Do Schools Kill Creativity By Ken Robinson

The one talk that interest me was orientated by Ken Robinson. The topic of the speech was “Do schools kill Creativity, which was filmed Feb 2006. To date there has been reports of 42 million plus views of this controversial topic. As a former educator of the Boys and Girls club after-school programs I often participated and facilitated co-education groups that focused around the creative education activities that sparked an interest in club members to better engaged them in their academics and after-school programming. I discovered just as Ken spoke of that students enjoy learning when its interactive and they can be expressive through their gifted talents and interest. While the American education system clearly drives the traditional learning methods in the minds of elementary, youth and teens, like Ken I believe we often lose focus of what uniqueness is and what makes a …show more content…
I would do anything in my power to participate in musical and sports related programs. My parents were strict with my studies and only allowed for extracurricular activities only if I was doing well academically. I recall being in the 5th grade and not meeting the expectations of the school’s standards academically. If I recall correctly I was struggling with science and mathematics. The travel team basketball season was starting and their was tryout session to determine if you were talented enough to make the travel team. I remember making the team with flying colors and hurrying up home to break the news to my parents that I had made the team. After a late school bus ride home, I arrived in the kitchen to only tell my parents that I had made the team and they stopped in the middle of my announcement to discuss the progress report mailed to my home that evening. I wasn’t allowed to play basketball that season and I failed epically because of my new profound attitude of not