Monday, September 10, 2018
Schools Vs.Creativity?
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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From the video "Do Schools kill creativity?"- Sir Ken Robinson, He says "I believe that we don't grow into creativity, we grow out of it". I wonder why he said this because why would you want to grow out of creativity, rather than grow into it because there is always room to grow. I do agree with some his thoughts on if schools kill creativity, but not all of them. He does make a good point when he talks about the University professor problem, that we as people always think that they are the biggest, smartest people around because they are the highest ranked teachers. But like he said, "their bodies just carry their heads, and they are living more in the inside of their heads instead of outside in the world". I do agree with that, like we are always compared to them and we don't need to be. He said that the reason education came to u is that it was meant to rise the industry. "In the next 30 years. more people will be graduating in history". The point that he made that I don't agree with is that degrees don't mean anything in this current world. I feel like he says that because of the creativity "fall". I do, after all he said agree with him with what he is saying because he said that is you are more gifted in athletics or art or music, and you aren't as gifted in the school area, then you should be able to obtain more education for your passion, not just school.
I strongly agree with Sir Ken Robinson's "schools killing creativity." Schools have four main subjects, Math, Science, Language Arts, and Social Studies. Children and boxed into thinking that these are the only ways of learning to get a good job and be happy. Kids are told that careers in the arts are unrealistic and will not sustain you. This is not true. If you are passionate about it and won't let anyone bring you down, you will succeed. Students have all different gifts and should be allowed to study and advance in them. The world needs all sorts of people, and adolescents are being brainwashed to believe that there are only a few jobs out there that will make them "happy." Schools should expose their students to different kinds of learning, and let them explore their creativity and personalities to find their passion.
The man talks about how people as people become older most people loose there creativity. He says throwing us into school can strip us of our creativity. Hes says that we are supposed to to become some smart person when we finish school, but some kids aren't gonna become that person and that e are i our own heads. We are all being compared to professors. But we are only in our heads. Parents say don't do art because you aren't going to become and artist don't be a musician you wont do it. But it shouldn't be like that we should pursue our passions and we could be those things.
Creative~ having original ideas that have meaning.
There more jobs then just scientists mathematicians historians. If you are passionate about something and you work hard you can accomplish success.
Creativity is as important as literacy in school. A little girl was asked what she was drawing and she said, I am drawing God. Then she was told no one knows what God looks like but the little girl was being creative. All children were born artists, it all depends if you hold onto it when you grow up and learn new things or limitations. We get educated out of creativity because we learn what is "right and wrong". Schools tend to put dance, drama, and arts at the bottom of the scale as "less important" schools should value arts more as it can be someone's career someday. Creativity is under appreciated.
Sir Ken Robinson's Ted Talk made me think that maybe being in school is talking away some of my creativity. If I think back I know that I was more creative when I was younger, and maybe throughout the years of being in school and feeling scared to be wrong, took away some of that creativity. The story that he told about the little girl who was drawing a picture of god and her teacher came up and asked what she was drawing. She said that she was drawing god and the teacher says "But we don't know what god looks like?" That kind of seems like the teacher was telling her that since we don't really know what god looks like you can't really draw him. Which makes a lot of sense that school could be talking away some of our creativity like she teacher did with the little girls drawing. Creativity is having original ideas that are valued. So is school talking away some of those ideas? I have been told many time in school that trying to become something that you want like an artist or an athlete or a chef won't get you very far, that education and learning are way more important than any of that. Don't get me wrong, school is very important, but is it more important than becoming something that you really want and being told that you won't be successful doing that. Education will help your future so much and it is very important to have but so is doing what you love. Sir Ken Robinson's Ted Talk made me wonder that when I graduate and am done with school, will I have zero creativity left?
In this Ted talk video, the guy talking really sets a perspective on school and creativity. Creativity means to use the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of artistic work. I feel like school did take an impact on what I did when I was younger, like art. I don't draw or anything like that anymore because I feel like I can't do that without being judged or told not to do it. Then again, I feel as though it's the opposite because ever since my first year in middle school, I've been bringing out my passion for singing. I never used to sing in elementary school or anything like that, but when I got to middle school it really felt like everyone and everything there wanted me to show my inner self and what I enjoy and get creative with. This ted talk, the guy also talks about how people achieved stuff by being creative and doing what you love.
In the video, Robinson says that children lose their creativity as they get older. He believes that part of the reason they lose this is because of school. He says "we get educated out of our creativity." I've never really thought about why I don't feel as creative as I did when I was younger, but it makes sense that it might be because of school. He says the purpose of school is to produce university professors. That makes a lot of sense and is a good reason for why we aren't as creative as we get older. Adults discourage kids that want to be artists or musicians, or anything that is creative. People encourage kids to be doctors, lawyers, teachers, etc. People say that if you go into an arts job you won't make enough money to sustain yourself and these jobs are often criticized. Math, science, language, english, and history subjects are put above the arts. It's crazy to me that I've never realized this before, because it happens all the time. A kid tells someone that they want to be an artist when they grow up or an actor and adults criticize them and say they should do something that pays well instead of something you're passionate about. I feel like school should be about finding what you're passionate about and pursuing it instead of being forced into doing or studying things that could kill our creativity and that we aren't passionate about.
I think that children lose their creativity spark because of education because the schools make you learn everything else that you stop doing what you used to love to do. As children grow up they lose what they love to do because the public education makes them forget what they love or loved to do and they put their love of art, dance, etc... because of school, they put their education first which is not wrong but when adults were children they had so much spark in them but education makes it harder to do the things you love to do because kids need to focus on what they love. Children get put down like "you'll never become and artist, or and writer" because of this statement makes them want to stop doing the things they love.Having and original idea is a really good thing to have because you will be different you won't have to be copying anyone.
In the Ted Talk we watched I do agree with Sir Ken Robinson supporting that we dont get more creativity we lose it. I agree with this because it is true. When I was a little girl I used to draw and color and write all the time. that's what I us to do for fun. But now mostly everyone's favorite thing to do for fun is to be on there technology even me. This supports how we do lose our creativity how we aren't drawing non stop all the time. He also made a good point to how we are making ourselves ready for college professors and how we are getting in our heads for trying to be the smartest and the best also. You also have to work for what you want and what you like the best weather its a sport or art and things like that.
I think Sir Ken Robinson was correct with everything he said in the presentation. When he talked about the hierarchy of subjects in schools, I thought it was interesting how low on the list arts were. Schools focus on the subjects that prevent creativity, making students' creativity fall away. Robinson said that many students are afraid of being wrong. He claims, "to have creativity, you have to be prepared to be wrong." Being wrong in our world today in frowned upon, killing the population's creativity. Everyone is born with creativity, but not everyone keeps it. Education is preparing everyone for the same jobs, instead of allowing students to prepare for different jobs. Robinson is wanting education to change for students to adapt to their own talents and I agree with his point of view.
In this video, you reflect back to when you were a kid and think about the creativity you had then. It makes you realize that all round the world, art and music is never as important as the main subjects in school. Because of this, we often can't express our creativity. In the video, he made a really good point that people all around the world that have so much tallant don't think that they do because it isn't shown out as much as intelligence would. Every single original idea matters, but many people might think that their idea matters. They might think this because someone else might have an idea you think is better than your own. Everybody has their own passion or talent, but only few can actually express it with it being noticed. We should be able to express our creativity every day. This video was very encouraging and showed to express your creativity and get into things.
I agree with this video because it is true that schools have killed creativity.The schools don't provide enough resources to have kids expand on their passion. I remember being a lot more creative when I was younger and now I have a closer mind set now saying I can't do this or I am not good enough to do that. If I only was only taught at school I can do anything if I set my mind to it. All subjects matter though art, sports, and music doesn't get put out there the same. You can get jobs in English, History, Math, and Science, though it is harder to get jobs in art, music, and sports. I wonder if schools helped us to be more open to opportunities how the world would be right now. A student can do bad in all subjects, but be great in art and be famous. Like Albert Einstein he was a lazy child, but turned out to be a genius
The Ted Talk by Ken Robinson about how school kills creativity is very interesting, and I agree with him. I used to draw all the time, and now I don't as much. I think this video is very interesting, how he explains that the subjects like math and english are more valued than art and music. I totally agree with this, how schools try to make the more academic subjects more important. He talks about how school is modeled after the career of professors. I thought it was very interesting how he talks about a dancer who the school thought had a disorder, but she was just a dancer, who needs to move to think. Ken Robinson mentions that schools should rethink the policies we show and teach children, and how children and their creative ideas are the future, and the only way to save the future. This video gave me a new perspective on creativity, and what schools are doing with it.
After watching the Video "Do Schools kill creativity?" by Sir Ken Robinson, I really believe what he said. The four main subjects in school are Math,English,History and science, some kids think those subjects are going to help you get a job and you need it in life. That is true, but some kids wanna get jobs in art but people say you won't get a job easy in that and it's not worth it. That is not true there are many people who get good jobs in arts. Listen to your own brain and what your dream is let that be your dream. Everyone's brain is different and there are so many different ways people process how to learn. I really agree with what Sir Ken Robinson said in the Ted Talk for many reasons. Students might fail subjects but be famous in arts. Students should be able to have different dreams and obtain more education of your passion and have there be different kinds of learning and let student's explore what they want their passion to be.
In the video "Schools Killing Creativity" by Sir Ken Robinson, there are a lot of very good points that I agree with. For example, in our society today, all we learn in school is math, science, history, language arts, etc. This can be a big problem because sometimes all these things can cover up your true passion or talent. Why isn't dance taught like math is? All artistic talents are put down and viewed as not as important as other subjects. There are way more jobs that are based on the core subjects in school, which leads people to believe that they can't do what they love. They are forced to believe that the only good jobs that you can succeed in are based on those subjects, not artistic jobs. Another point is that when you are a young kid, you are so creative because you aren't scared of being wrong. As you get older, you lose this quality. If we were able to keep this quality, we would be so much more creative. In conclusion, no matter what the society says, we need to stick to our passion, whether it's artistic or not, and not be scared of being wrong.
Watching this video really made me think about how people's creativity has been affected by social norms and academics. When he said "Everyone is born with creativity, it just depends on if you hold onto it", it reminded me of how I used to be creative and love to draw, write and read but now I'm too busy focusing on schoolwork. Also, when he says "We get educated out of creativity", I connect with that because, if I'm sitting in class doodling or drawing a picture, I'll usually get in trouble or get behind on my work and that causes me to get more homework which takes up all of my free time that I would be able to draw or write. So, I agree with what the talker says and wonder how it could be changed.
Sir Ken Robinson said that “schools are killing creativity” and reasons that public schools were created was to meet the needs of industrialization. Because of that schools tend to not value the arts, people are often told that they can never get jobs by doing their passions. So many people are told they shouldn’t focus on that passion because of this. The points Sir Ken Robinson stated, made me realize how needed some of the artistic jobs are. Without artistic jobs, all of human culture would be drastically different. Paintings, stories, movies, and all different forms of art tell our history as countries, cultures, and as humans. Even the stories we read in class show us how similar we are as human beings, and how we overcome obstacles. We need creative people in our world to tell our stories and to connect the people of the past to the people of the future. I personally have been told that I can enjoy writing and telling stories now, but I probably won’t get very in the real world. Artistic jobs are treated with such disrespect for how much they impact our world. Creativity is an important thing for every student, child, and adult.
I totally agree with Sir Ken Robinson because I think there is a lot of good things about school but the school does not focus on things that kids are into these days. Such as art, video games, dance, equestrian, and other sports and activities. Sure there are clubs and sports but that is club and sports that is not working sports and clubs into learning, I think the school should have more fun ways to learn, less homework and more time to focus on things that we like to do. I think there are too many kids that go home every night and just sit and do homework and they do not get to do things that they love. I feel like there is not enough free time for creativity and thing that kids want to do. In the end, I think kids should have more of an opportunity to have more creative thinking in school.
Having original ideas that have value, the definition of creativity. Schools criticise many passions that aren't formed to make you a school professor. Schools make it so that students study math, languages, history, and sciences, first before they can study arts. Schools goals are to form students so they have the most success, the most brownie points, with most public schools teachings, they are trying to make professors. Students have their creativity smashed because they not only can not study the arts or things they are passionate about, they have to deal with the criticism and looking down on their passions because it's not very common to go for a more creative job, like dance or performing arts. Because schools do not focus on those things, they come last. Schools have it so other academics like math are prioritized rather than focusing on the creativity students have.
Schools might be killing creativity because schools are putting other subjects like math or languages first in importance over the arts. Schools are kind of forcing students to learn those subjects because that is what the schools think that are the most important things to learn for life. Sir Ken Robinson said that schools are preparing students to be college professors. I wonder why he thinks college professor and not something else? He says that college professors live in their heads. they don't embrace the creative side of their brains. Kids, however, are really creative. Sir Ken Robinson shared a story where a little girl was drawing God in art class. She was told that no one knows what God looks like, but she used her imagination to draw him. The teacher discouraged the little girl’s drawing, showing that schools don’t like it when people are creative because they don’t think that is an important part of school. Sometimes, when students are doodling in class, they get in trouble. Students shouldn't in trouble for being creative. I do agree with Sir Ken Robinson because I feel like there aren’t that many opportunities for students to take arts. If there are, they are not worth a lot of credits so students don’t want to take them. However, I think that it also depends on the school. Some school are based around the arts. Math and science are still a part of it, but the arts are the main focus.
Sir Ken Robinson’s video presentation had lots of points and proportions that I strongly agreed with for instance...
-All children are born artists;
This shows that everyone was once creative but adulthood and maturity diminished our sense of wonder
-Arts are not taught the same way Math and English are taught why;
My thoughts are that arts should be part of our main classes in school, students that show learning disabilities may improve due to art therapy.
-Having original ideas that have value = creativity;
It important for the human race to progress and in order to do that we need people to have good solving and adapting skills which involve creativity.
-It is important to learn how to be a human than how to solve equations and write essays;
Social skills very important due to the survival of the fittest and humans are social animals like wolves they need a pack to function.
-There are more jobs in the world that business and science;
The whole point of school is to prepare you to get a successful job. How can you get a successful job if you are really good at the arts and educators and family tell you to go for a more popular or high paying job?
-Multi-tasking;
It’s an impressive and useful skill to have for some it works and for others, it doesn't, just like the traditional way of learning.
-Sometimes the best medicine for people who can't think is creativity (dance, art, music); Some people aren't the best at Math or English but they can be a really good artist but known will know because they never had the opportunity to express the self like that, and they will live their life as the dumb one.
-Richness human capacity, the gift of human imagination, and make something of the future;
These things are so important to recognize and nourish, if the human full capacity is never fulfilled we will never find out our true abilities at our beast. If the gift of human imagination is not used the right way it can be misiterperd and the future would not be as bright as it could have been or even worse it could be ruined.
Public education kills creativity. Our education system trains us to excel in certain subjects, subjects that prepare us to be university professors. Therefore, we begin to walk around inside our heads, we begin to use our bodies as transportation for our heads. Public education not only kills creativity, but it educates us out of creativity. Public education has a sort or hierarchy, arts such as drama and dancing are at the bottom of this list. As such, kids in the public education system that are more gifted in the arts field end up feeling like they are not good enough, while kids that are more skilled in subjects such as mathematics and english excel in school. This is sure evidence that in order to thrive as humans, we need to radically rethink our view of education.
I agree with Sir Ken Robinson and what he has said. I feel like there are people out there that have been given the gift of have a talent for arts. I don't think those people in our world have been given enough credit for the special gift they have. The schools today do provide us with what we need to learn for the future but what they don't provide us with is the accessibility for the kids who will make a big difference in the world because of the special talents they have. Public schools stop kids from putting their creativity into their work and letting them give up on it. All of the arts like dancing, singing, drawing, ect. are pushed aside while the kids with better academics are cherished.
I think Sir Ken Robinson had very strong points of school killing creativity. We learn certain skills in schools, so we can excel in the future. The most important thing is for schools to get us through to the next challenge in life which is possibly more school of a future job. Most jobs do need creativity, and no one is teaching students this type of creativity. We as kids learn some creativity when we are young and in our imaginations but there is no way tho make a dream come true without school.
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