Sir Ken Robinson

Sir Ken Robinson has a very critical outlook on education around the world. His speech on education at TED expressed his views in a very funny and what almost seemed lighthearted way. His message is very interesting and serious though. He thinks that the world is becoming less and less creative as a result of education prioritizing math, science, and other subjects that are perceived as more important over creative arts subjects. He argues that the education we receive kills creativity and that educational institutions around the world need to re-prioritize what they teach their students. He also thinks that the world is being taught more to be like college professors, which is a bad thing. He says that much college professors are brilliant, but they simply view their body as a vessel for their minds. He thinks that everything needs to be embraced and creative talents need to stop being shunned away.

I agree with Ken Robinson most things. I agree that people need to start looking at subjects other than English, math, and science. I also agree that people are forced into losing their creativity and didn't necessarily want to be. However i don't think that dance and arts should be as important as math or science. For most people, creativity needs to stay as a side hobby. Most people are just not as good as the select few creative people are at what they do even if they worked at it. While the arts need to be embraced more, it still doesn't make sense for people to start being artists instead of holding a regular job just because they want to, there just isn't enough room in the world for it. the arts just need to be incorporated more into our learning and hopefully creativity can live in people until they're older rather than flaming out when they're still young.