Let's Work Towards a Change in Education..

Lately I have been thinking a lot about creativity in the classroom. Are we, as teachers, allowing our students to be creative? Why don't we go focus more on the arts? Why is it that math and science are most important? So many of these type of questions run throughout my brain. 

According to Ken Robinson, the purpose of the education system is to "produce university professors." But is this the way it should be? I don't think so. Thankfully, I see that the school system is changing. Teaching is becoming more directed towards the individual students and focusing on their strengths as well as working with their weaknesses. We need to find a way to make education work for everyone, not just the students that are smart academically. It shouldn't be a hierarchy, where the most useful subjects are at the top and the more "fun" ones are at the bottom. Rather, everyone should be encouraged to follow their dreams and gifts. The teachers job is to help the student realize these gifts and help encourage them to use them. I believe that there is not one profession that stands out over another. Life should not be about doing things you don't want to do. We need to make education fun and worthwhile for the children otherwise we are wasting thirteen years of their lives. Fellow teachers, let's work towards this change. We need to rethink our view of intelligence. Art matters just as much as Math and Science.

I encourage you to check out this TEDTalk for more details.