Schools Killing Creativity

Recently, I watched Sir Ken Robinson's TED Talk. He talks about how schools are killing creativity which I think is very true. Some phrases he says are very agreeable. He makes some really good points throughout this talk. "My contention is that creativity now is as important in education as literacy and we should treat it with the same status." I agree with that. People should understand the importance of creativity. It is something that is very important in one's life. As people grow older, their sense of creativity gets lower and lower. So, childhood is when everyone should give importance to creativity. This is the only time where children can show their true creativity. Children aren't scared to be wrong. So, whatever creative they come up with, they show it to everyone and don't care about what the others say. "If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original." -Ken Robinson This quote is very true. You shouldn't be scared to show your answers. They show your creativity. How? Well, each person may come up with the answer to a question in a few different ways. Those ways are part of creativity. So, you should never be afraid to be wrong. In fact, you will learn more. "We are not educating kids into creativity, we are educating them out of it." -Ken Robinson This is also true. teachers are actually educating kids out of their creativity. That's how many adults aren't as creative. they have been taught to be creative, but not in the right way. The acceptable definition to creativity is production of something original. "The problem is to remain an artist as we grow up." -Ken Robinson (Many points he made/said are very true!) Picasso had said before that everyone is born an artist. That is true. But, the problem with that is, like Ken Robinson said, to keep that artistic ability within you, even as you grow older. But, schools don't give you that chance they kill creativity! So, many points that Ken had said are absolutely true. The reason we aren't as creative is because of our schools!