Rhetorical Analysis Of Do Schools Kill Creativity

Science, English, history, and math are all important classes, but future careers depend on more than just that. Benjamin Franklin did not just discover electricity because he knew a lot about science and math. Franklin also had to be creative enough to wonder about it. No matter what an individual's future career may be, their job will require creativity. In 2006, Sir Ken Robinson gave a speech called, “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” The speech focused on his idea that creativity is just as important as education and it should be treated the same.
Throughout Sir Ken Robinson's speech, he used many words and stories to prove his point and convince his audience. During the speech Robinson told a story about his friend beginning her dance career. Gillian Lynne, the choreographer of Cats and Phantom of the Opera, was one considered to have issues just because she could not sit still. Her parents received a note home regarding this and Gillian Lynne was taken to see a specialist. When she was at the doctors, they soon discovered there was nothing wrong with her. Gillian was simply a dancer.
Robinson included humorous stories and jokes to keep the discussion light and engaging. During the lecture I began to wonder a few things. Ken Robinson appeared to have a big problem with schools and creativity. If he feels so strongly about this issue what steps are we taking or should be taking to fix this issue? Additionally I began to question whether or not schools actually realize that they are killing students creativity? After listening to this lecture I realized all of the occurrences in my life that I have witnessed schools killing creativity. Once a project was assigned to my class. My group thought we had a really good idea but when we went to go ask the teacher about it she turned it down immediately and said we could not do