The Killing of Creativity

Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk speech, “How Schools Kill Creativity”, shares revolutionary, thought-provoking ideas about the future of education throughout the word. Through humor and a relaxed posture, Sir Ken Robinson was able to effectively grasp the audience an compel them to listen and address the topics at hand, which were brought to light through his personal stories and ones that were passed on to him. His personality definitely showed and got me hooked as well. The fast paced style of speaking makes his speech exciting and captivating and obviously well-informed. This comfortable, knowledgeable, and rather hilarious style of presentation really works for him and proves to be an excellent form of communication.

From Sir Robinson’s speech “How Schools Kill Creativity”, the purpose and message was clear: that creativity should be embraced and welcomed by our society and through schools especially, rather than being discouraged and suppressed. Currently, children are being raised and taught in a very left brained, logical manner. The world’s children are being told to draw within the lines, its bad to be wrong, and that math takes precedence over the arts, even though that is what makes them children, and to an extent even human. Since education is raising the future of humanity, it is vital that they focus on that extremely large portion of the human brain; children are the future so we must embrace the aspects of childhood, a large part of which is being creative. No one knows what the future holds, so how must we educate the world for the unknown? And, frankly, our modern education system was meant for a society that is long gone (that society being the Industrial Era). In today’s world everyone has a college degree, so that doesn’t make you special anymore and does not guarantee one a job anymore either. What makes you different is not being afraid to make mistakes and original thought- creativity. Children see the world for more than what is literally there; let us clasp onto that. It is important that the common man knows that a degree does not set him/her apart, that our children are not being brought up in the best possible way, and that intelligence does not always mean logic. People should also know that childhood is not a mental disorder – something that should be medicated, not to be afraid of failure, and the brain is for more than knowledge. “How schools Kill Creativity” by Sir Ken Robinson is a call to action to change all that. We must educate the world to embrace their whole being, and this is necessary for you and me to know in order to make the future of humanity a more beautiful one.