Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

http://www.ted.com Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.

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[cheeriosinabowl]

Among other things, school is boring. It is just boring.

How much can or will you learn when you're bored? Very little. It is such a waste of time.

And at the end, they hand you an useless piece of paper (diploma) and say: Atta boy or atta girl.

[Jiubei]

I'm 26 Years Old. In school, I was the weakest in class, my art teachers belittled me. My English teacher killed any aspiration for writing I had and I got into so many fights I lost count

In Poly, I hated my course so much I got kicked out on purpose. One day a teacher and friend who knew my love of games and cartoons pointed at a game and said, "You should learn to make these"

I am 26 years old and I am a 3D Animator at an animation studio creating cartoons for children

And I love it!

[4rtic3]

you can't fight something that is... just give up!

[ddrum121]

school just sucks. honestly because the teachers are underpaid they feel like our lives should be just as shitty. some teachers are fine, some are cool, but most just fucking do what theyre told and make our lives shitty by teaching us shit we dont care about and dont need to learn to be a functional human being

[beatboxpeej]

Shakespeare in someone else's class...MIND BLOWN

[LeCoVal]

@Jiubei This was inspirational. I hope that one day I am able to find what I will do and love for the rest of my life. I'm having a hard time in my english class right now and during my junior year in high school, a teacher also murdered my inspiration for writing. I will do my best though. I'm glad I was able to see your post.

[JuliusDS92]

@lordhaku I understand you better now, and in all fairness Ken Robinson might have been referring to the hypothetical situation in the future he had just mentioned. I did react a bit strongly when he said that, but I'd find it a lot easier to sympathise with him if he stopped coming out with at least somewhat questionable claims followed by "am I right" or "isn't that true".

[lordhaku]

@JuliusDS92 Oh, true - a degree is still useful, but in my experience, and given conversations with members of the previous generation, they're not worth as much as they used to be. But you're right when you say my claim generalises across one too many disciplines. My bad.

[vilameat]

interesting

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