Sir Ken Robinson: The Importance of Creativity

Out of all of the videos we have watched this week, Sir Ken Robinson's presentation on the importance of creativity was my favorite. His presentation was very interesting and fun to listen to due to his humor, and really made me think more about the creativity of children. I enjoyed his example stories that he shared in order to prove a fact or statement he was trying to get across to people. His example of Gillian Lynne really makes me understand why educators and parents should not deny the right of children to use their creativity. Without creativity, our world would be boring, and not all children would be expressing themselves.

Robinson had three themes about his lecture which were the evidence of human creativity, being in a place where we do not know what is going to happen in the future, and the fact that children have extraordinary capacities. My favorite quote by Robinson was "Creativity now is as important in education as literacy" (Sir Ken Robinson: The Importance of Creativity). By that comment, I take that he is trying to say that there are many different aspects to an education, and basic literacy will not stand alone. People have to be able to express themselves or everybody would end up being the same. Robinson goes on to explain that if people are not prepared to be wrong in life, then people will not be able to be creative or original. I support Robinson's view that education is a way of taking our unknown world into the future. Without education, I believe that nothing would exist because it is the education we receive that enables us to do great things. As Robinson was talking about the topic of education, he states "It's one of those things that goes deep with people" (Sir Ken Robinson: The Importance of Creativity).

Robinson's presentation of the importance of children's creativity should not be taken lightly; I fully agree with what Robinson is trying to get across to people. Robinson explains why it is important for children to be able to use their creative skills. Every child is different, and if the world holds back children's creativity then we would not have our creative minds in the world such as Gillian Lynne.