Monday, September 9, 2013

TED Talk Reflection



Ted Talk Reflection
          Sir Ken Robinson makes a point in his TED Talk in which he says something along the lines of education not being linear, but organic. He goes on to explain how education should be customized to those who are being taught. I enjoyed his idea of this because he is right in the fact that the way people used to learn is certainly not the way we learn now and his idea of a revolution, and not evolution, occurring in the educational system is utterly correct. There does need to drastic change in which people are students are being taught and motivated. He speaks about not everyone not needing to go to college right away, which I agree with because sometimes people need a break and a chance to experience something that stimulates their soul. Some people need time to find their passion, to discover exactly what it is they want to work towards to.
      Robinson brings up the example of the man who had always wanted to be a firefighter, and did so despite being told it was a waste of time. I believe that is the perfect example of passion; of finding what inexplicably makes you happy and just doing it. This is the hope I wish to give students such as myself, who may or may not know what their passion is. But once that passion has been discovered, I believe it is vitally important for it to be pursued, despite what others may think.

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