken talks about how school is good for children but also may not be for everyone because of how some people learn in different environments. He also talked about kids in school now will be retiring in 2065 and school may hold you back from being something big.
I think that what Sir Ken Robinson says it 100% true. Schools, whether they are public or private, don't promote the idea of creativity. They might have art and music classes, but what about promoting it into a history class or a math class? This video really got me thinking about the idea that schools not thinking about putting in the idea of creativity.
I think a lot of things Ken Robinson said were true about how the hard part is staying creative through education. Because school usually just teaches us about the facts, we usually tend not to use our imagination on things as much. We don't want to be wrong so we don't take as much risks and try new things. I think the schools should teach us more on being creative because life is about taking some risks, getting out there, experiencing new things, and going for our dreams. Not just sticking to math, science, and history.
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I think this is very accurate because school doesn't promote creativity. All the smartest people in this world have studied in the arts and have been able to let their creativeness flow. The best math professors in history did not grow up focusing on math but on the arts.
Sir Ken Robinson's video really made me ponder about the effectiveness of public education. I agree with him when he stated that education only taps into part of the careers and interests that students may have. Music, athletics, art, theater, and other arts are ignored and are very low in status compared to other subjects like math, English, and science. This makes millions of brilliant students believe they are dumb or of no worth. I think we should change education with our evolving future and make every subject of equal importance and encourage creativity instead of look away from it.
I think he made many good points during his presentation. One of my favorite quotes that he said is when he said we do not know what the world will look like in 50 years or even 2 years. Then I like when he told the story about his friend and how now a days people won't go to do and figure out the more creative way to solve a problem, because now they just give you something and say ok now you can leave.
In todays education system, not just in the U.S. but around the world, creativity is subconsciously discouraged. Everything that is taught is taught for test scores. There is not enough problem solving taught, which will cause huge problems in the future. We do not know what problems will arise in the future, but they will not be the problems on the tests we have to take. The education system should be focused on solving problems not just getting good grades on tests.
The man had a lot of good points for example learning math every day and art and creativity is at the bottom. People today take kids creative spirits away. Students today don't get a chance to show who they are. School should make us different not the same. School should be a way where students learn and expand who they are not who the should be.
I agree very much with Sir Ken Robinson. If you think about it everything is taught the same. Math you learn something, take notes, do the homework, and then finish with a test and start on the next thing and I feel like that is true with most classes. Creativity is a important key for my life because it adds fun to everyday. Creativity differentiates every day life from the previous day and from the forthcoming days.
I believe that if schools helped creativity the world would be a much better place. If schools everyone's creativity the world is going to be a very boring in about 30 years. I think school should help creativity so the world can flourish.
Sir Ken Robinson's speech showed me that things are beginning to change. As the world starts to evolve we need to be more creative but instead of wanting that creativity we are trying to take it away. I think that we should start to embrace creativity instead of shutting it down. I find it interesting that with help you can find your passion and embrace your creative passion. Schools right know are trying to take away our creativity. Instead of having set classes for every one we should come up with a way to find everyone's interests and find a learning program that compliments it.
I think Mr. Robinson's speech was very accurate. I agree 100% with him. Creativity is slowly being replaced by what society believes everyone needs to know. Teachers should focus their lessons on classes like art just as much as they focus on math. We cannot evolve unless we use a combination of education AND creativity.
What he said had an element of truth. School doesn't promote creativity, at least not directly. The coir has more members than ever now; and the budget still doesn't recognize the need for the arts. Art has a budget but have no way for making money like coir, drama, or band. Yes some of the greatest composers knew how to do math. After all it is a necessary course. But another bit of hypothetical proof exists. Some people have done studies to prove that creativity decreases the older you live. This may be because in school you are discouraged to use your imagination.
I agree with the speaker, that school kills creativity. In school today, we are expected to memorize methods, articles, strategies, and spit back information that we do not necessarily care about having knowledge on. Receiving or earning an education, differs from learning and having an intent passion for gaining wisdom on desirable topics. In my personal life, I want to learn through traveling and experiencing amazing places. I desire to see for my own eyes, and hear with my own ears, the music of the African American culture, In Uganda, learn how to tango, in Mexico; I desire to taste sushi from Japan, in Japan. Listening to a teacher lecture about the mathematical importance of the pythagorean theorem is simply not interesting, or useful in my own opinion. I make this statement with all due respect to other students and staff. Learning about the wonders and history of our Earth, should be an adventure, and not an activity that one dreads. School has killed dreams, and has forced me to think way too realistically, I have to plan for a future I am not even sure I want. They say if you find the right job, you never work a day in your life; this I believe is true, but rare. We sometimes pass by the adventures life holds, simply because we have to write a paper about a topic we don’t even understand, or to study for a test on energy and atoms we do not find important. Life is passing by, and soon it will be over. And I have places to be, people to meet, children to inspire, wonders to enjoy, and I desire seeking knowledge and gaining wisdom, but not in a closed environment that captures the majority of my life I spend young and able.
Jordan, hour Six
Sir Ken Robinson’s video presentation really left me thinking about todays education system. In school, students are expected to succeed in the main subjects that are required. But all kids are different and no one is perfect at every subject. Some kids also like to play sports, or participate in theater or a form of music. He pointed out how these things inspire creativity. And how in his opinion schools will keep decreasing creativity. I personally know many kids who would rather draw or play a sport than write a boring paper, or rush out some math problems. Many people don’t understand that your better and more motivated to learn about something that you're fascinated by then something you're not. I think schools and colleges should focus more on what the student is interested or inspired by, rather than the required classes they have to take. Students don’t know their future, but they should be able to explore the options they have for a career. Also it is more likely that your career will be something you love doing, and not something that you were forced to do.
My thoughts regarding Sir Ken Robinson's video presentation would be that his thinking is right on track. He says that in school, our learning is all about the need for math and language arts, but not dance or arts. I think that the way we’re taught today is a good way, but its not very flexible. Its mainly just facts. Its never based solely on P.E. or dance or theater. If school were run more like what he says it should be, then how would students turn up to be after 3, 4, or 5 years of schooling? I think that they would be more dynamic people, that could be able to solve problems in a more flexible way instead of the hard facts way.
Sir Ken Robinson’s video really made me think about how school really changes our lives. School has 4 main subjects that all students have to take. But some students aren’t interested in them. Making the subjects that students are interested in, not available all of the time. This lacks student’s creativity. This then leads to the bigger picture, not allowing creativity in our lives.
Sir Ken Robinson’s video brings several important and modern concepts to the table about today’s education. Some of these ideas were very explosive and new. One of the things that struck me what the story about the famous choreographer. This was important to me because I used to dance ballet. I quit going into sixth grade. I thought this woman’s story was so inspiring because when people shut her down and told her she wasn’t good enough, she found something that she loved and proved them all wrong. The fact that she became a multi-millionaire blows my mind. She started out with just a passion and turned it into a prosperous lifetime job. Overall, this video gave me some new perspective as to what the arts can do for kids like myself in today’s modern school systems.
I agree with Sir Ken Robinson’s points. Every school does teach the same principles, and for what? Seeing how kids can test and take notes just to decide how their life will turn out? We can’t decide a person's future from a test score. Everyone is different and stronger in other areas, so why not fund the Arts the same as Math or English? We do lose our creativity as we get older and school is for sure not helping us get it back. If we were to make Arts more important school would be a lot more enjoyable.
Throughout this video Sir Ken talks about how school is good for children but also may not be for everyone because of how some people learn in different environments. He also talked about kids in school now will be retiring in 2065 and school may hold you back from being something big.
I think that what Sir Ken Robinson says it 100% true. Schools, whether they are public or private, don't promote the idea of creativity. They might have art and music classes, but what about promoting it into a history class or a math class? This video really got me thinking about the idea that schools not thinking about putting in the idea of creativity.
I think a lot of things Ken Robinson said were true about how the hard part is staying creative through education. Because school usually just teaches us about the facts, we usually tend not to use our imagination on things as much. We don't want to be wrong so we don't take as much risks and try new things. I think the schools should teach us more on being creative because life is about taking some risks, getting out there, experiencing new things, and going for our dreams. Not just sticking to math, science, and history.
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