What I heard of Ken Robinson make think that we are living in an absolutely capitalist world. Where children have to be educated in order to contribute to the economic development of our country. But, what about children that don’t want to be insert to this kind of world?. It is known that children are thought to be like society needs them. In the cense, they can not be themselves, they can not be different. But, what about creativity?. Here in Chile we can see the same; creativity is a thing that have to be practice like a hobby, not like a thing that can be a job, or your future.
when I were at school I had a subject called " visual arts", where I had to do things that the teacher told me to do, which form, which color, everything. Not leting us to do anything by our creativity.
Thus, education in general prepares children without any creativity. They are just ready to do what people say, to receive instruction, like in all the jobs.
What can we do to improve this problem, what can we do if the state wants people who be efficient in their jobs, making what other powerful person suggest them. Avoiding autonomy, and creativity.
Is this a work in progress?
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