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The Richness of Human Capacity
June 2nd, 2008 by StephenPosted in Follow Your Dream, Inspiration |
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I can’t believe I just found this:
Why don’t we get the best out of people? Sir Ken Robinson argues that it’s because we’ve been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. Students with restless minds and bodies — far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity — are ignored or even stigmatized, with terrible consequences.
“We are educating people out of their creativity,” Robinson says. It’s a message with deep resonance. Robinson’s TEDTalk has been distributed widely around the Web since its release in June 2006. The most popular words framing blog posts on his talk? “Everyone should watch this.”
My own creativity was stomped out of me as a grade-schooler. I know exactly when it happened, too.
5th Grade. Mr. Phillips’ class, “Stephen, you will stop drawing and pay attention! Do you want to stay after school again?”
Well, the joke is on you Mr. Phillips, because today, the things that I create get seen by people all over the world.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 9:53 am
“My own creativity was stomped out of me as a grade-schooler…the things that I create get seen by people all over the world.”
Schools are designed to produce what we need the most. The truly creative will create without regard to the system in place.
And, even the creative need to develop some skill for “stop drawing and pay attention”, since the requirement for it does not stop at the school house door.
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:06 am
Hi Randy,
I do not believe that schools are designed for that anymore. The majority of government schools are turning out funcional illiterates with no knowledge of history, creativity, or abstract thinking.
As for “stop drawing and pay attention”, my problem was with undiagnosed ADD and dis-engagement from the discussion as I already knew the material. I was always a faster reader than my classmates and had greater retention.