Ken Robinson Public Education Summary

After watching the video that RSA and Ken Robinson presented, thoughts flooded my head. How could the public education system change? “Every country on earth, at the moment is reforming public education,” said Ken Robinson. I could already see that as we are slowly moving into “inquiry”. After the video I reflected on the public education system, my future life, and other thoughts such as divergent thinking.
The current public education system was designed for the enlightenment and industrial revolution. We now recognize that we have to change this system so most arguments are for raising the education standards. This may seem like the right answer as we have no reason to lower it, but what about the artists and dancers? There are some schools for arts, but not many. Millions of kids are alienated by our public education system because they do not see the point of going to school. There are only two types of people in the public education which are academic and non-academic, which makes many brilliant people think they are not. I know a person who seems like a genius to me, he had photographic memory and went to a special school, but once he got there, he felt as if he were dumb, since all the other kids were smarter. He soon dropped out and attended high school with passing grades, he gave up studying. Ken Robinson described our system
“Not if the route to it marginalises what you think important about yourself,” is what Ken Robinson said. Reflecting on this quote, I feel like he is talking about children who are pushed to become a doctor when they would rather be a painter or dancer. They feel the pressure that their parents are putting upon them while they are brilliant artists. This is the case for a friend of mine, he could easily get a scholarship to many art schools, but his parents, disappointed from his grades keep him from going outside and force him to