TED Video : Ken Robinson

(WEEK 2)

   Warning, the following post of this blog is quite different than the other due to it being slightly serious than the other post. Reader's discretion is advised.

   Nah, just kidding...

   But seriously...

   Welcome back my minions, to another post of creative studies by MZbS. This post is related to the video TED by Ken Robinson on 'Does schools kills creativity?'. Before we get started, why don't we watch the video first. I promise your 20 minutes of life will not be wasted.

   If that was WAY to hard to understand and your being a total prick not wanting to understand his sexy British accent, play it again until you understand!

   And if you still a total douche after the second run-off of the video, read his blog instead... noob.

Sir Ken Robinson's Blog

   Now that's settle, let us get on with the post in which we ask ourselves, 'Do school really kills creativity?'. So this post is generally my own opinion but I believe that many that would read this blog would say the opposite thing. No.

   Now why say no? Why denied that school kills creativity? It's because school is a place you learn and get educated? Yes it does, but at the same time you didn't realize that it's also a place where you're creativity is being murder. You're being educated out of creativity. Now, how is this possible? Did you watch the video or read his blog?

Portrait of Ken Robinson drawn by MZbS

    

   Now then, Ken Robinson's presentation made me think a lot on how the school system works not only in Malaysia but the entire world. Never that I taught that much about school system on other country would be almost the same. Schools focuses on educating young minds of what is to their importance.

   And most school has the same hierarchy of subjects, Math is always given top priority. Then languages, and then humanity, art are at the bottom of the list. And some school hierarchy has art or music given priority and subject like dancing or acting is at the bottom of the list.

   Why is that? Is dance really not that important? Well that up to you to decide actually.

     Children are being persuaded on believing that they cannot achieve their dreams and aspirations on being a singer, artist or etc. Thus, school are educating children out of creativity.

   If we look today in the world, we realize that it was wrong to think so shallow on that matter. There's not much to argue over his presentation. Everything he said is quite agreeable and is filled with facts and logic that does boggle the mind.

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    That's it for this 'not actually serious' post on this creative studies blog.

   Hope you realize now that almost every school in the whole world is forcing children out of their incredible creative ability. I agree with Sir Ken Robinson, and I don't think it is wrong in anyway. But if you disagree, I want to know why.

   This is Muhammad Zulhilmi Shaharuddin, 1122700285 and I am out of here...