Kreativity Kountz!

     

There is a man by the name of Sir Ken Robinson. He is a world renown public speaker, advocate of education and a believer in creativity and the resounding impact it can leave on our world. He attended the "TED" Convention, which is a conference where the greatest minds come together and discuss things such as politics, environmental affairs, and education. But most importantly they discuss our future. He presented his speech entitled, "Do Schools Kill Creativity?" Which imposed the question of 'Is education really teaching our kids the necessary information needed to succeed, or merely stifling their already instinctive creativity to do wonderful things?'
    Creatvity is the natural output of the innate sense of self each person contains. Just like the lion is born a predator, each child is born with creativity. Though it may be stifled for some time, a child just like a lion, will exhibit their natural sense of self, when given the opportunity....When the lion is around prey; or when the child is put with a pencil in his hand, on a stage, set to music, or an instrument in his lap. The natural beauty of presenting  yourself exactly how you are. Without limits or restrictions.

     The hierarchy of education and the importance of certain subjects over others, is not adapted to each individual child. Instead, we choose to impose a blanket system of education over the mass of them, and teach them all as if they were exactly the same. Each child has creativity. Each child has potential. We, as an education system, need to instill a sense of individuality in our children that can only be progressed through education... Instead of training our children all the same; and constantly reliving the disappointment of unexpected outcomes. 

     But, the change begins with us. And whether you are an educator or not, you are a teacher. If you are a mother; you are a teacher. If you are a father, banker, construction worker, mechanic, dancer, artist, or actor; you are a teacher. We interact with children everyday. Learning is not something that is learned strictly in the classroom, but it is also learned through observation and everyday learning.
                             

                             To better our future we must first better ourselves.