TED Talk Summary

TED Talk Summary and Response

The TED Talk I watched was entitled "Ken Robinson: How Schools Kill Creativity." I feel like he spent way too much time messing around and could have got to the point a lot quicker. The point he was trying to make was that schools don't really promote their "creative" classes like music, art, etc. because they aren't "real" jobs. He was saying that schools just try to get kids to learn math, sciences, languages. and other subjects that are considered "important" and those are the subjects that will get these kids jobs in the future.

I kind of agree with this and I kind of don't. The reason I don't agree is because at my high school they always promoted the artistic programs like band because they always wanted kids to join. Also it was required for us to take PAVA credit classes which are Performing and Visual Arts classes. Now the reason I do agree with Mr. Robinson is because although I was required to take a course like that, teachers at school always told us to try and get into the mathematical field or science field or health. I don't think I ever heard any teacher in my high school say that we should try to go into a field dealing with art. Even in the PAVA classes I took I don't believe any of them said anything about making it our career. It goes further than teachers, adults in general I feel don't see something creative as a "practical" job. For example, I love music and the more I think about it I want to do something with music as my career, I have been told by a lot of people including adults who are close to me that it isn't "practical" and that I should go into where the money is. Now that I think of it, I don't care if I don't make any money at all, as long as I can enjoy life and be around music that's really all I can ask for.