Blog Post #2

I think that I agree with Sir. Ken Robinson, In his idea that creativity is just as or even more important as literacy. Think about William Shakespeare he was a great writer but do we watch his plays because of the words he used or that his grammar was just off the charts? No we watch his plays because they were creative, inventive, attention catching. If Shakespeare had never had creativity he wouldn't have had anything interesting to make a play about. I also agree with Sir. Ken when he states that " If your not prepared to be wrong your never going to come up with anything unique". Sir Ken also stated that he believes that children are being educated out of their creativity. I think in some cases this is very true, children are taught that even if your fantastic at something if it's not gonna make you lots of money, you shouldn't bother with it at all. If you can't get a job using that skill it doesn't matter, that skill is overlooked and seen as not - valuable. I also think that he is right on when he says that the hierarchy of subjects in school need to be rearranged or taught more evenly. The subject are valued in order of value, Math, Language, Humanities, then the Arts. Why is Art last? Hundreds of people make good livings as Artist but why is having that talent undervalued in our school systems, isn't being artistic a gift, something just as great as being a mathematician. I think that to a point we are stifling the gifts of many children as well as adults. Not everyone is meant to be a college professor, or Physician, etc. People have different gifts and I believe that if your calling is to be a Plumber and you can fix any problem know to the Plumbing world and people need your services than so be it, be a great Plumber. When did we stop letting people follow their hearts and do what they wanted to do in life, when did we trade self-choice in for a paycheck?