Sir Ken Robinson has quickly become my favorite speaker of these TED talks. It’s a number of things. His humorous approaches to presentation, his ability to tie in ideas and examples those are universal to make us think and reflect. This presentation ties together so well all of these ideas and presentations that I have listened to and reflected upon. How we are stifled by our own fears and the dogma of the security that familiarity makes us feel. The need not for reform but revolution. The need for the diversity of life.
Sir Ken is discussing education but it also speaks to the need for following what we are passionate about; the flourishing of humans. This speaks to the individual as well as the need for us to change our educational system for a true revolution. Where does it begin? How can we start this acceptance and change when the very nature of revolution threatens what we are comfortable with.
If you do divide the world into two different categories: Those that are happy and passionate about what they do and those that simply do it to get by and survive then you have to ask yourself why are the latter stuck in that way of thought? Is it simply that they lacked the opportunity that socioeconomic boundaries created? Is it because, like me, we have been formed and groomed to think that that there are worthy aspirations and those that are not? I am starting to believe that those that are passionate about what they do, those that are happy somehow were lucky and escaped the oppression that education presses upon our lives. Maybe it was a single important person that helped them see the value of their dreams or perhaps, like the firefighter, they were so singularly determined to reach their goals they held on to that goal despite what they were being told. I admire those that are happy, that have the opportunity to do what they love every day. I am one of those people that are not sure if they are truly gifted or have a talent that I can pursue. My passions change and so I feel I’m constantly chasing a ghost. I like to believe that I can help my son chase his passions and dreams and not to stifle them and support my students to chase theirs.
Sir Ken Robinson has quickly become my favorite speaker of these TED talks. It’s a number of things. His humorous approaches to presentation, his ability to tie in ideas and examples those are universal to make us think and reflect. This presentation ties together so well all of these ideas and presentations that I have listened to and reflected upon. How we are stifled by our own fears and the dogma of the security that familiarity makes us feel. The need not for reform but revolution. The need for the diversity of life.
Sir Ken is discussing education but it also speaks to the need for following what we are passionate about; the flourishing of humans. This speaks to the individual as well as the need for us to change our educational system for a true revolution. Where does it begin? How can we start this acceptance and change when the very nature of revolution threatens what we are comfortable with.
If you do divide the world into two different categories: Those that are happy and passionate about what they do and those that simply do it to get by and survive then you have to ask yourself why are the latter stuck in that way of thought? Is it simply that they lacked the opportunity that socioeconomic boundaries created? Is it because, like me, we have been formed and groomed to think that that there are worthy aspirations and those that are not? I am starting to believe that those that are passionate about what they do, those that are happy somehow were lucky and escaped the oppression that education presses upon our lives. Maybe it was a single important person that helped them see the value of their dreams or perhaps, like the firefighter, they were so singularly determined to reach their goals they held on to that goal despite what they were being told. I admire those that are happy, that have the opportunity to do what they love every day. I am one of those people that are not sure if they are truly gifted or have a talent that I can pursue. My passions change and so I feel I’m constantly chasing a ghost. I like to believe that I can help my son chase his passions and dreams and not to stifle them and support my students to chase theirs.