Sir Ken Robison

Sir Ken Robinson talk about the issue of selective education, where the school board, teachers and parents conform a child into one that focuses only on math, science and english by doing so we are molding generations around the world that’s primary focus is everything else other than the arts. Consequentially as a society we are taking away the creativity, individuality and authenticity that children generate on pure innocence into mechanized person who is submissive to the educational norm as a result society downsides the value of the art.

Adding to this is “no child left behind, act” which basically provides special grants and rewards to those schools whose student excels in math, science and literature. Because of this schools are now teaching to a test; providing more attention on those subjects instead of the arts. Which basically disapprove of an individual who become choreographer and painters or makes it hard to exceed in the arts because there are separate schools that primary focus is on that certain art. Since these schools are centered on one subject, they tend to be private schools, really hard to get in and very expensive. Overall our society has been one that continues the focus on the necessity or materialism that we have forgotten the value or importance of expressive creativity in any form.