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The TED talk, “Schools Kill Creativity“ by Sir Ken Robinson, laid out the idea that our education system, which is mostly focusing on left-brain thinking, is suppressing creativity in children. He argues that schools are only teaching education and not creativity which the school system should be focusing on.
Sir Robinson started off by talking about how all children are born talented, have creativity, and are not afraid to be wrong. Now, when a child is told to be doing something wrong, which happens first off all, and especially, in school, they don't want to make another mistake ever again. That is when they lose their creativity. School and the ecological system eliminate this attitude. Robinson thinks that this, making mistakes, is the only way to develop new ideas. People should have more space doing something wrong so they possibly create something new.
Robinson points out that the education system right now is made for academic integrity only, nothing else. There is a hierarchy of subject around the world is the same: First come Math and Languages, then Humanities and concluded by the arts, such as music and art. In his mind, all of these should be valued equally, since all are equally important. Creativity is as important as literacy, but creativity is not rewarded in society. Nowadays talented people do not get the sense of achievement, because things they are good at are not valued at school; so, their creative potentials are wasted.
He also argues that intelligence is not just being good at math, it's being able to use the dynamic ability of the entire mind. Intelligence is diverse, it’s dynamic and it is distinct. It is a interaction of different disciplinary ways of seeing things.
Furthermore Robinson mentions an “academic inflation” around the world where a college degree is worth less than it was before. When he was a student, if one had a degree, he had a job. But now we need a MA where the previous job required a BA, and now you need

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