School Kills Creativity

Children have so much promise in creativity; they draw, paint, dance, sing and are willing to try anything. As we get older, we start to lose that creativity, but more importantly we lose our imagination. We are being told we need to use our minds and that there is no chance of us being a musician or actor; we need to find a realistic and stable job, we start thinking in logic. Ken Robinson said there isn't a school in the United States that offers dance everyday like they do mathematics, why not? My dad went to catholic school as a child and was forced to write with his right hand, even though he is left handed. Why was that necessary? The school system today puts these ideas and preconceptions in our head that we are not as smart as we think and making mistakes is a bad thing. Whereas, making mistakes is just a part of learning. Robinson also talked about how the school system is meant to prepare us for college, but currently, college is a necessity for any well-paid job. However, a college degree doesn't guarantee a job and neither does a master's in some cases. In the video he discussed how after graduation college graduates go home and sit on the sofa playing video games all day because they can't get a job. As for the part about ADHD, I found it interesting how he spoke of the woman who created CATS and how they thought she had a disability as a child when all she needed was to be put in a dance class where she could let out her energy and her need to move. Overall, I found the video interesting, funny and relatable. I enjoyed it.