Sunday, April 07, 2013

Creativity moves the world!

On Thursday we saw a really interesting video about a conference which talked about education nowadays and how it kills creativity. It criticized the way schools are teaching our kids because instead of promoting their skills and what they like, letting them be creative (which in the end is what really matters), children keep being taught what the industry needs, so mathematics and all sorts of science are considered at the top while arts are at the bottom of everything.

By the way, it shouldn’t be like this. It’s true that science and maths are important, but they are not the only thing in the world. We keep thinking that arts and humanities don’t have a future, that if you study these sort of things you won’t have a job, and it’s totally false. What happens nowadays, I mean, the reason why there are so many people who don’t have a job is just because everybody tends to study those things which are said to have a good future, and if you like them, great! But if you don’t, the truth is that you won’t have a job, just because you won’t have that inside-force which makes you make progress and succeed.

What I am totally convinced of, is that if you really like something, and although it isn’t thought to have a good future, you will surely succeed. And this happens because, if you like something, you will put it “on the top of your list” and you will always try to do your best on it in order to improve; and probably you will even get to be the best on it. And this is what actually matters: that you are good at something and that you are happy doing it

Besides this, I’d also like to focus on how Ken Robinson (the man on the conference) communicates his idea of education and creativity, because I’d say it’s a great example of communication skills, because he knows how say what he wants to tell, but he also knows how to drag your attention during the whole conference, which is very important too.

I certainly recommend all of you to watch the conference because it will make you realize the importance of creativity on our way to a better world.
Here is the link to the video of the conference: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
It has subtitles in many languages and you can download it if you wish.

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