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Robinson, Ken. “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” Ted Talks. Feb. 2006. Web. 8 Jan 2016.

Click the link below to watch the Ted Talk and summarize it in about 8 sentences, then answer the prompts. 600 words

http://www.ted.com/playlists/171/the_most_popular_talks_of_all?gclid=CK7ch5Wqm8oCFQiKaQodFTcM9w

1. How can creativity possibly be as important as literacy?

2.      Ken Robinson told stories, or anecdotes, in his Ted Talk. How did the stories about the little girl drawing a picture of God and the nativity play help his argument?
3.      “If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” Are students so afraid of being wrong that they eventually lose creativity ability? Or are there other reasons?
4.      Robinson explains how all school systems have “the same hierarchy of subjects” with the arts always at the bottom. Why don’t children get dance every day like they get math? Do these hierarchies fit our world, or are they outdated?
5.      The speaker says that if an alien visited and observed, he would think education's main goal was “to produce university professors,” and he says professors “…live in their heads and slightly to one side.” Do you agree? And is this a realistic or helpful goal for schools?

6.    For school children, it can be devastating when, “The thing they were good at was… actually stigmatized.” Have you experienced this at school?

7.    Are college degrees still worth something? Are his comments about “academic inflation” still accurate?

8.    Robinson says, “Intelligence is dynamic” and he defines creativity as, “Original ideas that have value.” Do you accept those statements? How did the example of the dancer / choreographer serve as an example of what our schools should look like?