tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455745482938362382.post2570017745366386295..comments2023-04-10T07:58:32.271-07:00Comments on Sketcharound: Creativity - a Ted talk by Ken RobinsonBeckett Gladneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14765803410377364069noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455745482938362382.post-75020911620690392532011-09-17T04:55:35.820-07:002011-09-17T04:55:35.820-07:00Great post.... Have you read Orbiting the Giant Ha...Great post.... Have you read Orbiting the Giant Hairball. by Gordon MacKenzie... Great book along these same lines making the point that education trains the creativity out of students. Thanks for this post.<br /><br />LouAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455745482938362382.post-15509962366599763612011-09-06T21:29:01.239-07:002011-09-06T21:29:01.239-07:00One of the things I have been thinking lately, is ...One of the things I have been thinking lately, is that is not enough to revamp how we teach kids, how we get them to be creative and yet survive in this system, but that we need to reassess how we treat ourselves, as adults.<br /><br />If we, as adults, don't honor our *own* creativity, respect it in others and encourage it in ourselves and each other, how can our kids be expected to have any defense against the "sit down, shut up, don't stand out, do what you are told" mentality? <br /><br />Especially as women, in a world where what women do as outlets for that creativity is, more often than not, disparaged as "just crafting", we need to support our own creativity and encourage *our* peers, to model what we want kids to do. They are little mimics, after all. If we don't show them that being creative, in a wide variety of expressive forms, is to be treasured and encouraged, how will they know to value it in themselves?<br /><br />I am consistently grateful the my nephews are being taught to value being creative, now I just need to value it myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com