In the video, “Changing Education Paradigms” Ken Robison emphasizes that thought out time it has being establish that getting an education leads to a better economic for yourself; however, this doesn’t seem to be true anymore. The education system is more like a chain: work hard, do well, college, good job, but kids do not believe that anymore, which often leads them to drop out. Having a college degree does not really guarantee that you’ll have a good job. The system of education is designed and structured. The public education system was designed in the industrial revolution years, so it turned out to actually just focus on academic performance. Further, Robison states that the education system often marginalize and alienate students and most of them struggle to keep their cultural identity while trying to be part of “globalization”.

 In the video, one of the messages that stands out the most was when Robison emphasizes on ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). He argues that kids are being medicated for this disorder which is actually harming their learning capacity. These medicines are harming the kid’s creativity by making them more like “zombies”.  This point made by Robison I believe was the most important, because most people are blind to these kind of things. Parents as well as teacher follow the standards assigned by society and the education system because “that’s how is supposed to be”, but with this we are actually harming our kids. Robison made a good point when speaking about this specific topic, it gave me a whole new perspective on how I think about this particular disorder and disabilities as a whole.

I agree with Robison’s opinion that the education system needs a thorough reform. I believe that education should encourage creative thinking and focus more on the ability to solve real problems, not only academics. I also agree with his point on kids being labeled with ADHD because as he says “ we are getting our children through education by anesthetizing them, but what we should be doing is waking them up to what is inside of themselves”.