1. I do believe school is playing a part in stripping creativity away from children. As art, music, or theatre classes are offered in public schools, they are not seen as having as much importance as academic classes. I was very involved in theatre in high school, and I had many friends who were extremely talented. We worked hard for hours every day doing something that we loved. However, we were being told there was no point because it would never get us anywhere in life. Before I took allied health classes and realized I wanted to be a nurse, I did want to major in theatre. My parents hated the idea, and all I heard was “you’ll never find a job” and “there’s no way you’ll keep food on the table”. I think this is the exact opposite of what children need to hear. I learned a very important lesson from my theatre teacher, and that is to never let anyone make you feel bad for doing something you love to do
2. Education was created to produce people who are ready to go out and start a career. However, students do not always end up doing something that they truly enjoy, they do something their parents want or something they know they can find a job doing. I believe that no matter how long you go to school or how successful you are, it’s not worth it if you are not happy. School, for me, did prepare me for my future career. I was privileged to be able to take a CNA class while I was a senior. However, my grade in that class was not equal to the standard academic classes I was taking. So even though I was getting prepared for the future, I was not getting rewarded for it. As a writer, I have grown so much throughout school. I have found that no matter what class you take, writing is something you will have to deal with. I was able to find what works for me and what does not, and apply them to many different subjects.
3. I think his solution, if applied, would be
highly effective. I believe there are
many students who would benefit significantly from the change. I would enjoy seeing children get excited
about school because they know they have the freedom to express themselves in a
way that is comfortable for them. I
think children need to be introduced to these things.
4. I would define intelligence as not only the
ability to learn and process knowledge, but to be able to take those skills and
apply them to everyday experiences.
5. This video relates to standardized testing
because it addresses one of the main problems arising in education. The system is designed to only take the
scores of test given in the basic academic classes they are required to take.
The video opens up the new idea of introducing children to art and music, and
to let their minds explore and be. With
this new possibility, students will not only have to sit in a desk all day
while listening to a teacher who is teaching strictly to a test.
I also was in theatre in high school, I also did music as well. I, at one point thought that I wanted to major in music. My mom thought that it was a stupid career. I think that society thinks that these careers aren's real jobs, they are jobs for lazy people. I DO NOT at all agree with this, the arts can be very hard work.
ReplyDeleteI also think that if in school, students were exposed to these areas, some might realize some hidden talents.
I think that we had a very similar reaction to this TED Talks video.
Kayla, I totally agree with you, I wanted to pursue one career when I was growing up but I had to change it because I really couldn't make a career out of it or the money was not enough to support myself.I also agree with you when you said that the school system educates students to prepare them for the world and their professional careers. Most jobs that people have are jobs that they need but don't want. They are forced to pursue education for these jobs that they are not even interested in. If society would put more emphasis on the arts and the things that students were interested in, it would make it easier for them to learn because they are dealing with something that they like. In turn, the teachers would not have as hard a time trying to get students to grasp difficult concepts that they may be tested on.
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