TED Talk Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the Learning Revolution

Sir Ken Robinson’s view upon our current education system is extremely accurate and I honestly agree with the ideas he is portraying upon the deficiency of diverse talents that are being crushed by the lack of support from teachers and parents.  In order for us students to flourish into our own individuals, discovering our passion and talents, we would need to reform the main foundations of our success and that is the our education system.  We need to get rid of the linearity and conformity models that education is being based upon and personalize education that is more relative to the students rather than following a linear pattern.  I totally agree with Robinson’s point that we are too obsessed with the idea of getting people to college.  I totally understand the main point of furthering and progressing our intelligence/education by attending college, but I believe that we shouldn’t be forced to admit ourselves into college the very instant we graduate from high school.  We should take the time to discover ourselves by our talents and passion, which will eventually lead to a career that we would enjoy rather than endure.  Parents and teachers believes that taking a break from school or being undecided is a waste of time, for time is precious and should be used wisely in college with a professional career in mind, that will provide us with a sufficient salary but what if we end up with a career that isn’t enjoyable, but is simply just a pay check.  Then we will become impassionate with our career choice and basically live life unhappily, looking forward to the weekends.  Robinson is correct about students opting out of education for it does not feed student’s spirits due to no type of excitement that isn’t occurring in class, this is one of the major issues teachers needs to refocus on to better the pathway for a student’s learning ability.