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 this blog response after watching the video.Your response is due by 3:40p.m. the day we watch the video in class.
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This video makes me think about how Picasso said that everyone is born creative and education can demolish that. The man that was speaking had ideas that the approach of creativity can be as important as math and literacy. I agree with this statement and that kids believe like art or drama is boring and is not important. These is some of the main things that happen these days with the idea of the general population.
Eli Backer,
Sir Ken Robinson says how we are born with creativity but we lose it as we grow up. I agree with this, because as we are growing we are taught to do things one way. We are kind of boxed into be people were not. In school we are taught to do things one way, as they were taught differently in the past. SKR said, "We don't know what's going to happen in the future." The things we are teaching kids now might not help them in 5 to 10 years.
That you were born creative, but you can grow out of it or learn not to be creative. I agree I feel like that is true you are born creative but you kinda grow out of it. I think that he was saying a lot of smart things. How school can affect how you think, and what you accomplish/do. Jaxton Knutsen
In the TED talk, Sir Ken Robinson talks about how everyone is born creative and because of the way and topics schools teach the creativity dies out. I partially agree with his points. I agree with his idea that schools teach you how to be like everyone else and not find your own way around the world. What I did not agree with is when Sir Ken Robinson was talking about how you have to get a higher degree to get a better job and how it should not be that way. I believe that if you find your own path then you have to work hard for it and jobs now because of harder work and technology require higher forms of education. I also did not agree with when he was talking he made it seem like there is no creativity in the world. I see that there is lots of creativity and people do jobs and things they love and enjoy.
Devon Dumpert
In the video it shows how your creativity is what you make it. Everybody has creativity its what you d with it determines how creative you really are. They showed that just having her take a dance class released her creativity and let her be herself. She was then very successful. He showed and said that we are born with creativity we just lose it as we grow up. Throughout your school years your creativity starts to wear off and die. there is always creativity in the world so I did disagree with him as he said there is nearly no creativity in this world
I agree with Robinson’s idea that the education system dampens education. Our whole lives we are encouraged to be different and be creative, “Chase your dreams” they say. But the thing is the minute we decide our dreams are out of the ordinary, those dreams are marked as, “too hard”, or “just a dream”, or “unachievable”. In school we go through the process of, notes, studying, test. On the test it’s right or wrong. We are told to be creative but are given little opportunities to do so. We are locked for 7 hours of the day in classrooms with white lights, white floor, and white walls. We are told to sit down at a desk and do our work. The human existence has turned into, school, work, and then when you’re to old and feeble to do anything youthful, you can finally rest. People tell us to be creative and to be ourselves, but how are we supposed to do that when we are told, school and work are the priorities. Robinson is exactly right with his ideas of creativity and school, the most energetic and creative of all of us are told to shut up, sit down, and work. Essentially we are told to be creative in a boring ruthless world.
in think that school isn't creativity because you could go thru school and not be creative at all and get passing grades and be you would be fine.
What I got out of this TED talk is that we are put in school and we are all taught the same way. What that means is that we are taught what people want us to know instead of what we want to know. Take Mr. Robinson's story for example. A girl with ADHD was put into a dance school that had people like her. She was surrounded with people that had the same interests as her. She could just be herself and not worry about what the other people thought of her because they were all like her and she ended up becoming a multimillionaire.
I agree with Robinson's point of schools killing creativity. In the beginning he includes a claim stating schools emphasize mistakes more than they should, which kills and limits students' creativity. Robinson also includes a quote from Picasso stating, "everyone's born an artist". He then adds on to that including evidence that proves how students' creativity slowly diminish as they go through school. One example he gave was about a dancer who couldn't think without moving. The teachers had recommended to put her on medication however, the parents put her in a dance class.
Priscilla C
My thoughts pertaining to Sir Ken Robinson’s video presentation regarding “school killing creativity” are varied. I do agree with the fact that the system of school is created to punch out as many people as possible with knowledge on specific, narrow issues, theorgies, and ideas that they may or may not remember. Further, I agree that this system has many drawbacks that are noticeable across the world including violence, bullying, and abuse of power. But I also know that schools play an important role in the upbringing of many children and instructing them in reading, writing and basic mathematical concepts. Schools teach unconscious things as well, like social conventions and cultural values. A system that does not “kill creativity,” but still teaches children many important skills and life lessons is what I was missing from Sir Ken Robinson’s video presentation. And it made me wonder: How could we make school a better place? Or can we?
in the video Sir Robinson says how we are all born with a little bit of creativity, but most people loose it when they grow up. His deffiniton of creativity was that original ideas have value. I feel like school can kinda bring down creativity. The reason why I think this is because in school we find out our averages and we are kinda put into a group or a box and it is hard to going a way out of it. I think that everyone have a little bit of creativity in them even gif its not a lot. You can find a away out of anything if you just try and be yourself.
Keanna Devlin
My thoughts about Sir Ken Robinson's opinion is that I somewhat don't agree with it because many people do not like going to school because it can be boring but some people like going to school because it lets them learn something new and they get to interact with people. So I think school doesn't really kill creativity because creativity comes from expanding your thinking and most of people's thinking comes from education and school. However even tho Sir Ken Robinson says people are born creative, people still need to get there creativity from different things other than themselves.
Sir Ken Robinsons thinks that everyone is born with a little creativity inside of themself, but slowly for most people their creativity slowly fades away. I personally do think that school can make your creativity fade, or make it go away. I think this might be because you are taught wrong and right answers. So I think that this means as you get older and farther into your education you don't say what you think. You just start looking for the right anwser. Sir Ken Robinson said that he thinks that people are so scared of wrong answers, it's the biggest mistake ever. I do agree with that in the way that people often are so scared to say the wrong thing that they wont say what they think, they are too scared to say what they think, and I think that does make your creativity go away.
The presentation tells me that education takes out the creativity of people, therefore we need to maintain our creativeness through other activities. Another thing that stuck with me was that making mistakes is perceived as the worst thing that can happen in school or work, as when we are little children and we haven't gotten any education yet, we aren't afraid of making many mistakes at all.
---raney savage
Ethan W.
My thoughts is that he is right people are terrified to be wrong people need to learn that making a mistake is not the end of the world it is just something to learn on and that the arts things like dance and song need to be better taken care of. I think that there could be p[people who could be very seccselful if they just took some risks. I agree with him completely. I think that the education system needs to keep there willingness to make a mistake to be a failure sometimes. People need to change if this world is to flourish it needs to respect the arts more and move the other things out of the way. I think that people need to change. Evrything needs to change.
I think that sir robinson has a couple of points on how schools stigmatize mistakes and that they show that making mistakes are a bad things and that sometimes schools show that there are things that degrade children on what they want to and on those points I agree. There are times in school that teachers put us in a box and tell us to do something that might not help us in the future and wont allow us any creativity. But then sometimes schools teach us to release that creativity on what we want to do.
I agree with Sir Robinsons ted talk about creativity. But the part where he spoke about school killing creativity didn't really fit with me because I think its about the teachers rather than the whole school system. I have had teachers that were supportive of my are and that pushed me to be better at my hobby, but I've also had teachers push me down because I wasn't completely focused. And the statement that Picasso said "Everyone is born an artist" I agree with also, because everyone as little kids always smeared some substance on a wall or paper and that is a form of art. some of us manage to keep hold of that skill and some let it go without realizing it. but just because you dont have an art skill that doesn't mean you can't aquire another skill through time.
-Kai Zuckerman
Robinson throughout the ted talk reminded us that creativity is a good thing. He talked about how education is showing us that making mistakes is not okay, but in reality people make mistakes every day. He told us that making mistakes is what makes you grow. If you were to start your own business and all education taught you that making mistakes is not okay then you might not succeed. When starting a business it is not going to be perfect right away. You have to make mistakes first to get the business right where you wanted it. He told us that even if you have a little creativity, that could get you very far in life.
Paige P
Anyone can be creative but some people say that you will never be good at anything and that will slowly take down some creativity and after a while of getting told you messed up or you have failed or you will never be good at anything. After years of schools doing that people with a lot of creativity when they are younger they aren't as creative when they are older because they were told they were wrong when thy were being creative or being themselves.
during the ted talk, Sir Ken Robinsons speaks about that school teaches us that creativity isn't as important as other things in school. He talked about that the approach of creativity can be as important as math and literacy. I agree with this because when we are all young we all have that creativeness inside all of us. When we go to school we are told and shown that being creative isn't as important as other things we are taught. we are shown that math and literacy are more important than art or drama or other classes that show the creative side of ourselves. I think we are all collectively shown this even though it shouldn't be like that because creativeness brings a lot to education and the way we learn and express ourselves.
I agree with Sir Ken Robinson. For me personally I feel like I have lost some of my creativity as I have gotten older. The Picasso quote also resonated with me. Not so much in terms of work in general, but actual art. I used to do art a lot and paint/draw. I feel like as I went into middle school I didn't recognize my creativity as much. I agree with him on him on people being scared to make mistakes. I feel like schools are getting better about saying that failure is good, but there have been times where I have missed an opportunity because I was frightened of being wrong. I also feel like sometimes the way things/classes are organized in school can take away the chances of people expressing their creativity. Although I do agree with him, I really do feel like schools are getting a lot better about allowing student's creativity to flourish.
-Christian Trinder
Robinson throughout the ted talk reminded us that creativity is a good thing. He talked about how education is showing us that making mistakes is not okay, but in reality people make mistakes every day. He told us that making mistakes is what makes you grow. If you were to start your own business and all education taught you that making mistakes is not okay then you might not succeed. When starting a business it is not going to be perfect right away. You have to make mistakes first to get the business right where you wanted it. He told us that even if you have a little creativity, that could get you very far in life.
Paige P
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