I agree with
Ken Robinson. Education kills creativity. As Robinson said , every education
system in the world has the same hierarcy.Mathamatics and languages are at the
top of, then the humanities and the arts are at the bottom.
I have some experiences about the subject. For
example, when I was in secondary school, I had a friend who liked to dram
pictures, but her family wanted her to be a doctor. Therefore, they sent her science high school, but she didn’t
like science, so she failed. Then, her family forced her to get extra courses.
She graduated from high shool in force at the end. Unfortunately, as she can’t
perform against her parents, she still preapering for ÖSS exams to win entery
to medicine depertment. It’s a shame to lose her ability to draw pictures while
studying science.
Morever, I have my own experience. When I was
in secondary school , I liked to draw pictures too. Our art teacher didn’t
restict us. We could draw pictures however we want. İf we want we could make
sun red, so I liked to draw pictures so much. It was very funny and I could
reflect my own world.Hovever, when ı was in high school, Our teacher was very restrictive
person. He wanted us to draw eveything in right way. He always said that ‘’ you
should have draw like that or like that’’. He also gave us very low points.
Thus, I started to hate drawing pictures. Whereas I wanted to become a painter,
I changed my view because of this theacher and decided to become an english
teacher. Unfortunately, I have lost my abilty over the time. I think , I was
more creative in high school then univesty because I have restricted over the
time. I must focus on my lessons, so I don’t have enough time to improve my creativity.
To sum up,
education kills creativity because it restricts us.
It is interesting that you feel that as you get older (or as you progress through the educational system) you feel that you become less creative. When I reflect back on my education, I realized that I was the most creative and had the most fun learning in my very early years. Like you, I think that my creativity was not fostered by my experience in formal education. This is a point that Ken Robinson makes quite well in this talk.
YanıtlaSilI can't draw very well, but I remember when I was teaching English in Czechoslovakia - one of my students was a professional artist. I needed to explain some vocabulary that revolved around a horse, so I drew my stick figure of a horse which was barely recognizable. He just stared at the picture and told me how wonderful it was to see someone draw 'from the heart' who had not been 'trained' to draw. It was something that he wished he could do, but after studying art for so many years, he could no longer 'paint like a child' -- which in fact was his ultimate goal.
I think as teachers we have a difficult job...on one hand we need to 'control' students, make every student learn the same things, and test every student with the same criteria. It is really difficult to allow for creativity in such a situation, as the parents, the school admin, and society as a whole think that our job is not to produce students who can think, but students who can do things.
What do you think? Why did your two art teachers have such different approaches? Is there some way that we, as language teachers, can be more like your first art teacher? Is this a realistic goal?
your friend's family did wrong by sending their child to school that she didn't like. Most parents choose their child's job, but they should take the child's own opinions, talent and wish in consideration. I think parents should allow their children to choose their job and of course their future life.
YanıtlaSilIn conclusion,we all agree with Ken Robinson. We have similar experiences about this subject.
Your teacher should not do that they have to courage you. and I also agree with beril, how pitty that your friends family forced her to focus on only one subject as beril said, parents should allow their children to choose their job and of course their future life. and I guess I am one of them but the opposite side I mean I always wanted to study science and my parents know I was not really good at but I forced them then I chose science instead of Social Science... and I missed many many years I guess...
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