[ Creativity ]

I must admit that I really enjoyed this exposition of creativity by Ken Robinson, and also have to say that I totally agree with him. Creativity, nowadays, is being left aside. As Robinson states, at school, teachers (and educators in general) are focusing on children's "head" more than their body as a whole. The most important subjects at school are math, languages and cience, but arts are just a complementary knowledge.

I felt, as same as Robinson, that it is essential to focus on children’s creativity, due to that they are independent thinkers that need have feelings and proper ideas, that need to be expressed as individuals. But this is not what really happens. The educational system restrains this and, in some way, automates the learning and their (children) way of thinking and expressions.

Children are being educated to not be wrong, and to do things as they are taught, leaving no room for creativity. Young boys and girls, should be able to try different things in order to develop some result and to acquire (and develop) new knowledge.

As Sir Ken Robinson states, the educational system discourages children when they want to be something different than a professional. With this I mean that, in our time, when you state that you would like to be a painter, an actor or a handcrafter, people says that you are crazy and that you are going to starve for not getting enough money. If you see at schools, art and music programs are left at the bottom of children’s learning priorities. This due to that, the educational system main concern is to give the essential tools to become a successful (in terms of money and social acceptance) professional, more than a happy individual.

Robinson, Ken. "Schools kill creativity", TED. Filmed February 2006, posted June 2006. Online May 15 2009. "http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html"