Ken Robinson

Ken Robinson really surprised me. I have to admit, I didn't really have high hopes to his presentation. How fun can really school as a topic be for someone who just can't wait to finish. But I actually found his presentation quite interesting. That he uses humor to underline what he's saying is of course helping! So, what did he say? Well, people are creative. This is probably best shown by children who are not afraid to be wrong. Ken says "you have to be prepared to be wrong to come up with something original". And I think his right. School systems around the world teach children that being wrong is one of the worst things you can be. They stigmatize mistakes.

The fact that no school system teaches creative subjects such as dance on a daily or weekly basis makes the kids learn from the head up. In a few years more people than ever will be graduating university, the problem is that degrees won't be worth much. We'll get academic inflation. The thing is, everything he says is trough. Mathematics and literacy have always been valued more than drawing or other creative subjects at school. And the higher up you get in the school system, the more it focuses on you head. Well, one thing that I'm pretty sure he's got right is the fact that creativity is becoming more and more important. Companies, big businesses and most important, the world, need people who can produce original ideas that are worth something. Simply, the school systems have to start valuing these kinds of abilities because it's these thoughts we need in the future if we want to keep moving forward.