How would education change if it integrated creativity? What would happen if students had interest in their learning? Sir Ken Robinson is an author and a speaker on implementing creative arts into education. Sir Ken Robinson is firm on his opinion that creativity should also be included into public education. He says, "I believe we don't grow into creativity, we grow out of it." In his TED talk, Sir Ken Robinson explains that education is limited, and by not allowing children to express themselves, we are narrowing their thoughts.

To further emphasize his points, Sir Ken Robinson tosses out examples of how we are harming the children's mental growth with our education system. He says, "Children have tremendous talents, and we are squashing them, quite ruthlessly." He explains that instead of teaching them to think for themselves, we are educating them out of creativity. We are teaching them to be exactly like everyone else. He tells stories of children, to help his audience connect his talk to how it is affecting their own children. He was a very effective speaker, using personal idea to connect with ideas. He tells jokes to win over the audience, which is useful in helping them remember his talk, because they could personally connect with it.

Sir Ken Robinson's TED talk had a very positive effect on me. It helped me see why I have not interest in my own education. If you talk to a kindergartner about school, they nearly always love it. If you talk to an elementary school kid, they all promptly announce that they hate school. Why is this? Because as kids get older, less creativity is used in education. Why can't just as much creativity be used in a middle school as a preschool? Who decided to do away with creativity when kids reached a certain age?

If Sir Ken Robinson was able to convince schools to use creativity, the way children think would be dramatically changed. They will no longer be afraid to make mistakes, as many adults are. They will all have original ideas, instead of all spouting out the sam information when asked a question. And most important of all, children will like going to school. When a child holds interest in something, they will put their whole heart into doing the best they can. Imagine what it would be like if every child reached their full potential and never gave up. School attendance would increase, grades would go up along with test scores, and knowledge levels would skyrocket. How do you think this would affect society?

Sir Ken Robinson had a very unique presentation style, implementing that creative aspect to show his point. Sir Ken Robinson did not use any pictures, videos, or slides. Many might consider this unusual, but it is very effective. The lack of visuals kept the attention on him, ensuring that the audience heard his every word, and fully understood his topic. This also allowed the audience to picture what education would be like if Sir Ken Robinson's ideas were used. They could also imagine having a child who did their homework, earned good grades, and enjoyed school isn't that every parent's dream? It allowed the audience to see that their child could potentially have better chance of success in the world if children were allowed to be creative.