Which Summary Of Ken's Talk? What Was His Main Take Away Message?
1. What is the summary of Ken's talk? What was his main take away message?
The summary of this talk was Ken explaining to the audience that schools kill creativity. He wanted people to understand that it wasn’t taking place just in one location and that it was all around the world. The arts programs are put at the bottom of the learning process at schools and some school do not have an Arts program because it is the first thing cut with the budget if a school is struggling to get by.
2. Are we teaching creativity away? Explain your view. Provide examples.
I believe that kids are taught to act one way and everyones behavior is wanted to be the same. They are not taught to be different or speak their own minds. Ken gave an example Jeanne Lynn who is a very successful woman now that owns her own dance studio and has produced tons of ballet was a problem student at school. She could not focus at school so the school told her that she was a dancer and they she said when she got there she fit in so well because everyone was just like her. This was in the 1930s but they did not kill her creativity and discipline her until she started to act different they took her creative mind and turned it into the best she could be and now in present time they would have diagnosed …show more content…
Is creativity more or less important than what we might consider "traditional academic knowledge" (math, english, science, etc.)? Why?
I do not think it is more important or less important. I think it is about the same. Some people tend to thrive off of acting or drawing and this creativity makes them do better in things like English because it opens up there mind. I was an athlete through school and did not have anything to do with the arts program but I respected these students who could go up on stage and act and could find a deeper meaning to what we were reading in English. In my eyes they were definitely a more creative thinker than myself and their personalities were also more fun and
The summary of this talk was Ken explaining to the audience that schools kill creativity. He wanted people to understand that it wasn’t taking place just in one location and that it was all around the world. The arts programs are put at the bottom of the learning process at schools and some school do not have an Arts program because it is the first thing cut with the budget if a school is struggling to get by.
2. Are we teaching creativity away? Explain your view. Provide examples.
I believe that kids are taught to act one way and everyones behavior is wanted to be the same. They are not taught to be different or speak their own minds. Ken gave an example Jeanne Lynn who is a very successful woman now that owns her own dance studio and has produced tons of ballet was a problem student at school. She could not focus at school so the school told her that she was a dancer and they she said when she got there she fit in so well because everyone was just like her. This was in the 1930s but they did not kill her creativity and discipline her until she started to act different they took her creative mind and turned it into the best she could be and now in present time they would have diagnosed …show more content…
Is creativity more or less important than what we might consider "traditional academic knowledge" (math, english, science, etc.)? Why?
I do not think it is more important or less important. I think it is about the same. Some people tend to thrive off of acting or drawing and this creativity makes them do better in things like English because it opens up there mind. I was an athlete through school and did not have anything to do with the arts program but I respected these students who could go up on stage and act and could find a deeper meaning to what we were reading in English. In my eyes they were definitely a more creative thinker than myself and their personalities were also more fun and