Analysis Of Do Schools Kill Creativity By Ken Robinson

In “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” speaker Ken Robinson discusses the effect of schools towards creativity. Robinson believes that the education system prevents students from fully expressing creative ability. He believes that students should be encouraged to show their intellectual capacities through art and other creative subjects. I agree with Robinson’s opinion because at school your work is graded to determine whether or not you have done something correctly.

In his speech Robinson discusses how Mathematics and Science are at the the top in level of importance in school systems while creative subjects are at the bottom, which was true during my high school years. Throughout my years in school students were usually praised for their outstanding

performance in Mathematics. In High School, Math was never my strong suit so when I barely passed one of my Math classes my teacher expressed his disappointment and added that he did notice my attempt to answer problems in creative, but wrong ways. I felt discouraged many times when I couldn’t figure out solutions to problems. Robinson also discusses how not doing well in a subject such as Math or English may cause a student to feel discouraged when those subjects are used to determine intellectual capacity.
Unless you are going to a performing arts school most of the classes required to pass are Math and English. Although there are options to join clubs or take electives that focus on creativity or talent you are still being graded and they aren’t really taken into consideration when determining your intellectual capacity.To get into a good college you have to obtain an acceptable or high GPA even if the classes that you are taking aren’t preparing you for the broad spectrum of subjects available at Universities. Even in subjects such as English or Writing you may be given assignments where you are told to free write, but even in those cases there are grammar rules to follow. Students aren’t being expected as much to create and think outside of the box instead the expectation is to be correct.
Ken Robinson’s speech points out the importance of allowing students to be creative. I agree with his argument that students should be allowed and encouraged to show their creativity and talents through new forms. I think that in the past few years schools have been attempting to incorporate creativity into material which is something that should continue to develop. Intellectual capacity and talent can and should be expressed through different subjects.