Do Schools Kill Creativity?

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The issue in our modern American society and schooling is how we rank all of the subjects. We are taught the core subjects of math, humanities, etc. But there is much more to life and learning than that. People dont want to go down the same path as everyone else. Others enjoy the arts or other subjects or even trades that aren’t taught with importance. The American schooling system pushes out students who are copies of each other and it does not encourage creativity.
Throughout the Ted talk, presented by Ken Robinson titled do schools kill creativity
Another technique used by Mr. Robinson is his body language. While speaking to each other humans use body language to express non-verbal communication. During the presentation he is quite still but dignified. His facial expression also conveys certainty and knowledge on the tipis he is speaking about. He is also dressed very well, in a full suit which to the viewer appears as he is someone who is serious. As shown body language is very important when giving presentations.
Mr. Robinson also extensively uses logos. Logos is the use of facts and logic to enhance an argument. During the talk he uses logos to show what he knows about the subject and how it is actually true. A major point he brought up was being wrong. Kids are afraid to be wrong or stray from the path from which they have been set on for their entire life. Society, which includes the schooling system, has norms and then the things which aren’t accepted. In turn meaning being wrong in class is something that is discouraged. The issue with this being that if we always stay in the guidelines our world will never change. If we don’t use creativity advancement will not happen.
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...ng our students to become innovative thinkers, our school system mercilessly sucks creativity from them.
Knowledge is great, vital even but schools don’t teach you how to use by adapting it to what you want to achieve and be prepared to experiment with adaption of concepts. This ability is where schools fall down. Creativity you could argue is the ability to use information in whatever form it comes, in a way the is unforeseen and different so that the view goes "oooh now that is cool" or "wow I would have never thought of that". Schools fail totally when they insist of the all-encompassing dogma surrounding standardized testing as the only source of educational excellence. Educational excellence is about being able to use creatively the knowledge you experienced. And Ken Robinson expresses this with certainty and uses rhetorical strategies to convince his audience.

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