So we watched this video in our "Cool Class", which might I added was a pretty sweet video. In fact Ken Robinson has a brillant out look on creativity and schools. It is true how we totally ignore the fact of creativity. We spend more time doing math and english than any other subject in school. For instants we have to take english for four years in highschool, and when we go into university we are still taking english, despite the fact that it is our first language. Don't you think we should know it by now. It is true that educators teach students to think on only one side of the brain.Art is creativity,designing things to help the world,community,home is also an art. teachers, and guidance counselors should be more aware of the students' abilities, and what they are interested, or good at. It's not always going to be english or math. It all depends on the student.
Nice blog, Katie! I loved your whole 'don't you think we should know it by now?!' part. Very funny and clever.And I totally agree, it does depend on the students: while the arts are extremely important, some students aren't meant to learn that way. Maybe this means we need specialized public schools for the arts and sciences?
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