Changing Education Paradigms

Ken Robinson's video Changing Education Paradigms, explains how schools are not up to date with their education and how society and the government don't do enough to encourage their young children and adults into using the capability of their minds. Schools still follow a certain standard they did hundreds and hundreds of years ago and that should change as well as people do, economy, technology and time changes.

I agree with Robinson because the education has changed so much over the years the new way of learning should be applied. Also because I believe a person at this time does not have to go to college of finish it in order to have a job or a stable position. It does look good in a resume but it's not as necessary anymore as it was before. One of the most important things to me from Robinson's talk is when he states how we are getting our children through education by anesthetizing them when instead we should be waking them up to what they can be capable of and their full potential. He explained this very well connecting it to ADHD and the current percentage in the United States.

However, one thing I liked about Robinson's talk and the video is how illustrative and detailed he is when trying to explain an issue. Something that I also liked from his talk his how he points out how schools and classrooms are separated by age group as if the time we were born mattered, when what should really matter is our knowledge and the type of education is being given and learned. 

Connecting his talk to my observations I noticed that students/children receive special treatment according to their development or actions. I believe every student or child should be treated equally. We as adults are contributing into closing their minds by not letting them experiment on their own and be open minded like the rest of the students.