Before listening to the speech, just having read the title, I agree with it. Schools usually kill creativity because they abuse of books. At the very first moment of learning they are necessary. It's true. After those beginnings, many times, they stop the advance. As a matter of fact, they look like as if you have being tackled. Certainly, students have their share of the cake. Six on one hand, half a dozen on the other hand, they say. Well, once I had listened, I'll tell if I am wrong.
I agree with you, Jose Luis. So what did you think after you listened? See a few corrections below: - use books in excess - when you start learning - they stop progress - they look as if you have been - have listened Thanks so much for your answer.
He explains to us how our academic system kills the creativity of children. We are born without fear of making mistakes, with the courage to try everything, but our academic system makes us feel that a mistake is a bad thing, without knowing that the only way to learn something new, or to be original is by making mistakes. He also mentioned that our schools put more emphasis on math than arts or music. They are focused on academic ability. It's like saying that music or arts aren't so important, or that you can't find a suitable job as an artist. Before creating an identical educational system for all children, we must ask ourselves what the purpose is, what we want for the new generation, what they need to be able to adapt to a changing society. Nowadays we know that intelligence is dynamic, that each child is different from another, that they have different ways of learning, some of us need to move, like the example of a dancer that he gives (Jillian Iynn). So why do we keep trying to teach the same to all children? Why do we keep focusing on the academic part, as if only the brain is important, and the rest of the body is not? We are suffering from academic inflation, that means that the degrees are worth nothing. It is time to change our academic system once and for all, to think of the human being as unique, as a complex system made of different parts, all important.
You're on a roll, Laura. This is a very good answer. My eldest son studied science in Bachiller and was a brilliant student. When he told people he was going to study guitar and English, he was criticized and told he should choose Engineering or something like that.
Before listening to the speech, just having read the title, I agree with it. Schools usually kill creativity because they abuse of books.
ReplyDeleteAt the very first moment of learning they are necessary. It's true.
After those beginnings, many times, they stop the advance. As a matter of fact, they look like as if you have being tackled.
Certainly, students have their share of the cake. Six on one hand, half a dozen on the other hand, they say.
Well, once I had listened, I'll tell if I am wrong.
I agree with you, Jose Luis. So what did you think after you listened?
ReplyDeleteSee a few corrections below:
- use books in excess
- when you start learning
- they stop progress
- they look as if you have been
- have listened
Thanks so much for your answer.
He explains to us how our academic system kills the creativity of children. We are born without fear of making mistakes, with the courage to try everything, but our academic system makes us feel that a mistake is a bad thing, without knowing that the only way to learn something new, or to be original is by making mistakes. He also mentioned that our schools put more emphasis on math than arts or music. They are focused on academic ability. It's like saying that music or arts aren't so important, or that you can't find a suitable job as an artist. Before creating an identical educational system for all children, we must ask ourselves what the purpose is, what we want for the new generation, what they need to be able to adapt to a changing society. Nowadays we know that intelligence is dynamic, that each child is different from another, that they have different ways of learning, some of us need to move, like the example of a dancer that he gives (Jillian Iynn). So why do we keep trying to teach the same to all children? Why do we keep focusing on the academic part, as if only the brain is important, and the rest of the body is not? We are suffering from academic inflation, that means that the degrees are worth nothing. It is time to change our academic system once and for all, to think of the human being as unique, as a complex system made of different parts, all important.
ReplyDeleteYou're on a roll, Laura. This is a very good answer.
ReplyDeleteMy eldest son studied science in Bachiller and was a brilliant student. When he told people he was going to study guitar and English, he was criticized and told he should choose Engineering or something like that.