Sir Ken Robinson (TED Talk 1)

The point that Sir Robinson seemed to be trying to make is that the way most school systems seem to stigmatize mistakes is causing more and more students to slowly lose their creativity. I believe he has a point in this regard, as many times a student is less concerned about "What can I do to be creative?" and more concerned about "What will get me an 'A'?" and often the answer to these two questions is different. He also makes to point that school systems focus more on academic topics then they do on the arts, and this does not always work for every type of student. His TED talk makes me think of the Albert Einstein quote "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it's stupid." Sir Robinson brings up how many brilliant, creative students end up feeling unintelligent because the topics they excelled at were either highly ignored at school,  or they were told to stop trying at that particular talent, because they'd never make it  in that field (i.e. artist, musician, etc., basically any creative career). One of his main points is that intelligence comes in many different forms, and not all of those forms are always appreciated by educators and education systems. His TED talk contains a lot of anecdotes, and he is able to make the audience laugh every so often. He often starts broad with his ideas and then narrows down to a more specific example to illustrate his more general idea. He is also very friendly and keeps his talk interesting. I agree, personally, with a lot of the points he makes. I myself have always been rather art minded, and have even been reprimanded by teachers for adding illustrations to my notes, though being able to connect the information to a picture helps me to learn a bit better. It was also hard to find support at my last school from teachers and administrators when I said that I wanted to study art in school and go into a career in illustration. I think he brings up a lot of important issues, and points out one of the main flaws in the education system, as I know that there are many students who have also dealt with the same challenges.