In “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” Ken Robinson talks about how the current education system is killing the thought of creativity in the children. Robinson says that children back then weren’t afraid of being wrong or making mistakes. For example, he talks about a little kid who was in the “Nativity II” play with his son and how he changed the line of the play and wasn’t afraid. He later mentions that we “grow out or rather, we get educated out” (6:06) of creativity and the education system is teaching children that making mistakes and being wrong is inappropriate. Robinson states that there is a hierarchy of subjects, putting the core subjects on top and leaving the fine arts at the bottom. He gives a series of stories to support him in the
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This is so true in the current education systems the schools. The most important subjects in the school are the “core classes” such as mathematics, language arts, social studies and science. The schools are so focused in the passing of these classes because they have made it requirements for the students to take it and pass the class in order to graduate, that they forget about the arts and as the child grows older it becomes worse. They are so driven to make students learn the subjects because their main goal is to have the student pass the state test which in our case is the STAAR, that they don’t notice that some students are slow or don’t understand the subject as quickly and clearer as others. It is important to know that the athletic department and the fine arts are also important in the education of the children. But even with in the athletic department and the arts there is still a separation of importance between them. Schools don’t really pay attention to the fine art programs because they think that they are being used as an elective towards the student. But what if it isn’t? What if the student truly wants to become a singer, dancer, musician, etc. the world may never know if they aren’t putting importance to the arts. Ken Robinson talks about the story of Gillian Lynne, how when she was in school, the teacher told her mother that she was having a hard time paying attention in class and …show more content…
He mentions that children are being “educated out” (6:06) of their creativity and educated to focus on the so called important subjects. The education system now is truly for the benefit of universities. Robinson states that the purpose of the education system is a “protracted process of university entrance” (9:23). The thing is that not that many people take advantage of what they are good at in college because students are thought to pick an education and career that is going to bring them money and success. The education system now is made for people to go to college and graduate with a degree of some sort for a big company job. Basically, saying that the student doesn’t have a choice in what they would like to become in the future. But even if they receive a degree, not that many people take advantage of it because many jobs they have applied for require higher degrees. Many of this is due to the fact that technology is improving and jobs are getting more and more competitive causing many people to sit back and do nothing with their degree and
This is so true in the current education systems the schools. The most important subjects in the school are the “core classes” such as mathematics, language arts, social studies and science. The schools are so focused in the passing of these classes because they have made it requirements for the students to take it and pass the class in order to graduate, that they forget about the arts and as the child grows older it becomes worse. They are so driven to make students learn the subjects because their main goal is to have the student pass the state test which in our case is the STAAR, that they don’t notice that some students are slow or don’t understand the subject as quickly and clearer as others. It is important to know that the athletic department and the fine arts are also important in the education of the children. But even with in the athletic department and the arts there is still a separation of importance between them. Schools don’t really pay attention to the fine art programs because they think that they are being used as an elective towards the student. But what if it isn’t? What if the student truly wants to become a singer, dancer, musician, etc. the world may never know if they aren’t putting importance to the arts. Ken Robinson talks about the story of Gillian Lynne, how when she was in school, the teacher told her mother that she was having a hard time paying attention in class and …show more content…
He mentions that children are being “educated out” (6:06) of their creativity and educated to focus on the so called important subjects. The education system now is truly for the benefit of universities. Robinson states that the purpose of the education system is a “protracted process of university entrance” (9:23). The thing is that not that many people take advantage of what they are good at in college because students are thought to pick an education and career that is going to bring them money and success. The education system now is made for people to go to college and graduate with a degree of some sort for a big company job. Basically, saying that the student doesn’t have a choice in what they would like to become in the future. But even if they receive a degree, not that many people take advantage of it because many jobs they have applied for require higher degrees. Many of this is due to the fact that technology is improving and jobs are getting more and more competitive causing many people to sit back and do nothing with their degree and