It's funny how when I'm out of school, I want to learn more...It's almost as if the school system sucks.

@anandsuralkar2947

4 жыл бұрын

Its not almost its exactly sucks

@antonyduhamel1166

4 жыл бұрын

@@anandsuralkar2947 I think you need to look up the word 'sarcasm.'

@theflash9767

4 жыл бұрын

@spartjovic Same here

@bicyclist2

4 жыл бұрын

That's because it does.

@grittykitty50

4 жыл бұрын

spartjovic, isn't it wonderful to realize that you can learn what you want at your own pace without the bullshit, competition and shaming that school "offers"?

I just finished college, all these years of schooling have been mostly miserable. Now I spend a lot of time learning things on youtube for fun and out of curiosity.

@handlemonium

4 жыл бұрын

yep. :D

@missjilliesue

4 жыл бұрын

And, you will find that you are actually 'unlearning' most of what you learned!

@keithsmith4780

4 жыл бұрын

Frank Zappa: "If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want to get educated, go to the library."

@itsgreattobealive8662

4 жыл бұрын

@@keithsmith4780 ya I started my college education this year in a 'good' University and I am feeling it

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

4 жыл бұрын

@@itsgreattobealive8662 someone tell me how reading 100 pages on any subject is going to teach anyone anything, when the test is 30 Q. Why not just go learn the 30 things? Duh.

This man made more sense in 20 minutes than a whole 'committee' in years and years of 'planning' and 'execution'.

@Fireburst-kp4rm

2 жыл бұрын

Is that ironic or just coincidental?

@deliciouspops

2 жыл бұрын

Are you in a Soviet Union?

@nickacelvn

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Sir Ken, what a legend. I always ask my kid's teachers (and principal) if they have seen sir Ken? alarm bells ring if they haven't.

@RickWeberEcon

Жыл бұрын

“Let the minutes reflect that sense was made for a period of 20 minutes during the meeting before proceeding to the question of whether math has become too gay.”

"We've invaded every country we encountered." That's the most British thing I 've heard so far.

@luck3yp0rk93

2 жыл бұрын

@Muhammad Saad this aged well

@caiospinaramos4143

2 жыл бұрын

@@luck3yp0rk93 kkkkkkkkkkkk

@blackadvertisment6139

2 жыл бұрын

And finally went back to their muddy island

@rael1999

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackadvertisment6139 ....Wouldn't live anywhere else !

@stafey7659

2 жыл бұрын

American too

I honestly can't decide if this gentleman should become the head of public education in America, or America's next great stand up comedian.

@janinelewis-doncontell8217

8 жыл бұрын

Let's give him both.

@twilightarchon0812

7 жыл бұрын

I'd think there's no reason he couldn't be both.

@zollykod2541

7 жыл бұрын

*cough* He needs to be both in the UK, too... :-)

@talhatariqyuluqatdis

7 жыл бұрын

YUS

@ritnim8353

7 жыл бұрын

+zollykod actually, almost everywhere. Not just the UK and the United States.

3 years later and our focus is still on the damn tests.

@tryannosaur

7 жыл бұрын

Justin Dettloff You know changing education is actually even harder than changing Americas native language from English to Chinese because this pathetic education system has been here since the 1800s, changing the system would litewlly be like changing the way humans interpret knowledge, this isnt easier said than done

@De77le

7 жыл бұрын

Tyrannosaurus Rex Actually the education systems have been this way since about the time Sparta and the Athens were thriving (the way of teaching my have been different but the subjects are all just about the same, ex. science and math).

@namleejo4854

7 жыл бұрын

Justin Dettloff listen to you parents it's simple you parents love you

@namleejo4854

7 жыл бұрын

Justin Dettloff homework

@obamacarreviews1043

7 жыл бұрын

ALL HAIL COMMON CORE GOOD TEST GRADES = SUCCESSFUL LIFE

The sad thing is this was posted 7 years ago and nothing has changed in the school system.

@rbda8921

3 жыл бұрын

@@accey6990 tldr but agree lul

@user___name2468

3 жыл бұрын

@@rbda8921 tldr: yes

@SteamedBunXHoyo

2 жыл бұрын

@@accey6990 We have to truly over the government with the new generation, and those from the old ruling family has to be removed from leadership for this change is to happen. There is an incentive for incompetent leaders to make their citizen dumber and easier to manipulate.

@ek-ym6yy

2 жыл бұрын

Right on Tuf! Right on!

@human1880

2 жыл бұрын

I feel u bro

I often watch this Ted Talk when needing extra encouragement as a home educator. May you Rest In Peace, Sir Ken Robinson. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.

@madwolf0966

3 жыл бұрын

Damn he died 8 days ago.

@paige.w17

3 жыл бұрын

@@madwolf0966 oh my god

@paige.w17

3 жыл бұрын

how did he die

@celiwhaaat6285

3 жыл бұрын

• Moon • cancer..

@paige.w17

3 жыл бұрын

@@celiwhaaat6285 ok

It wasn't until I left school that I discovered how interesting learning can be - including what in school I found tedious.

@DekarNL

3 жыл бұрын

In other words, the system or the teacher were not engaging you in learning.

@jasonstevenson4067

3 жыл бұрын

This is why homeschooling works way better! The parents teach the kids things they are interested in. The parents have good motivation to teach the kids well. The kids aren't distracted by stupid classmates, and the kids, at least should love their teachers. another reason schools are so bad, is that they teach evolution, they brainwash children when they are young, there is no evidence for evolution, and a lot of science to support accounts mentioned in the bible. Paying hired teachers minimum wage to teach bratty un-chastised kids evolution, is never going to give them a good education. Studies done by major colleges have shown that homeschooled, and private schooled children learn WAY more than public schooled children, not just a little bit more, but WAY more, if you don't believe me, look it up. Today schools teach kids what to think, and not how to think. On Top of this parents have freedom to punish their children. I'm 15, and have been smacked everytime I do something wrong, and I can honestly say that I can not be more happy about it, just looking at kids that don't get punished, and how badly they act.

@TheSarita8

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonstevenson4067 say

@WrayAnderson

3 жыл бұрын

That was my experience also.

@excellenceinanimation960

3 жыл бұрын

Iv been listening to audiobooks in my free time. I’m working my way through the history of Julius Cesar. School somehow kills incentive to lean. Idk maybe it’s that it’s just handed to us.

He manages to excite the audience (to the point they often interrupted him with all that clapping) and also deliver a clear and thoughtful message. Many people would only do one or the other, most would do neither, he does both. Brilliant.

@adamfreed2291

7 жыл бұрын

And the things he said actually made sense and could be backed up, unlike many people.

@alekseykonovalik5965

7 жыл бұрын

There are lamps "APPLAUSE" and "LAUGHTER" lighting up at certain moments

@anhkienngo1300

7 жыл бұрын

shadow fight 2

@wbiro

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, they are in the audience's minds... get one, you may like it...

@moniquedhooghe

5 жыл бұрын

luckily he has many other videos and you can follow him on twitter and facebook too

This is why field trips are soooo good. They create an atmosphere of curiosity and learning. Its sad how in high school we get much less.

@giovannip8600

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah for sure, my best memories are from those, even like the ones only 1 day long, the longer the better for sure though. It makes you feel really strange because suddenly you were all studying and competing for the best grades and then just relaxing and visiting museums or sites with basically people that are so similar to you and yet basically strangers

@hannahbrown397

2 жыл бұрын

We don’t get any past 8th grade at my school.

@janineparadiso5552

2 жыл бұрын

I hated field trips... being shunted about in a bus with a mass of kids to some place no one chose and has a say in... I preferred organising my own life and trips and holidays and every day life thanks

@willchristie2650

2 жыл бұрын

High school is to teach you to be compliant when you spend the rest of your life in a corporate cubicle.

@Isabella-mp4gr

2 жыл бұрын

we never got any

This great man passed away in 2020 aged 70 . His childhood story of poverty and illness would bring you to tears and yet he triumphed over it . He spent the greater part of his life fighting to ensure that others ( of any race or denomination ) could have the chance to do the same. And yet if you stopped 100 people at random in the Street they would not know who he is / was. Ken would have thought that unimportant and carried on the fight and we should do the same !

@BlueBloxRoblox

8 ай бұрын

August 21, 2020

@andreaandrea6716

7 күн бұрын

@@BlueBloxRoblox Thank you!

Don't make children learn, make children want to learn.

@AmeyaBenare

7 жыл бұрын

wow

@ayubsir6324

7 жыл бұрын

+Ameya Benare buddy one question please

@kermymichiuo9479

7 жыл бұрын

+Ayub Sir k

@AmeyaBenare

7 жыл бұрын

Ayub Sir yes..

@namleejo4854

7 жыл бұрын

Jesse Walhout ok

My class was having an argument with our homeroom teacher the other day about how we never learn anything practical at school, just endless pointless maths formulas and the day so and so died that no one honestly cares about. The common trend is that we memorize everything right before a test, we pass the test and within the next week we forget everything to make room for new information. What is the point of education if we're not actually learning anything? We want to learn about things are actually _useful_ to us; how to change a tire, how to pay your taxes, how to raise children, how to manage relationships, how to manage our money, how can I make a difference in the world, what can I personally do to prevent climate change, world hunger, etc. etc. You know what the teachers answered? "That's not my problem, I can't do anything. The government makes the standards, I have to follow them, _there is nothing you or I can do about it._" How can teachers with no passion, no drive, _no backbone to speak of_, that blindly follow a system that they themselves know to be incorrect, teach a generation how to be free thinking individuals? We are not being educated, we are being brainwashed to be complacent. To be unquestioning. To be a good employee; smart enough to do the job but just dumb enough not to ask questions.

@skoruno1

8 жыл бұрын

a teacher told me like the exact same thing when we had a discussin

@anonymousanon3681

8 жыл бұрын

YES OMG FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT! I suck at school and have no future because I feel stupid because of my grades I won't graduate :(

@shadowranger937

8 жыл бұрын

+Anonymous anon Just find what you are good at, then keep school to a minimum while you foster that thing.

@GiaTheSweetPotato

8 жыл бұрын

Alex Gluch I'm good at a lot of things, but I think there's a lot more to life than just pursuing what you're good at. I want to make a difference in the world, for other people. I know I'm just a kid but everyone starts somewhere, and the only way to fail is to never even try. Well, I suppose if you can find a way to use what you're good at to help other people then that's even better,..

@GiaTheSweetPotato

8 жыл бұрын

Anonymous anon Trust me man, no amount of good grades and pats on the head are ever going to make you "intelligent." Intelligence isn't something that can be defined by a test score. Some of the dumbest people alive have been geniuses on paper; the opposite is also true. To paraphrase Einstein, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

Who is here after learning about his passing? 😭 Rest in peace, dear sir. Rest in peace. You've inspired many including myself, and we'll do our best to continue carrying your torch.

@zawyehtike3089

3 жыл бұрын

Yes😔🙏, and your death will not be the downfall⬇️ nor will it ever be the reason why the Education Reformation Movement✊ will end🚫, for I too will continue to hold this torch🔥 and will continue on my New Education System🔆 plans. I've made a discord with my friends together to dicuss about it just recently and I'd like invite you to it as well🤝.

@zawyehtike3089

3 жыл бұрын

Also, here's a link: discord.gg/XC2SrG

@eugenegohdikern6006

3 жыл бұрын

@@zawyehtike3089 oh dear. It says the link has expired. Would you mind sharing it again? Sincere apologies for inconvenience caused.

@zawyehtike3089

3 жыл бұрын

@@eugenegohdikern6006 Sure and also, here's a new link. Please let me know if it works. Thanks!🙏 disboard.org/server/717846393074614435

@goutamboppana961

3 жыл бұрын

yeah but sadly i didnt know about him

The best thing we all learned from school: _The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell_

@mercurysarcade8538

3 жыл бұрын

The nucleus of a cell controls the cell, there are two types of nuclei, i know them can't spell but one looks like spaghetti the other is more compact.

@IshanKashyap001

3 жыл бұрын

@@mercurysarcade8538 DNA and RNA?

@galacticdivinity

3 жыл бұрын

Prince Ea?

@metroplexprime9901

2 жыл бұрын

@@galacticdivinity Fresh prince of Bel-air?

@smerdopsis6092

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy you made this comment :)

"Children are natural learners. It's a real achievement to put that particular ability out, or to stifle it. Curiosity is the engine of achievement."

@code5829

3 жыл бұрын

I saved myself

@goutamboppana961

3 жыл бұрын

my hear was shattered after hearing that

@seetlingg

3 жыл бұрын

@@goutamboppana961 omg

@Fireburst-kp4rm

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful quote. Need that on a poster somewhere.

my whole academic life has been so far just studying to pass exams.

@user-nk8tv8dt8h

4 жыл бұрын

How ??? Why ? Didn’t you choose your study subject to build upon it your career later after graduation from university or even High school?!

@jaysullivan1932

4 жыл бұрын

What a waste of a time, energy and brainpower

@silverdragon710

4 жыл бұрын

mine not even that. mine's been paying and trying to show up and fulfill all those meaningless tasks that allow you to even take the exam. im so beat up by the system by the time i get to an exam im done

@MrKongatthegates

4 жыл бұрын

How does anybody know you understand it without the test. The test proves you learned it. If you learn enough stuff you can get hired for different jobs or get accepted into universities. Part if it is a test to see if you can deal with boring work. Because some jobs are boring. But you get paid at least

@silverdragon710

4 жыл бұрын

Joshua Lee what he’s talking about is standardized testing

We always remember our best teachers. The very ones who encouraged us the most are never forgotten.

For anyone watching this take a moment and appreciate that this is one of ways that we can enjoy Sir Ken Robinson as he was passed away Aug 2020. Definitely watch this with a very grateful heart that he has left us with something beautiful to learn from.

Teacher: Grade is just a number. Also teacher: *Judges your future because of your grades*

@iqbalhaseef9373

3 жыл бұрын

truth

@Kutsushita_yukino

3 жыл бұрын

Were basically just robots stuffed with knowledge

@fish-fy5sh

3 жыл бұрын

i feel like it's colleges that judge and determine our future based on grades. which shouldn't happen...

@bboyneon92

3 жыл бұрын

Sadly, some good teachers are part of the centralised system. Hence, they are forced to evaluate children by grades.

@bboyneon92

3 жыл бұрын

@Philip Manousakis probably. I've seen a fair share of 'teachers' where I live who aren't inclined in teaching but somehow landed a teaching job. They teach centralized syllabus to earn a huge sum. Most teachers who are creative don't even enter the current educational system because it strips off their freedom to teach children to be curious, question, etc. The sort of politics involved is shameful. Hence, most teachers.

As a student this has me spazzing in my chair. This man has put the feeling of " it shouldn't be this way " that I've had for years, into clear common sense words. Almost all school systems work this way and when their blatant faults are put before them they either act incredulous or tell you "this is the way the world works". Thank goodness for this man.

@oscarelworthy

8 жыл бұрын

He almost reproduced my economics class in New Zealand. We learn how the systems of supply, demand an scarcity work, which is interesting, but only takes up a small amount of the curriculum. I kid you not, the rest of the year is spent learning how to phrase our answers to questions we will answer at the end of the year, rather than actually learning anything new.

@katrinahockman5561

8 жыл бұрын

+Jonathan Beaulieu The way the world works, indeed. I could tell you countless stories about the high school science teacher I credit for all the A's I got in his classes, particularly physics. From talking to other students in college, I get the sense that many people hated it because all they did was memorize formulas and do the simplest most mundane lab experiments that hardly related to the outside world at all. Granted, the Rube-Goldberg machine we built as a sort of communal "final exam" didn't relate much either, but the point of it was that we could do something practical with our index card full of equations that we were allowed to reference whenever we needed to. I may have a Creative Writing degree now, but I still use what I learned in high school physics. Trust me, sci-fi comes out so much cooler. Contrast that to Pre-Calc, which I only took for a college credit and now have completely forgotten. If you learn just to pass a test, your ability to care about the subject matter - not to mention remember it - goes downhill fast. And guess what? That's when nobody wants to become a physicist. You could do so much with that subject. Those equations should be tools, not the end goal. Having a head full of facts and no motivation to make them useful is not, in fact, the way the world works. (Sorry. I'll get off my soapbox now.)

@enjoyinglife9202

8 жыл бұрын

+Jon Bolo As a teacher I nearly bawled my eyes out watching this (nearly-qualified) hopefully we can revolutionalize the way we teach our kids from now on.

@jonb.3327

8 жыл бұрын

+Kim Uitslag it would improve a great many things

@jonb.3327

7 жыл бұрын

ill definitely do some reading up on him. heres the thing tho even if our system weren't to stop teaching to tests and start teaching how to think properly and observe and analyze as its supposed to, we could do a lot just to switch to teaching occupational studies and trades. that way even if its still taught similarly theres still a bit of interest on the part of the student to help them excel.

12:44 Here is a quote I know: "We teach students, not lessons." Also, love this guy! 15:36 The more I learn about teaching and parenting and marriage, the more I believe that what we must use for people who have the hardest time with things (those with autism, learning liabilities, etc.) are the things that tend to work best for everyone else, too. I thought it really sad when in the beginning he said schools focus on exams so much that kids are only learning so they can pass, and then he said it doesn't HAVE to be that way. As I tried to imagine that, I thought, "You mean they are learning to LEARN?" (Like, learning for its own sake? Because they like it?) I realized then that I am caught in the trap, too!!

I miss knowing he was among us. May you be long and fondly remembered, Sir Ken.

@richardhanderson2451

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Lisa how are you doing hope you’re doing okay ✅

6 years later, something has happened: its even worse now.

@tigerex777

4 жыл бұрын

Yup. The whole educational system is made to profit the colleges and the government.

@CloudStrifeCosplay

4 жыл бұрын

lol i just commented that what he said is cool and all, but an utopia. Humans aren't that smart do put that into practice. otherwise we would already done it.

@jennifersignsoflife1375

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, Common Core was instituted enforcing even MORE of these same practices (& they want to expand the length of school days & for kids to go 6 days/week). Too bad no one's offered an alternative. OH WAIT... Betsy DeVos, our Sec't of Ed. HAS! Her "School of Choice Voucher Program" keeps getting rejected for a vote from the House of Representatives! *MANY* ppl are claiming it's racist, even though some of the BEST Charter Schools are in Harlem, but are having a near impossible time staying open due to funding (check out "The Boys' Latin School of Harlem". They were REFUSED opening a "Girls' Latin School of Harlem" recently by Mayor Bill DeBlasio!).

@WayneLynch69

4 жыл бұрын

You REALLY have NOT been paying attention! It's working IMPOSSIBLY WELL for teachers/professors/schools!! In my county the teachers managed to finagle one "half-day" every week. After all, 180 work days a year would kill ANY hot-house-flower. Initially scheduled for Wednesdays, WHO KNEW it would almost immediately morph to Fridays....OF COURSE FOLLOWED by a limit of one Friday a month requiring the "teacher" to stay in the classroom. MAKE THAT 162 actual full-days work a YEAR....

@peorakef

4 жыл бұрын

@@WayneLynch69next time, please mark your sarcasm

1. Human beings are naturally different and diverse. 2. Curiosity. In place of curiosity what we have is a culture of compliance. 3. Human life is inherently creative.

@immaSHRIMP_

4 жыл бұрын

preach bro

I can't believe that was only 19 minutes, I could listen to this man talk forever. So inspiring

One of the best TED speeches on education I've ever watched. I'm glad to come across this video, but also sad as this gentleman passed away last year. R.I.P Sir Ken Robinson

Teaching isn't about the passion on learning anymore, it's about passing

@kgvo.7050

6 жыл бұрын

That's sad.

@alvaniemi6702

6 жыл бұрын

Well, it never was from the start. I might have gotten it wrong but out of listening to Seth Godin who explained how schools were brought up, it was all about teaching obedience to authority. Schools (for everyone) became common during the industrial revolution. It was about making good workers who could follow instructions and be brainwashed into paying respect. It's sad to see the main concept still remain in most schools.

@reference2me

5 жыл бұрын

Perfect attendance is more important than grades ... dependability

@sunorcio3901

4 жыл бұрын

'anymore', it never was. Maybe it wasnt intentional but dont lie.

"If you sit kids down hour after hour doing low-grade clerical work, don't be surprised if they start to fidget." I literally clapped along with the audience.

@paige.w17

3 жыл бұрын

100 like

@Kpelz

3 жыл бұрын

207th like

@davekiller143

3 жыл бұрын

346th like

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3 жыл бұрын

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@matthewtartt4284

3 жыл бұрын

I used to get in trouble for that a lot.

R.I.P. Sir Ken Robinson. Your legend will live on.

Sir Ken and Finland have it right. I taught in 2 colleges, 56 middle and high schools and 2 elementaries. I was seeking inspired administrators who got great staff and created a great learning atmosphere. There are a few out there but we need about 100,000 more.

@benediktgsell4428

3 жыл бұрын

I guess many countrys are to proud to just look outwards and ask finland for example, how they got their school system to be so damn good. That is why I particulary like politicians that look for an international approach. Great teachers are currently kept underneath their potential by the school system, which is quite disturbing, when I think about children being the future. Many Greeting from Germany.

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@assidikrere2008

3 жыл бұрын

lol :V

@typef_ce

3 жыл бұрын

Delivery is everything

@harryxiro

3 жыл бұрын

I would like your comment but it has 69 likes so ill just reply instead

@mrpie2429

3 жыл бұрын

theMetal973 every comment is at 69 likes at some point

@dirtbound3358

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrpie2429 not all

I love Sir Ken Robinson. He's so right. I've been teaching for 20 years and left. I left because I didn't agree with the direction that education was going. I didn't agree with Restorative Justice or passing laws stating that a very disruptive student can't be removed from the classroom so no one learns. I truly adored my students. I was constantly thinking and looking for ways to make the "curriculum" interesting, fun, and and a place you want to come to. I've succeeded many times. I'm a hands-on teacher so it was a lot of work. But I taught my 7th graders how to scale large objects. Took them on field trips where they had to accomplish different tasks. One of my most rewarding moments was when one of my students said that he "didn't know science could be so fun". And yet I was routinely given "bad students". The kids that were difficult to teach while the other teachers would only teach AP students, Honors students, etc. But they said very clearly that they ONLY teach high level students. Funny but my license looked just like theirs. So I told the registrar to just give them to me. I dislike the politics in the Administration where they do your evaluation but the first time they score you very bad and then the last evaluation they walk around proclaiming how effective you were. Great, Fantastic. So I asked someone how can you change so much from one evaluation to the next and the answer was that the Administration has to show improvement. To me, doesn't make any sense whatsoever. The last school I taught in there were more teachers leaving than staying. There has to be a better way to evaluate teachers. Because I could be great in one school and then suddenly you're doing nothing right. I do miss some things in education. The students I taught but there are somethings I won't miss.

@leileiwin8569

3 жыл бұрын

Both of my parents left because of that as well

@FlyingMonkies325

3 жыл бұрын

It was the same experience in high school and what i said in my local college when i last attended it before totally giving up finally getting how we're all being duped, also there is no such thing as a bad student only a bad teacher and it's terrible to call them "disruptive" and alienate them and get annoyed when, in high school there were two classes for Math a low class and a high class well... you can guess which one i was in... the low class but most teachers just have giant heads and not a lot of common sense but it was always made clear they weren't aloud to help more or they'd lose their jobs and so... the number one thing i hated (while being called "disruptive" and continually teachers trying to say i have a "Learning Difficulty") is when i just needed more details and alternative methods but they refused to give them because they couldn't and it was the same for every... single... student in my class i could tell. I didn't understand it at the time (which they knew of course) but they wouldn't even give us details as to what we could search up online at home and we had fast internet in the 2000s when i was in High School :\ but nooo... because another excuse of "The internet is invalid and we can't certify it", but then they have zero issue calling us "bad", "disruptive" and making us feel there's something wrong US, and this gaslighting goes on in every single school, college and university even the ones that actually do better than most. So please don't call people "disruptive" and "bad" there is no such thing... and a lot of people these days come from broken homes because their parents are selfish and abusive and you should know this since most of us these days don't have good parents and you haven't increasingly since the 1960s the start of things going increasingly wrong and corruption gaining more and more of a foothold. When you call us "disruptive" and "bad" you create a complete air of distrust, unwelcomeness and Toxicity and me personally i have NEVER felt so unwelcome than i did in The Education System because i was continually made an example out of and alienated because of this JUST for even trying to think about going in a different direction with how to solve what i was stuck on, but it's purposely done in order to push you out cos they don't really want us... they just want the Funding and the Insurances get given to them for your attendance then after a certain amount of time don't want you anymore once they don't have to give back the money the same exact thing goes on in Colleges and Unis but worse because they're allowed to keep half of the Tuition Fees when someone even barely started their course before they got totally bullied and alienated out... and you guessed it being called "Disruptive" when you weren't the one being that way, no wonder they made it illegal to kick those people out but other ways are being used anyway by making us look like really WERE being "Behaving Badly" and claiming we have "Behavioral Issues" they can't handle :\ and guess what always comes into it? money... they say "We don't have the funding to support them", when that's a lie when we just bloody paid them to :\ they do it to keep half the money while doing as little work as possible, but the worst is treating even grown bloody Adults like 5 year olds and being condescending in such a way... to make them feel stupid and like they can't do anything, not for any reason really they already got their money...

@jasonstevenson4067

3 жыл бұрын

This is why homeschooling works way better! The parents teach the kids things they are interested in. The parents have good motivation to teach the kids well. The kids aren't distracted by stupid classmates, and the kids, at least should love their teachers. another reason schools are so bad, is that they teach evolution, they brainwash children when they are young, there is no evidence for evolution, and a lot of science to support accounts mentioned in the bible. Paying hired teachers minimum wage to teach bratty un-chastised kids evolution, is never going to give them a good education. Studies done by major colleges have shown that homeschooled, and private schooled children learn WAY more than public schooled children, not just a little bit more, but WAY more, if you don't believe me, look it up. Ontop of all this, the parents are free to punish bad behavior of any child. I'm 15 years old, and got smacked hard every time i've done something wrong, and I honestly can not be more glad about it, looking at all these children who don't get punished, and how they act.

@FlyingMonkies325

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonstevenson4067 Kids are not bratty... and they're not bad, some that really don't behave well clearly have problems and when anyone else "acts out" they do so because they're too young to understand their emotions and how to explain their concerns they cannot understand even as a Teenager u don't cos there is a reason for that and that's what connections our brain allows us to have in each life stage and as kids and teens we do not have the connections adults have that allow us to understand complex emotions, ideas and concepts. Teachers know this but still continue to use that lack of understanding of their surroundings and of themselves to get them to fill in sheet after sheet, week after week because it's all their job really is these days... they don't learn because of this and because that is all their bosses allow them to do because they don't want to spend the Funding they get on any of it, it's like "Only do it this way and follow the instructions to a T, do not deter or you will be in trouble" it's all about Office Politics for numbers lol, which less and less means anything when soon cash won't even exist we'll pay for everything electronically. On top of that 6 subjects is too much and apart from math or english only 1 or 2 of the other subjects do we have interest in, i have this idea where Schools and Colleges should just be Lower Learning Centers and Higher Learning Centers no Primary then High School then College then University it's too much too long spend in The Education System not spending time learning out in the real world for the real world, not learning realistic Skills. I think it should be Lower Learning Center for kids and Teens then Higher Learning Center for College and that's it but... maybe someday we can skip High School and just switch to Homeschool during our Teens instead and then another kind of Higher Learning Center that properly trains in a matter of fields like whatever jobs that technology creates, the current system of many many years in The Education System it's just holding ppl back intentionally.

@jasonstevenson4067

3 жыл бұрын

@@FlyingMonkies325 Kids are bratty, and selfish, and naughty. It is caused not by problems, or undeveloped brains. It is caused by sin. People have forgotten God, and live how they want, and the bad behavior of both children, and parents these days, are the result. If you really don't think kids act badly, then I invite you to come visit my church. We honestly would love to have anyone visit, even if you disagree with every single thing we believe. I guarantee you the kids you would see (we have a lot of them) would all be way better behaved, and more respectful than 99% of public school kids, even public school teens. We have kids that are in public school, and kids that have anger management problems, but they are all less crude, and horrible acting than most non-Christian public school kids. That is because of discipline, at an early age that instills respect, and shows them what is right, and wrong. Like I said in my last comment, I am 15 years old (I don't claim to be intelligent btw), and have been smacked every time i've done something wrong, and I can honestly not be more grateful for it. I really don't mean this in a bragging way, but there have been numerous occasions when we, and our friends have been told, that we are by far the most well mannered, and well behaved kids, that people had ever seen. As far as "holding kids back" on purpose?!?! what on earth is that supposed to achieve? it makes much more sense that kids should be given a basic standard of schooling, and then be free to experiment in the subjects that they enjoy. It also makes much more sense that they be taught by people that actually care about them, then by people working on government salaries, to try and teach them very VERY basic curriculum. Children, and teens are also not incapable of doing harder work, and actually expanding their brains. My best friend has not graduated high school, but the homeschool curriculum that he does (classical conversations) is college level, and its hard, but everyone in his "class" is managing, not to mention that they enjoy it more, than public schoolers enjoy school, or that they are way more learned than most public schoolers. Another one of my friends is public schooled, and recently graduated high school, and is so smart, and well brought up, that almost every college he could have applied at would have accepted him, (he is now studying music). By the way, I feel personally insulted that you say just because I am a teenager my brain is not developed enough to understand complex emotions, and concepts. I can very well enough understand many complex emotions, and concepts. I know who I would vote for in the election, (if I could vote) I know that I believe in God, (not because my parents tell me too, they don't tell me too, even though they believe in God) I know what economic system I support, and why I support it. children are much smarter than adults realise, and they know it, the kids use that knowledge to get out of hard work, by screaming, and crying, and throwing a tantrum, because they know the parents won't punish them. Just so you remember, this is all coming from someone who was a young kid not very long ago. I am truly interested in what your response will be!

One of the most intellectual speeches I have seen on TED Talks - Sir Ken lays out the fundamental solution to our existing education systems. RIP.

Those people were so worried about missing any irony that they laughed after each phrase. freaky

@russellgreen5429

3 жыл бұрын

my whole academic life has been so far just studying to pass exams.

@Fireburst-kp4rm

2 жыл бұрын

I've noticed, kind of sad really.

Excellent. In school, I always felt like I was doing things that served no purpose other than appeasing the adults in my life.

@markshahan8804

5 жыл бұрын

yes same

@BubbasMeisa

5 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. Well said, dead-on.

@adrianmiroco6577

5 жыл бұрын

It gets only marginally better in post-grad levels. I have a doctorate and I still feel that way with all the governmental red tape in the way of me doing my damn job

@reference2me

5 жыл бұрын

perfect attendance will get you the job ... they want someone that will show up everyday .. on time...

@ponylover2206

5 жыл бұрын

Same. I don’t know why I had to sit through 4 years of Saxon getting it stuffed in my head like cotton when I’m never gonna use it irl

Our school system was designed to make factory workers. It just hasn't changed much since then.

@zarailly

4 жыл бұрын

So true

@BladeOfLight16

4 жыл бұрын

Factory workers don't need to go to school. So no. It was designed to turn children into radical progressives and/or Marxists, by radical Marxists and progressives.

@etlens

4 жыл бұрын

It’s true in majority areas of the world...weather they are developed countries or developing ones.

@TheJdmartinjax

4 жыл бұрын

Precisely why I left 20 yrs of teaching and took my 13 yr old with me. Unschooled for 3 yrs he's finally able to sort out his true interests and abilities. Schools use a metric that leaves 90% feeling inadequate and "less than" - because of the depersonalization of standards testing data machines with 35 kids and one teacher - all under the disguise of effciency. Add in the fact automation will replace 90% or more of all college degrees' purpose and you have a basis for desperate fears that lead to rampant substance abuse/suicide - designed thanks to BigPharma and their mindless cor-pirate creep towards getting everyone habituated to dependence and addiction - grooming all for BigInsurance and the lucrative rehab system - ALL PART OF THE GODDAMN STATUS QUO GOVT WAR ON PEOPLE. And the sick irony is their *best* customers are those who go by their rules - the straight A Achievers - that feed corporate greed while setting a FALSE standard used to create standardized testing - and the monster feeds itself.

@BladeOfLight16

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheJdmartinjax "automation will replace 90% or more of all college degrees' purpose" Dunno where you get that idea. Engineering degrees can't be automated because there's too much decision making involved. IT degrees can't be automated for the same reason. I'm positive business degrees can't be automated; they're too tied up in human behavior. Science degrees are supposed to teach you to discover _new_ things that haven't occurred to anyone before, so that can't be automated. Literary analysis isn't automatable since it's subjective. History can't be automated because it deals with trying to discover unknowns and connect between different events using information that a machine couldn't access, much less analyze. And art? lol, what, just automatically generate something at random? Okay, I can give you that one. There are useless degrees, of course, but since no one gets paid to actually do those, they're not going to be automated. I can't think of a degree where the subject matter, if taught seriously and in a remotely useful manner, can be automated. Automatable jobs don't require a degree.

me: **gets depression and loses interest in living because of school** my parents: ok... let"s just send him back to school! me: AH YES... THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE!! some almost died because of a peanut allergy? well guess what... JUst GivE tHEm MoRe PeAnuTS!

@tki3597

3 жыл бұрын

same condition here 😔

@stargacha2453

3 жыл бұрын

Almost dead cuz of a pollen allergy?gEt In ThE fLoWeR fEiLd

@dr.chalmers7923

3 жыл бұрын

@@stargacha2453 LMAO

@Fireburst-kp4rm

2 жыл бұрын

I feel you bro

@noreenhappel8531

2 жыл бұрын

@@stargacha2453 jeffry sachs

I am studying right now to take the California Bar exam and it's been the worst experience of my life so far. It's been nothing but stress, depression, and anxiety. I have completely forgotten the joy that I used to feel whenever I thought of one day becoming a lawyer. Now, all I can think of is not learning the law to be a good lawyer, rather doing everything I can to JUST pass this horrible horrible exam. I never thought learning could become so mentally, emotionally, and even physically painful. I have started to develop physical symptoms as a result of my anxiety and depression of this exam. I have already failed it twice and my whole life depends on it, so I don't want to fail it again. This is the American education system.

@SafeTrucking

8 ай бұрын

How did you go? Hopefully you're now an attorney, and having a great time playing with the law :)

@sunflowerheart8214

6 ай бұрын

wait til u get reincarnated into a Filipino and learn the law here :)

I don't even feel like I'm learning anything in school anymore. I love to learn new things but now a days it's just memorizing dates and equations to pass an exam. I believe the exam should be made by our minds. As in we should challenge our selves in the things we enjoy and are curious for, but that's just my dream...

@emmilytheengineer

7 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way

@peardude8979

7 жыл бұрын

I third, but it really depends on the teacher. My history teacher last year was great, and I actually enjoyed going to his class. This year I feel the exact opposite because I've written 3 essays in 1 1/2 months. That's neither fun nor engaging, and I learn so much less because of it.

@contractor1535

5 жыл бұрын

School is the place of both ruin and dreams

@mb106429

4 жыл бұрын

If exams were what they claim to be, they wouldn't warn you of when the exam is going to be. If they wanted to find out how good you are at the subject you'd be tested at random. Because they warn you, they are measuring how good you are at passing exams, not how good you are at the subject. They know everyone is just cramming for a few days before with no intention of remembering nor undestanding. They know this, and they know no parents would challenge this aspect of their child getting good marks. They know this.... good the marks make THEM look good. If you score well in A subject, you are just the same as all the others, you have worked for years and got no advantage.

@Fireburst-kp4rm

2 жыл бұрын

Highschool now, feel the same way.

And that is why I have learnt much more on KZread than in school.

@goutamboppana961

3 жыл бұрын

@ExtraGoose Animations i wish indian education system was like this :( but we are always busy getting dolla bills

@jbarral6509

3 жыл бұрын

Same here why can't school be like this

@Selfimprovementkingyoutube

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@paigemuse

2 жыл бұрын

absolutely

@KAT-hs3xh

2 жыл бұрын

a salute to the indian guys on youtube who helped you pass.

My narrow-minded, old-school uncle used to say: "Those who can - do; those who can't - can teach." I corrected him: "Those who can - do; those who can't - don't." It's like we do not venerate teachers very much. But to turn the American educational system around as imagined in this video we must as a culture, as a nation raise teachers to a higher level of respect than currently.

I hated tests in school. I always found it easier to speak about the topic in question verbally and apply it in the real world.

"Teaching is a creative profession".... wow!! What a revolutionary concept. I LOVE this guy!!

"If you sit kids down hour after hour doing low-grade clerical work, don't be surprised if they fidget." Someone stop this man before he starts making sense!

@bobsonbobbybobson6888

4 жыл бұрын

Start? He already is

@heribertorivera6519

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤗!!! Good one, buddy!!! 😅😅😅👍

@D1ann3M

4 жыл бұрын

@@bobsonbobbybobson6888 I guess you don't get irony! :-)

@bobsonbobbybobson6888

4 жыл бұрын

@@D1ann3M I dont think he meant it to be ironic

@D1ann3M

4 жыл бұрын

@@bobsonbobbybobson6888 I think he absolutely meant it ironically. We (you and I) have a difference of opinion, that's all.

Being in school currently to become an inclusive elementary teacher this has been one of the best talks I’ve ever seen

"Creativity is the engine of achievement" is such a powerful statement and my new favorite quote.

@clairecadoux471

3 жыл бұрын

He stated: "CURIOSITY is the engine of achievement" (not creativity)

America needs see education as a craft, rather than a factory production line.

@charlion4

8 жыл бұрын

Kitti McConnell Not just America but the whole of Earth.

@davidmaas8175

8 жыл бұрын

People with your kind of attitude are why America is doomed.

@kittimcconnell2633

8 жыл бұрын

Thomas Headley line production factory a than rather, craft a as education see needs America? ;)

@WrenAkula

8 жыл бұрын

+Kitti McConnell This is a great analogy!

@liawatson5789

8 жыл бұрын

School was built for that initially.

It takes true talent to be able to deliver such great insight on such a nuanced topic, not only with absolute grace, but also with a touch of comedy. This man is truly brilliant.

@MrLTiger

4 жыл бұрын

no it doesnt he is stating obvious stuff that everyone already knows

@RamonQuiro7

4 жыл бұрын

*No you're a towel*

@crappyaccount

4 жыл бұрын

*with and he's pretty cool

@IshtarLinqu

4 жыл бұрын

Nupuqi om-re khonectics chamber degrees will guide you

@TheJdmartinjax

4 жыл бұрын

describe nupuqi etc pls

I feel I was very lucky. I stumbled into education by accident. Spent 28 years teaching "History"; the most boring subject many people can think of. We, the students and I, discussed many topics and offered reasons as to why they occurred. The events were attached to the story therefore gave "It" meaning. Every day I taught I learned more and more from my students. I feel very fortunate and blessed to have found a profession I came to love. Looking back can think of nothing I had rather have done.

Very few orators on TED have ever captivated me the way Sir Ken Robinson did today. I regret finding this masterpiece of a presentation so late in life. Every word he speaks exudes a calming aura, yet simple truths that need to be worked upon with graveness. Education is a process, a journey; not the destination. It was only because of my family's constant support and encouragement, KZread and channels like Discovery and National Geographic that I was able to retain my curiosity and passion to learn through my years of schooling. I hope that one day, we can all make enough noise to bring about a change in this system of education and make it more appealing and attractive for the future generations.

Finland has the shortest school days, least amount of homework, and fewest amount of Standardized tests and ACTs, yet they are the smartest, most successful, most rounded students and people in the world. And school never causes anxiety, stress, nor depression.

@paulmcgovern6660

4 жыл бұрын

They also have a high rate of suicide.

@fionafiona1146

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulmcgovern6660 Given how East Asia fares that's no exception, especially when the means are as available, it's to be expected (and well addressed by programmes this decade).

@thunderbolt997

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulmcgovern6660 its not due to school though.

@linkin543210

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Mcgovern that’s just winter bro

@devinmurphy6575

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Mcgovern unrelated to the school system

5:04. ADHD “if you set kids down hour after hour doing low grade clerical work, don’t be surprised if they start to fidget...they are suffering from childhood...”

@SeaJay_Oceans

4 жыл бұрын

Good advice to stop medicating children into zombies with psychoactive medications...

@littletraveller5428

4 жыл бұрын

Tony soprano summed that stuff up best.

@aidan2848

4 жыл бұрын

Currently a highschool student and I find that I really have trouble focusing in school and I feel like I’m tired all the time no matter how much sleep I get. Any tips?

@JillKewsNickelFackkot69420

4 жыл бұрын

Stop being depressed.

@chilael6892

4 жыл бұрын

@@JillKewsNickelFackkot69420 Brake news! Suicide and depression rate just decreased by 75%!!!! All of this because a KZread comment!!!! "Stop being depressed." said the madlad!!!!

Rest in peace, Sir Ken Robinson. I can only hope that people will continue the ideas you started. (And so far, I'll admit that not many have yet.)

I have watched this a number of times. I have forwarded it to friends and contacts across a wide range... Rest in peace.

I remember being bored a lot in school. But I learned that boredom is very good for you, because boredom gets you to think. So ironically, my school fulfilled its purpose.

@TheJdmartinjax

4 жыл бұрын

Everyone is a teacher - by example or non example - both equally valid, yes.

@Natnaeltekola

4 жыл бұрын

kev Have you ever heard of the saying "IDLE MIND IS THE WORKSHOP OF EVIL"

@adamblair-smith3063

4 жыл бұрын

nowadays its less about boredom and more about work you until you fall over and also ur told everything wrong with education is ur fault and if u don't shape up to what the state decides is best for you then any knowledge you might have isnt worth a damn.

@TheJdmartinjax

4 жыл бұрын

@@Natnaeltekola that is the fake parameter put there by the religious dogma establishment - the whole good vs evil argument was invented by the shitheels to draw attn away from those that set the fire. Same with 9/11 and going back 10,000 years.

@TheJdmartinjax

4 жыл бұрын

@@adamblair-smith3063 You are seeing the matrix for what it really is😎

7:41 This is truly a genius way of 'announcing' the death of a person. If this were brought differently, people would've been sad, shocked or appalled, but instead people cracked up.

R.I.P Ken Robinson (1950 - 2020). Thank you for your work.

I love how he says thank you every time they clap, he’s so polite.

0:13 Thank you very much. 0:16 I moved to America 12 years ago with my wife Terry and our two kids. Actually, truthfully, we moved to Los Angeles -- (Laughter) thinking we were moving to America, but anyway -- (Laughter) It's a short plane ride from Los Angeles to America. (Laughter) 0:38 I got here 12 years ago, and when I got here, I was told various things, like, "Americans don't get irony." (Laughter) Have you come across this idea? It's not true. I've traveled the whole length and breadth of this country. I have found no evidence that Americans don't get irony. It's one of those cultural myths, like, "The British are reserved." (Laughter) I don't know why people think this. We've invaded every country we've encountered. (Laughter) But it's not true Americans don't get irony, but I just want you to know that that's what people are saying about you behind your back. You know, so when you leave living rooms in Europe, people say, thankfully, nobody was ironic in your presence. (Laughter) 1:28 But I knew that Americans get irony when I came across that legislation, "No Child Left Behind." (Laughter) Because whoever thought of that title gets irony. (Laughter) Don't they? (Applause) Because it's leaving millions of children behind. Now I can see that's not a very attractive name for legislation: "Millions of Children Left Behind." I can see that. What's the plan? We propose to leave millions of children behind, and here's how it's going to work. 2:05 And it's working beautifully. (Laughter) In some parts of the country, 60 percent of kids drop out of high school. In the Native American communities, it's 80 percent of kids. If we halved that number, one estimate is it would create a net gain to the U.S. economy over 10 years, of nearly a trillion dollars. From an economic point of view, this is good math, isn't it, that we should do this? It actually costs an enormous amount to mop up the damage from the dropout crisis. 2:41 But the dropout crisis is just the tip of an iceberg. What it doesn't count are all the kids who are in school but being disengaged from it, who don't enjoy it, who don't get any real benefit from it. 2:54 And the reason is not that we're not spending enough money. America spends more money on education than most other countries. Class sizes are smaller than in many countries. And there are hundreds of initiatives every year to try and improve education. The trouble is, it's all going in the wrong direction. There are three principles on which human life flourishes, and they are contradicted by the culture of education under which most teachers have to labor and most students have to endure. 3:28 The first is this, that human beings are naturally different and diverse. 3:35 Can I ask you, how many of you have got children of your own? Okay. Or grandchildren. How about two children or more? Right. And the rest of you have seen such children. (Laughter) Small people wandering about. (Laughter) I will make you a bet, and I am confident that I will win the bet. If you've got two children or more, I bet you they are completely different from each other. Aren't they? (Applause) You would never confuse them, would you? Like, "Which one are you? Remind me." (Laughter) "Your mother and I need some color-coding system so we don't get confused." 4:21 Education under "No Child Left Behind" is based on not diversity but conformity. What schools are encouraged to do is to find out what kids can do across a very narrow spectrum of achievement. One of the effects of "No Child Left Behind" has been to narrow the focus onto the so-called STEM disciplines. They're very important. I'm not here to argue against science and math. On the contrary, they're necessary but they're not sufficient. A real education has to give equal weight to the arts, the humanities, to physical education. An awful lot of kids, sorry, thank you -- (Applause) One estimate in America currently is that something like 10 percent of kids, getting on that way, are being diagnosed with various conditions under the broad title of attention deficit disorder. ADHD. I'm not saying there's no such thing. I just don't believe it's an epidemic like this. If you sit kids down, hour after hour, doing low-grade clerical work, don't be surprised if they start to fidget, you know? (Laughter) (Applause) Children are not, for the most part, suffering from a psychological condition. They're suffering from childhood. (Laughter) And I know this because I spent my early life as a child. I went through the whole thing. Kids prosper best with a broad curriculum that celebrates their various talents, not just a small range of them. And by the way, the arts aren't just important because they improve math scores. They're important because they speak to parts of children's being which are otherwise untouched. 6:13 The second, thank you -- (Applause) 6:19 The second principle that drives human life flourishing is curiosity. If you can light the spark of curiosity in a child, they will learn without any further assistance, very often. Children are natural learners. It's a real achievement to put that particular ability out, or to stifle it. Curiosity is the engine of achievement. Now the reason I say this is because one of the effects of the current culture here, if I can say so, has been to De-professionalize teachers. There is no system in the world or any school in the country that is better than its teachers. Teachers are the lifeblood of the success of schools. But teaching is a creative profession. Teaching, properly conceived, is not a delivery system. You know, you're not there just to pass on received information. Great teachers do that, but what great teachers also do is mentor, stimulate, provoke, engage. You see, in the end, education is about learning. If there's no learning going on, there's no education going on. And people can spend an awful lot of time discussing education without ever discussing learning. The whole point of education is to get people to learn. 7:40 An old friend of mine -- actually very old, he's dead. (Laughter) That's as old as it gets, I'm afraid. (Laughter) But a wonderful guy he was, wonderful philosopher. He used to talk about the difference between the task and achievement senses of verbs. You can be engaged in the activity of something, but not really be achieving it, like dieting. (Laughter) It's a very good example. There he is. He's dieting. Is he losing any weight? Not really. (Laughter) Teaching is a word like that. You can say, "There's Deborah, she's in room 34, she's teaching." But if nobody's learning anything, she may be engaged in the task of teaching but not actually fulfilling it. 8:29 The role of a teacher is to facilitate learning. That's it. And part of the problem is, I think, that the dominant culture of education has come to focus on not teaching and learning, but testing. Now, testing is important. Standardized tests have a place. But they should not be the dominant culture of education. They should be diagnostic. They should help. (Applause) If I go for a medical examination, I want some standardized tests. I do. I want to know what my cholesterol level is compared to everybody else's on a standard scale. I don't want to be told on some scale my doctor invented in the car. (Laughter) 9:15 "Your cholesterol is what I call Level Orange." 9:17 "Really?" (Laughter) "Is that good?" "We don't know." (Laughter) 9:23 But all that should support learning. It shouldn't obstruct it, which of course it often does. So in place of curiosity, what we have is a culture of compliance. Our children and teachers are encouraged to follow routine algorithms rather than to excite that power of imagination and curiosity. And the third principle is this: that human life is inherently creative. It's why we all have different résumés. We create our lives, and we can recreate them as we go through them. It's the common currency of being a human being. It's why human culture is so interesting and diverse and dynamic. I mean, other animals may well have imaginations and creativity, but it's not so much in evidence, is it, as ours? I mean, you may have a dog. And your dog may get depressed. You know, but it doesn't listen to Radiohead, does it? (Laughter) And sit staring out the window with a bottle of Jack Daniels. (Laughter) 10:28 "Would you like to come for a walk?" "No, I'm fine." 10:31 (Laughter) "You go. I'll wait. But take pictures." (Laughter) 10:38 We all create our own lives through this restless process of imagining alternatives and possibilities, and one of the roles of education is to awaken and develop these powers of creativity. Instead, what we have is a culture of standardization. 10:53 Now, it doesn't have to be that way. It really doesn't. Finland regularly comes out on top in math, science and reading. Now, we only know that's what they do well at, because that's all that's being tested. That's one of the problems of the test. They don't look for other things that matter just as much. The thing about work in Finland is this: they don't obsess about those disciplines. They have a very broad approach to education, which includes humanities, physical education, the arts. 11:24 Second, there is no standardized testing in Finland. I mean, there's a bit, but it's not what gets people up in the morning, what keeps them at their desks. 11:35 The third thing -- and I was at a meeting recently with some people from Finland, actual Finnish people, and somebody from the American system was saying to the people in Finland, "What do you do about the drop-out rate in Finland?" 11:48 And they all looked a bit bemused, and said, "Well, we don't have one. Why would you drop out? If people are in trouble, we get to them quite quickly and we help and support them." 11:59 Now people always say, "Well, you know, you can't compare Finland to America." 12:04 No. I think there's a population of around five million in Finland. But you can compare it to a state in America. Many states in America have fewer people in them than that. I mean, I've been to some states in America and I was the only person there. (Laughter) Really. Really. I was asked to lock up when I left. (Laughter) 12:29 But what all the high-performing systems in the world do is currently what is not evident, sadly, across the systems in America -- I mean, as a whole. One is this: they individualize teaching and learning. They recognize that it's students who are learning and the system has to engage them, their curiosity, their individuality, and their creativity. That's how you get them to learn. 12:58 The second is that they attribute a very high status to the teaching profession. They recognize that you can't improve education if you don't pick great people to teach and keep giving them constant support and professional development. Investing in professional development is not a cost. It's an investment, and every other country that's succeeding well knows that, whether it's Australia, Canada, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong or Shanghai. They know that to be the case. 13:29 And the third is, 13:30 they devolve responsibility to the school level for getting the job done. You see, there's a big difference here between going into a mode of command and control in education -- That's what happens in some systems. Central or state governments decide, they know best and they're going to tell you what to do. The trouble is that education doesn't go on in the committee rooms of our legislative buildings. It happens in classrooms and schools, and the people who do it are the teachers and the students, and if you remove their discretion, it stops working. You have to put it back to the people. (Applause) 14:13 There is wonderful work happening in this country. But I have to say it's happening in spite of the dominant culture of education, not because of it. It's like people are sailing into a headwind all the time. And the reason I think is this: that many of the current policies are based on mechanistic conceptions of education. It's like education is an industrial process that can be improved just by having better data, and somewhere in the back of the mind of some policy makers is this idea that if we fine-tune it well enough, if we just get it right, it will all hum along perfectly into the future. It won't, and it never did. 14:54 The point is that education is not a mechanical system. It's a human system. It's about people, people who either do want to learn or don't want to learn. Every student who drops out of school has a reason for it which is rooted in their own biography. They may find it boring. They may find it irrelevant. They may find that it's at odds with the life they're living outside of school. There are trends, but the stories are always unique. I was at a meeting recently in Los Angeles of -- they're called alternative education programs. These are programs designed to get kids back into education. They have certain common features. They're very personalized. They have strong support for the teachers, close links with the community and a broad and diverse curriculum, and often programs which involve students outside school as well as inside school. And they work. What's interesting to me is, these are called "alternative education." (Laughter) You know? And all the evidence from around the world is, if we all did that, there'd be no need for the alternative. (Applause) (Applause ends) 16:13 So I think we have to embrace a different metaphor. We have to recognize that it's a human system, and there are conditions under which people thrive, and conditions under which they don't. We are after all organic creatures, and the culture of the school is absolutely essential. Culture is an organic term, isn't it? 16:34 Not far from where I live is a place called Death Valley. Death Valley is the hottest, driest place in America, and nothing grows there. Nothing grows there because it doesn't rain. Hence, Death Valley. In the winter of 2004, it rained in Death Valley. Seven inches of rain fell over a very short period. And in the spring of 2005, there was a phenomenon. The whole floor of Death Valley was carpeted in flowers for a while. What it proved is this: that Death Valley isn't dead. It's dormant. Right beneath the surface are these seeds of possibility waiting for the right conditions to come about, and with organic systems, if the conditions are right, life is inevitable. It happens all the time. You take an area, a school, a district, you change the conditions, give people a different sense of possibility, a different set of expectations, a broader range of opportunities, you cherish and value the relationships between teachers and learners, you offer people the discretion to be creative and to innovate in what they do, and schools that were once bereft spring to life. 17:56 Great leaders know that. The real role of leadership in education -- and I think it's true at the national level, the state level, at the school level -- is not and should not be command and control. The real role of leadership is climate control, creating a climate of possibility. And if you do that, people will rise to it and achieve things that you completely did not anticipate and couldn't have expected. 18:23 There's a wonderful quote from Benjamin Franklin. "There are three sorts of people in the world: Those who are immovable, people who don't get it, or don't want to do anything about it; there are people who are movable, people who see the need for change and are prepared to listen to it; and there are people who move, people who make things happen." And if we can encourage more people, that will be a movement. And if the movement is strong enough, that's, in the best sense of the word, a revolution. And that's what we need. 18:55 Thank you very much. (Applause) Thank you very much. (Applause)

@catnep8373

7 жыл бұрын

there are captions

@Emma-Maze

5 жыл бұрын

and this is a transcript :)

@otheryoutube

5 жыл бұрын

You're a hero.

@setokaiba7204

5 жыл бұрын

This is America.

@setokaiba7204

5 жыл бұрын

Emma now u can make a play and become the next Memespeare

"I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers". - John D. Rockefeller, Founder of NEA (National Education Association)

@zoetropo1

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t want any nation to be led by Joker fellas.

@NotSure7474

4 жыл бұрын

Bingo. Add to that the great “equality “ among races mantra and now you know how politically incorrect it would be for genetics to rear it’s ugly head.

@msxandmry2010

4 жыл бұрын

Guess what, once AI can replace these workers, that's when majority truly don't matter no more. Well it's not like anyone cared for them from the get go.

@dagothur6238

4 жыл бұрын

sorry not f him but why must he have done that

@NotSure7474

4 жыл бұрын

@@florale7484 give them their own schools. schools where THEIR needs can be met. what else?

The content is so dense that a re-watch is simply necessary to grasp all of the fine details of Ken's talk. Its always amazing to re-listen to this and always enlightening, like the first time I heard him speak.

You were and still are one of my idols, role model & mentor. Thanks for everything. RIP.

As a parent my top job was to observe what my kids are interested, good at or have a propensity for........ ........and enable, facilitate and to help guide them early on to focus on their talents and strengths. Without judgement. My 2 cents.

@oldfashiondragon

4 жыл бұрын

Saaaame, my kids are very different from the other my son loves anything animal, dinosaurs, bugs, he just turned 4 and can tell you the names by pictures. My daughter is gonna be 3 and shes just has a huge passion for art, patterns, textures, food lol. And she's VERY determined to achieve what she wants. Ill definitely be giving my 2 cents to any school they go too.

@debajyotimajumder472

4 жыл бұрын

they are so lucky to have such a great dad

@gerttjildsen5612

4 жыл бұрын

Gregory Daerr Great dad!

@uzmabibi4385

4 жыл бұрын

Great parent

@f.demascio1857

4 жыл бұрын

That has been my approach. Early, we did all the reading and fine motor skills. As our son got to the point that he expressed interest in something, we facilitated exposure and access to those things. Some things were mastered and led to further development in that area. Other things were explored and exhausted or left behind due to lack of more interest. It has gone this way throughout his life, and he has developed a mind that is beyond anything I could have achieved in the wrote repetition of standardized testing. He does well on the tests, carries a straight A report card; but there is more. He is a musician and artist in several areas, despite the education provided by the state. I firmly believe that the stimulus we provided access to developed his brain beyond the confines of standardized testing, and we are confident he will continue to excel.

One of the best Ted talks I ever watched

@donttalkcrap

4 жыл бұрын

Watch his Sir Ken Robinson's other talks.

Just found this talk, what a revelation by Sir Ken. He has simplified the message to encourage learning and release that creativity that all children have. Sad to hear he passed a couple of years ago - so much to give the "learners" of the world, wherever they are.

I've just watched this video again and it's sad and awesome at the same time. It's sad to know that Sir Ken Robinson is not here anymore but it's also a blessing to know we've got this video showing that his teachings are alive and helping others. I wish I could one day get to be and do one third of what he did to help this world become a better place. Rest in peace!

I love Sir Robinson's sense of humor he uses so cleverly to drive home his point of view on some very serious issues. Kids of today almost do not seem allowed to "suffer from childhood". So we have come full circle from Victorian times when children were supposed to be seen but not heard and behave like miniature adults or work 12-14 hour workdays depending on your social status, to a situation where children are completely planned virtually from the day they are conceived (which kindergarden should we enroll in) to extra-curricular activities (they will need Mandarin in a global economy). There are many ways to stifle creativity and curiosity. What scares me most is how far removed the coming generations are from "mother nature". How can you cherish and protect something you know nothing about?

@user-ym4xs7dh2o

2 жыл бұрын

Words from the tip of my mouth. We've been taught many things except how to live in this world.

Homeschooling our kids have been the BEST decision we have ever made. Both graduated 2-3 years early from high school and now in college with honors. We were told when they were little they would not be socialized, would never go to college or never learn anything. They were very wrong. I HIGHLY recommend people learn more about this option. I'm not saying it is for everyone...but many might find it a great choice for their family. :)

@PhilippeLarcher

4 жыл бұрын

What was the workload for you? Did you pool with other families? Thanks and kudos 🙏👍🤞

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

4 жыл бұрын

What about bringing what you know to others? Most won't even have this option. The other thing, don't tell them the ideas are hard. Mess up any progress.

@darkmaitri

4 жыл бұрын

@@PhilippeLarcher I congratulate your effort. But to be truthful what you seem to be advocating depresses me. You're saying we should all turn our backs on public education. Your children were lucky enough to have parents who could afford to homeschool and could accomplish it. But many, many parents can't afford or accomplish homeschooling. If they are single parent families or both parents must work two jobs to survive in their local economy, like Seattle if you are not in technology or medical sciences or are an intellectual. What of these families? The thought of turning my back on public education feels like defeat to me. But I can understand the choice. It's your kids or these families, right. That's a no choice question. And this is America.

@PhilippeLarcher

4 жыл бұрын

@@darkmaitri Hey, you replied to the wrong comment, not sure the original commenter will be notified ;)

@JDBishop5

4 жыл бұрын

I need to know more. What 'high school' did they graduate early from? What 'college' are they now attending 'with honors?' What did your curriculum at home teach about The Big Bang, Evolutionary Theory, and the age of the universe?

He passed away on August. I really hope one day we have a better education system and we can always turn back to see his contributions to it.

I am rewatching this one day after he passed out and thinking maybe he is still alive through his ideas! RIP ser Ken!

Irony is this is TED talk most respected talks anywhere And we know nothings gonna change in our education system its ironically sad

@collinsnow2203

3 жыл бұрын

Respect... mankind will fall to itself because lack of care...

@zawyehtike3089

3 жыл бұрын

Aye🙏, For I understand that some things will not be changed (for some love it for the way things are), but that won't stop those who seek to be, in creating a new system instead!

@zawyehtike3089

3 жыл бұрын

For me, I had made a discord server with my friends and I do have plans to really do it afterwards. Also, here's the link🙏: disboard.org/server/717846393074614435

@Fireburst-kp4rm

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen that and I feel that.

As a failed student during the fifties and sixties, this is a brilliant talk

@dorriengrey5432

4 жыл бұрын

Likewise pal....I was very dyslexic , left school at 15 ( 1960 ) worked in my father's engineering business... 12 years later I was designing and consulting world wide.... Being dyslexic I lost the millions I made ((so believing and trusting in the honesty of business men .....I thought a handshake was their bond )) NEVER TAUGHT US HOW TO NEGOTIATE OR WARN US OF BUSINESS WHEELER DEALERS.... I'm now longing for some serious civil unrest to vent my anger , upon a certain race , where 90% of my life and money went.. ....

@repeatrepeatrepeat

4 жыл бұрын

"failed"

Mentor, stimulate, invigorate. Everything Sir Ken did for me in this talk. RIP

It's so depressing that we lost a gem like you, Sir. RIP we will dearly miss your presence among all educators alike.

“don’t let schooling get in the way of your education” - Mark Twain

I’m 40 and science became my new hobby so it doesn’t matter how old you are either.

@grittykitty50

4 жыл бұрын

good for you, geno. i started re-learning algebra on my own once i was an adult and i love it.

@mariazguda8708

4 жыл бұрын

what did you start from? i really want to have interest in science but i dont know where to start

@goofyahhuncleproductions42069

3 жыл бұрын

I love science too! Im 14 and Ive got a little electronics/computer lab set up in my walk in cupboard. Its a nice little room with some windows for great ventilation and I have a soldering station, tektronix 2225 oscilloscope, fluke multimeter, white board, a cool old windows vista computer (for doing stuff like spreadsheets), a CRT monitor with an RF input, 30V 1A power supply + much more. Science is an amazing subject and if you are good at mathematics and computer stuff like coding it can even be way better. I wish more of my youth loved science because it really helps me to not just understand the world around me, but its fun and helps me challenge my brain especially the algebra and computer coding side of things. Anyway great to see you like science Mr. Injian it really is a great subject and I've loved it all my life much more than English and Phys Ed.

I can never get tired of listening to him. What a bright light in the darkness of our conformity system, since we should not call it education.

Gran vídeo. Pero permítanme hablar de algo importante, veo que muchos jóvenes y viejos cometen errores que creo que no deberían ser. Creo que todos, jóvenes o mayores, deberían tener un plan de inversión que aumente su rendimiento financiero de tres cifras a seis cifras. La inversión puede ser tu plan de jubilación o plan de futuro, según lo que quieras, pero lo más importante es que tengas una inversión que sea rentable.

@tristanamein8050

Жыл бұрын

He intentado invertir en forex, criptomonedas y acciones y sigo perdiendo, ¿tiene algún consejo o ayuda para mí?

@charityjames8838

Жыл бұрын

@@tristanamein8050 Al invertir en el mercado de criptomonedas forex, necesita un profesional que lo guíe para evitar pérdidas porque las señales no son realmente fáciles de leer, por eso necesita invertir con un experto para obtener mejores ganancias.

@stellajones6887

Жыл бұрын

@@charityjames8838 ¿Cuál es el experto que recomienda y cómo puedo contactarlo?

@charityjames8838

Жыл бұрын

@@stellajones6887 La Sra. Ann Mylander Coffey es la mejor experta que puedo recomendar, obtuve buenas ganancias invirtiendo con ella y hablando de ella.

@charityjames8838

Жыл бұрын

puedes escribirle INSTAGRAM

My most favorite teachers were in elementary school because they inspired much more imagination than any other teacher all the way through college.

He is inspiring. Everyone involved with education should watch this.

@mbreeze4170

8 жыл бұрын

+Clara Guimarães very true

@reynaldolopez3060

8 жыл бұрын

+Clara Guimarães Every parent and every kid too in the world..

Sir Kevin Robinson (the speaker) died on 21st August 2020...RIP such a great author and with an awesome sense of humor.

RIP sir ken Robinson, your ted talk and books will continue to inspire the young generation, we are forever indebted to you, we really lost the gem :(

education is definitely an issue in the united states. my daughter is 10 and i had to teach her about the difference between countries and continents. she didn't even know Mexico was a separate country from the united states. So i started asking her what she learned each day after school, and she would ALWAYS say math for at least half the day then 15 minutes of reading then more online math. ridiculous. plus the fact that her curriculum is now common core, so i can't really help her with her homework because they use a different method of learning math. she used to be excited about learning but now she has reservations. she had been programmed to think learning is boring and tedious work. I fear for her future in school so now i am taking proactive action to make sure she is well rounded in her education

@infiniteboundary2945

7 жыл бұрын

Good for you, that's what needs to happen everywhere.

@enchantedtonight

7 жыл бұрын

I would highly recommend trying to enroll your kid in an International Baccalaureate (IB) school. They are in my opinion MUCH better than AP schools because it really does challenge you, it makes you a much much better thinker, it actually does have a equal balance between the arts, maths, science, history, physical education and foreign language. It is much more writing intensive (there are barely any multiple choice tests) and has a focus on students developing a world view. I just recently graduated from a IB school and I would seriously recommend you search it up and see if there are any near you. Oh and don't worry they're not private schools or anything, a school chooses to become IB.

@TaranVH

6 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry. I thought maybe things had improved since I graduated 10 years ago. All my most important learning took place outside of school. For your daughter, perhaps it will be the same. It's the only thing we can do until this broken system is fixed.

@Juan_Carl0s

5 жыл бұрын

fatima Sheikh I finished 5 years of IB and it didn't make any difference for anyone of us

@oracle_8947

5 жыл бұрын

That's why homeschooling is becoming more popular, because common core is utter crap. I was homeschooled, and I am eternally grateful to my parents for making that choice, because I am ahead of nearly everyone I know in college who went to public school. With a few exceptions, most other students I have asked have told me that they had to take remedial math or English classes after enrolling, setting them back up to 2-3 semesters. If you want your kids to have a better education, look into some homeschooling programs. My family used Seton, but there are others out there that might be better suited for some people. Do some research. Homeschooling is a difficult commitment, but is worth the extra effort.

The only way "No child left behind" works, is if no one goes anywhere.

@TheJdmartinjax

4 жыл бұрын

It does not work by any measure or metric outside of the capitalist greed monster that grips America by the throat and the butt of a gun.

@hembrasalvaje

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheJdmartinjax i think you have capitalism and crony corporatism mixed up and/or dont understand the difference between the 2. Capitalism encourages small business, innovation, creativity and drive and does not regulate it but rather lets the market decide. Crony corporatism however gets govt mixed up in it and regulates the life out if it so that people without a lot of capital behind them struggle to get started because of all the OHS, environmental, and many many other regulatory hoops that they have to jump through to get started. Meanwhile massive corporations get govt to put even more restrictions in place while making it "appear" like they comply and when caught out get fines that to them are little more than a slap on the wrist but to a small business those same fines would kill them

@TheJdmartinjax

4 жыл бұрын

@@hembrasalvaje Fair enough. So then US hasn't had *capitalism* since I was around 3 yrs old - and I'm 60. And technically - never. Capitalism is a theory like socialism. . .no true forms of either.

@dukemosby5552

4 жыл бұрын

@grafvonstauffenburg It's easy to make someone put in effort when they enjoy what they are doing.

@slappy8941

4 жыл бұрын

That's the whole point of public education anyway.

14:36 In Germany, the entire public schooling system had been founded based on this principle. The aim was simply to create a broader, more readily applicable workforce that alleviate training costs on the industrial end. Not much has changed since then.

it's when TED picks great speakers and writers like this that I watch their videos.

One day in the early 90s while in 2nd grade, I opened my aunt’s high school algebra book and tried to do some exercise problems. The next day, I brought my work to my teacher and asked her to double check my answers. She said, “That’s not algebra. Go sit down.” That’s when I realized grade school teachers had more important things to be concerned with than facilitate a love for learning.

Literally one of the best Ted Talks I have ever watched! None of the solutions are rocket science--- we just need people dedicated to change!

@Longtack55

4 жыл бұрын

Not just figuratively then? Back to school you go.....

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education” ~Mark Twain

WOW..... What a video!! Absolutely mind blowing, never seen anything like this, and probably never will..... Content to delivery all to the point.... After seeing this video if our education system is still sleeping, then they are dead already....... This video is an ignition to change, a revolution, is a CPR, a wakeup call to our education systems, our policy makers and our schools and universities.....

I love an instructor who inspires me and motivates me to learn. Unfortunately, many teachers teach robotically and just there to collect their paychecks.

This talk needs to be seen in ever School and University !

@jenniferhobbszahn5187

3 жыл бұрын

The school systems’ teachers aren’t the ones who need to hear this, though he is EXACTLY right. It’s the politicians and other government (so called) leaders who make decisions regarding the “rules” that public schools must adhere to, most of whom have never darkened the doors of the schools within their district. .

@FlyingMonkies325

3 жыл бұрын

The guys up top JUST don't care... it's not about fixing this or that it's about those up top only wanting your money making it this way.

Wow! What a great video and what an intelligent person. As someone who’s attended Public schools my entire life, I can say it did a number on my confidence. Thankfully I’m almost done with school entirely. Growing up, I was one of those kids who learned from doing rather than listening which made it so hard to sit still. As I got older Tests came and went and I struggled to get Cs. I have failed more tests than I can count and was used to my tests coming back in a sea of red ink. It got so bad that as a 12 year old I flat out stopped caring. Thankfully I had a supportive family who noticed and helped me get back on my feet but the damage was done. I managed to get through high school with decent grades but based on my early experience with failure bc of tests and grades I never put my best to anything again. I’m now finishing up with college and I can say I don’t think I ever fully recovered from the ptsd of 7th grade. Never have I felt so dumb in my life. At present I give up so easily because I think I’ll fail anyway. In any other area I’m a positive person and excel with ease. Whether socially or athletically but when ever I try to learn something new it’s almost like I’m a different person entirely. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk lol

@carolinegodden4364

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jack, sorry to hear that the system treated you that way. The system does not applaud nor accept those who are autodidactic, which I suspect you will find you are. I hope this gives you a fresh way forward to look into that.

Sir Ken Robinson, may you Rest In Peace ❤️

@ChrisMcKeown560

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know he had died until I saw this comment. I hope he saw at least some of the changes that he was trying to effect during his lifetime.

Ken Robinson is fast becoming my hero. He voices my exact thoughts regarding education.

you should listen to him. he was batmans butler

@AZITHEMLGPRO

8 жыл бұрын

which 1?

@maazahmed4582

8 жыл бұрын

Alfred Pennyworth 😂

@AZITHEMLGPRO

8 жыл бұрын

Maaz Ahmed from which movie?

@supaflylob

8 жыл бұрын

***** dark knight rises. he kinda looks michael caine

@jessiehermit9503

6 жыл бұрын

Dominic He looks like _both_ the Alfreds to me. LMFAO.

He is so good at getting his point across in a light hearted way, we all have different ways of learning and acting, and all are valuable 🥰

To sum up his powerful message: seek to inspire rather than intimidate, to guide instead of to control, to support and not stifle.