I can relate to the music aspect, went all the way through high school with no one supporting my musical tallent, got out of school and got signed to a label (for fun, but i still did better then they thought i would)
this is great, my lecturers are hounding us with constructivism and why its so awesome, how it works and then while teaching us do nothing in the way of implimenting what they're promoting to us, hypocracy at its most hilarious level. my Uni sucks haha
Also, I found this to be hilarious: "You know, I mean Jupiter is a big deal and Pluto's a kind of cosmic embarrassment, isn't it, really? Who let Pluto in?"
@pedrodemellodotnet I wouldn't wish parenthood on anyone who doesn't want to with 100% of their soul. Children that aren't wanted is probably the worst biproduct of our society that insists that everyone breeds. *is a parent, for the record*
The featured video on my page right now is "Re: Cats Talking, Translation" with 28 million views. Really Youtube? Really really? You're featuring that, when there are things that are actually informative and useful floating around? WTF humanity, seriously.
Ken Robinson is definitely a brilliant figure in the education and arts; however, regarding his political views (he appears to be in favor of Pres. Obama), I would be interested in hearing his more detailed views about why he believes Pres. Obama will be a productive president and what he thinks about his progress so far.
1) obama, george, clinton, whatever... they are selected by mighty few THEN 'elected' by impotent masses.
2) education systen looks like that cause : "I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers." John D. Rockefeller
3) do you really need MORE ppl on this planet? who excell faster and better at what they do? who are more wealthy and able to have even more children? do we really need 7,000,000,000 on this planet?
Unfortunately the university old cronies in their ivory towers don't want it to change because they are sitting pretty. They (deans etc.) earn a lot of money and have a lot of power where they sit. Some HE's in the UK are a form of indoctrination and debt slaving. Either you believe in their way of thinking or you get a low grade or you get kicked out. Some HE institutes have become so narrow minded in this respect that they will do ANYTHING to resist this change.
What he says sound real good...but can anyone tell me what is the difference between 1Hour 23 Minutes of what he says from your Self Help book that says "Follow your Dream ?".
It's a Feel Good Session.
After that 99.9% of the people will get back to their normal life because they need to have food on the table.
"One of the things that is suposed to make us discover it," oh I thought he was going to say the X Factor and then say "But it doesn't." that would have been great.
If I were his daughter, I would have killed him for that comment to my French teacher. She'll be thinking of me as "that arrogant arse's brat" forever. Honestly, there he is talking about how we're all different in level and interest, and then he goes on accusing my teacher for not making class interesting for *me* in particular? As if there weren't 25 other people in that classroom. Really?
That's the only part I didn't like. The rest was splendid. This guy sure knows how to talk.
@GreyLabyrinthine This is the gleaming problem with the idea of specialized learning environments in public schools. The idea is great, sure, but it is not practical. If you want your child to have a specialized, personalized education, home school him/her. Or, even better, be a parent and actually discuss things with your child. Make him/her interested in the material being taught. The school systems are mere purveyors of information.
i find it deeply disturbing that a video of 2 stupid kittens got 25million views, while a person with an extremely important message with intelligence comparable to einstein only gets 100,000. Shame on all 25 million of u, if u didnt also watch this video of course.
@Tobiaslindell "science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings." - Helen Keller.
@Tobiaslindell Not that I wouldn't want all people to watch this, you do have to realise most people watch Youtube for the amusement, not a talk of 90 minutes. I love these kind of talks, but I wouldn't say 'shame on the ones not watching'.
He reminds me of that Harry Potter character with the crazy eye, his name is crazy eye Moody or something like that. I'm not a big fan of Harry potter but I am of this amazing creative and real character... Ken Robinson.
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In the university where I studied Creative Writing, there is a class that the Dean of Arts and the vast majority of the Humanities faculty called "Literature on the Edge" but the professor calls "Comix in History"... this is a prime example of what universities often do, that is to say that certain things hold no merit or value, and in this case, that Graphic Novels have no place in literature (re: Maus, V for Vendetta, Watchmen, Persepolis, etc) and no course should contain the word "Comic(s)".
such a fantastic enlightening speech Sir Ken! Tomorrow is the day that i actually hand in my resignation and this speech has made it clear that i was doing something that i wasnt enjoying, so now i'm moving on without a single worry.
"great teachers make everything interrestig" must say, hes a great teacher. whe e was donne i wanted to aplause, but then i realisedi was sitting at the library...
wow. this guy has some amazing thoughts. one thing though. he blames the school for homogenizing the society (his fast food versus michelin comparison). i dont think it's fair to blame the shcool system for homogenizing people. not that i think the school system is working; rather the opposite, but: the problem lies deeper. it's called capitalism. he uses the word industrialization but it's really capitalism. THAT's what to blame. And as ken robinson says, we can't go on this way any longer.
@WonderTracks how does making isolated money for your goods (capitalism defined) affect a school system?.. he means "industrialization" as the manufacturing-like development of students in groups as if they were products instead of humans...
this has nothing to do with the style of government as it does the way our schools are run.. its not that kind of platform...
@Icemario87 well now you're just being a conspiracy theorist.. and nobody likes loons lol
the DEFINITION of capitalism is that, the next step is putting the profit into the economy and the cycle begins and continues.. i never said it couldn't be abused, i was simply saying that there are other things to blame besides profit for the failing of our school system...
@spooner07uk "well now you're just being a conspiracy theorist.. and nobody likes loons lol"
well now you're just being a ignorant fool.. and nobody likes retards lol
It's not about "the DEFNITION of capitalism": I never mentioned capitalism.
Your fault was in calling money "isolated" as if when someone makes money, it has no effect on anyone else. If you passed economics, you'd know that whenever someone makes money it affects the availability of it for everyone else. It's called "scarcity."
There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.
Our educational system was modeled on the Prussian system which was structured to build compliant citizens. It is not designed to help children discover themselves or their talents but to stamp out robots for assembly lines that won't challenge the political class. Today the unions and school boards march to the drum of their own self-interest and parents are more interested in the baby sitting function of schools then in their kids being educated. It is a national disgrace.
I am now at 54:45... The researched what Sir Ken said about the senses and that was very interesting... Sir Ken's personification of Death Valley and his relation of this concept to gardening was rather moving... Now I am all ears! I am very anxious to learn how I may settle into my element so I may flourish like Death Valley in the spring of 2005!
Okay, now 7 min. further into this lecture... My thoughts... I think everyone can agree that it is the duty of the informed to inform the uninformed in life. Is that fair to say? ...Why does Sir Robinson wear his political biases on his sleeve? If everyone in the world was of equal and higher "intelligence", say, on the level of Sir Robinson here, would we all make the same decisions and have the same biases? If our intelligence is equal, does that mean our experience is equal as well?
I'm merely 26:20 into this lecture so the commentary may be pretentious...I am 28 yrs. old and just returned to college with a new found excitement and thirst for education. Now I'm asking myself, "Four yrs. from now, when I'm finishing my Master's degree, will the new crop of students below me be fast tracked to a higher education and advantages in employment via some new found understanding?" ...Did I just f%@k myself by un-f@%king myself? I officially need a therapist! Thank you Sir!
I'm merely 26:20 into this lecture so the commentary may be pretentious...I am 28 yrs. old and just returned to college with a new found excitement and thirst for education. Now I'm asking myself, "Four yrs. from now, when I'm finishing my Master's degree, will the new crop of students below me be fast tracked to a higher education and advantages in employment via some new found understanding?" ...Did I just fuck myself by un-fucking myself? I officially need a therapist! Thank you Sir!
no offense ken.. we celebrate the 4th of july not to just celebrate independence, but also to celebrate explosives, alcohol, and high nitrate foods... and we celebrate them all equally.. lol..
sorry for the immature comment.. truly this guy is amazing - more of us need to think different, live differently, if we every want to see real change
Hmmmm..........I wonder if Sir Ken Robinson would like the Venus project from Jacques Fresco and the most watched documentary called Zeitgeist Addendum from Peter Joseph. I would like to see his thoughts about that.
Zeitgeist Addendum and the venus project is here on youtube or google zeitgeist and on their official website you choose zeitgeist addendum. For those who like subtitles press subtitles here right below zeitgeist addendum.
P.S. I know it has nothing to do with this speech.
@kjelle90 Oh my god I was wondering the same thing! When that guy asking a question starting saying that people are being crushed to dust and that our world is collapsing, that's EXACTLY what I thought of. And Ken Robinson's response that things like efficient communication and Obama's presidency will usher in that needed change made me wonder if he'd change his mind after watching that documentary.
We need to stop pushing students through the educational machine with false promises of lucrative jobs. This is not the truth anymore.
Educational inflation is pervasive in our society now. Our students recognize this. They feel that something is wrong, even if they can't put their finger on it.
Our organization is focused on helping students strive for their own goals through an organic model. However, we're not enough. It needs to start in your city as well.
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hi I am sick I can´t do so much I can´t do what I am passionate about so much I don´t like Mr Robinson my life has great purpose his logic must be fallacious... wake up, folks and also check the science about sunspots which cause global warming and not CO2... greetings, Mikel
We don't like being hugged because in public we are always cautious, insecure of our appearance, pressured to conform, afraid to show anything but strict defense. Its an invisible force denied to exist but its there, all the time.
Not that I believe being wrong necessarily means being creative, but what we do know is, if we're not ready to be wrong, if we're not willing to take a chance, we will never come up with anything original. By the time a child grows up to an adult, he loses that capacity because current schools don't teach us how to think, but rather what to think. It's time to re-think the fundamental flaws of our education system, and the result will be STAGGERING.
@rainzoro Exactly, the test-obsessed environment really teaches absolutely nothing besides how to memorize then regurgitate useless standardized information with assigned importance so vague it can find no practical use in the real world workplace. When we leave highschool we are completely unprepared for any professional occupation or function besides minimum wage jobs which could easily be performed by apes and machines.
Found this comment: "...Just as a point of interest, somewhere i saved a list of the 19 sensesat least some scientiest feel confident in saying humans have, to some degree (some better than others). SENSE -- TYPE OF INPUT Sight -- Visible Light Hearing -- Vibrations in the Ear Touch -- Tactile Contact Taste -- Chemical Molecular Smell -- Olfactory Molecular Balance -- Kinaesthetic Geotropic Vestibular -- Repetitious Movement ..."
Aha. Millions of French teenagers are not bored by the french language, this is true, but they have sufficient grasp of the language to have fun with it and to communicate about issues that are appropriate to their age. How do you make a language interesting whilst speaking what amounts to little more than baby talk? The best way to learn a language is surely to go to the country and get involved in the rough and tumble. How do you recreate that experience in a sterile, pc classroom environment?
Rough estimates put the number of schools - in the USA alone - at around 132,000 in 2007... better make the first order 150,000 copies and go from there. ;)
If you would actually take to heart what he said you would have never said this but said "We should encourage and foster more and different people who have the same abilities as him to use it in a comparably impactful way."
I like this guy. However, one of the things that makes him so appealing is that he talks anecdotes rather than statistics. Statistics can be so dry and boring huh, Truth is many people are not even creative enough to discover their own creativity. They're turned off by everything and would spend their time vegetating in front of daytime TV given a choice. What to do with them?
Unfortunately most people in education or those, who decide how education is built up have no idea of how it would be like any different from the current system.
Dear, it´s not just OK to follow your dreams.... it´s a matter of not letting your heart turn into a raisin over the years.
I´m in the process of writing a book called "I Quit!". On of my chapters is titled "Firefighters, Kidnapped and Dead". It´s about the three phases (many phases are fezes) we live throughout out working life.
@malicea4thought How do you use this in your classroom? What Im trying to figure out is how to use these ideas in my classroom. What can I do on the small scale to promote creativity, differentiate teaching, and help my students be more excited about coming to class?
Funnily enough, some of these ideas are buried in curriculum documents already. When teaching English at jr high in Canada, I noticed there were always caveats about 'alternate means of expression'. So, I let the kids choose between writing an essay, making a comic, or video,or designing clothes in the story or genre we were studying. The kids blossomed, and I was lucy enough to have a supportive Board of Ed. Ken gives us ideas, but educators have to implement them.
@malicea4thought This is something I rarely hear from other teachers. I myself am a strong advocate of following dreams, and have taught as much while working overseas to students who often have no idea that it's even possible for them. Please never give up on showing your students that the world is their playground if they but give it a chance. I appreciate that while there are few of us, there are at least some of us.
When you get pushed down but take the initiative to fight back. That passion to prove you are more than what people say can launch you beyond that of what we think is possible. The fuel is there yet only a few people know how to push the button and then control their trajectory.
You are so smart Yinka. Oh please write a book to share your wonderful, innovative, and ground-breaking ideas. More lovely anecdotes and quotes, IMMEDIATELY.
Sarcasm, i like it. i will write about it! but in the form of comedy. kind of like Sir KEN. still life sucks. but only if you let it!!!! stop playing the victim and change your life for the better. Uncertainty holds us back from making certain decisions. stay strong and fight the big fight!
What is "irrational"? Where is your proof of "irrationality"? YOU are irrational (as you don't even get that Ken talked about Obama and his "transformation" (from Bush II to Bush III or what?), as you just throw around your unreflected babble!
Good speach, this guy is so funny and he has some good stories. It was kind of depressing to listen to him because it reminds me of the issue i came here to procrastinate : college. I really don't need a BS for my future job but my mom wants me to get one.. uhh im so confused about college.. aka i hate life.
anyway, yeah, neat pictures of the sun at the end.
Yeah, my mum wants me to get a degree. her reason is that ill have a better chance in life. the funny thing about it is that once i have it, she doesn't care what i do as long as i do one! but hay, she's my mum and if its the last thing on her todo list for me then ill do it, but then FUCK IT ALL! IM GROWING WEED AND WRITING COMEDY FILMS AGAIN!!!!! sorry mum but thats just how its gonna be!
yeah my mom doesn't care what i do with that degree either, just that i have one. so im getting a degree in something that doesn't require college - philosophy. which doesn't matter b/c i don't need a college degree to be a flight attendant.
damn, i wish i was funny enough to write comedy films.. then maybe i'd consider not going to college, running away to NYC and performing stand up comedy in hopes of becomming the next george carlin or jon stewart. haha
@kittygirl792 I am not the one to be critical, but something tells me that you are on the right track. We can derail once in a while but always get back on track if you will
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Obama talks about transformation. Transformation of the war against Iraq-Afghanistan into the war against Iraq-Iran-Afghanistan-Pakistan - really a good reason to get the Nobel Peace Prize. Actually, since Kissinger got it, every psychotic mass murderer should get it, including Adolf Hitler!
I'm glad I stuck around past the introduction. By the end of the second sentence, she'd already managed to say "paradigm shift," "individualization" and "nuture."
9-11 GI Bill but doesnt qualify to pass it on to his daughter which would be the only thing he's ever done for her. So what's the difference when in this country we have children who love science and math and want nothing more than to go to a good school and learn more and they can't, I actually have had the hope that maybe one of us will pass away before spring because at least she'd have our insurance pretty sad huh when thats the only way we can pay for her college.
Great ideas, but practically I would just like to figure out how the hell my granddaughter is going to get into a college. She wants to study chemistry and mathematics has a 3.99GPA scored 30 on the ACT. and even with scholarships we have no money to take up the slack.
Here's your solution. Have her stay in her home state. Is there no university near you? My son got a scholarship, stayed at home with us and had money left over since he didn't spend it on room and board. If you go out of state the cost goes thru the roof. So, don't go out of state. Especially for under-grad work. A BA degree in one state is just as good as another. Grad school is time to leave the nest. there are ways to get that done for free also. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill
"(love the ted talk do schools kill creativity)" - yourstudio
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That movie is on my phone, forever... I change stuff around all the time but that one stays, it rings so friggin true... I'm launching a newly designed online 3D game in 2 months partly due to this very intelligent man and his words :)
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Please you people are stifling this persons amazing powers of observation and their discovery that this women is in fact good looking, For example had he/she not pointed it out, he may or may not have actually found out what he likes when he/she looks at a female and thus could land up with someone who he doesnt appreciate physically, and thus could have a marriage, raise an unhappy son who goes on to shoot up a mall or something. All because of your negativity about him/her expressing his views
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neilamadhava 1 week ago
I hate his audience. I got three questions in and couldn't stand it anymore.
existenceisrelative 1 month ago
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oh sir ken has a really nice reputation.. wow.
lovelplants 1 month ago
If you do really well in school, you too can become a teacher.
davewatcher 1 month ago
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would like to add Albert Einstein to that list of people who didn't do well at school.
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I can relate to the music aspect, went all the way through high school with no one supporting my musical tallent, got out of school and got signed to a label (for fun, but i still did better then they thought i would)
jojo191519 3 months ago
this is great, my lecturers are hounding us with constructivism and why its so awesome, how it works and then while teaching us do nothing in the way of implimenting what they're promoting to us, hypocracy at its most hilarious level. my Uni sucks haha
jojo191519 3 months ago
This was brilliant.
Also, I found this to be hilarious: "You know, I mean Jupiter is a big deal and Pluto's a kind of cosmic embarrassment, isn't it, really? Who let Pluto in?"
NatalieZenaLouise 4 months ago
DON'T TALK SHIT ABOUT CHICKEN NUGGETS!
Ryklost 4 months ago
@pedrodemellodotnet No, he just needs to continue teaching. His ideas and his philosophy won't be transmitted through his genes.
connaultnicolas 5 months ago
@pedrodemellodotnet I wouldn't wish parenthood on anyone who doesn't want to with 100% of their soul. Children that aren't wanted is probably the worst biproduct of our society that insists that everyone breeds. *is a parent, for the record*
sporkonomix 5 months ago
Bookmarking it 1:03:06
Mikeinatorable 5 months ago
1:03:00 sounds like she's dead o_O... or reading, either way, WEIRD
Also, I wonder how people can follow him at normal/fast speed, but speak SO SLOWLY, just finish the questioooonnnnn!
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mrphunny1234 6 months ago
The featured video on my page right now is "Re: Cats Talking, Translation" with 28 million views. Really Youtube? Really really? You're featuring that, when there are things that are actually informative and useful floating around? WTF humanity, seriously.
RamadaArtist 6 months ago
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heywassupdoc 5 months ago
@RamadaArtist It still is.. Now with 1 million more views :)
heywassupdoc 5 months ago
Count the number of times he says "um"…
Impressive.
woodym20 7 months ago
woahhhh hold on youtube saved where i stopped
how cool
JuMp4ty 7 months ago
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narutofighterX 7 months ago
Ken Robinson is definitely a brilliant figure in the education and arts; however, regarding his political views (he appears to be in favor of Pres. Obama), I would be interested in hearing his more detailed views about why he believes Pres. Obama will be a productive president and what he thinks about his progress so far.
PatrickSmithPhD 7 months ago
@PatrickSmithPhD to save ppl over an hour of their time :
1) obama, george, clinton, whatever... they are selected by mighty few THEN 'elected' by impotent masses.
2) education systen looks like that cause : "I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers." John D. Rockefeller
3) do you really need MORE ppl on this planet? who excell faster and better at what they do? who are more wealthy and able to have even more children? do we really need 7,000,000,000 on this planet?
utar88utar 5 months ago
@PatrickSmithPhD just check this doc and most of things in your life will become obvious
to the point it really hurts :]
watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY
that's why we have, in XXI century wars, religion, poor education, GMO, polution, etc.
it helps to REDUCE/CONTROL population of homo-sapiens on this planet.
ps.
i am just posting. this is not entirely directed to you, mate :]
cheers
utar88utar 5 months ago
Unfortunately the university old cronies in their ivory towers don't want it to change because they are sitting pretty. They (deans etc.) earn a lot of money and have a lot of power where they sit. Some HE's in the UK are a form of indoctrination and debt slaving. Either you believe in their way of thinking or you get a low grade or you get kicked out. Some HE institutes have become so narrow minded in this respect that they will do ANYTHING to resist this change.
ogicabp4u 7 months ago
What he says sound real good...but can anyone tell me what is the difference between 1Hour 23 Minutes of what he says from your Self Help book that says "Follow your Dream ?".
It's a Feel Good Session.
After that 99.9% of the people will get back to their normal life because they need to have food on the table.
Bracerjack 8 months ago
that was long but worth it i need to see more of his speeches
MrVandel100 8 months ago
1:10:06 its a lovely joke there.
Atomgrafika 9 months ago
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bomotor 9 months ago
"One of the things that is suposed to make us discover it," oh I thought he was going to say the X Factor and then say "But it doesn't." that would have been great.
desasterz 9 months ago
If I were his daughter, I would have killed him for that comment to my French teacher. She'll be thinking of me as "that arrogant arse's brat" forever. Honestly, there he is talking about how we're all different in level and interest, and then he goes on accusing my teacher for not making class interesting for *me* in particular? As if there weren't 25 other people in that classroom. Really?
That's the only part I didn't like. The rest was splendid. This guy sure knows how to talk.
GreyLabyrinthine 9 months ago
@GreyLabyrinthine This is the gleaming problem with the idea of specialized learning environments in public schools. The idea is great, sure, but it is not practical. If you want your child to have a specialized, personalized education, home school him/her. Or, even better, be a parent and actually discuss things with your child. Make him/her interested in the material being taught. The school systems are mere purveyors of information.
--My opinion
My opinion, of course.
n0id34 8 months ago
i find it deeply disturbing that a video of 2 stupid kittens got 25million views, while a person with an extremely important message with intelligence comparable to einstein only gets 100,000. Shame on all 25 million of u, if u didnt also watch this video of course.
Tobiaslindell 9 months ago 33
if you approch a wide common ground , more interest will arise than a lesser common ground...
i mean , justin bieber is more youtubed than the beatles , beethoven , pink floyd and sinatra combined.
sir robinson makes you LISTEN and to the mass that's a burden @Tobiaslindell
rongovrongov 9 months ago
@Tobiaslindell 25 million morons.
smichael61 8 months ago
@Tobiaslindell Don't worry. His RSA presentation has got over 4 million views, so there is still hope.
ThringtonBennet 8 months ago
@Tobiaslindell I watched it, along all other Ken Robinson videos (which are very few) and yes, I agree with you completely.
TecnoGaming 2 months ago
@Tobiaslindell "science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings." - Helen Keller.
FlowermanThe 1 month ago
@Tobiaslindell Not that I wouldn't want all people to watch this, you do have to realise most people watch Youtube for the amusement, not a talk of 90 minutes. I love these kind of talks, but I wouldn't say 'shame on the ones not watching'.
xPuppetearAMVs 5 days ago
Absolutely fascinating talk, brilliant!
Thelonelyshepherd1 9 months ago
He reminds me of that Harry Potter character with the crazy eye, his name is crazy eye Moody or something like that. I'm not a big fan of Harry potter but I am of this amazing creative and real character... Ken Robinson.
mcbrave15 10 months ago
Is it just me, or does he remind anyone else of Anthony Stewart Head?
kattwoman17 10 months ago
Dear Diary,
lol
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realrunner2000 10 months ago
He is a brilliant man.
nimox57 10 months ago 4
What does politics have to do with this topic? So inane.
wolfbloodlew 10 months ago
Is it ironic that he flourished in a school system that he lectures against?
musicguy1987 11 months ago
@musicguy1987 I would say despite of it!
klasi1958 11 months ago
@musicguy1987 .... or possibly, flourished despite the school system??
AlkPacino 10 months ago
@musicguy1987 I guess so. But that's probably because he happened to have talents that academia values.
jdenicholls 10 months ago
@musicguy1987 And now he wants everyone to flourish like he did.
AashiquiTheri 10 months ago
Start video at 1:45 to skip intro.
cjsoccer09 11 months ago 2
@pedrodemellodotnet LOL!
bwantu 11 months ago
In the university where I studied Creative Writing, there is a class that the Dean of Arts and the vast majority of the Humanities faculty called "Literature on the Edge" but the professor calls "Comix in History"... this is a prime example of what universities often do, that is to say that certain things hold no merit or value, and in this case, that Graphic Novels have no place in literature (re: Maus, V for Vendetta, Watchmen, Persepolis, etc) and no course should contain the word "Comic(s)".
skelanth 11 months ago
such a fantastic enlightening speech Sir Ken! Tomorrow is the day that i actually hand in my resignation and this speech has made it clear that i was doing something that i wasnt enjoying, so now i'm moving on without a single worry.
AndrewEG 1 year ago
1:10:20 Beautiful Comment ! 1:11:47 Very Encouraging Words. 0:00:00 to 1:23:16 Should be translated into other languages.
bakijani 1 year ago 3
Amazing lecture.
NewbornFitness 1 year ago 3
too bad he's a Brit he should be president !
thecharleston1 1 year ago
@thecharleston1 Obama is Kenyan and he made it too.
stabbed22 11 months ago
"great teachers make everything interrestig" must say, hes a great teacher. whe e was donne i wanted to aplause, but then i realisedi was sitting at the library...
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trondheimsfeber 1 year ago
Haha, Obama took this fool to the cleaners; he and his friends. Didn't think you could ever think Bush was better than Obama, did you?
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mohankaly 1 year ago
wow. this guy has some amazing thoughts. one thing though. he blames the school for homogenizing the society (his fast food versus michelin comparison). i dont think it's fair to blame the shcool system for homogenizing people. not that i think the school system is working; rather the opposite, but: the problem lies deeper. it's called capitalism. he uses the word industrialization but it's really capitalism. THAT's what to blame. And as ken robinson says, we can't go on this way any longer.
WonderTracks 1 year ago
@WonderTracks how does making isolated money for your goods (capitalism defined) affect a school system?.. he means "industrialization" as the manufacturing-like development of students in groups as if they were products instead of humans...
this has nothing to do with the style of government as it does the way our schools are run.. its not that kind of platform...
spooner07uk 1 year ago
@spooner07uk "how does making isolated money" You went wrong right there.
Icemario87 1 year ago
@Icemario87 well now you're just being a conspiracy theorist.. and nobody likes loons lol
the DEFINITION of capitalism is that, the next step is putting the profit into the economy and the cycle begins and continues.. i never said it couldn't be abused, i was simply saying that there are other things to blame besides profit for the failing of our school system...
spooner07uk 1 year ago
@spooner07uk "well now you're just being a conspiracy theorist.. and nobody likes loons lol"
well now you're just being a ignorant fool.. and nobody likes retards lol
It's not about "the DEFNITION of capitalism": I never mentioned capitalism.
Your fault was in calling money "isolated" as if when someone makes money, it has no effect on anyone else. If you passed economics, you'd know that whenever someone makes money it affects the availability of it for everyone else. It's called "scarcity."
Icemario87 1 year ago
Other ppl having trouble with the video stoping at 33:07?
iceaxis 1 year ago
18:00, just marking where I left off so I dont forget, dont mind me
JustBeGladMan 1 year ago 82
Thank you
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janakisaman 1 year ago
There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.
Bertrand Russell
equsnarnd 1 year ago 4
Our educational system was modeled on the Prussian system which was structured to build compliant citizens. It is not designed to help children discover themselves or their talents but to stamp out robots for assembly lines that won't challenge the political class. Today the unions and school boards march to the drum of their own self-interest and parents are more interested in the baby sitting function of schools then in their kids being educated. It is a national disgrace.
equsnarnd 1 year ago 5
absolutely awesome... deeply moved after i watched the TED Talk . he is a real teacher and a great inspiration to all the aspiring educators...
ndy4u4eve 1 year ago 6
Wow, very inspiring!
Audioepics 1 year ago
I love this. I wish a lot more millions would listen to his words. Fantastic.
signlaw 1 year ago
Oops, replace "The" with "I" at the start of my last post!
Insidapc 1 year ago
I am now at 54:45... The researched what Sir Ken said about the senses and that was very interesting... Sir Ken's personification of Death Valley and his relation of this concept to gardening was rather moving... Now I am all ears! I am very anxious to learn how I may settle into my element so I may flourish like Death Valley in the spring of 2005!
Insidapc 1 year ago
Okay, now 7 min. further into this lecture... My thoughts... I think everyone can agree that it is the duty of the informed to inform the uninformed in life. Is that fair to say? ...Why does Sir Robinson wear his political biases on his sleeve? If everyone in the world was of equal and higher "intelligence", say, on the level of Sir Robinson here, would we all make the same decisions and have the same biases? If our intelligence is equal, does that mean our experience is equal as well?
Insidapc 1 year ago
I'm merely 26:20 into this lecture so the commentary may be pretentious...I am 28 yrs. old and just returned to college with a new found excitement and thirst for education. Now I'm asking myself, "Four yrs. from now, when I'm finishing my Master's degree, will the new crop of students below me be fast tracked to a higher education and advantages in employment via some new found understanding?" ...Did I just f%@k myself by un-f@%king myself? I officially need a therapist! Thank you Sir!
Insidapc 1 year ago
I'm merely 26:20 into this lecture so the commentary may be pretentious...I am 28 yrs. old and just returned to college with a new found excitement and thirst for education. Now I'm asking myself, "Four yrs. from now, when I'm finishing my Master's degree, will the new crop of students below me be fast tracked to a higher education and advantages in employment via some new found understanding?" ...Did I just fuck myself by un-fucking myself? I officially need a therapist! Thank you Sir!
Insidapc 1 year ago
does anyone know where i can find the pics from te planets "team photos" pleas?
Healitall 1 year ago
@Healitall idk try to screen capture them
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waynejohnson32 1 year ago
One of the questioners ( third guy) sounds like a serial KILLER!!!
detriplea 1 year ago
@detriplea: Yes, he does. And the woman sounds like she's really horny.
JCLeSinge 1 year ago 2
no offense ken.. we celebrate the 4th of july not to just celebrate independence, but also to celebrate explosives, alcohol, and high nitrate foods... and we celebrate them all equally.. lol..
sorry for the immature comment.. truly this guy is amazing - more of us need to think different, live differently, if we every want to see real change
FLPman 1 year ago
Sir Ken Robinson in Norwich for just £115... on the 18th november 2010 (search specialist education)
joseppy2005 1 year ago 2
Hmmmm..........I wonder if Sir Ken Robinson would like the Venus project from Jacques Fresco and the most watched documentary called Zeitgeist Addendum from Peter Joseph. I would like to see his thoughts about that.
Zeitgeist Addendum and the venus project is here on youtube or google zeitgeist and on their official website you choose zeitgeist addendum. For those who like subtitles press subtitles here right below zeitgeist addendum.
P.S. I know it has nothing to do with this speech.
kjelle90 1 year ago 5
@kjelle90 Oh my god I was wondering the same thing! When that guy asking a question starting saying that people are being crushed to dust and that our world is collapsing, that's EXACTLY what I thought of. And Ken Robinson's response that things like efficient communication and Obama's presidency will usher in that needed change made me wonder if he'd change his mind after watching that documentary.
go1711 1 year ago
You gotta love this guy. He is humerous, serious and gets out what he wants to say. He is on my list to meet before I go from this world
vk92007 1 year ago
0:50:10 "the more elegant the proof, the more likely it is to be true"
Wonderful.
momekh 1 year ago
Sir Ken is an inspiration.
We need to stop pushing students through the educational machine with false promises of lucrative jobs. This is not the truth anymore.
Educational inflation is pervasive in our society now. Our students recognize this. They feel that something is wrong, even if they can't put their finger on it.
Our organization is focused on helping students strive for their own goals through an organic model. However, we're not enough. It needs to start in your city as well.
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FallaciesDetective 1 year ago
phsycho hoe...
trippinballs15 1 year ago
A Great School has to be populated by Great Teachers. Transform not Reform.
MrPLatchman 1 year ago 2
We don't like being hugged because in public we are always cautious, insecure of our appearance, pressured to conform, afraid to show anything but strict defense. Its an invisible force denied to exist but its there, all the time.
MyOnlyFarph 1 year ago
Brilliant and helpful - thanks for posting.
spangleJ 1 year ago
I love this englishmen he is one of the best proffessors I know.
TheWayshowerTube 1 year ago
@TheWayshowerTube I'll second that comment!
vk92007 1 year ago
Not that I believe being wrong necessarily means being creative, but what we do know is, if we're not ready to be wrong, if we're not willing to take a chance, we will never come up with anything original. By the time a child grows up to an adult, he loses that capacity because current schools don't teach us how to think, but rather what to think. It's time to re-think the fundamental flaws of our education system, and the result will be STAGGERING.
rainzoro 1 year ago
@rainzoro Exactly, the test-obsessed environment really teaches absolutely nothing besides how to memorize then regurgitate useless standardized information with assigned importance so vague it can find no practical use in the real world workplace. When we leave highschool we are completely unprepared for any professional occupation or function besides minimum wage jobs which could easily be performed by apes and machines.
MyOnlyFarph 1 year ago
@rainzoro - This is from his speech at TED.
Joiichi 1 year ago
@Joiichi correct and i apologize for not quoting
rainzoro 1 year ago
Finding your passion will creates everything my beautiful friends
TheWayshowerTube 1 year ago
This guy is brilliant !
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TedDGPoulos 1 year ago
Does anyone know any lectures similar to this?
helpvidz 1 year ago
@helpvidz at TED there are hundreds of talks like these. They have some of these up on youtube, too... TEDtalksDirector is the channel name.
I'd also look up talks by Temple Grandin on youtube, they're excellent, too.
tammipuu 1 year ago
@helpvidz go to TED dot c o m and you will see so many other wonderful speeches.
mourajini 1 year ago
@helpvidz One is not enough? Any other, I am not sure but look on Ted
vk92007 1 year ago
my element is to argue ..
degauss22ro1 1 year ago
at the start i just stared at the ladies breasts,then when it kicked in and flowed, i thought, why is sir ken not my dad
orangeagenda 1 year ago
so did I... grait tits
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gjermundlia 1 year ago
This guy sound like Colin Firth! Awesome talk
bebenut123 1 year ago
Totally paused this to watch talking kitten videos
waxcomb 2 years ago 23
Ultra amazing! You just have to watch this!
oscarfabra 2 years ago 3
Aha. Millions of French teenagers are not bored by the french language, this is true, but they have sufficient grasp of the language to have fun with it and to communicate about issues that are appropriate to their age. How do you make a language interesting whilst speaking what amounts to little more than baby talk? The best way to learn a language is surely to go to the country and get involved in the rough and tumble. How do you recreate that experience in a sterile, pc classroom environment?
maddi62 2 years ago 4
He needs to be cloned.
Litchick35 2 years ago 92
Yes, totally. At least 2 clones of him...
Joiichi 2 years ago
Only two clones?
Rough estimates put the number of schools - in the USA alone - at around 132,000 in 2007... better make the first order 150,000 copies and go from there. ;)
Gliktch 2 years ago
Amen! :) At least a hundred thousand for each countries! :)
Joiichi 1 year ago 2
I guess let's make 7000000000 copies of him. Ken Robinson for everyone! Just 29.99, order now :)
algiuz 1 year ago
@Litchick35
If you would actually take to heart what he said you would have never said this but said "We should encourage and foster more and different people who have the same abilities as him to use it in a comparably impactful way."
lynth 11 months ago
I like this guy. However, one of the things that makes him so appealing is that he talks anecdotes rather than statistics. Statistics can be so dry and boring huh, Truth is many people are not even creative enough to discover their own creativity. They're turned off by everything and would spend their time vegetating in front of daytime TV given a choice. What to do with them?
SliCeoPie1 2 years ago
This is some real peace of crucial information.
Unfortunately most people in education or those, who decide how education is built up have no idea of how it would be like any different from the current system.
It is the job of everyone to spread such ideas.
TheMannihilator 2 years ago
Sir Ken Robinson is AMAZING!
Thank u for this lecture! :]
eladbari 2 years ago 5
I am an educator, and I have given the link to Sir Ken's TED talk to all of my students.
I do not do it to discourage them from studying. I just want to let them know that it's OK to follow your dreams.
malicea4thought 2 years ago 178
that's really great !
berryberrymuch 2 years ago 4
Thank you
Blackmailman 2 years ago 4
@malicea4thought i admire that. It's possible that some conservative teachers may feel insecure about this type of idea.
rainzoro 1 year ago
@malicea4thought
Youre amazing!
dolberman2 1 year ago
@malicea4thought
Dear, it´s not just OK to follow your dreams.... it´s a matter of not letting your heart turn into a raisin over the years.
I´m in the process of writing a book called "I Quit!". On of my chapters is titled "Firefighters, Kidnapped and Dead". It´s about the three phases (many phases are fezes) we live throughout out working life.
Joseph Campbell is to quote: "Follow your Bliss"
xxx
dpcharles 1 year ago
@malicea4thought I wish I had more teachers like you.
Groth1175 1 year ago
@malicea4thought How do you use this in your classroom? What Im trying to figure out is how to use these ideas in my classroom. What can I do on the small scale to promote creativity, differentiate teaching, and help my students be more excited about coming to class?
blondeviking64 11 months ago
@blondeviking64
Funnily enough, some of these ideas are buried in curriculum documents already. When teaching English at jr high in Canada, I noticed there were always caveats about 'alternate means of expression'. So, I let the kids choose between writing an essay, making a comic, or video,or designing clothes in the story or genre we were studying. The kids blossomed, and I was lucy enough to have a supportive Board of Ed. Ken gives us ideas, but educators have to implement them.
DetHanob 11 months ago 3
@malicea4thought This is something I rarely hear from other teachers. I myself am a strong advocate of following dreams, and have taught as much while working overseas to students who often have no idea that it's even possible for them. Please never give up on showing your students that the world is their playground if they but give it a chance. I appreciate that while there are few of us, there are at least some of us.
skelanth 11 months ago
When you get pushed down but take the initiative to fight back. That passion to prove you are more than what people say can launch you beyond that of what we think is possible. The fuel is there yet only a few people know how to push the button and then control their trajectory.
Yinka Winzenburg 2009
yinksta 2 years ago 4
You are so smart Yinka. Oh please write a book to share your wonderful, innovative, and ground-breaking ideas. More lovely anecdotes and quotes, IMMEDIATELY.
Ek0 2 years ago
Sarcasm, i like it. i will write about it! but in the form of comedy. kind of like Sir KEN. still life sucks. but only if you let it!!!! stop playing the victim and change your life for the better. Uncertainty holds us back from making certain decisions. stay strong and fight the big fight!
yinksta 2 years ago
did he lift that bit on chicken nuggets from eddie izzard? think so.
thewhitebarrywhite 2 years ago
I am 33 and I am a digital native.
TheNEWBobDylan 2 years ago
This would lead one to assume you began programming awareness with a commodore 64.
thewhitebarrywhite 2 years ago
BBC, Acorn... Every early Apple, tabletop arcade machines in my house when I was a nipper...and so on.
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cursedlion 2 years ago
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LEARN TO READ IDIOT!!!
trakkaton 2 years ago
What is "irrational"? Where is your proof of "irrationality"? YOU are irrational (as you don't even get that Ken talked about Obama and his "transformation" (from Bush II to Bush III or what?), as you just throw around your unreflected babble!
trakkaton 2 years ago
Good speach, this guy is so funny and he has some good stories. It was kind of depressing to listen to him because it reminds me of the issue i came here to procrastinate : college. I really don't need a BS for my future job but my mom wants me to get one.. uhh im so confused about college.. aka i hate life.
anyway, yeah, neat pictures of the sun at the end.
kittygirl792 2 years ago 5
Yeah, my mum wants me to get a degree. her reason is that ill have a better chance in life. the funny thing about it is that once i have it, she doesn't care what i do as long as i do one! but hay, she's my mum and if its the last thing on her todo list for me then ill do it, but then FUCK IT ALL! IM GROWING WEED AND WRITING COMEDY FILMS AGAIN!!!!! sorry mum but thats just how its gonna be!
yinksta 2 years ago 6
yeah my mom doesn't care what i do with that degree either, just that i have one. so im getting a degree in something that doesn't require college - philosophy. which doesn't matter b/c i don't need a college degree to be a flight attendant.
damn, i wish i was funny enough to write comedy films.. then maybe i'd consider not going to college, running away to NYC and performing stand up comedy in hopes of becomming the next george carlin or jon stewart. haha
comedy films + weed sounds fun
kittygirl792 2 years ago
@kittygirl792 I am not the one to be critical, but something tells me that you are on the right track. We can derail once in a while but always get back on track if you will
vk92007 1 year ago
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Obama talks about transformation. Transformation of the war against Iraq-Afghanistan into the war against Iraq-Iran-Afghanistan-Pakistan - really a good reason to get the Nobel Peace Prize. Actually, since Kissinger got it, every psychotic mass murderer should get it, including Adolf Hitler!
trakkaton 2 years ago
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2ears4music 2 years ago
I agree sjoerdwennekes. I`ve found my hero too.
oejh 2 years ago 2
I'm glad I stuck around past the introduction. By the end of the second sentence, she'd already managed to say "paradigm shift," "individualization" and "nuture."
snarebreath 2 years ago
This is possibly the most important video I have ever seen. It's at the very least one of them.
macflyfilm 2 years ago 6
This guy js a hero!!
sjoerdwennekes 2 years ago 7
9-11 GI Bill but doesnt qualify to pass it on to his daughter which would be the only thing he's ever done for her. So what's the difference when in this country we have children who love science and math and want nothing more than to go to a good school and learn more and they can't, I actually have had the hope that maybe one of us will pass away before spring because at least she'd have our insurance pretty sad huh when thats the only way we can pay for her college.
ccitsme25 2 years ago
Great ideas, but practically I would just like to figure out how the hell my granddaughter is going to get into a college. She wants to study chemistry and mathematics has a 3.99GPA scored 30 on the ACT. and even with scholarships we have no money to take up the slack.
ccitsme25 2 years ago
Here's your solution. Have her stay in her home state. Is there no university near you? My son got a scholarship, stayed at home with us and had money left over since he didn't spend it on room and board. If you go out of state the cost goes thru the roof. So, don't go out of state. Especially for under-grad work. A BA degree in one state is just as good as another. Grad school is time to leave the nest. there are ways to get that done for free also. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill
guillone 2 years ago
humor + great thoughts kudos sir ken (love the ted talk do schools kill creativity)
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That movie is on my phone, forever... I change stuff around all the time but that one stays, it rings so friggin true... I'm launching a newly designed online 3D game in 2 months partly due to this very intelligent man and his words :)
Gliktch 2 years ago
amazing, thank you Sir Ken!
PGLVarga 2 years ago 3
I gave a 1 star graduation to this video acidently, I wated to give 4 stars!
huhnmoricel 2 years ago
coolest guy ever
ssips720 2 years ago 10
My family enjoyed every second of this video.
SpicyHam 2 years ago 5
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the woman is hot.
SpicyHam 2 years ago
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Please you people are stifling this persons amazing powers of observation and their discovery that this women is in fact good looking, For example had he/she not pointed it out, he may or may not have actually found out what he likes when he/she looks at a female and thus could land up with someone who he doesnt appreciate physically, and thus could have a marriage, raise an unhappy son who goes on to shoot up a mall or something. All because of your negativity about him/her expressing his views
venkatrama 2 years ago
Yeah man, and it's hilirious how your comment is -6 eh?
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Power to the morons!
SpicyHam 2 years ago