We were recently asked to watch the Ted Talk by Ken Robinson-Watch Here
This was a great talk, and because of my topic for my EIP it once again completely related to the things I've been thinking about lately. I completely agree that today creative kids are ruined by being prescribed unnecessary drugs like adderall. I've known small children, 5-7, who have been on adderall. When has a child ever been able to sit still well? Never that's when. But because there is such a HUGE pressure put on education these days, that a lot of parents seem to feel like if their kid isn't top of the class in kindergarten, there is something wrong; however, in reality the kid probably just isn't responding well to the strict construction of school environments now a days. Maybe instead of putting young children on drugs, we should look into different forms of schooling that could be tailored to help the non A-type personality succeed. I definitely think everyone would benefit from looking into alternative types of education. Forcing children to learn in an environment that withholds creativity in any is bad. Children especially should be put in a creative learning environment. I wonder how that difference would have affected me...
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