BLOG 1- Sir Ken Robinson

What if education revolved and thrived off of creativity? How could our world change? Sir Ken Robinson makes his point clear when discussing how schools kill creativity. In his introduction he states, “All kids have extraordinary talents and we squander them.”Sir Ken Robinson wants to treat creativity and literacy with the same importance and status. Throughout his speech he emphasizes the need to rethink intelligence and the fundamental principles that we are teaching our children. Sir Ken Robinson wants change education to have it nourish and support creativity rather than diminish it.

 Sir Ken Robinson uses quotes such as, “To see your children for the hope that they are” and, “To make something of your future”, to stress his points to the audience. Also in his tone of voice the listener can here the passion behind his words.  Sir Ken Robinson does a great job reaching out to the listeners lives. He connects with them through his stories and jokes. Many of his stories that back up his main idea are about children. This brings personal connections to all of the parents viewing. This technique helps the message stick with the viewers and affect them in a more powerful way.

If the world followed the lessons in Sir Ken Robinson’s speech, education would take a turn for the best. A school would be a place where all children could flourish. Certain talents would not be looked down upon and creativity would be exalted not put in the corner. By changing the educational system, the world would be impacted, resulting in changes with in everyday life and society.

Sir Ken Robinson’s speech did not have any pictures or slides. This made the viewers really focus on the main message and not be distracted by other images. For Robinson’s speech I think this worked in his favor, because his idea was so new and usually not thought of.  Without the pictures, the audience had the responsibility of creating their own picture, which results back to creativity. Without slides or pictures Sir Ken Robinson is already enforcing the idea of using creativity.