#10 DFQ
Sir Ken Robinson, is a world recognised expert on Creativity,
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Here he talks to the TED audience about Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Your DFQ:What is the most important thing you will take away from this lecture?
February 10th, 2012 at 12:44 am
the wish to have schools remodelled. I would have schools that taught nothing but languages (minimum of 5) until at least age 8 to ensure a perceptual enrichment from the different tracks that the linguistic gymnastics would embed.
February 3rd, 2012 at 8:39 pm
Lets educate diferently and more appropriately. Allow more freedom of thought and creativity.
January 31st, 2012 at 7:08 pm
that there is so much more to each individual, dreams that are never encouraged, talents that are never tapped into, which is just as much ,if not more, parents responsibility as well as the education systems. very very amazing lecture.
January 26th, 2012 at 9:28 pm
The lesson for me is:- That saving (or actually studying) messages of critical importance for repetition is paramount. This is because I have seen this before, within the last year, however completely forgot it and the importance of the message.
The message I like that Sir Ken Robinson quite successfully conveyed in his lecture is that failing to meet the standards of completing high school and achieving university education is no reason to assume you are not intelligent, and not wonderfully creative. On the contrary; it is possible that you are more capable in valued areas as a result of failing. You haven’t had your creativity educated out of you.
January 26th, 2012 at 10:05 am
It’s awesome that we have such impressive imagination and creativity that is spoiled by the public education systems.
My takeaway is to ever remenber this lecture for the sake of helping flourish these creativity in the children and people I interact with, even making fool of myself, by being more open minded to failure and mistakes, in order to bring more creativity and joy to life.
January 23rd, 2012 at 6:40 pm
That I should just go on and not worry so much about my not fitting in, into the educational system.. That I can make my own show regardless of the opinion of those who said that I was not fit for further education.. I have often been amassed by how fast children learn and I have wondered why it stops.. Now I wonder no more as this speech touches on my own history of failed schooling and unexpected achievement outside the classroom..
January 21st, 2012 at 3:19 am
Need to focus and observe carefully what is our talents for our slef as well our childerns
January 19th, 2012 at 9:22 pm
That creative studies are equally as important as the prioritised subjects. Different children have different ways of learning and different talents. They need to be paid attention to and nurtured for who they are.
January 17th, 2012 at 1:58 pm
Normal standards and the way that we conform to those. What impacts or changes could I make by a slight change in my viewpoint not only with my two children but also with those around me
January 14th, 2012 at 6:21 am
Children, Imagination, Creativity.
Our children are a hope for the future of human being. For saving our hope, we should save the children’s creativity, human imagination.
January 12th, 2012 at 9:49 pm
what I was discovering in a roundabout meandering way struck home. Creativity needs to be found and encouraged from an early age. Evey child should be given the opportunity to grow their natural creativity. If we are afraid to make mistakes then we may miss our creative direction.
what a powerful presentation !
January 10th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
My passion is what I do because I like it and want to do it. Now my challenge is to find a way to support myself doing it.
December 31st, 2011 at 5:11 am
The wonderfully presented reminder that unless one is prepared to be wrong, one will never be able to come up with anything original, and that our society in general, and our education system in particular, stigmatizes mistakes and thus educates people out of their creative capacities.
December 26th, 2011 at 9:59 pm
CVS is been exist but without the signal thing my father obliges us to think deeply
December 22nd, 2011 at 8:04 pm
We need to re-awaken creativity in ourselves and foster it in our children. We need to encourage our children when they are being creative and hold their ideas gently, so that they can be nurtured and grow. Deepak Chopra says that we should keep our ideas safely to ourselves and guard them from the nay sayers, from those that will crush them before they have a chance to be born. We should share them only with those that we trust to support us in bringing and infusing them with life. We need to look far more widely to learn how to care for this planet. Imagine the state of Australia if it had have been left to the care of the Australian aborigine – we certainly would not be worried about extinction of species of Australian flora and fauna. You would be able to still see the Tasmanian tiger – need I say more.
December 15th, 2011 at 8:07 am
Creativity has been being undermined in the educational system for a long time. But progress is impossible without it. Lack of creativity and fear of being wrong slow down the development of our civilization. So, I hope my creativity was not killed by the educational system; It would be sad.
December 11th, 2011 at 10:36 pm
When we suffer from lack of oxygen begin to see some of the things that revolve around us, what are those things
December 10th, 2011 at 1:09 pm
Creativity should be recognized as a gift that should be preserved ☺
December 7th, 2011 at 10:24 am
even our business systems that seek to regulate how business is done via systemization in various franchise systems kills creativity for the young. No wonder youth riot and rebel like in London recently!
November 29th, 2011 at 2:34 pm
creativity should become a part of our system
November 25th, 2011 at 8:18 pm
every single time i watch this video its an affirmative response that we must contribute to radical changes in education. BUT the problem is that educators have bloated egos and reluctance to change
November 21st, 2011 at 12:10 am
Innovation and creativity can only come if you are prepared to risk being wrong or to something outside of what is expected. Thinking outside the box.
“Do you know what is at the bottom of the mainstream? Mediocrity.”
November 19th, 2011 at 7:14 am
If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you will never come up with anything original. Don’t be afraid to be wrong – be prepared to be wrong.
November 17th, 2011 at 10:44 am
What an inspiring man.
Never ever stifle creativity or an alternative way of thinking and indeed relish and encourage non-prescriptive thought.
November 15th, 2011 at 3:27 am
We are educating people OUT OF creativity, and the education system the way it is is only useful for rising academic inflation
November 11th, 2011 at 11:18 pm
being wrong is ok just try it if it works I win if it doesn’t i win cos i get to play again.
Our education system needs to alow boys to run more so they can think clearer
November 6th, 2011 at 3:03 am
That being ‘wrong’, or rather being thought to be ‘wrong’, isn’t always truly wrong. There are other perspectives, other solutions to problems. We can’t take a linear approach to our lives, or else we get stuck and stymied. We have created a system we now are seeing we are stuck in, we must not be afraid to deconstruct this system by being ‘wrong’.
November 5th, 2011 at 10:08 pm
Our education system needs to give ample space to children, students, educators and parents to explore and discover their uniqueness and potential.
November 1st, 2011 at 2:15 am
As teacher this is just what I would like for other teachers and administrators to see and hear. My course on creative thinking is just letting the students take risks and break down barriers we place on them. Personally, I also have to take more risks and bring back the creativity in me that has been placed aside for many years.
This is a great video to share and discuss in the work place.
October 31st, 2011 at 12:38 am
I will create. My kinds will have a change to do so
October 30th, 2011 at 8:36 am
The importance of cultivating creativity within myself and within the people around me. This can only be done by setting aside judgement and fear and allowing myself and others to feel safe to wonder and explore different possibilities.
October 27th, 2011 at 2:00 am
creativity in education must be given the same status as literacy
October 27th, 2011 at 1:25 am
That modernday school doesn’t appreciate creativitey…?
October 20th, 2011 at 8:46 am
Take a chance.Have a go.Don’t be afraid to be wrong. Get outside of your comfort zone.
October 19th, 2011 at 8:06 pm
People should have been thinking like this long long ago. It must start now.
October 17th, 2011 at 12:40 am
Watch, make errors, repeat, try something different
October 6th, 2011 at 12:19 pm
wow… i mean wow… I all the sudden understand why I hated school so much!
October 5th, 2011 at 1:57 pm
I feel validated. I have lived my life, and conducted my teaching career of 20 years along the lines Sir Ken Robinson explores here and in other talks I have discovered from this presentation. My children were brought up on these principles. Its been a struggle to maintain true to these truths regarding the fostering of human potential. I hope his message spreads, my efforts had only local effect, his efforts will reach many more. Thanks SOT for introducing him to me.
October 3rd, 2011 at 10:58 am
A greater self respect.
October 1st, 2011 at 10:32 pm
That I may have lived my life shoe horned into a model which is not auspicious for me and my talents.
That I do not now know how I woul dever find out or develop these as they are so deeply buried under years of education responsibilities and committments.
That I must let my children have the information to make the right choices for themselves.
That I suspect they may not – whatever I say.
September 28th, 2011 at 12:28 pm
that we need to focus on creativity as a key component for the future develpment of all things. that to be successfully creative you need not be frightened of failure or being wrong
September 26th, 2011 at 9:27 pm
We are born “to be” and then conditioned “not to be” based on someone else’s idea of what is reasonable and what is valuable.
Thou art an artist and a work of art and all the world seems to be a critic, but if beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then everything is beautiful in its own way and significant and relevant if experienced with a sense of the ridiculous being possible and the unreasonable being valuable.
So, let’s get serious while not taking ourselves too seriously.
September 20th, 2011 at 3:27 pm
If you are not prepared to be wrong you will never come up with anything original.
September 14th, 2011 at 11:21 am
The misguided values of education as captured in the image of a professor — the need for creativity to be valued.
September 11th, 2011 at 10:12 am
Maybe it’s too late for me, but i’ll keep “the most important thing” for my children…
September 8th, 2011 at 11:57 am
(AHA! Who WAS Shakespeare’s English teacher.)
We need to recognize all intelligences.
September 8th, 2011 at 6:42 am
Children are very creative, partly because they don’t care about being wrong. They ar willing to try new things.
August 30th, 2011 at 2:38 am
I had never considered the “hierarchy” of education. The thing I will take away is the importance to educate the entire being.
August 26th, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Today’s form of education is damaging our ability to be creative. We need to recapture our youthful naivety to remain creative.
August 25th, 2011 at 6:52 am
Sir Ken certainly lived the creative view. His theme was not new but his presentation was original. he punciated the spoken word with amazing humor and stories with which we could all identify. I like his definitions of creativity and education. Isn’t growing all about adding value?
August 25th, 2011 at 6:31 am
Creativity, imagination and dreaming all aspects of ourselves that allow us to time travel, entertain ourselves and build new worlds or inventions. I run a class where it is OK to cheat, be wrong and not try – it seems hard for the participants to appreciate they can… but they do!
August 22nd, 2011 at 10:14 pm
Sir Ken, is a terrific speaker. Interesting and engaging. Know yourself. Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid, Basil King. Take a chance you may be great at what you love.
August 21st, 2011 at 1:13 am
As it has been said, “Question authority.” As I have been taught via the School of Expressive Art, Sonoma State Uni. California, graduate of 1979, “Ignore authority, especially if it is in your way of advancement.”
Cheers,BW
August 20th, 2011 at 6:25 am
I am thrilled someone actually stated that it is ok to be wrong, that you could actually learn from it. That is the LAST thing you will ever be taught in school. In school, you are punished for being wrong, or what a teacher perceives to be wrong.
I will never forget how in 3rd grade, during art class, I was having a wonderful time painting what I thought was a wonderful picture. I painted the sky brown and, in front of the entire class, the teacher chastised me for it. Talk about killing my creativity.
August 18th, 2011 at 11:44 pm
“If you’re not prepared to be wrong you will never come up with anything original” Sir Ken Robinson -TED
August 15th, 2011 at 10:34 am
How absolutely correct he is with respect to the reality of our educational systems—they are simply placing restraints on what we are all here for—creativity. Memorizing information, so you can all pass exams that have lower passing scores and criteria is something that has been going on for way too long, and has only created mayhem and not opened the real potential of us or our kids!
The reality is that corporate influences focused on control, have overtaken our educational system. I did some research several years ago and was amazed at the fact that so many of our medical schools were really within the influences of pharmaceutical corporations. In fact there were several groups of doctors asking for a stop to it.
Another reality is that technology is going to have a huge impact on our kids, their future, and the future of the world economy, something I’m not sure these idiot politicians understand or care about.
I believe it is critical that programs and opportunities like this can best be addressed through the power of thought, especially within master mind groups, and that both our younger, older and middle aged generations need to explore together. I have participated in and seen remarkable results when this is done correctly.
August 15th, 2011 at 8:58 am
Thankyou Ken for giving a voice and reinforcing what many people have been thinking for an age.
“Creativity is as important as Literacy”,
“If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you will never come up with anything original”,
“Preparing our children for an unpredictable future”.
My belief is, to truly unlock the full potential and/or capacity of the human brain, maybe what we need to do is revolutionize the way in which we educate our children. Unlock all the hidden secrets of the brain by experimenting, (a word used for not being afraid to having a go at it), new “revolutionary” methods of teaching and learning. We now know that the current “standard” method of education has been devised to produce a new ‘working’ class. Maybe what we should be focussing on is producing a new ‘survival’ class that focusses on new and efficient methods of education that caters to all forms of genres and individuals. For example, maybe someday it will be a musician or a ballet dancer through the exploration of his/her art and/or skill that will end World hunger and ensure World Peace for all mankind and all that he/she required was a focussed connection between his/her art and an application to the problem, an area that most of us are baffled with and look at in amazement when individuals ‘uncover’ the solutions randomly. I mean, we all know that nothing is ever random and that everything happens for a reason….cause and effect, so, if we are able to tap into the full potential of our children and their brain capacity at an early age and foster these skills into the areas that we deem as necessary, (e.g. the survival of the human race), maybe experimentation in the education system is not a bad thing after all? Maybe it is exactly what we will need in order to save ourselves from ourselves? Maybe this is the key that has been sitting under our noses all along but were too afraid to look at? Carpe Diem.
August 14th, 2011 at 6:58 pm
Sir Ken Robinson Made many brilliant points. He gave us a completely different view, a whole new approach to the working of the educational system, creativity etc.. in a really funny way
Thanks for the Video
August 14th, 2011 at 9:13 am
To celebrate the human diversity, the richness of our minds, and prepare for our children’s future in a fuller more encompassing way. Embrace and develop their creativity. Ours and our children’s future would be better catered for if the likes of Sir Ken, and yourself Michael, are listen to.
Thank you for giving us a different perspective.
August 10th, 2011 at 2:51 am
My children are currently home educated and have great freedom in choosing their activities. They’ll shortly be starting at school as we believe we need to join the “exam conveyor” to ensure their futures. What I’ll take from the lecture is that I need to make sure that they still get some choice outside school.
August 5th, 2011 at 6:42 am
Never be afraid to make a mistake! never be afraid to admit you are wrong! you are sowing the seed of creativity!
August 3rd, 2011 at 4:13 am
always remain an artist and don’t be perceived by today’s system put in place.
July 29th, 2011 at 5:44 pm
The most important matter I got from Ken is We need courage to say I was wrong! That´s starting point to creativity!
July 25th, 2011 at 9:41 am
I’m not limited by my parents and teachers beliefs systems, my children’s creativity will be nurtured.
July 25th, 2011 at 4:10 am
1. Ket is a funny guy; 2. Creativity is a natural ability that is formed by learning freely rather than conventionally; Great Tip, but I have already discovered it.
July 14th, 2011 at 10:42 pm
I am brilliantly reminded that we are Creative Beings. And I need to remind myself more often until I use my creative imagination by habit and not just my logicle, rational, learned skills and abilities that have become my ritual.
July 10th, 2011 at 10:58 am
One does hear a lot of tales of people who went to strict, conventional schools, and how terribly they were stifled and crushed by this. And yet they often seem to flourish “despite” this.
“Alternative” schools, like Summer Hill in England, or the Waldorf (Steiner) Schools, are far less numerous, so we hear less tales of people who went to these schools and then went on to struggle as wonderfully creative, illiterate, undisciplined, broke adults
I”m not saying that schools which foster creativity over literacy are wrong, and that the conventional way is right… but we need to retain perspective and balance as well.
Yes, we need creative thinkers and dancers, but we also need engineers and accountants (who also often bring great creativity to their work).
Surely schools just need to understand that there are different kinds of learners, different kinds of people – people that develop in different ways, and they need to cater to that. Schools have been moving in this direction for decades, and will continue to do so as the last decade’s children and today’s children take them over as teachers and administrators.
July 8th, 2011 at 12:39 pm
Wow, what a talk, and what a concept, one of those concepts that when you hear it you never forget it. I think the most important thing to take away is not to stifle the creativity of anybody. Including me. I am also hopeful for everybody that you can get it back. Growing out of your creativity is surely not like loosing your milk teeth and getting your adult ones in (as in they are lost forever). If growing out of your creativity is because we don’t like to take risks to be wrong or ‘have a go’ then if you work on it and get our confidence back and ‘have a go’ then your creativity will return. I am going to ‘have a go’
July 6th, 2011 at 2:57 pm
Wow, you wonder how many children have been wrongly diagnosed with ADHA?
July 4th, 2011 at 12:01 pm
I will allow my children the space to find their own talents and continue to explore them so that they don’t grow out of their creativity.
July 4th, 2011 at 6:52 am
I couldn’t agree more with this video. Having been to a boarding school in England, admittedly, many years ago, conformity to rules is expected. And yet I still remember they liberation that came from a drama teacher who allowed us to improvise. It is only now at age 50 and I started to recover the sense of creativity. My studio is being built. Watch out!
June 30th, 2011 at 10:19 am
Yes indeed! Creativity is very important but our educational system has no room for it, because usually creativity breaks the mold of what is Right & correct PTV.
Learning to think outside of the box will increase creativity, this has to be done since grade school. Lets use the Software for the Brain principles.
June 28th, 2011 at 5:44 am
Education will take us into this future that we can’t grasp! How exciting!
Schools and Business by design smash the creativity out of us….I have three young children and will fight to enhance and encourage their creativity.
June 21st, 2011 at 7:36 pm
This is really a great talk and i have personally learn a lot of things and i absolutely agree that SCHOOLS KILL CREATIVITY. When i was in the university i had this idea that what we are taught can’t not be applied in real life i mean outside the classroom cause all i think about is passing my exams so that i can remain in the school, cause all the school is concerned about is that you pass your exams and if you can’t pass your exams you are expelled from the school.
Creativity is not given any consideration or attention all that is needed in school is that you quote from the books in exams.
I have learn that CREATIVITY is as important in education as literacy and both should be treated with equal attention. Creativity is adding value to original idea. If we are not prepared to be wrong we can not bring out the original in us.
I for instance do not know my capabilities and who i really wanna be because am not allow to do some thinking/creativity by myself, the school and people around do all the thinking for you and decide what you want. I love mathematics but where i found myself now is nowhere close to being a mathematician. Children should be allowed to do their own thinking/creativity sometimes, all they need is to be guided.
June 20th, 2011 at 3:26 pm
Do not be afraid to make mistakes, people learn from mistakes and wonderful things can happen from mistakes. Embrace mistakes and learn from them, that does not mean take unnecessary risks but allow people the flexibility to make mistakes.
June 17th, 2011 at 7:22 pm
There are so many , to pick one important part of this speech is difficult. To change our education system to educate the whole body, to learn through creativity is so essential for original thought, and also being able to be wrong.
I can’t not mention humour and the importance of humour in all things. What an awesome talk Ken Robinson gave. I am inspired.
June 15th, 2011 at 1:20 pm
I will take away that one must truly be and act as an individual to reach his or her full potential in life.
June 12th, 2011 at 6:56 pm
Don’t let schools kill creativity in my kids!
June 12th, 2011 at 12:19 am
Not being afraid of opening the door to my creativity a lot wider
May 20th, 2011 at 5:20 pm
always allow
May 20th, 2011 at 2:31 pm
do it your own way , and dont be swayed by convention
May 16th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
That CREATIVITY CAN BE DEVELOPED .. IT CAN BE USED AS TOOL .. ITS N SKILL ..
May 9th, 2011 at 4:19 pm
creativity is a simple mind game. innovation is its prize
May 5th, 2011 at 8:07 am
I am not only the one who think like he did!
May 4th, 2011 at 4:42 am
It is time teach in a new way. More importantly, it is time to pass on the message of SOT and what’s on this video to many more. It is time to live these messages.
April 30th, 2011 at 8:43 am
Change and Creativity are both Cell mates locked up by the expectations of others and our own limiting “trained” thoughts.
Let them out of the prison of the expectations of our selves and of our environment and “watch out world”
April 13th, 2011 at 2:33 pm
We need a radical overhaul of our education system and the paradigms behind it.
April 8th, 2011 at 4:37 am
I take something very special an awareness that I can relies on our current educational system but I have to continually self-taught myself throughout life. I cannot trust them the system. Thank you Michael. will like to continue…
April 3rd, 2011 at 4:11 pm
I love my 1st experience,i need more.
March 24th, 2011 at 2:42 am
A girl draw the picture of God, and said that “they will in a minute”….
Being wrong is being creativity….
You look at your body as a form of transport for your head…..
The thing that touched my heart in the lecture is when Ken said abt a female dancer , he said that “I used to work in dancing industry, as you can see..”….
And rethink about this, especially for parents, “We will not see the future, but the children they will, so our job is to enhance it”.
I have moved my career into art, I have received a bachelor of finance, it sounds crazy with some, , but I never feel a pure happiness like that ever from the day when I was born.
March 21st, 2011 at 9:15 am
Creativity in education is as important as literacy and ”Frank sent us”
March 19th, 2011 at 9:16 pm
This short video allowed me to see how wrong I have been. My daughter chose to do a two year course in film. At the time I tried to persuade her
differently by telling her it would not lead to a job, I felt nursing or something else where work was available was the only way to go. Right up to the time I saw this video I thought this course was a complete waste of time. Ken certainly opened my eyes, that I was actually killing creativity, one of the worst things I could do. And thanks for your humor Ken.
March 14th, 2011 at 4:54 pm
The guy has a stand-up sense of humor. Great speaker. On the message: His story of Gillian Lynne was an excellent summation and repetition of his main points. Indeed we do each have a distinct intelligence.
March 5th, 2011 at 9:47 pm
Creativity needs to be encouraged and it’s okay to cockup during the process of discovering new ideas, expressions and ways of being.
February 27th, 2011 at 6:01 am
The most important thing that I am taking away from this short lecture is the Idea that we should encourage young and old alike to be creative. Schools should help and let the young people be creative in all areas of learning.
February 11th, 2011 at 10:29 pm
Sir Ken Robinson pointed out that “our fear of making a mistake keeps us in a prison of our own making.”
February 11th, 2011 at 10:20 pm
“EXPERTS” have created an education system [in their own image] that has produced the world we live in. A very great number of people, qualified in
very diverse disciplines,have pointed out that our plundering of the earth”s resources is unsustainable. Our conflict resolution strategies between nation states has been disastrous. Unless, until there is a common consensus that our present paradigms are the root cause of the world”s problems, then we will sail on oblivious, Just like the Titanic, an unsinkable ship. Einstein has said that we cannot solve our problems with the same mindsets that caused them. Therefore inovative and creative thinking must be fostered at every oppertunity. CVSTOBVS.
February 10th, 2011 at 11:48 am
The most important thing I’ll take away from this Lecture is a clear understanding of my purpose and knowing why people succeed and why people don’t. I think schools are designed to limit ones natural abilities and talents and sometimes rarely exposing them unless of course its the right program. But that should not worry you if you know the great potential inside of you and your natural abilities and talents because you will know where to get help and most importantly you should be able to refine your talents or gifts and serve it to the world who seeks it. Now, that is real creativity.
February 3rd, 2011 at 2:43 am
Don’t stop creativity.
January 25th, 2011 at 4:47 am
Creativity is as vital as literacy. Creativity lives within and must be nurtured with freedom and not squelched with fear of making mistakes
January 22nd, 2011 at 5:09 am
We have to change the way we look to the earth; we have to change the way we look to children and we have tp change the way we look to talents. If we fail to do so, we put both the world and ourselves at risk.
January 21st, 2011 at 3:40 am
What I took from this lecture: Its important to provide a diverse range of subjects in school because each child is unique and orignal. When allowed access to learning what comes natural to them, a child can then flourish into whatever field of work they deserve and desire. Their a natural dancer, a natural singer, a natural scientist, a natural business man, a natural anything and should have the opportunity to make a living off of what they’ve mastered naturally, not only given opportunities to master what doesn’t necessarily fit them perfectly. Children and adults are becoming robots, submitting to the orders of what allows them to make money but no longer be original or happpy. That should be considered a crime.
January 21st, 2011 at 1:41 am
i have good ideas with value, as i am very creative.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:29 am
mtivation to use po at least once daily
January 19th, 2011 at 7:40 am
wow, i passed it on to some teacher friends and i was so inspired by the truths he spoke
January 13th, 2011 at 6:02 am
the excitement of knowing that there are other people like myself whom are thinkers!! And they receive life in the likeness of myself
January 2nd, 2011 at 3:41 pm
well, it does reinforce my stance of never going back to study. (education is such a sham)
loads of great ideas. I guess what I’ll take from this is that, I know I’ve started with creativity in my life. If I could tap into it even a little and bring even some of that train of thought back, that would be wonderful
December 31st, 2010 at 11:45 am
My children are the future and creativity in them should be nurtured, I have growing up in the school system were academia was everything. I was told that art would not pay and that Computers were the future, its a career path that i was on till recently, but its never given me the sense of wholeness that drawing gave me as a child or the peace in my spirit when competing in endurance sports that test the individual. The video makes me realize how much of my creativity I have given up in my youth and how risk averse i have become.
December 27th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
We need to change the way we educate our children.
December 27th, 2010 at 7:20 am
Not being afraid of opening the door to my creativity a lot wider.
December 25th, 2010 at 5:42 am
Revisiting quality information is never time wasted.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:36 am
How to reawaken my creative side.
I went to school to get a job to pay for the things I needed to live.
Perhaps now I may broaden my self education for some of the stuff I would really enjoy learning about.
December 14th, 2010 at 6:17 am
Don’t be scared to be wrong! There’s this consistent self-doubt that comes up in me that asks: “Can I really do it? Should I really do it?” The interesting thing is that usually there is no risk involved. So again a suggestion to myself: “Do it! Don’t be scared of making mistakes!”
December 12th, 2010 at 3:32 am
Making mistake is not being non-creative. If you are not prepared to be wrong, you will never come up with some thing original.
December 8th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Ken Robinson and Michael Caine – separated at birth?
Education doesn’t just provide choices – it provides a fairly narrow choice set and not a lot else for those kids who do not quite fit yet are, at least initially, bright and happy to contribute. Capturing and developing the talents of those kids is a prize worth going after. For those who have already ground our way through the education system it is probably the case that we have interests and abilities well outside our areas of competence and these may well provide opportunities if we are able to find them, make sense of them, and fit them into our lives somehow.
Should education largely ignore kids passions?
December 8th, 2010 at 4:11 am
The normal education system “teaches to the test” and stifles creativity and independent thought. Often permanently!
December 7th, 2010 at 9:36 am
To give our kids every opportunity to experience life in all its facets
November 28th, 2010 at 1:09 am
If we spend the same amount of effort as we do for our jobs, we can probably create a way of life for ourselves and our family that does not need to conform to the traditional way of working for a living.
November 17th, 2010 at 4:49 am
I totally agree with Ken. I hated school, and I attribute my success in business for the fact that I do not have “higher” education. Instead I became street smart, and I learned to think on my feet. I am still a student, and I will be for the rest of my life, but not in a school system. I have a better idea! 10x better.
November 16th, 2010 at 10:23 am
Creativity is a natural talent that can be developed or drowned…and (in the right hands) creativity can save humankind from extinction – we are afterall, currently rewarding people for finding ways to kill insects …
November 3rd, 2010 at 9:55 am
Perhaps my shortcomings are strengths in disguise.
November 1st, 2010 at 12:40 pm
When children don’t know, they give it a go.
Also, intelligence is diverse. Our education system makes it difficult to appreciate the diversity of intelligence on a day-to-day basis. I have heard the story of the little girl who was told she had a learning disability because she couldn’t sit still, and it shows the importance of appreciating creativity and not condemning people for thinking or behaving differently.
Robinson’s joke about the academic who sees her body as a vehicle for her head also strikes a chord with me. It occurred to me a while ago that the sole reason I have spent five years at university, and the only reason I got in to university, is what’s in my head. I’m at university purely to improve what’s in my head. For me, university is simply about enriching my mind, and all the value of what I have learned is contained in my brain.
Every person has a different story and learns differently, and I think this is why intelligence is diverse. We may all end up learning the same things, but we will all learn them at different points in our development and because of different stimuli.
October 27th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Children and adults are all made differently and have different parts, qualities to them . To value only one aspect and to actively dicourage expression in other ways can only develop lesser beings . We need to recognise the whole individual and the best place to start is with our childre.
October 18th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
An education system can, and should try to promote creativity in students more actively!
October 11th, 2010 at 2:49 am
speak for own-self and not to be afraid of challenging myself. Creativity is to think through any possibilities that you might have thought of, bring up the talent to broaden my views. There’s always another way to pivot the complicated situation.
September 29th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
i will respect my restlessness and turn it into creativity
September 23rd, 2010 at 2:31 pm
There is something flawed in a culture which perpetuates an education system which supports an industrial society which no longer exists. An education system which prevents developmental growth and self realization by using labels and categories which stick through to adulthood – “I’m not good at maths” is one of my favorites.
The idea of education being an evidence based science seems to allow teachers to gain the professional respect they wish for within our culture, but reduces the understanding of the art of education. An art through which teachers draw out the best in each individual student and enables children to self realize as learners, adults and powerful human beings.
This Ken talk is one of my favorites and I love it doubly so because of its popularity. It has managed to penetrate the high walls our academic institutions and has got people talking.
September 14th, 2010 at 1:12 am
I will respect my restlessness and turn it into creativity.
September 13th, 2010 at 5:28 am
That talent and creativity should not be repressed in our children, or in adults who are working at a job that is not a good fit for them. The work world would flourish and there would be happier, more content employees if only matching people to the right job was more prevalent.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:55 am
Maybe there should be a thinking hat for humor; tartan! That was a treat! Thanks for the link. Have we progressed since 2006? How is this measured?
This is my tenth lesson and YOU haven’t sent me the dance steps to
Eagle Rock!
hey hey hey…..
I’m just crazy bout the way we move
doin’….
September 3rd, 2010 at 11:46 am
that authorities may hold the ‘credibility’ card but that doesn’t mean they are actually true ‘experts’
August 30th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
The importance of humour and following one’s heart and passion and not being afraid to make mistakes
August 21st, 2010 at 12:14 am
creativity without actions will means nothing
August 20th, 2010 at 5:58 am
We are all unique and varied in our talents and abilities, and we should celebrate our differences as well as our similarities
August 18th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
i thinking school not kill creativity, because creativity it can’t be learned but its grow from inner self
July 31st, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Whereas it would be ideal that school be centres of creativity, my experience suggests that schools instead encourage rote learning. Creativity is only possible when people are capable of thinking outside the norm. Until such time thinking is integrated in the school curriculum, creativity will remain a preserve of the motivated few.
July 31st, 2010 at 2:26 am
Our educational system is setup to cultivate a particular kind of personal attribute. This may or may not be appropriate for the individuals future development. It is incumbent upon the individuals to discover their creativity and their passion and focus on developing those aspects of their personality that is their gift to the human race and society in general
July 26th, 2010 at 10:22 am
We are too quick to judge students and to label them with a ‘problem’ when they don’t want to conform. I accept that part of growth, development and learning is learning to exorcise some self-restraint (even when you don’t enjoy the classroom topic) but much more could be done to individualise learninig.
July 23rd, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Creativity is the key.
July 19th, 2010 at 10:06 am
That the 3 yrs of councelling with my 14yr old daughter is a farce! She was diagnosed with ADHD several years ago and has been on medication. I see her always on the singstar after being spoken to and break into dance quite often thinking she was being ignorant and rude, or a typical teenager, and up until this video I didnt realise she is not sick at all she is a performer. I have enrolled her in ballroom and freestyle dance, and seen a major improvement. I also have a 7yr old that loves to draw, no longer will I deny her endless paper for her to express her creativity. Thanks Ted.
June 30th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
I am sorry I could not listen to that lecture because of some problem with the computer (I am accessing these lessons sitting in an Internet Cafe)
June 19th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Evolution is changing our beliefs, values, thinking…
June 17th, 2010 at 9:56 am
A bookmark to send to many other people.
Make sure the home puts creativity before academia always.
June 12th, 2010 at 8:24 am
Our educators are determined to maintain the “status Quo” because they cant/wont change the system to allow personal achievement,then they would have to admit they make mistakes.
We should make education elastic enough to let each child follow its dreams and personal ambitions…and if we and they make mistakes [shock horror] so what ? without mistakes.we dont get anywhere and live in a rut.
So go for it,be adventurous,make mistakes and move on.
June 7th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
That a persons self esteem together with doing the things that are truly who you are, are more important to a fulfilled life than being educated to be something or someone who you are not.
Coming through school, or an education system, or even going to a form of work is so important to have meaning to who you are and therefore make you a wise person in this life, more than what the image of success will ever be.
June 1st, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Creatvity is more than thinking. Taking action is important too.
May 26th, 2010 at 10:29 am
That you can lose sight of what you feel passionate about chasing money. You are in the right job when you run out of hours in the day and look forward to the next day.
May 23rd, 2010 at 11:40 pm
Ever wondered how it will be without school?
would we be communicating like this? Was Todays technology going to be continually increasing?
To nature our creativity through learning.
May 23rd, 2010 at 12:52 am
The re-confirmation of many different forms of thought.
I still don’t want my Son to run away with the circus to help him think though!
Human nature will continue to expect formal qualifications, if not just to avoid litigation through their employment processes. Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be idealist in thought, but dogmatic idealists usually smell like dope smoke!
“Am I right?” (Fake laugh) (Partial statement) (Bath in applause).
Hasn’t Michael Caine’s face lift settled well?
Maybe I should just shut up and dance!………Just had a thought!…….and 2 and 3 and……….And lay down!
Has been a pleasure, see you all in the next ten.
May 17th, 2010 at 2:20 am
Integration of creativity as an important part of education. The future lies in the hands of creative minds. Incorporate the creative education like art, dance etc in the school curriculum, those are the ways to develop creativity in the young minds. It is high-time to develop, practice and celebrate creativity spread it as a culture to schools..
May 8th, 2010 at 7:49 am
That human potential can be expressed in many ways and that we do ourselves a dis-service by overly concentrating on exam-based measures of intelligence.
May 5th, 2010 at 8:56 am
I enjoyed the wit, humour and anecdotes used to impart a very serious observation regarding education structures. I now know exactly what happened and the inevitable result therefrom with respect to my experience in a denominational secondary school. The pupils were held hostage to both history and religion. All creativity was stifled on the pain of severe corporal punishment or ridicule or both. Painful memories still intrude seventy years on.JMD
May 4th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Be prepared to make many many mistakes in the pursuit of something new. This is the only way to progress.
The more mistakes, the more success.
April 27th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
Great present!
Prepare to be ok with being wrong it stimulates originality!
April 7th, 2010 at 6:52 am
You must not be afraid to make mistakes because creativity (which is as important as literacy), comes from trails and errors. We must encourage creativity in our youngsters for a better future.
April 6th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
that we have to be prepared to make mistake if we want to be creative.
March 16th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
This is the food our brains need!!! People like Ken challenge us to think in a very different way. This clip has been inspiring and has really made me go away and consider how I raise my son and harness his creativity allowing him to do what his heart tells him.
Great Clip!
March 6th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
This makes me strongly reconsider how I’m interacting with my children and what I consider to be “important”.
March 1st, 2010 at 5:06 pm
creativity should be valued and promoted in all ages
February 5th, 2010 at 12:15 am
In order to create you cannot be afraid to fail.
January 14th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
That we all were put in this universe to create in one form or another, to learn each and everyday and find away to give that knowledge away.
January 14th, 2010 at 4:33 am
I will take from this the desire to educate the whole being. I am often fascinated by little children and the manner in which they learn. Their enthusiam, energy, and joy for learning and experimenting.
January 13th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
That we all have more capability for creativity than we knew…
January 11th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Let one be what one is……individual
January 5th, 2010 at 8:40 am
We must not penalize earnest failure; the willingness to try without anxiety of failure is the wellspring of creativity.
January 4th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
I should give up the conception to value the I.Q. of a person or a child only is only based on several sections which come from the standards of current education systems. Maybe the era is coming for specialization of our human race to meet the challenge of post-industrlization economy and society.
January 3rd, 2010 at 10:44 pm
With success comes failure. Be not afraid of either path.
December 9th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
First…..if you are not prepared to be wrong …you will not come up with anything original ……this is an essential idea for me .
cf., There is ALWAYS a better view of the current situation possible.
We must be prepared to accept that something will happen that creates a need for flexibility (changes)…that a set plan must be readily adaptable , and a new idea or set of ideas included,or accomodated .
Second…..Creativity is the capacity of having ORIGINAL ideas that have VALUE….and following this definition…ceativity is equally as significant and important as literacy.
To conclude…we must look at schooling, and education in a different set of ways than in the past ,IF they are to contribute to real PREPAREDNESS for the future ,in our children.
December 8th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
The most important thing for me to take from this lecture, is to think outside and beyond my learning so that I may find out what it is that I can do best and make me happy.
December 7th, 2009 at 7:38 am
It is right that shools kill the creativity. The children has to memorise lots of things and the teachers are dictating the lessons and because they cannot think out of the box they are the same expectation from the children. Unfortunatelly this method is still used in the Universities and when the students become graduated they do not have any idea about the business environment and how they can exploit what they learn. More than this the new graduated do not have any idea about their skills.
From my point of view all the teachers expecially the ones from highschool and universities have to have business experience and after that they can stay in front of the class in order to teach others.
I know that they have to respect some rules and regulation in conformity with the Ministru program but having this kind of experince they can make courses most effective and efficient.
I also have to recognize that last week I met a young teacher for 1 – 4 grades and I was impresed when she told she use the 6 thinking hats with her class. This is a good news! And I hope some other teachers to follow her example.
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Childrens minds are like a sponge but instead of emersing the sponge in creativity or other talants we wrap it in self doubt and negativity until we have created a managable robots.
November 27th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
I am a product of the (said education) mould, however I choose not to instil the same subjective prejudices’ and hierarchies on my children, giving them a breadth of opportunity and I eagerly wait to see how their journey unfolds.
November 27th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
I coach junior sport and often say to the boys that if they won’t try things because they’re afraid of making mistakes they’ll never improve. I also apply this philosopy to life in general. Now having listened to Ken it puts what was an instinct for me into perspective.
Thank you for the lesson
November 27th, 2009 at 11:30 am
“Creative comes about from different disciplinary ways of seeing things.”
This is a message for all people, not just children. We need to build our experiences and knowledge with this in mind.
November 27th, 2009 at 10:56 am
there is no progress without mistakes…
October 31st, 2009 at 7:30 am
Ken Robinson is absolutely right. The system of “scaling” is what determines whether or not a school subject is valued in Australian schools. I’m not aware of how much the system has changed in the 10 years since I graduated from high school, but I remember taking specialist maths and getting +10 scaling points that contributed to my Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER) and I also took drama where I received 0 scaling points. I took drama because I wanted to and specialist maths because I thought I should.
For the record, I scored 48 out of 50 for drama and 35 out of 50 for specialist…after scaling. In the end specialist was my worst result and therefore not counted in my TER. What a waste! I should have taken that Art class too…
October 30th, 2009 at 7:50 am
Ken Robinson said schools kill creativity and is right. I’m teacher and I believe them. Children work only what books have been written. There is no room for imagination, alternatives, and the development of creativity.
The error as a source of learning seems to me essential. And the first to use it must be the teacher. The idea of uniting dance and math seems fascinating and absolutely urgent. Why not? Seek the mode to break this sterile repeated a thousand times what the books say.
October 30th, 2009 at 1:44 am
Much of humor is based on truth clothed in nonsense. I particularly enjoy this perspective, as so many “truths” are either in fact quite questionable or outright wrong!
October 29th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
That all gifts are equally important and the value of that should be reconised.
The power of creativity is important in every kind of field people are learning and operating in.
Creativity is as the word itself: Creation!
No progress without creation…
October 19th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
That the future is totally unknown (and unknowable), so we need every bit of creativity and ingenuity we can muster, and traditional “education” isn’t providing us with the tools that we and future generations need.
October 19th, 2009 at 1:11 am
No Schools are not killing creativity, all the development and progress we around us is direct result of current education system, but what we need is to modify and update current system by replacing some subjects with some other practical oriented skills training.
October 16th, 2009 at 11:10 am
That our education systems can suffocate and stifle personal development. That we have too rigid and inadequate definition of progress.
October 11th, 2009 at 11:28 am
That the current education system does not value creativity enough.
October 9th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
It’s fabulous to be a “creative” in this day and age…let’s educate and spread the word…especially with humour!…
October 9th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Yes really enjoyed this lecture. Intelligence is about being diverse, dynamic and distinct. Our current education system is stifling creativity. We should be doing everything possible to foster creativity in our children and be valuing the arts.
October 9th, 2009 at 10:10 am
That no matter what you learn in life there is always some one with a different approach to doing things
September 29th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Good presentation of a very real problem. I think the school system encourages mediocrity; unfortunately, being average is perhaps a safer and less stressful option if you want to fit in at school and it is unlikely the school system will change until the industrial system changes.
September 27th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
I’d heard much of the content before, so what I take away more than anything else is presentation skills – he’s fabulous isn’t he?! You get the feeling that Sir Ken is deadly serious, even though he laces the entire 15 minutes with witty anecdotes and jokes. Thoroughly enjoyable.
September 23rd, 2009 at 9:48 pm
That my ability to make mistakes is not inversely proportional to my IQ.
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:48 am
I am sorry but I could´nt get through the link in order to hear and see the vídeo. Is tehere another way to get acces to it?. Any way I believe that Creativity is the trade mark for human beings. Crativity is not the sanme as innovation. Creativity is a step further, and must be the Mission of any school.
September 21st, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Everyone should pursue a goal regardless of someone else’s idea
September 21st, 2009 at 4:34 pm
The most important thing I will take away from this lecture is to keep an open mind for alternative possibilities.
September 18th, 2009 at 5:02 am
Creativity is my favorite part of doing something. The best creativity comes when a person leaves ‘school’ and enters the school of life being made to think for themselves.
September 3rd, 2009 at 7:09 am
The notion of school should be foremost a listening environment. The school and the teachers should be facilitators rather than imposers(impostors) who become threatened and inadequate by the desire of students.
Who how we belittle our natural gifts and nature’s blessings.
September 2nd, 2009 at 4:48 am
now time is to exzame people brain to find good thing about wold,
September 1st, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Make the most of our CREATIVE CAPACITY.
There is so much un-tapped capacity mainly due to fear of losing!
August 31st, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Creativity is not only about creating some atomic Bond. its about little things. creativity i believe is:
1. writing a poem
2. time management.
3. sticking to ur plans etc
Anything u do to creat VALUE is CREATIVITY.
August 31st, 2009 at 12:37 pm
I particularly liked, “If you don’t know have a go”. If you make a mistake its better than not trying at all, because at least you have had an opportunity to learn something.
August 25th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Creativity IS the bottom line for whatever we do. I, personally, cannot approach anything without studying its creative angle… I couldn’t agree more with Sir Ken Robinson.
August 23rd, 2009 at 6:57 am
This has been insightful to me, personally. My approach to educating my children changes from now.
August 20th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
the school system even though we all pass through it is not appreciated by us.the system kills the initiative the young ones because the methodology of teaching has never considered the student as both a teacher and a learner and vice versa.the method of teaching pupils has not changed for the better since the time of charles dickens.we need a totally new approach to teaching the young generation or this world will still be marching backwards
August 19th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
The most important take-away for me is that my role is to support others who will create the future I want. Frankly, I think I’m good at that although, I admit I could be better. I get my sense of fulfillment from seeing those that can do what I can’t flourish.
August 17th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
The most important thing I will take away is to never lose your ability to think freely as children do and come up with brilliant ideas, adding to that it becomes a very powerful combination if you then use your power as an adult to put those creative thoughts into ACTION!
August 7th, 2009 at 8:47 am
That there is a way to do justice to a very important yet complex message – watch out book – i’m not giving up yet – ding, ding, Round Three (If he can do it, I’m damn sure I can too).
August 3rd, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Apart from wishing I could capture and bottle his dry sense of humour and comic timing, and the wonderful joke about if a man speaks his mind in a forest and there isn’t a woman around to hear is he still wrong?, I think it is the idea that is very pertinent to many other situations that we often do not have the appropriate context or frameworks for understanding situations. His story about the ballet dancer is one that is analogous to many other situations where a person’s behaviour or other situations don’t make sense unless you are able to understand their personal experience of the situation. It also reminds me of the idea of “embodied cognition”, which I encountered a few years ago and which I personally found very interesting: The idea that our experience and appreciation of the world is so strongly tied up and linked with our physical bodies, that in a way makes it amazing to me that people are able to share anything at all with each other.
July 26th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
…hehe as bruce lee says ‘knowing is not enough”, “we must also do”
July 22nd, 2009 at 1:12 am
I plan to quote him in my Creating Success Stories classes. We often talk about the way we treat children. Most people see abuse as those things that leave marks. The most hideous abuse it the lack of love, true caring, and nurturing. How many times have we bumped into someone at the store and both adults laugh and appologize politely, but when our darling toddler steps on our toes while we are working in the kitchen we tell them to get out of the way. In many states it is a felony to assault an adult but a misdemeanor to strike a child. I only say this because I think we have a huge leap to make to get to working on creativity when many people still think children are to be seen and not heard.
July 16th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Serendipity rules! A business freind of mine sent this to me 2 days ago. It has now been channelled to me twice. Reason? It’s brilliant I must say.
July 16th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Some people need to move to think. Brilliant!
July 14th, 2009 at 2:47 am
I’ve realized why I haven’t been leaving a response for the preceding lessons. I wanted to have the most insightful answers….and felt that I didn’t. Pretty much sums up how I have lived my life so far…”if I don’t try, I can’t fail”.
July 12th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
The story of the woman who was a dancer sticks with me – it shows how important it is to find and follow your talents (or maybe even deeper – something like your basic nature). And how much luck plays a part in life – the chances of her getting someone who was prepared to actually engage with her and work it out must have been pretty slim.
I wonder what he thinks of astrology – that is a very good use for it.
July 9th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Discuss with my creative children how they can develop their creativity.
July 5th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
We are boxing in our thinking too much!
June 28th, 2009 at 8:22 am
It’s a real crap shoot, isn’t it? Either we are blessed with mentors who see our gifts and encourage us to use them or we are chastised and made to feel that we need to conform to someone else’s model of “correct” bahavior.
June 26th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Creativity has a big value in our lifes,it is as essential as oxygen.
Our educational institutions need improvement.
June 22nd, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Creativity is one of the key issues in education that needs to be addressed. Present education gives higher value to academic successes rather than preparing people to deal with the fast moving world. The concern is for children that Sir Ken believes it is what adults should responsible to promote a new creative fundamental for future.
I think of creativity in a different aspect from Sir Ken. Creativity, of course is a talent ones can express in form of arts. It’s also talents in term of making life success and survives as well. The persons with high qualifications may not always know how to handle tasks, plans and solve problems either for self or work. They need to think creatively. In real life there are things that don’t teach at school. If they can’t think for themselves, it will be hard to survive in this fast moving and competitive world.
June 19th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Our schools need to change the way they teach our children. We need to speak up for promoting creativity.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
What I’ll take away from Ken’s speech is the thinking that Ken stirred up in me. Ken is an entertaining speaker and yes he has or is going to write a book about such things – but he’s not changing anything. He appears to be a product of what he is somewhat condemning. He is an intellectual – not an intelligent person and he seems to have “schooling” and “education” confused. Even his definition of creativity is not what I feel creativity is all about. Creativity is not about finding and using new things. It’s simply using what is right in front of us now – in new and different ways. Ken believes the world will change much in the next 50 years but why will it? The world really hasn’t changed much in the last thousand years. On average we are living longer and we are traveling faster and we feel we understand a few things – but has the world itself changed? Compared to the billions of years that the world had existed, the world hasn’t changed even a smidgen in the last few thousand or so years – in spite of our existence. So called experts are saying we are destroying the world but this is arrogant thinking. We are no more destroying the world than the dinosaurs destroyed the world. We’re just another passing species that thinks it’s some sort of supreme being – like the dinosaur must have thought about itself. What we need to do to survive a little longer is learn from the dinosaur. We need to adjust our thinking and better use what is in front of and maybe we can do a little better than the dinosaurs . It is not the schooling of our children that needs to change – it is the education of us all. And yes right brain thinking can help.
June 8th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Hello,
The most important things I took away – were
1 feedstock for the industrial revolution
2 glorified and extended university entry procedure end result is a professor
3 place more emphasis on arts and non science sublects
Whilst some parts of this talk resonated with me others didnt.
The concept that the education system is an extension of the university entrance criteria and the end result is a professor – I liked this analogy.
Betty Edwards book “Drawing on the right side of the Brain” has a similar message – she says – that if a teacher sees a child who cannot read or write or add up sums then they will generally feel obliged to try to do something about it – however if that same teacher sees that same child cannot draw (or dance, or sing) they will tend to do nothing about it.
The common point between Betty Edwards book and this talk is the priorities placed on certain subjects.
The education system was designed to feed the growing needs of the industrial revolution ? I do not completely agree with this – education systems were in place in some societies many hundreds (maybe thousand) of years before the industrial revolution. Perhaps it would be true to say European / American Education systems were designed to meet the needs of the industrial revolution – that idea does appeal to me as being a good summary.
I have been told that when I was at primary school I made some nice things out of scrap and that the headmaster and the school inspector got into an argument about which of them would get to keep one of the things I made.
What happened to that kid ?- He absorbed a lot of lot of maths and physics and chemistry (and he enjoyed it) and he served the ongoing industrial revolution as a geologist. He had some good ideas along the way and earned some pats on the back from bosses.
And now – 47 years after making some objects out of scrap material in primary school – he is learning how to draw and paint and play a cello. Maybe he was “steered” into the industrial revolution sausage factory education machine ? Of all things he did in the last 30 years what is he proudest of ? He is proudest of some drawings done in the last 12 months.
So in summary the most important things I took away – were
feedstock for the industrial revolution
glorified and extended university entry procedure end result is a professor
place more emphasis on arts and non science sublects
Regards
Bill
June 4th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
I will take with me the story of the girl who discovered her talent as a dancer. But I was struck by a question as I watched and listened. Creativity is obviously valuable for growth and survival, and this should apply to cultural as well as biological evolution. How come it has not been more strongly selected for, why is it so easily killed by schools, why are the powers controlling and providing education trying to repress it? We can’t just blame Greek men with beards and medieval chaps in frocks – their survival-unfriendly ideas shouldn’t have survived. It seems to be a more general human trait to want to categorise, put everything in boxes, reason linearly and in black and white terms – so how did these proclivities evolve when they are harmful to survival? If we don’t find ways to overcome these traits, we may find ourselves evolving backwards.
The other key idea is education to enable people to thrive in a rapidly changing world, and the link between creative, dynamic thinking and finding fulfilment in life.
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:46 pm
If you are not prepared to be wrong, you will never come up with anything original.
May 9th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
I’ve seen this video a number of times before today. I take two equally important things from it, and each subsequent viewing only reinforces these points:
1. Error avoidance should never be the stated or implicit goal of any learning activity.
2. A one-size-fits-all education system deprives us of one of our most powerful and least utilized resources, creativity.
May 7th, 2009 at 12:24 am
The future is highly unpredictable we cant even prdict what will happen in 5 years away with any form of accuracy. Yet we are providing our kids whom start school today with a tool kits for a future 15+ yrs away on the already outdated assumptions of yesterday.
May 6th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
To have the courage to stand apart from the main-stream. To have the courage to hold onto the vision. Amen to this entire inspiration piece.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Our thoughts are shaped by our experiences and our environment. As parents, leaders & educators we are responsible for creating opportunities for new experiences in different environments for ourselves and those that follow.
April 13th, 2009 at 10:20 am
That we must rethink the education system of children and encourage creativity, for a better evolution of humanity.
April 9th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Great talk with some wonderful one liners! A very creative way to get his message across – keep ‘em laughing and the message slips past the deflection barrier.
What I’ll take away: We need to teach our kids to have a go, to reward them for mistakes.
And more importantly: We (I) need to reward ourselves (myself) for taking risks and having a go as well – regardless of the outcome – and reward ourselves for our own mistakes.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Fabulous presentation. Our creativity and imagination is a gift that we need to cultivate and use. To be creative, we need to take risks. We need to be prepared to be wrong – we can’t be creative if we can’t accept failures and/or mistakes.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Be supportive of childrens creativity – don’t suppress originality – don’t forget to laugh often – including at yourself so as not to take life to seriously.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
What a wonderful gift for a Monday! A truly wonderful and amusing speaker. He made me grateful that I’ve followed a creative path, that I listened to the inspired teachers and not the critical ones. To paraphrase Picasso, I think that everyone is born creative and I agree with Sir Ken that many are educated out of it. But I blame ambitious parents and desire to earn a big buck more than the educational system. Balance is the key: we don’t need a world full of dancers who can’t spell or do math…
April 6th, 2009 at 8:16 am
The Most important thing I believe I will take from this lecture is the fact I personally do believe Schools Stifle if not kill creativity. I have 3 children and they are all different. therefore how the heck can 1 teacher teach them the same things? I felt it through my school years too. smothering individuality is my concern.I know schools have agendas for curriculum but we need outside the square type of young people coming through in these strange times.
March 31st, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Creativity, but worries me to confirm what he states. We are educating most kids away from creativity.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:45 am
There is little(no) doubt that creativity is a skill that needs to be nurtured. This then is the challenge in education to allow creativity to flourish and simultaneously educate the student. No doubt some creative thinking is required to achieve this.
March 18th, 2009 at 7:53 am
The most important thing I got from the lecture=a simple confirmation of the importance of creativity. It also confirms that much is missing from traditional education. We need to explore new methods of education. I don’t think we should abandon it…far from it. Intelligence should be developed. But, creativity needs an equal treatment and it should be based on what the child is good at or likes to do–not on a set curriculum.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:22 am
Creativity is another great area I think I will need to exploire some day soon.
March 11th, 2009 at 7:29 am
Education should focus on abilities not disabilities to harness each child’s potential. A single education system cannot foster this. Parents, educators and children should be empowered, supported to recognize those whose abilities fall outside the boundaries of the current systems. Great things can happen when children are allowed to focus on their unique abilities and encouraged to reach their unique potential.
March 11th, 2009 at 5:36 am
to loose the fear of being wrong
March 10th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
The fear of wrong is a common enemy of creative thinking.
March 10th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
If you are not prepared to be wrong you will never come up with something orignal. Wow One of the most significant things I have heard in long while. It is time to revisit some of those ideas that I havent tried for fear of being wrong.
March 8th, 2009 at 2:40 am
Not to be afraid to be wrong to be creative … just create!
March 6th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
I completely agree with his points regarding how difficult it is for a child to complete high school with any decent amount of creativity left inside them. When tasks such as punctuality and spelling are ranked much higher than originality and creativity then there’s something wrong. Sir Ken is an amazing speaker and certainly sets a standard to aspire to. The most important take away for me is the reaffirmation that we are trained at school to avoid making mistakes whereas all human progress, from a baby learning to walk through to Edison perfecting the light bulb, is the result of hundreds, maybe even thousands, of mistakes, failures or whatever word you wish to use. I see this culture often in large corporations, where the mantra from the mission statement may be all about creativity and innovation, but where the reality is that no one really wants the boat rocked and many have a vested interest in keeping the status quo.
March 6th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
NEVER determine creativity for children; let them find their own journey!
March 5th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Humour, learning has higher retention with humour! But possibly even could it be emotions? Whether humour or other strong emotions retain learning? Thanks so much for the laugh Michael.And Sir Ken too.
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:58 am
creativity = imagination = diversity = human = infinite = unpreditctable = hope
February 21st, 2009 at 2:42 am
this presentation reaffirms and validates my opinion that society has limited the purpose of education as simply a conditioning mechanism for creation of “good citizens”, as opposed to detecting, developing and expanding the unique talents of each individual’s potential. Another example would be Walter Russell, who’s father forbid him from schools of education, and he instead turned to a greater source of inherent knowledge and became a highly accomplished author, sculptor and composer. Point in fact, all advancement of human potential actually resides by cultivating each individual’s unique gift or talent – and we all truly have such, unless stunted by our educational conformities.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:53 am
quote;What is the most important thing you will take away from this lecture?
answer:myself.I am always willing to be wrong.it was said by my teachers..”if all children were like him, there would be no need for schools”
January 25th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Education is so overrated. And that’s a tough admission for someone who has been focused on academics. I need to balance education with fearless trying. I am not sure I can totally give up academics and pursuing higher academic titles, however, I definitely have to grow my creativity and intuition by the same order of magnitude.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:12 pm
I am probably more conditioned by my schooling then what I am aware of.
January 20th, 2009 at 9:25 am
School is never more important than creative expression. I learned that as a youngster.
January 12th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
If you have never made a mistake you probably have never made anything, so go ahead and make some mistakes, it’s also a good way of learning as long as the mistake is not too severe!
January 7th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
i just have to be me , and have more confidence in my choices and have faith that i can make a change and i can be creative …
January 5th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Unfortunately I’m still using dial up and therefore cant;t listen to THIS TYPE OF THING. yET, i AM AWARE OF THE POWER OF IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY.
January 4th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
There are many things I have learn’t from this lecture but the most important thing that I have learn’t is that to design our future creativity is needed .Unfortunately this is something , our education system has ignored .
December 30th, 2008 at 11:39 am
allow yourself and everyone you interact with to be a little move creative
December 25th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
If you want to speak so long and have attention of the audience you must use humor in your speach.
December 23rd, 2008 at 6:32 am
The key here must revolve around risk taking, trying new things and worrying less about what others think.
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:45 am
That my own company continues the tradition.
December 17th, 2008 at 11:37 am
..to retain what i came with and have it confirmed by such a mind/person as Sir Ken Robinson. – (thankyou, Michael for introducing him to us) -love the ‘fried egg’ part!
No wonder i have always loved and felt comfortable with W.S.Gilbert’s view of life … viva seeing things ‘upside down’!… an accurate perspective and defiance of this world’s attempt to crush creativity and anything ‘different’.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Re: Harold’s comment, I too was fortunate enough to be blessed with the same teachers. And beautifully written.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
What I have been thinking now for thirteen years has been validated in fifteen minutes by a comedian. But notably a professional and intelligent (re:humanity) comedian. And a real human being to boot!
What a great laugh I had. Also my thoughts having been confirmed; I feel right to strongly dissuade my eldest (completed VCE-08) from going to university. She has other things she wants to pursue; I tell her , ‘Nah dont worry bout it. It’s not worth it and there is nothing at the end, but disillusionment. A little pessimistic, but human life is a resource in my opinion that should not be flippantly squandered.
I know why Sir Ken Robinson presents so comically, cos he thinks university is a joke! Would love take credit for that one, but it is courtesy of my daughter, Wednesday’s thoughts.
December 16th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
My most important thought is a sense that my thirst for diverse knowledge without a clear idea of what I will do with this knowledge, let alone make a profit, may be an intuitive preparation for a changing world which will require creative thoughts based upon myriad viewpoints. I have never felt “badly” about my failures and find great humor in the more significant fiascos I just need to “see” outcomes of my ideas through more viewpoints. All in all it’s the Journey, not the destination. My leadership ability is predicated on the curiosity of my tribe to see what silly problem Tim will get into next and then see if we get out!! Never dull!!
December 15th, 2008 at 6:12 am
“If you are not prepared to be wrong you wont discover anything” or in other words ‘the only failure is a failure to participate.’
December 14th, 2008 at 2:23 am
With the advancement of other’s technology we will view life by other’s realm. As in we must have a doctorate to get a job now where as before we only needed a degree. With science comes the advancement of man nad his creative energies will be passed on to someone else. Those that have ideas, energies, and dreams will be washed away because we will come to form standards as to what can and can’t be possible.
December 11th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
The most important thing I take away from this lecture is that there are as many solutions as the are people, in their diverse ways to experience the world, with all the dynamic interactions they have within and around themselves, and each of us in our own distinct way.
Learning creativity and creative thinking is the most efficient and energy low cost way to adapt to situations.
December 9th, 2008 at 11:53 am
learning to think is one of education’s goals or should be. i have taught thinking hats and other similar frameworks to try to encourage and stimulate thinking. We have also done whole school training in higher order thinking. I also know that any organisation can stifle creativity with rules
December 8th, 2008 at 9:42 am
That creativity can be expressed in diverse forms like an exotic plant. While young it can be encouraged to flourish under the right conditions but can easily be trampled out of existence. I had a number of teachers and colleagues who were pedagogically gifted and able to stimulate creativity in students and younger peers.
November 19th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
the school and the way the people that work in education see the students, are vital to destroy or to let a person go ahead with his/her abilities.
November 17th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Creativity is only as effective as is the imagination that produces it. Develop, promote and train the imagination of every student and the creative outcomes will follow.
November 15th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
In going down memory lane on an unfavourable experience, the thought keeps occuring to us : If only we had said or done x instead of y, if only we could do it over. Many of us have lost our head in battles and then looking back, we thought of one tactics or maneuver that would have solved the problem. The problem is that we imagine that knowledge is what is was lacking: if only we have known more, if only we had thought more thoroughly. This is where we got it wrong. What makes us go astray is that we are not in touch with the present circumstance. We allow our thought to control us, reacting to what happen to us in the past , applying paradigms that we learnt in the past, probably in the school. More books and theories have made matters worse.
November 9th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I love this clip. What an inspirational message!
I’ve been spruiking a similar argument for years. More often than not I’m frowned upon by those that have indulged in copious volumes of formal study. I too am a devote student, my adult years wholeheartedly committed to various forms of study, however not formally. I prefer to indulge in subjects I truly connect with. Such as concepts and philosophies I just know I’m meant to learn and develop my knowledge in. Not subjects I merely select on the basis of fattening my wallet. Perhaps I need a knighthood to be taken seriously.
On a serious note, our educational system is brilliant, however also flawed by many rules, standards, expectations and so called ideologies. Namely what we use education for. In most cases education is used as a means to procure a job to survive in the day to day grind of life. Instead of following a career or vocation that truly inspires us. What a crazy concept! Ironically people that do follow their bliss are usually those perceived as the most successful. Actors, musicians and sportspeople are a profound case in point.
Creativity is without question the master of thought and indeed food for hungry souls. If we slow ourselves down enough for long enough and actually listen to our inner voice, and then most importantly trust in it, which in essence is trusting ourselves, we will, much like the ballerina, be lead towards that which we are born to be. This is where true life starts. I dare you to go there.
A great measure of a person is not by their capacity to absorb information or money – but in their ability to think creatively, act on that inspiration and in doing so positively expand the lives of those around them.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:57 am
Who knows … the sky’s the limit eh? I’m sure I’ll enter some random discussion with one friend or another on something which will allow me to ignore logic and let my brain simply free-fall into a great pool of ideas …
However out of this, who knows what non-nonsensical concepts or ideas may be born …
November 25th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Am I really talking nonsense or is it the universal reality speaking thru me? I try to enjoy nonsense as a gift, different from the “truths” we are all constantly subjected to.
Much of humor is based on truth clothed in nonsense. I particularly enjoy this perspective, as so many “truths” are either in fact quite questionable or outright wrong!
August 12th, 2007 at 10:41 am
That life is way too busy and difficult, and most things i must do have no purpose.
July 15th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
I am not god enough.
June 24th, 2007 at 4:38 am
The ‘nonesense’ would depend on the idea the conversation revolves around. If the people involved are willing to accept a different possibility, one that has not been entertained by the many, but an idea that is new (at least to the few), different, worth exploring, and challenges common thought, then I would release the nonsense.
June 7th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Nonsense is something I take an exception to. Talking nonsense is an insult to ‘ones’ intelligence and destroys credibility and trust.
June 5th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
My thoughts create my reality
April 22nd, 2007 at 12:59 am
that I need to do so many things, when in fact I choose them
April 12th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
What nonsense
Much I think…I’ll keep a watch out for it and make a note…
April 12th, 2007 at 9:46 am
IHAVE BEEN “aware” of the foolishness which use to come out of my mouth…………for some time now, I have been doing more listening, keeping my mouth SHUT and watching the positives emerge in .
April 11th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
Who can prove that what I am saying today is nonsense!
April 10th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
sometimes I will be talking nonsense for the joy of it,, for the fun and beauty and joyfulness and funiness of like, knowing it is nonsense,,,, and loving it
some other nonsense
that life is the way I preceive it and I know because I have lived a life
that what I have heard about the holocaust must be true because I have heard it lots of time
or
what some people have said about the holocaust must be true because they have studied it
April 10th, 2007 at 7:05 am
Vebalising negative self-speak and talking to those in a world of reality that is outside of mine.
April 9th, 2007 at 11:35 pm
That I am currently ‘ill’ – when there is no medical test which shows that to be ‘scientifically’ true; moreover, when even I have my doubts about the veracity of that statement.
April 9th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
In the same sense that there is no absolute (worldly) truth there is no absolute worldly nonsense. Is it sense or is it nonsense? – it doesn’t matter in the sense that neither has to be proved or disproved (unless in a court of law, in which case truth, lies and nonsense rank equally..it’s how you tell it that counts!). Keep your own score, don’t try to score off others. Make your own mind up – don’t let someone else make your mind up for you, and certainly don’t try to make other people’s mind up for them (unless you’re a lawyer of course, in which case you’re a w**ker anyway.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:07 am
about feelings…
April 4th, 2007 at 6:30 am
In my human frailty, yes, there is the likelihood that I will be talking about something of a nonsensical nature as much as I would desire to be perennially clever. I may slip and say that something is not humanly possible, such as for example, that the likelihood of a woman age 50 or older being able to find the man of her dreams, have a family and live a long life of happiness and fulfillment is probably not possible. In fact, everything inside my human rational mind cries, “impossible.” Yet, my spirit cries, “Is anything too hard for our God?” While, my mind will rationalize that not everyone believes in a personal God. Well, spirit counters, “Sounds like a personal problem because one’s lack of belief in God does not negate His existence nor His power. For some, talking about God in this way is nonsense but for me it is immutable truth. Therefore, nonsense is relative for God has given us the foolish things of this world to confound the wise. Is truth relative? That’s a nonsensical question I just wrote. Truth is what agrees with the final reality and is therefore absolute. Is all of this nonsense or making sense?
April 2nd, 2007 at 2:28 am
If I said that everything begins from your thought, some people might think that I am talking nonsense. So, it might be nonsense to some, but this “nonsense” is powerful!
March 29th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Hopefully very little nonsense as I own my words. I do what I say I will do when I say I will do it, I don’t go back on my word and if I say something I don’t really mean, I take it back immediately. But inevitably there are times where you find it difficult to make a connection with someone (i.e. to have a real conversation involving thoughts/feelings/emotions) and you end up talking about the weather…that is nonsense and a waste of good time.
March 29th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
That the restructure we are undergoing at the moment is going to work and make changes.
What makes changes is a change of thought pattern and attitude – not just rearranging pieces.
March 29th, 2007 at 7:15 am
Anything I might say that is founded on prejudicial belief from which I cannot reposition my thinking could quite rightly be thought to be talking nonsense.
March 29th, 2007 at 5:04 am
Hopefully, I will not be talking nonsense today, nor any day. In the Bertrand Russell example, he is obviously talking about people who believe in an unseeable, unmeasurable, undetectable in any way, super natural being guiding the universe. He certainly would not believe that his statement to be nonsense, yet many “believers” would consider it to be complete nonsense.
Therefore, what is considered nonsense is in the mind of the beholder.
March 27th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
That I have doubts in my ability
March 27th, 2007 at 2:21 am
None I hope.
March 25th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Talking is all non-sense. Feeling and thought might not be.
March 24th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
It will only be nonsense to those who don’t understand
March 24th, 2007 at 3:13 am
that i hope to be successful one fine day, without any hard work
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:37 am
None for today and most other days, I have passion and belief in my thoughts and responses, inter-reacting with other people. I’m not very good on the small talk either, which elliminates a lot of the nonsense talk.
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:10 pm
ANYTHING FOR SOMEBODY WITH A DIFFERENT REALITY THAN MINE
March 21st, 2007 at 10:46 am
about whether the fact i can find my wallet when i need is really something to get worked up over when really i can change my focus and just get on with this beautiful day. just waffle really.
March 21st, 2007 at 10:35 am
none… i keep my orbiting teapots to myself.
March 17th, 2007 at 11:45 pm
None, now that I’ve read Russell’s quote!
March 16th, 2007 at 1:21 am
Depending on who’s listening, it could all be nonsense to them!
March 16th, 2007 at 1:08 am
I will be saying that, as a member of management, I support what my company is doing.
March 9th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
the language of love – real nonsense – but lovely just the same!
March 9th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Hopefully not much if any
March 9th, 2007 at 5:25 am
Anything I say could be considered to be nonsense by those who have a different view of the situation.
March 8th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
That anybody else’s choices have a more powerful affect on my life and the outcomes I experience than my own.
March 6th, 2007 at 5:17 am
I could be talking nonsense today when I talk about what I think will happen in our economy and business environment in the future. I probably talk a lot on nonsense every day without having realised it, but I will be more aware of it in the future.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
None what-so-ever…..our greatest inventions & achievements were created and born out of those things & idea that started out as making no sense at all.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:45 am
None as I don’t dismiss any ideas without thought and welcome all feedback on those I submit
March 4th, 2007 at 11:11 am
Not sure, but I will do my best to avoid it.
March 3rd, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Nonsense? I don’t talk nonense, I think it and know where I am is not where I wish to remain.
Must stop thinking nonsense!!
March 1st, 2007 at 4:08 am
We all go around acting out of what we think is right. These actions justified by what we believe. Our world is shaped by what we believe. However everybody has established different beliefs. Each persons world reflects a different view. But what we hold in our minds as beliefs is not necessarily true.
February 28th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Probably plenty. Lots of what I talk about is “nonsense” to others, but that’s because my ideas challenge “orthodoxy”. That’s okay with me. At one point Columbus was thought to be an idiot for sailing off to his death from falling off the edge of the earth! There’s also Einstein and his societal rejections — genius doesn’t seem to present itself in a real pretty little package.
Nonsense?! It’s all in the eyes of the beholder.
February 14th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
I had not anticipating talking nonsense ~ however now the question is raised I shall monitor my talk & check what comes out .
February 13th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
I can let you know tomorrow.
February 13th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Undoiubtedly all the “learned”, dogmatic “Stuff.” Wow. This one certainly gets one thinking! Querying of self, “How many times did I think or speak from rote today?” Hmmmmm. To Peggy. Yabbut, when these old people were young, it wasn’t this way….and they believed it….they didn’t have any reason to disbelieve…then…Wow.
February 12th, 2007 at 6:33 am
Hopefully none.
February 12th, 2007 at 4:27 am
Propably the most nonsense I will be talking is in my head. Stuff about the can’t and limitations that I think exist. All nonsense indeed.
Jeremy
Let change Education
February 11th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Well, actually, I am pretty sure that what makes sense to me today will seem nonsense next year
I think there is no such thing as nonsense
February 11th, 2007 at 5:41 am
I believe that I do not talk nonsense. This of course is my own belief and may be total and utter nonsense to someone else. I am a firm believer in saying what I think no matter what the cost and sometimes this gets me in trouble. You see this may be seen as nonsense by somenone else.
On another note so what if I talk nonsense as long as it does not harm anyone or anything. Sometimes talking nonense can be a cause for laughter which is a good thing. So maybe we need to talk an amount of nonsense each and every day to make ourselves and others laugh. As long as we know it is nonsense it is OK.
February 10th, 2007 at 9:28 am
Many think that what I say is nonsense. It is all in the eye of the beholder whether it is nonsense or not. Therefore I speak my mind and don’t care too much what others think or believe. If I believe it to be true, then to me it is.
January 31st, 2007 at 5:09 pm
Firstly I want to visit Bertrand Russell’s teacup in space!
Oh, Ive finished a whole days’ work and have probably talked nonsense all day! But I dont believe I have ( so I’ll leave it up you whether you want to seek proof or not, depending on how you answered no 9!
Now , thats statement itself is just a bit of nonsense! Bit nonsense is helathy sometimes – it can be creative and fun to image anyway!
January 26th, 2007 at 4:37 am
none!!!
January 24th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Probably none.
It’s 10:49 pm, only a little over an hour left in the day and I won’t be speaking to anyone until tomorrow morning.
January 24th, 2007 at 5:58 am
It won’t be nonsense to me but may be nonsense to others listening to what I’m saying.
The nonsense may be that companies that you work for are not responsible for your future. You have to plan every instance of your employable life to benefit yourself. Have your plan and manifest it!
Maybe if older people followed this nonsense, they wouldn’t have to work in their old age.
January 22nd, 2007 at 8:30 am
time will tell. Probably alot, but I’ll be trying to cut back
January 22nd, 2007 at 6:27 am
I will be assisting corporations to market their products – which is based on the need to grow profits – which assumes the need to increase production (and consumption)… …which is leading to the destruction and collapse of our planet’s environment and ecosystems… which will bring about the end of civilization and human existence as we know it… which will greatly reduce consumption, production and profits….
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January 21st, 2007 at 12:35 am
None as far as I know
January 19th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
As little as possible, as a person will always speak of nonsense at least once during a given period. Without nonsense, we would not be able to clarify knowledge and wisdom.
January 17th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
None I sincerely HOPE, although if i react before i think, and if i talk without reasoning my thoughts first, I’m sure I’ll end up spewing some sort of nonsense. Hopefully after a I’ve had time to think, I’ll be brave enough to admit it was nonsense to those I’ve affected.
January 15th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
I can hope for “none” as an atheist I do my best not to promote superstition & ignorance. ref; 9 /11
January 14th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
I wil be talking no nonsense today, hopefully. May I not speak a dogmatic thing unless I be willing to prove it. No, I would much rather opine.
January 14th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
None that I am aware of. I am open and tolerant of other’s nonsense, but I dislike it enough to do me best to avoid perpetuating it. However, this question will make me more aware of what I say.
January 13th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
i am not sure but am sure i will.
January 13th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
None, I speak less and meditate more to be in touch with God.
January 13th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Which branch of the government failed us during hurricane Katrina.
January 12th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
As long as I use evidence and logic to guide my thinking, any nonsense I pronounce should be at a minimum. To avoid talking nonsense, I think first.
January 11th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Work, it’s all nonsense and none of it is real.
January 10th, 2007 at 7:33 am
None . . . I believe.
January 9th, 2007 at 8:10 am
Most everything if not everything is nonsense that anyone talks about until we disprove and it becomes the new nonsense until someone becomes brave to disprove the new nonsense and on goes the cycle of truth.
January 3rd, 2007 at 8:57 am
Absolutely none…IF I speak only about that which I know to be true and believe nobody, including myself.
January 2nd, 2007 at 8:28 am
Hopefully none. I dare you to try and prove me wrong.
January 2nd, 2007 at 1:50 am
Hopefully none, but you never know. I should add not speaking nonsense to my list of New Years resolutions.
December 31st, 2006 at 11:07 am
All dogmas are nonsense.
What is reasonable today is nonsense tomorrow.
Only a short time ago, in cosmic terms we thought the earth was flat.
December 30th, 2006 at 2:29 am
Today is a lovely day!
December 28th, 2006 at 10:13 pm
True. Doubting is basis of thinking and is very human. People must be encouraged to question things, even spiritual dogma. Questioning is not wrong and is not akin to disbelief.
December 21st, 2006 at 12:14 am
Some times there is a tendency to talk in circles without coming to a concrete meaningful conclusion or to express an opinion that you are not so sure you belive yourself. It’s all well and good to have a point of view and to express it but is the logic sound, is it worth even talking about if you don’t really know what it is you’re trying to say? What is the purpose? If it is an effort to create more questions in search of the solution, then there is merit. But, if it is merely to try to speak intelligently, then you are simply a bell gonging in the wind and perhaps not so intelligent. Better to be productive and sometimes saying nothing is just that. I will avoid talking nonsense.
December 16th, 2006 at 8:56 pm
Anything I say that will not have a good payoff for me in the end will be errant nonsense.Thanks for empowering me with this great question!
December 16th, 2006 at 3:19 pm
Some fascinating information regarding quantum physics, of which I have a great interest in, but it flies over some folks’ heads, so whether or not I am is of no consequence, but plenty of people think that I am talking nonsense.
December 16th, 2006 at 7:15 am
Probably 90% of what I say. But who doesn’t. Being a very unscientific type person, I’ve never had the inclination to do much proving or disproving. I go with my gut feel.
Hence I really need this program.
December 16th, 2006 at 5:39 am
Am I really talking nonsense or is it the universal reality speaking thru me? I try to enjoy nonsense as a gift, different from the “truths” we are all constantly subjected to.
December 16th, 2006 at 1:17 am
I am going to criticize or find fault in others by following weak reasoning.
December 15th, 2006 at 1:06 am
Negative self talk, regurgitating the media’s point of view
December 14th, 2006 at 8:46 pm
This is really cause me confusion. If you can’t be right or wrong do you just stop there?? This sort of thinking seem to be a dreams killer that stop all movements of creativity. And yet I am talking about this nonsense today.
December 12th, 2006 at 4:49 pm
It may be ok if I believe in something – but is it is a nonsense if I want or expect people to support it or worst – prove or disprove it. Example could be – I may feel I am good intentioned, well-behaved human being – but people may perceive it from their point of view. If I want them to believe what I beleive – “I” have to prove or disprove it – not others – through my words and action for a sufficient period of time. This is nonsense if i talk about it.
December 12th, 2006 at 3:40 am
That there are evil forces in the world that have the power to conquer the forces of good and keep them under for ever.
December 12th, 2006 at 3:03 am
Any time I speak with absolute certainty, I am quite likely to be talking nonsense.
December 11th, 2006 at 7:59 am
Plenty. I enjoy talking nonsense. Nonsense is often the best way to engage in conversation or simply engage someone.
December 9th, 2006 at 8:14 pm
My lab report which is due next fri!
December 8th, 2006 at 10:35 am
It won’t be so much talking, as listening to nonsense – the Tv and papers are full of sensationalised (mis)takes on situations. Am rapidly giving these up while I get a grip on my own reality.
December 4th, 2006 at 7:31 pm
I work in IT. Regularly someone will complain the network is slow. Could be caused by any of a hundred reasons. The first response is always we are monitoring the situation.
December 4th, 2006 at 5:24 pm
my priorities are the right priorities for the situation
December 3rd, 2006 at 3:23 pm
not believing in myself, not believing that I can have all things
December 2nd, 2006 at 3:07 am
Well so far to day I haven’t actually spoken to another person……
December 2nd, 2006 at 1:13 am
I will be in a seminar via teleconference and willnotice how differently people behave when the speaker is there in person compared when the information is available without the speaker. It willmake me aware that I perfrom ‘audience’, even when I don’t feel it, and that doodling on paper while listening to complex ideas is my preferred statement of attention when the speaker’s presence and expectations are removed from the equation.
November 29th, 2006 at 3:08 am
The nonsense I often talk about is the belief that a few of our wealthy citizens control our US government. I call it nonsense because I really can’t provide any evidence that this is occuring. Either way, I believe the theories and logic I have read and heard from others.
November 27th, 2006 at 10:50 am
I don’t believe I ever talk nonsense unless it is part of a humorous exchange with another person. Perhaps I can break out of the habit of taking myself and life too seriously by deliberately seeking more humorous exchanges so I can escape from this pattern (a previous DFQ) and talk more nonsense.
November 25th, 2006 at 8:49 pm
what kind of question is this? what kind of nonsense will i be talking today, how will i know what is going to be like in the future? “as in will be talking” is inherently saying something that i will talk about that has not happen even as i type rite? so it is really a worthless question, isn’t it?
November 25th, 2006 at 3:13 am
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November 16th, 2006 at 6:56 am
It is better to listen than to join in with all this nonsense
November 15th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
Talking about my stuff as if it were real and trying to convince someone that it’s true.
November 14th, 2006 at 1:30 pm
The nonsense I will be talking about today is budgeting. As it is not an exact science many people think it akin to hypothesising that there is a small teapot orbiting around the sun.
November 14th, 2006 at 1:04 pm
“Forgive me my nonsense, as I forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense.” (Robert Frost)
I agree with Ivan – the most nonsense I will speak today will revolve around the assumption that external factors need to be ‘just so’ in order for me to be happy. Wrong! Happiness can only be gained by my own choices, and mostly, the choices I make when reacting to said external factors.
November 14th, 2006 at 10:25 am
This was a silly sample!
The way I perceive my reality and how I will change it. Or not?
November 14th, 2006 at 1:59 am
I will be talking about “reality” “illusion” and our true selves. How wacky is that! Everybody and everything I bring into my life today are illusions and created by my belief system!
November 13th, 2006 at 7:47 pm
Thinking about a thought, is like having a dream and in the dream you are dreaming.
November 13th, 2006 at 9:17 am
Working on the 2007 budget!
November 13th, 2006 at 8:56 am
I speak nonsense to make others laugh.
November 11th, 2006 at 4:29 pm
Making “logical” leaps from what I know to theories to explain it, as if they are true just because of some evidence.
November 10th, 2006 at 8:40 am
Mostly bluffing that I know what is going on and I have an opinion…so pretty much everyting you say is nonsense. its the things that go unsaid that tell you how it is!
November 9th, 2006 at 1:07 pm
Hopefully not as much as that! The nonsense I speak is pretending to be happy with the way somone treats me, when in my heart i know its not good enough
November 9th, 2006 at 9:16 am
I often discuss and even argue for a while only to notice later that day that what I said was nonsense. However only through acknowledging it the conversation or dispute is not resolved and it takes sometime more nonsense to do so. The day just started and I will most likely talk some nonsense today (but I will watch out for it).
November 8th, 2006 at 7:42 pm
Sometimes I stop and listen what I am saying and start thinking what nonsense is coming out of my mouth. I’m sure we all feel like that sometimes.
November 8th, 2006 at 4:03 pm
Test – am I losing something because the popup was blocked?
November 8th, 2006 at 4:02 pm
Sometimes, to please people, I knowingly talk nonsense. However I am sure that many of the things I discuss are not really founded on fact and i do not know they are nonsense.
But … I do not think, as Russell appears to (from this quote), that everything must be proved before you can use it or discuss it. As a matter of expediency we must accept many “facts” which we have neither the time nor ability to prove or disprove.
Look Michael, I see it like this. You assert that this process will improve my thinking. I cannot prove or disprove this without going through the process. Even then the results may be inconclusive, but I consider the process is worth following and take on trust that it may be beneficial.
November 8th, 2006 at 2:51 am
My teacher says that God created us that it out of S Adam and Eve that we were born . We must just accept this no questioning.
Tsevi
November 7th, 2006 at 11:53 am
This is an interesting point of conversation between my wife and me, as we both reckon we are pretty good “bush lawyers”. We talk on our feet well, and often make a superb and seemingly indisputable point in an argument, only for the wronged party to realise, on reflection, that it was a load of nonsense. Fortunately we only use this type of strategy on each other, and even more fortunately we have a great relationship so we can laugh about it afterwards. As for today, well given the day, I will be talking nonsense about horses, trying to justify a selection in the race that stops a nation. If I win, it will be due to my incisive thinking and judgment of horse flesh… if I lose, it’s the jockey’s fault!!
November 7th, 2006 at 7:53 am
that my way is better than yours
November 6th, 2006 at 7:49 am
I’ll talk to sort of nonsense required in my daily work….
November 2nd, 2006 at 3:21 pm
Most people talk nonsense because they have not really stopped and thought about a preconceived idea or belief and challenged it….
When an alternate thought or idea is presented most dismiss it as being nonsense, especially if it is contrary to what we believe to be right.
November 2nd, 2006 at 2:38 pm
I will no doubt blurt out something I beleive without having any facts to back it up and then argue the point with someone who does have fatcs.
November 2nd, 2006 at 8:53 am
I don’t talk nonsense.
October 31st, 2006 at 3:08 am
That I’m better at my job then I really am.
Perhaps that isn’t nonsense though if it gets me ahead.
October 30th, 2006 at 10:52 am
oh, probably the usual, although this being sunday, ie a non-workday, i hope to say as little as possible.
October 30th, 2006 at 7:40 am
I think today I would prefer to focus on not talking nonsense very conaciously, rather than considering here what nonsense I might speak.
October 30th, 2006 at 6:15 am
That hard work equals more money; that there is not enough to go around; that our current government is ‘of the people, by the people, for the people’.
October 24th, 2006 at 8:28 pm
I’ll certainly be regurgitating items of knowledge that I’ve learnt by rote, rather than investigating for myself. A necessary evil at present.
October 20th, 2006 at 6:29 pm
That i need some kind of answer from someone, or some further learning, in order to make my life happy, because all the answers are within me