Do Schools Kill Creativity

Do Schools Kill Creativity? TED is a non-profit organization that serves to present ideas that are worth spreading through strong rhetoric and persuasive appeals. In his eminent Ted Talk, Sir Ken Robinson discusses how public education systems today disregard creativity as an important component within the academic growth of students. Robinson focuses on the importance of creativity by creating a variety of arguments, which persuades the audience to take action upon this heavily ignored issue. His use of pathos, ethos, and logos makes an entertaining case for creating an education system that nurtures rather than undermines creativity. Throughout his speech, Robinson emphasizes pathos by his use of humor and discussion of personal experiences to persuade the audience on the importance of creativity. Firstly, he uses humor to retell a story of when he was a university professor and what he observed, regarding creativity, during his career. While teaching at the university, he noticed that many professors are one-sided by focusing on a single perspective of a subject and refusing to look at it in any other shape or form. Robinson points this out when he states,
“There‟s
something curious about them, not all of them but typically, they live in their heads, they live up there, and slightly to one side (Do Schools Kill Creativity).” It is humorous to believe professors metaphorically
“live in their heads” but it clearly illustrates how public education systems tend to be one-sided when forming a standard curriculum. Students who have outstanding creativity capabilities will never be recognized because of professors and teachers who fear changing the system will tarnish their students‟ academic success.
For this reason, Robinson finds it amusing how unsympathetic these individuals are. Through his use of pathos, he persuades the audience of how ridiculous professionals act when discussing the implementation of creativity within public schools. Additionally, a