Sir Ken Robinson's lecture on Education and Creativity

Sir Robinson lecture was about how and why education kills our children's creativity. He begins with stating that ALL children have tremendous talents and that creativity in education is just as important as literacy. He mentions that even Shakespeare had an English teacher, and this shows how important our roles are as educators. He goes on to mention that all over the world there is a hierarchy of education...with math and sciences at the top, then humanities and language, and lastly, the arts. This is because educational systems were not formed until the 19th century, in order to meet the needs of industrialism. This should be reformed! In the world today, because of overpopulation, and the availability of education, degrees have a decreasing value (he calls this academic inflation). We should be encouraging all types of expression, interests, and education not only because of all the different talents of our children, but so we can open up different opportunities for them in the future. He also mentions 3 things about education that always hold true: education is diverse, intelligence is dynamic, and intelligence is distinct. The main point of his lecture was that we as educators should rethink fundamental principals we are using to educate our children. No talent is more important then another.
I completely agree with Sir Robinson! As a future special educator, I fully realize that not all children learn the same way and excel in all the same areas. We should encourage all talents and abilities no matter what it takes. It is also a proven fact in education that when a child is allowed to succeed in something that they are good at and enjoy, they gain self-esteem, and all other areas improve. It is an absolute shame that so many schools in America have eliminated many areas in education having to do with music and the arts. This should be illegal. Would we ever eliminate math? science? Of course not.